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 pa…
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.…
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]
209. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence whether the digital media presences, across multiple platforms, of a person (details supplied) are part of Defence Forces or Department of Defence communications; whether posts on these accounts are sanctioned by the Defence Forces or Department of Defence; whether the opinions expressed on these platforms align with the foreign, defence and security poli…
210. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 17 June 2025, if she or her predecessor authorised the use of social media influencers by the Defence Forces for recruitment and communications; and her views on whether there may be conflicts of interest caused by social media accounts advertising careers in the Defence Forces while simultaneously sharing part…
211. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence if she is aware that a number of digital media accounts purporting to be operated by a person (details supplied) and promoting recruitment to the Defence Forces regularly share content and opinions on political and international affairs, and if these accounts are not sanctioned by Government or the Defence Forces, the policy of Government in relation to t…
353. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline in full detail the reason for the exclusion of those on carer’s allowance from availing of the tenant purchase scheme; if his Department has any plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66823/25]
13. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will next meet. [65861/25]
35. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the programme plan for his Department’s new disability unit for 2025-2027. [65862/25]
300. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the complete breakdown of costs involved in the works completed by the Office of Public Works on the Garda station situated in An Rinn, Contae Phort Láirge, in each of the past ten years. [65655/25]
392. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Waterford that applied for funding under the 2025 Summer Works Programme. [65607/25]
409. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Oideachais agus Óige Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais agus Óige díriú chomh luath agus gur féidir ar na seomraí ranga breise buana a chur ar fáil do Scoil Gharbháin i nDún na Mainistreach, Port Láirge, ós rud é, i mí Feabhra 2025, gur gheall an Roinn go ndéanfadh foireann deartha teagmháil leis an scoil laistigh de shé seachtaine, rud nach bhfuil tarlaithe fós,…
747. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether a social worker has been appointed to the Dungarvan children's disability network team (CDNT 6) to advocate for children with disabilities [65616/25]