Ged Nash
Written
24 Feb 2026 · to Education
551. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of SNAs currently in place supporting students in mainstream classes in each school in County Louth, as of 1 January 2026, on a school-by-school basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14663/26]
Ged Nash
Written
24 Feb 2026 · to Education
588. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has any plans to review the requirement for newly qualified teachers to have completed the Droichead programme within three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15076/26]
Ged Nash
Written
24 Feb 2026 · to Health
934. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE chiropody cards are currently only available to individuals living in Dublin and Kildare; if her Department plans to expand the availability of these cards countrywide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14126/26]
Ged Nash
Written
17 Feb 2026 · to Finance
496. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to confirm that the closed bidding session for PTSB has closed; the number of companies/entities that have expressed an interest in purchasing PTSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12741/26]
Ged Nash
Written
17 Feb 2026 · to Finance
497. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the State has requested a guarantee from any potential buyer of PTSB that jobs and the branch network will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12742/26]
Ged Nash
Written
17 Feb 2026 · to Finance
498. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he as the main shareholder will oppose a sale of PTSB to private equity firm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12743/26]
Ged Nash
Written
17 Feb 2026 · to Finance
499. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he raised the issue of outsourcing and off-shoring of roles in this recent meetings with the CEOs of Bank of Ireland and AIB; if he has concerns about the ability of both pillar banks to address potential cyber issues due to outsourcing and offshoring of roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12744/26]
Ged Nash
Written
17 Feb 2026 · to Finance
500. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will reconvene the Banking Forum; if he will consider a joint initiative with the Minister for Finance in Northern Ireland, to hold a joint banking forum to plan and discuss with relevant stakeholder the future of banking on the Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12745/26]
Ged Nash
Written
17 Feb 2026 · to Housing
797. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to initiate a series of local authority boundary reviews, 11 years after the last set of reviews; if he plans to review the boundary in operation between Louth and Meath, covering the environs of south Drogheda in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12046/26]
Ged Nash
Written
17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition affecting approximately six babies born in Ireland each year, will be included in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; if SMA screening will be implemented before the end of March 2026, as cited by a leading paediatric clinician in recent media coverage; the preparations curren…
Ged Nash
Oral
12 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the accountability measures in the accelerating infrastructure action plan; the way he intends to implement and enforce them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11340/26]
Ged Nash
Written
12 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
76. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update regarding the management of flooding at Seapoint, Termonfeckin, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11094/26]
Ged Nash
Written
12 Feb 2026 · to Social
450. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the requirement for the past five years of PRSI contributions to be class A/A1 to qualify for the over-65 benefit payment, discriminates against those who were ill during this qualifying period (details supplied); the number of people who were rejected for the allowance on this basis over the past five years; the saving to the State; if…
157. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to confirm the date on which the expanded living cities initiative will be formally introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10467/26]
Ged Nash
Written
10 Feb 2026 · to Education
572. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the serious accommodation problems at a Louth school (details supplied); the plans her Department has to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9680/26]
Ged Nash
Written
10 Feb 2026 · to Social
747. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the assessment form for disability allowance is being found by some families to discriminate against individuals with certain conditions (details supplied); if his Department has plans to address these apparent anomalies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9587/26]
Ged Nash
Written
10 Feb 2026 · to Children
937. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the ongoing delays in AON assessments nationwide; the plans her Department has to address this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9670/26]
Ged Nash
Written
10 Feb 2026 · to Health
1075. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for oversight of compliance with the Disability Act in CHO 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9671/26]
Ged Nash
Written
28 Jan 2026 · to Children
159. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to establish with the HSE the number of current vacancies waiting to be filled with the Louth adult intellectual disability services; the grade, groups and categories/roles involved; when the positions will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6712/26]
Ged Nash
Written
27 Jan 2026 · to Education
498. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he is aware of the school bus transport issue of a school (details supplied) in Dundalk and the apparent disadvantage for Irish-language schools of her Department’s strictly-applied rules on the minimum number required for school bus provision; if his Department plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5864/26]
Ged Nash
Written
27 Jan 2026 · to Education
561. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of issues surrounding the progress of a school building project in Drogheda (details supplied); the status of the project; the timeline for delivery of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6351/26]
Ged Nash
Written
27 Jan 2026 · to Justice
771. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of cases of criminal penalisation that have been progressed to the courts after consideration by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions since the relevant provisions came into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6518/26]
Ged Nash
Written
27 Jan 2026 · to Health
1027. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of an eircode lottery in relation to the provision of home care (details supplied); and if her Department has plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5842/26]
Ged Nash
Written
22 Jan 2026 · to Transport
303. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport to include Drogheda in the Greater Dublin Area for transport planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5304/26]
Ged Nash
Written
22 Jan 2026 · to Finance
327. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting carers allowance and carer's benefit from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5288/26]