George Lawlor

378. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE social workers, by grade based at Wexford primary care centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38565/25]

379. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department Nurses based at Wexford General Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased before end of the year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38566/25]

773. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health if she will review the case of a child (details supplied) seeking support from the treatment abroad scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37210/25]

152. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers claiming wage subsidy scheme funding under each of the three strands, for each year from 2020 to 2024; the number of participants for each strand for each year from 2020 to 2024; the total expenditure on wage subsidy scheme in each year from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36317/25]

319. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment following the conclusion of the Food Tourism Strategy 2018–2023, if there are plans to develop and publish a new food tourism strategy; if he will provide a year-by-year breakdown of the budget allocated to food tourism from 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; if any engagement with industry stakeholders on food tourism has taken place from 2023 to the present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35764/25]

677. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of pain management specialists currently employed in University Hospital Waterford; the number of hours they are contracted to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35220/25]

202. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that a passport will be processed urgently by his Department for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33907/25]

592. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 909 of 10 June 2025, if it is his intention to further extend a free travel companion pass to those holders of free travel pass who are single and widowed persons, who are aged under 70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34321/25]

2. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will outline the targeted actions being taken by his Department to improve the employment rate of people with disabilities, considering that Ireland consistently lags behind the EU average in this area, our constrained labour supply, our obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the absence of a Government strategy from 2026 to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33296/25]

229. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Finance to outline the engagement he has had with a company (details supplied) in view of their closure announcement; the affirmative action the Government will take to ensure the company comply with their capital gains obligations around intellectual property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33306/25]

230. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered any proposals to introduce and incentivise employee ownership trusts in Ireland similar to those available in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33309/25]

256. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagement he has had with the management and owners of a company (details supplied); the discussions he has had regarding finding a replacement company; the discussions he has had with regard to the future use of the premises; if the Government intends to purchase the property from the company to provide much-needed accommodation for replacement business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33305/25]

257. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to set out the supports he has put in place to assist university based enterprises to commercialise and grow in scale innovations and research discoveries made there; the discussions he has had with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to identify and incubate potential campus enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33307/25]

258. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to set out the supports to small businesses whose trade has been affected by the recent uncertainty created by the United States tariff changes for goods being imported into the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33308/25]

303. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will set out the name, location and extent of all lands currently vested in him, pursuant to Section 28 of the State Property Act 1954, in tabular form; the plans for the future utilisation of any of these lands; the specific powers he has under the State Property Act 1954; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31377/25]

311. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the land available to the IDA for new enterprises in County Wexford, by location and the extent of each location, in tabular form; whether it is intended to acquire additional land particularly to supplement the IDA land at Drinagh in Wexford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31404/25]

907. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that under the TESW (temporary education sector workers), numerous bus escorts have yet to receive their payments from the Easter break; his plans to ensure that workers are paid in a timely manner, in advance of the summer holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29583/25]

909. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the extension of a travel companion under the free travel scheme entitlement for recipients of a State pension is being confined to spouses and civil partners; his views on whether this discriminates against single and widowed persons; if he plans to review this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29656/25]

1011. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a decision will be made on the application for naturalisation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29527/25]

358. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason rural DEIS schools are excluded from the home school liaison scheme (details supplied); if she will consider including rural DEIS schools in the scheme as their omission is unfair and discriminatory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28573/25]

359. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the school (details supplied) can be included in the 5-year attendance strategy pilot project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28574/25]

253. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any flexibility is allowed in determining eligibility for an employment permit, in relation to the advertisement period of 28 days required under the labour market needs test; if each application is determined fully on its merits; if fully qualified and eligible applicants applying for positions that are needed in the economy can be progressed regardless of this rigid advertising time rule, in particular the case of an applicant (details supplied) for a permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27393/25]

748. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant geriatrician attached to the Wexford integrated care programme in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27470/25]

749. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been achieved in respect of the step down facilities across CHO5 since 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27471/25]

750. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health to list the hospitals with the national acute oncology nursing service to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27472/25]