881. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the legislative basis by which technological universities, including SETU, may borrow to fund capital expenditure; if the relevant provisions have been commenced; and if not, the timeline for giving effect to them. [35967/25]
882. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail his engagement to date under the National Development Plan in relation to capital works at SETU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35968/25]
883. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the capital funding allocated to each technological university in each year from the date of their establishment to date, in tabular form. [35969/25]
70. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will implement a plan to support individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, including the development of specialist multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring enhanced and immediate access to givinostat and similar treatments. [34818/25]
168. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport in light of current funding arrangements ending this year, if he will commit to a strategic investment of €15 million per annum in the post office network over the coming five years, to sustain and strengthen this essential public service in communities across the State. [34827/25]
184. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he intends to expand, extend and retain the basic income for the arts scheme as a permanent support for artists and their work. [34826/25]
193. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department could assist in resolving an issue regarding a complex passport application where a four-year-old girl has been waiting for her first passport for two years and has been unable to see her extended family living abroad since her birth (details supplied). [35019/25]
298. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to funding a community neuro-rehabilitation team for the southeast in Budget 2026, in line with the commitment in the current Programme for Government to complete the nationwide rollout of community neuro-rehabilitation teams (details supplied). [35047/25]
303. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) with severe and complex needs will receive the occupational therapy and speech and language therapy interventions they urgently require; the reason for the ongoing delay in service provision despite repeated contact from the child’s school to the relevant CDNT since November 2024; whether she consi…
320. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure social work qualifications from universities in EU member states are recognised by CORU; and if she is concerned that uncertainty is impacting on recruitment of qualified entrants to the profession. [32423/25]
12. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether Inland Fisheries Ireland has set a cap on the number of recreational salmon angling licences on the River Blackwater; and if not, whether consideration will be given to introducing one. [34838/25]
90. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the project to deliver two modular units for St. John’s Special School in Dungarvan; to confirm precisely when her Department’s modular accommodation unit was tasked with progressing the project; if she will commit to ensuring the units are in place by September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34844/…
91. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding allocated to schools in each county, by funding scheme, for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [34845/25]
92. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure fairness and parity for school secretaries and caretakers; if she will engage with their trade union (details supplied) to seek a resolution to the long-standing issues affecting these workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34846/25]
93. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has undertaken a cost analysis of providing school secretaries and caretakers with public sector pay and conditions; if so, to detail the estimated cost; whether she considers that the social cost of not granting pay parity is greater in the long term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34847/25]
97. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide the list of museums, universities and archives in Britain contacted by the advisory committee on the restitution and repatriation of cultural heritage in An Chomhairle Oidhreachta, requesting the return of archived material taken from Ireland, since its establishment in 2023. [34590/25]
121. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his position on the removal or bypassing of man-made barriers on the River Blackwater, in line with the EU’s objectives for free-flowing rivers under the Water Framework Directive.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34842/25]
152. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horse passports issued annually, by passport issuing organisation; and by year since 2008, in tabular form. [34655/25]
153. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average waiting time for passport issuance by Horse Sport Ireland, by county, by year for the past 10 years, in tabular form. [34656/25]
154. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for horse passports currently outstanding, by passport issuing organisations, to provide a breakdown, by county, in tabular form. [34657/25]
155. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm the number of horse passports issued over the past 10 years that have included a "Do Not Enter Food Chain" stamp, by reason, county and year. [34658/25]
156. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual number of complaints received regarding horse passport delays, errors or irregularities, by county, and by year since 2010. [34659/25]
157. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm whether a centralised national microchip and passport database for equines exists; and if not, whether there are plans to establish one. [34660/25]
158. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the Department's strategy for supporting the wider equine sector, particularly small-scale breeders and leisure horse owners. [34661/25]
159. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the level of State investment in the horse sport and leisure industry, in each of the past 10 years, broken down by programme and county. [34662/25]