Séamus McGrath

74. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to increase the qualifying income limits for eligibility for social housing supports; and when the last change to these limits was implemented. [24773/25]

126. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the number of new class intakes that will enter Templemore this year; the expected overall number of students to enter Templemore in 2025; and the number of recruits in 2023 and 2024. [24765/25]

250. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to each local authority for housing acquisitions in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25067/25]

13. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [24049/25]

200. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE and the National Ambulance Service on the withdrawal of ambulance vehicles from advance paramedics-educational officers and resource managers. [23722/25]

768. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant social homes brought back into active use in 2024 under the voids programme by local authority, in tabular form; the funding provided for same in each local authority during 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24306/25]

769. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential units that have received planning permission with conditions restricting the bulk buying or multiple sales to a single purchaser and ring-fencing them for owner occupiers since May 2021 by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24307/25]

1102. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason the medical card scheme does not cover the cost of providing a GP medical cert, which is a requirement for over 70-year-old applicants to a renew a driving licence. [23748/25]

41. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Transport when he expects contract signing and commencement of construction for the M28 project. [22668/25]

53. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Transport when the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy will be reviewed. [22669/25]

170. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the strength of the Naval Service personnel at the year-end in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and his plans to step up recruitment in the coming period, specifically referring to recruitment targets. [17826/25]

184. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of naval vessels in the ownership of the Naval Service; and the number currently in active operation-deployment. [17827/25]

20. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the number of applicants for the power up grant who were disqualified because they did not indicate an eligible category of business; the number of applicants that appealed the disqualification decision in total; the number that appealed on the basis of mistakenly indicating the incorrect business category; and if he is still reviewing these appeals and when will they be finally addressed. [20773/25]

120. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the specific timeline for the removal of the means test for carer’s allowance as committed to in the Programme for Government; if he intends to significantly increase the income disregard in Budget 2026, as an important first step. [20776/25]

74. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the number of visiting teachers to children who have significant hearing loss in primary schools in County Cork (details supplied). [21407/25]

194. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Health if she will outline any reimbursement or subsidy scheme available for the payment of hearing aid batteries (details supplied). [21412/25]

4. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [7772/25]

300. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position in relation to grant funding under the better energy homes grant, and whether a person can apply for a further grant for the measure of external insulation to their home through this grant, or any other grant available through SEAI, if they already drew down a grant back in 2011 for internal insulation, which unfortunately did not make any difference to the house, as it was poorly advised at the time; and the reason a BER carried out in 2011 is now no longer valid. [20494/25]

567. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance to reinstate the home renovation incentive tax relief (details supplied). [18957/25]

752. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education to clarify the Leaving Cert Covid-related grade inflation for the class of 2025, and how this compares to the class of 2024, as some students from 2024 will be competing for college places in 2025; and how is it considered fair to have different grade inflation levels. [18552/25]

841. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education the possible funding options for a secondary school in County Cork (details supplied) to carry essential roof replacement works to its sports hall. [19134/25]

1024. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on an application for funding to install another prefab to facilitate a second junior infants class in September at a school (details supplied). [20674/25]

1225. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide additional funding to Uisce Éireann to address the water quality issues at Douglas Road, Cork; and the status if plans by Uisce Éireann to bring the water quality up to an acceptable standard. [19415/25]

1326. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the number of successful applications for the Croi Conaithe cities scheme in 2024; the amount of funding approved to successful applicants in the same year; the number of apartments involved in the successful schemes in 2024; and the number of applications to date in 2025; and how many have been approved to date in 2025, including the number of apartments involved. [20664/25]

1327. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the total number of residential development applications with An Bord Pleanála at present; the number of residential units involved in total in these applications, including all applications, including one-off houses and applications for multiple units; and the average period of time since these residential applications were submitted or appealed to An Bord Pleanála. [20665/25]