Conor D. McGuinness

272. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence the number and percentage of applications from females to join the Permanent Defence Forces at the most recent army cadetship recruitment campaign. [22285/26]

279. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been brought to the fact that only five of the thirteen daily scheduled services between Waterford and Cork on Bus Éireann’s Route 40 serve Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, that frequently these five stops are not made at all due to ‘ghost buses’ or cancelled services (details supplied); if he will take steps to rectify this issue for Kilmacthomas and ensure that the five scheduled services are consistently delivered on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21459/26]

344. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has calculated the estimated cost of a €5,000 per-vehicle scrappage scheme for private diesel cars registered before 2012. [22289/26]

448. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the construction timeline and amount of funding approved for the permanent building recently approved for a school (details supplied). [21384/26]

449. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students attending Irish medium post primary schools over the last 25 years, by year, in tabular form. [21385/26]

450. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students attending Irish medium primary schools over the last 25 years, by year, in tabular form. [21386/26]

451. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new primary school teachers registering with the Teaching Council over the last 15 years, by year, in tabular form. [21390/26]

452. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new post primary school teachers registering with the Teaching Council over the last 15 years, by year, in tabular form. [21391/26]

453. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new post primary school teachers funded by her Department over the last 15 years, by year, in tabular form. [21392/26]

454. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new primary school teachers funded by her Department over the last 15 years, by year, in tabular form. [21393/26]

554. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider introducing a new fund to allow Coimisiún na Meán to fund media companies that cater for the Irish diaspora in the United States. [21395/26]

652. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason agricultural buildings and structures are not eligible for the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22436/26]

653. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage where it stipulates that agricultural buildings and structures are not eligible for the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22437/26]

654. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider extending the vacant property refurbishment grant to cover agricultural buildings and structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22438/26]

730. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of marked and unmarked Garda vans attached to Waterford-Kilkenny Division as of 18 March 2026, in tabular form. [22290/26]

742. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he acknowledges that certain regions now have no viable access to certified organic slaughter facilities. [21401/26]

743. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department conducted an assessment of regional slaughter capacity in light of organic expansion targets. [21402/26]

744. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency planning that exists when a single plant suspension removes processing access for small producers. [21403/26]

745. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department considers small and medium-scale abattoirs to be critical rural infrastructure. [21404/26]

791. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children attending Irish medium pre-schools over the last 25 years, by year, in tabular form. [21387/26]

834. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she will take to ensure a child (details supplied) has a place in after-school services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22125/26]

994. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if holders of a long-term illness card are entitled to receive blister packs (medication compliance aids) free of charge where they are clinically required; if this entitlement is provided for under the long-term illness scheme or other community drug schemes; the guidance that has been issued by the HSE to pharmacies in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22271/26]

995. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if her Department is examining the expansion of the approved appliances and drugs under the long-term illness scheme in light of ongoing difficulties with the approval request process for pharmacies; the impact these difficulties are having on people with disabilities and other long-term illness card holders who are being required to pay upfront for necessary prescribed items; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22272/26]

998. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists based at University Hospital Waterford as of 16 March 2026, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22286/26]

999. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of minor and major treatment areas within the accident and emergency department of University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22287/26]