Donna McGettigan
Written
583. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the transport arrangements that can be implemented for a child (details supplied) to get them to and from school. [65027/26]
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Donna McGettigan
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1,153
questions asked
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49,311
words spoken in the chamber
Across 197 contributions
419
votes recorded
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228
topics asked about
Across 19 departments
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| April 2025 | 63 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 59 | 21 |
| June 2025 | 74 | 10 |
| July 2025 | 104 | 22 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
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| October 2025 | 62 | 13 |
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| December 2025 | 47 | 19 |
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| July 2026 | 51 | 11 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 63 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 18 | 4 |
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- constituency Clare 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Donna McGettigan
Written
969. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to ensure that any new rules introduced by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 will not apply to existing applicants; and that they will continue to be processed according to the rules which existed when they applied. [66004/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
982. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to ensure road repair budgets are provided by the Department of Transport when issuing felling licences under the Single Consent System in County Clare and throughout the State so that roads damaged in felling and transportation operations can be promptly repaired. [64829/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
1099. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will request the HSE to establish the whereabouts and status of the outstanding CDNT assessment reports concerning a child (details supplied); if a series of matters will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66463/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
1291. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on work of the National Ambulance Service NRS panel; the number of potential employees that are on the panel; the number that have been recruited in the past year; the reason staff are not being called up from the panel given the staffing shortage; to confirm whether the disbandment of the panel is planned; and the plan for persons on th…
Donna McGettigan
Written
1292. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason ambulance call out response times have deteriorated in the past year despite a 14% reduction in the number of call outs. [65001/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
1294. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to confirm that the NAS train 240 paramedics per year; the number which are employed by the NAS; and the number which are not. the reasons for that. [65000/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
1295. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of medical interns produced each year who could be deployed to the NAS; the number which are so deployed; and the reason other interns are not deployed. [64999/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
1296. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to ensure a community paramedic is based in both West Clare and North Clare where they can triage/treat patients locally in order to relieve the NAS, rather than have them based in Ennis. [64997/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
1297. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to ensure a seven week roster is implemented for the NAS in Clare, complete with extra night crews in Kilrush and Ennistymon; and the rationale behind failing to do so. [64996/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
1446. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if agency workers who take up employment with the HSE do not have their experience as agency workers taken into consideration and effectively start again on the pay scale; to confirm that this was not always the practice; and if she will consider reverting to the previous practice of taking experience into consideration regardless of if it is with an agen…
Donna McGettigan
Written
1485. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of interest there has been from HEI's to build PBSA on their lands as per the new Student Accommodation Strategy. [64297/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
1491. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has undertaken an assessment of the financial sustainability of the higher education sector in light of indications from the Higher Education Authority (details supplied); the findings of any such assessment; the measures being considered to address the financial sustainability of the sector; and …
Donna McGettigan
Written
1492. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if supplementary funding will be provided in 2026 to address recognised legacy shortfalls in funding for public sector pay awards in the higher education sector; the estimated value of any such outstanding shortfall; and the measures planned to address these costs on a recurring basis through core grant…
Donna McGettigan
Written
1493. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding provided towards closing the identified funding gap of €307 million per annum since the publication of Funding the Future in May 2022; the remaining annual funding gap each year; and the cumulative value of these funding shortfalls over the period for each year, in tabular form. [6…
Donna McGettigan
Written
1501. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and percentages of HEAR-DARE scheme applicants from fee-paying schools compared to those from DEIS schools, and other non-fee-paying schools, in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [64896/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
1502. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who applied to the HEAR-DARE scheme; and the number who were accepted and not accepted in each of the years from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [64893/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
111. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the amount of capital spent by Tipperary County Council on anti-dumping initiatives and tackling/disposing of illegal dumping in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60551/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
114. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 28 July 2026, whether the sampling, survey and scoring methodology of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System has been evaluated since 2015 by a body independent of his Department, participating local authorities and the contracted litter monitoring body (details supplied); for …
Donna McGettigan
Written
115. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to list each project funded or operated by his Department since 2015 in which members of the public participated directly in structured litter monitoring or scientific knowledge production (details supplied); the operator, expenditure, participant number, resulting dataset or research output and publication location, in tabular fo…
Donna McGettigan
Written
148. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment each documented quality-assurance, inter-rater reliability, data-validation and audit procedure currently applied to the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System; the body responsible for each; its frequency; the number of surveys audited and non-conformities identified in each year from 2021 to 2025; and where the applicable p…
Donna McGettigan
Written
304. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann has any plans to develop the services on the Waterford to Limerick rail line which serve as a vital connectivity point between the South East and Mid-West (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60533/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
305. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to upgrade or for works to be carried out in either Clonmel or Carrick-on-Suir train stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60543/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
306. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport given the success of the TFI Clonmel town bus service, if there are any further plans to provide a similar service to other towns across Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60546/26]
Donna McGettigan
Written
329. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport to provide a detailed breakdown of the investment made to enhance existing public bus services within Clare in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61244/26]