160. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline by which he expects ministerial functions to be delegated to the Minister of State for Fisheries and the Marine, if he will account for the delay of almost five months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34663/25]
161. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned about the closure of smaller scale abattoirs and the difficulties now facing small producers and organic producers in processing their animals (details supplied); to highlight any solutions or supports that might be available to these small-scale producers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34718/2…
171. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for services provided by children’s disability network teams, by CHO area and by CDNT, at the end of each year from 2015 to 2024 and at the end of May 2025; the average length of time children have been waiting for services in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
172. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the approved full staffing complement, in WTEs, for each children’s disability network team, by staff role, for example, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist, social worker, team coordinator, and so on; the actual staffing level, in WTEs, in each CDNT at the end of May 2025, by role…
173. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies, in WTEs, for each children’s disability network team, by staff role, for example, occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, psychologist, physiotherapist, social worker, team coordinator, and so on; the duration to date of each vacancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34823/2…
174. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she is taking to reduce waiting times for services provided by children’s disability network teams and to ensure that all CDNTs are fully and properly staffed; if she is concerned about the current level of unmet need; at what threshold or volume of children waiting she would consider the situation to constitute a cri…
175. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting for services from children’s disability network teams, by length of time waiting, i.e., under 1 month; 1–3 months; 3–6 months; 6–12 months; 12–18 months; and over 18 months, with a full breakdown for each CDNT and for each CHO area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the …
219. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a list of all approved mental health centres currently registered with the Mental Health Commission; to indicate for each whether it is designated as an acute facility; the number of in-patient psychiatric beds available at each centre; and the number of instances in which a child was admitted to an adult psychiatric unit at each locati…
5. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the Labour Employer Economic Forum; and when it will next meet. [33549/25]
15. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [33550/25]
255. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he will support a simplified mechanism in which Ireland will recognise and allow an exchange of US driving licences for an Irish licence (details supplied). [33829/25]
272. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total amount of funding his Department or agencies under its aegis have provided to each local authority in each of the past five years and to date in 2025; the total spend in respect of this funding by each local authority in each of those years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34247/25]
273. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of concerns within local authorities regarding the provision of capital funding for bus stops without providing administrative, engineering or human resources to develop projects under the scheme. [34248/25]
374. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date on which she was informed of the shortfall in additional SNAs promised for September 2025 as in the case of a school (details supplied); the reason for the delays in responses from the NCSE to schools. [33517/25]
447. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has considered the risks that could be posed to the integrity of the State examinations by allowing students to work on their additional assessment components outside of the supervised school environment with access to third parties and artificial intelligence; and the steps her Department is planning to take to counter such …
460. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 17 June 2025, to examine the response from the school (details supplied) to her reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34524/25]
614. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when an individual (details supplied) who has been waiting eight months since the date of their application for a long stay ‘D’ visa, will receive the outcome of said application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33626/25]
615. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time the average long stay ‘D’ visa application process takes from the date of application to the notification of final outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33627/25]
865. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the selection criteria applied to choose the team tasked with the systemic review (details supplied); if there was an open call or advertisement for the review team, and if so, the number of expressions of interest and/or applications that were received. [34272/25]
866. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she has been appraised of plans by the National Gender Service to ensure access to HRT for students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34273/25]
867. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current structure, staffing, and clinical leadership of the National Gender Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34274/25]
911. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to assist a child (details supplied) in accessing an expedited appointment for a vital and time-sensitive health service. [34482/25]
188. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches received by the Government from other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form (details supplied). [33362/25]
189. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches issued by the Government to other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form (details supplied). [33363/25]
204. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches received by the Government from other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form, to include the state issuing the démarche; the date on which the démarche was received; a brief summary of the content of the démarche; …