Donna McGettigan

1167. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the projects that were funded under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme within County Clare in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61438/25]

164. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether a strategic environmental assessment, SEA, has been, or is being, undertaken by his Department in respect of the National Territory Mapping for Renewable Electricity, being prepared under Article 15b of the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2023/2413, RED III; if not, the reason his Department considers this mapping process to comply with the requirements of the SEA Directive 2001/42/EC and the European Communities (Environmental Assessment of Certain Plans and Programmes) Regulations 2004 (S.I. No. 435 of 2004), given that the mapping exercise constitutes a national plan setting the framework for future renewable energy development consents; if his Department intends to carry out a full SEA, incorporating consultation with prescribed authorities including the Irish Aviation Authority, AirNav Ireland, and the National Parks and Wildlife Service, before finalising or submitting the national map to the European Commission, as required under Article 15b(5) of RED III, which obliges Member States to ensure compliance with European Union environmental law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57860/25]

1222. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools affected by the withdrawal of hot school meal provision by county, in tabular form; the number of pupils effected in each county in tabular form; the steps the Government will take to provide meal reheating facilities to the schools which need same; the timeframe for same; the provisions the government will make in the meantime to provide for the nutritional requirements of pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59552/25]

1263. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question Nos. No. 301 of 3 July and 248 of 15 October 2025, if staffing levels in the Dublin visa office have declined since July 2025; the reason for this reduction given his replies to 86 Parliamentary Questions this year that “additional staff and resources have been assigned to the visa division’; and to reconcile this with the figures provided in Parliamentary Questions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58023/25]

1264. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when part 5 of the Garda Síochána (Digital Recording Devices) Act, 2023, concerning authorisation for installation and operation of CCTV for the prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime will be commenced; when the required statutory code of practice for public CCTV schemes will be commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58050/25]

1645. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the average number of patients seen for consultations by consultants in the health service; the number of patients seen by those same consultants under the NPTF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57861/25]

1659. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure a person (details supplied) will receive a diagnostic exploration required without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57953/25]

1674. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to ensure that HIQA reach out to an organisation (details supplied) in the process of forming an expert advisory group as they begin a health technology assessment on breast density reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58027/25]

1725. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the CEO of UHLG ever blocked a member of staff from transferring to the community; the number of persons who have been blocked; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58172/25]

1726. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if there is a shortage of administration staff in the acute settings in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; the number of staff; the reason staff are not selected from the panels instead of appointing agency staff to "permanent positions", as is the practice in Ennis Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58173/25]

1727. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of agency administration staff in Ennis Hospital and Nenagh Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58174/25]

1728. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason permanent administrative positions in Ennis General Hospital are being filled by agency staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58175/25]

1729. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason vacant posts in Ennis General Hospital are not being filled with WTE positions from active panels, or agency staff are not being offered to convert their status from agency to WTE as per the Pay and Numbers Strategy 2025; the annual monetary cost of the admin agency staff in Ennis and Nenagh hospitals; the number of agency staff in admin roles in Ennis and Nenagh hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58176/25]

1730. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason agency staff who fill temporary vacancies owing to staff shortages and are in a position for longer than 12 months are not regarded as having a permanent post that should be filled internally; if each location received guidance regarding their agency dependence; the amount by which it has to be reduced/converted by; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58177/25]

1731. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health her plans to convert the three agency staff in Ennis hospital to permanent staff, since a number of agency staff in administration in Ennis hospital have been there longer than one year but have been told they will not have their positions converted or be given the option to convert to WTE; her views this is against what is in the Pay and Numbers Strategy 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58178/25]

1932. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the staff canteen in Nenagh hospital is subsidised for staff (details supplied); the number of staff working in the patient accounts/cash office in Nenagh hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59298/25]

1935. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the cost of the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) roll-out to date for the HSE; if IFMS is privately owned or publicly owned; if it is privately owned, the private business also run on the system; if it is privately owned, the reason publicly paid staff are processing payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59302/25]

1954. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the measures that can be taken to ensure that a person (details supplied) can be allocated a residential care home placement in the mid-west region, preferably County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59352/25]

1955. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) receives the medical care they require as a matter of urgency. [59361/25]

2082. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to ensure a person (details supplied) can receive an S2 letter of referral they require to access treatment in another country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60113/25]

2113. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department can provide further and detailed information based on an online investigation report (details supplied) that listed Science Foundation Ireland as funding a researcher to the amount of $649,891 following their involvement with a network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58262/25]

2126. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a full breakdown of costs from budget 2026 to increase 12,500 apprentice registrations as set out by the programme for Government target per annum by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58718/25]

2127. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of new places in medicine out of the 1,100 for the budget 2026 higher education allocation; the costs for the increase of these new places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58719/25]

2128. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the exact number of health and social care new places out of the 1,100 for the budget 2026 higher education allocation; the costs for the increase of these new places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58720/25]

2129. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the costs under the Budget 2026 Skills Development Programme and supported by the National Training Fund; the specifics of the expansion of the construction and green talent pipeline in support of Government priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58721/25]