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58. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department’s strategy to tackle unregulated loan-sharks and regulated high cost credit providers operating within the State. [57717/25]

209. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the laws, regulations and rules that apply to paramotors in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69476/25]

210. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if persons who operate a paramotor in Ireland require a licence; and if their aircraft must be registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69477/25]

211. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the reporting procedure if a person is operating a paramotor unlawfully; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69478/25]

212. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of paramotors which are recorded to be in operation in Ireland to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69479/25]

834. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the action she will take in an urgent neurosurgical case for a person (details supplied) where the patient has been placed on a lengthy waiting list despite clinical advice that surgery is required promptly; and if she will ensure the HSE provides an expedited review and treatment date. [69028/25]

835. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if shunt replacement or similar neurosurgical procedures are eligible for support through the cross-border healthcare scheme, the treatment abroad scheme, or the national treatment purchase fund, particularly in cases where significant delays exist in accessing such treatment in the State; and the criteria governing access to each scheme. [69029/25]

1108. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of where the just under €44.8 million that has been spent on the 51 measures in the Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan 2026, will be spent, by county, and nationally if not spent in one particular county, in tabular form. [69365/25]

1109. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of where the just under €47 million that has been approved for the 56 measures in the Dormant Accounts Fund Action Plan 2026 will be spent, by county, and nationally if not spent in one particular county, in tabular form. [69366/25]

1. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht cén stádas atá ag na pleananna teanga i ngach Limistéar Pleanála Gaeltachta agus Baile Seirbhíse Gaeltachta; agus cén obair atá ar siúl chun an chéad ghlúin eile pleananna a fhorbairt; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [68522/25]

62. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the planned 2025 funding allocation for the local improvement scheme (LIS); and if he will provide additional supports to local authorities with significant LIS backlogs. [68474/25]

94. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the concerns of rural communities regarding policing and community safety. [68409/25]

145. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to pass the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025, in full, in 2025; and if not, the way in which she will justify the continued trade of goods and services with illegally occupied lands, that are being ethnically cleansed by an apartheid state. [68535/25]

313. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the commitments given to water services workers in June 2023, allowing them to remain in direct local authority employment until at least the end of 2026, preclude any requirement for those staff to undertake Uisce Éireann-led training or to engage with Uisce Éireann operational systems. [68571/25]

314. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some local authorities have directed non-transferred water services staff to attend Uisce Éireann safety management system training; if he considers this compatible with Government commitments to those workers; and if he will intervene to ensure that any such directives are paused pending appropriate engagement. [68572/25]

315. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the safeguards in place to ensure that local authority water workers who chose not to transfer to Uisce Éireann cannot be subject to indirect or functional transfer through training requirements, system dependencies or other measures introduced without agreement. [68573/25]

331. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the grades of oifigigh forbartha Gaeilge in each of the local authorities, in tabular form; if he will consider raising the grades of all oifigigh forbartha Gaeilge to Grade 7, a management level which would enable oifigigh to do their work in an effective manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68681/25]

538. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the availability of ultrasound imaging services in publicly funded acute hospitals; the hospitals which do not provide ultrasound on either/both a seven-day and out-of-hours basis; and for how long each such hospital has been without weekend and/or out-of-hours ultrasound, in tabular form. [68960/25]

101. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the average waiting time for applicant’s waiting on an Irish language driving test invitation, by county, as of 30 November 2025, in tabular form. [67588/25]

102. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of applicant’s waiting on an Irish language driving test invitation, by county, as of 30 November 2025, in tabular form. [67589/25]

103. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of English language driving testers, by county, as of 30 November 2025, in tabular form. [67590/25]

104. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of Irish language driving testers, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [67591/25]

105. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of applicants waiting on Irish language driving test invitations, who are waiting longer than applicants waiting for an English language driving test invitation. [67592/25]

397. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to assist in a case where the citizenship division has not issued a woman with their invitation for their graduation ceremony for a fourth time since 2024, even though they were informed that they have. [67371/25]

129. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will engage with hill farmers in relation to localised management of mountain environments taking account of international best practice. [66663/25]