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1824. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the email issued by the National Ambulance Service on 18 December 2025 stating that permanent contracts would be offered to the graduating cohort once their degree results were finalised; if she accepts that this communication constituted an explicit promise of permanent employment; if she will outline the reason this commitment has not been honoured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19138/26]

1825. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she has assessed the personal, financial, and professional impact on the 76 newly qualified paramedics and others currently in training who relied on the long standing practice of automatic permanent contracts, including those who secured mortgages, started families, or declined other employment opportunities on the basis of this expectation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19139/26]

1826. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the way in which the decision to withhold permanent contracts aligns with the acknowledged staffing shortages in the National Ambulance Service and the planned expansion of the frontline workforce in 2026; and if she will explain how this decision is compatible with the public interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19140/26]

1827. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she has evaluated the likely impact of this decision on recruitment and retention within the National Ambulance Service, particularly given the demanding nature of the role and the reliance on trainees who work full time while completing an honours degree; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19141/26]

1828. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will instruct the HSE and NAS to reverse the decision to withhold permanent contracts from the 76 newly qualified paramedics and to reinstate the long standing practice for all current trainees, in order to uphold the principle of legitimate expectation and ensure workforce stability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19142/26]

2169. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 958 of 18 November 2025, which confirmed that at least four babies were born alive after abortion who had reached 24 weeks gestation or 500g birthweight and were not diagnosed with major congenital anomalies, whether these babies received any medical or nursing interventions with the aim of sustaining life, or received only palliative care; the interventions that were used to offer life-sustaining care; whether a neonatologist examined the babies and advised on their care; whether the treatment and care of these babies would have been more comprehensive, had they not been delivered through an abortion procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20434/26]

356. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to address concerns regarding the Tidy Towns competition and the apparent structural bias affecting rural communities and smaller settlements (details supplied). [17304/26]

584. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities under the housing adaptation grant approve and fund modular bathroom pods where they are deemed the most appropriate method to meet the applicant’s needs, and in a timely manner, given they already pay for stairlifts which are modular and temporary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16395/26]

757. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the capital funding supports currently available to early years providers and crèches seeking to expand their premises in order to accommodate additional childcare places; and whether any funding streams exist to assist with the purchase or provision of temporary accommodation while permanent structures are being planned or constructed. [16961/26]

287. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport if exceptional funding packages will be made available to local authorities that were affected by storm Chandra, namely Tipperary county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16223/26]

337. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the combined costs of all projects that are currently at Stage 2a or 2b approval by her Department of education for school building projects across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15832/26]

357. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16220/26]

406. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the grant scheme for private wells at domestic dwellings to allow for houses where Uisce Éireann have acknowledged an inability to ensure a reliable water supply and service to the house due to its location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16225/26]

473. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a funding stream will be made available for charities to provide a purpose-built day services centre for adults with autism and intellectual needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16221/26]

474. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her proposals to provide additional respite capacity for adults and children with disabilities in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16222/26]

503. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15781/26]

504. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was refused approval for cover under their medical card; if she will review the case which has been appealed by the GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15782/26]

507. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when the next round of grant supports will be made available to the National Cancer Control Programme through the National Alliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15800/26]

584. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth when school bus tickets will be awarded to students (details supplied). [15062/26]

948. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1038 of 20 January 2026, the total number of babies, from 2019-2025, who have been born alive after abortion procedures in cases where no major congenital anomaly was diagnosed; the gestation of the babies in these cases, broken down in categories (less than 16 weeks, 16-21 weeks, 22-27 weeks, 28-31 weeks, 32-36 weeks; 37 or more weeks; or similar categories); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14170/26]

95. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the critical staffing collapse within the Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) in Clonmel; if she accepts that this severe staffing shortage constitutes an emergency situation for the hundreds of children with complex needs who rely on this service, including the 114 children awaiting assessment 59 of whom are already beyond the statutory 12-month limit and the 475 children on the active caseload experiencing severe delays in essential therapies; the immediate emergency measures she will implement to fill these vacancies, stabilise the service, and ensure that children in south Tipperary and other affected areas are not left without legally mandated supports; and if she will acknowledge that this represents a national failure in recruitment and retention within CDNTs; and the Government’s plan to address this crisis on the Clonmel team as a matter of urgency. [13852/26]

398. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the grant supports to sink wells are eligible for houses that have been built prior to 2007, and have been connected to Uisce Eireann/Group Water Scheme up to now, but the house is experiencing significant and ongoing water outages because of its location/elevated site or poor water pressure due to its position at the end of the line where new properties are now draining the service even more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13493/26]

273. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in moving some newly graduated psychiatric nurses onto their proper pay scale (details supplied). [13111/26]

286. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a copy of all communications between her Department and the representatives and family members of a person (details supplied) further to their detention by immigration officials in the United States; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12703/26]

287. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide all copy correspondence of all communications including email, letter and telephone conversations and exchanges between him and all US departmental agencies concerned with respect to the incarceration and release of a person (details supplied) by US Immigration police in an ICE facility in US; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12704/26]