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82. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [26695/26]

252. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the research his Department has carried out regarding the proposed investment scheme’s potential costs to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26782/26]

289. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the action he is taking on foot of his Department’s advice to introduce new regulations that would ensure social media companies vet who can post adverts promoting financial investment schemes on their platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26781/26]

322. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ensure the Irish Strategic Investment Fund is fully divested from all companies, directly and indirectly, involved in illegally occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26780/26]

323. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps being taken to address the situation where banks are maintaining high mortgage interest rates in order to maintain high profits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26779/26]

557. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to examine when a location (details supplied) will get access to full fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28556/26]

4. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will take action to address the issue of special purpose vehicles being used to avoid future liability in public construction contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27625/26]

10. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the proposed new Garda station at Northern Cross in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27621/26]

13. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the statutory safeguards, oversight mechanisms and independent review processes that will be put in place to ensure that the significant powers assigned to him under the Critical Infrastructure Bill 2026 are exercised in a transparent, proportionate and accountable manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27624/26]

26. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on reform of the ethics in public office legislation, given that the review of the statutory framework was completed in December 2022; the reason for the delay in publishing the heads of a Bill; if he expects this Bill to be introduced this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27622/26]

209. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the European Union Cohesion Fund is being used to support coastal protection works in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27715/26]

211. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has been unable to renew their General Employment Permit due to the 50:50 non-EEA employee quota rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27716/26]

261. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to examine the introduction of salary bands for veterinary nurses; if any consideration is being given to provide greater oversight of corporate veterinary employment practices to ensure fair competition and protect staff welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27717/26]

38. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress his Department is making in tackling child poverty. [18788/26]

119. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [18786/26]

681. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport whether the Irish Aviation Authority opened a Just Culture investigation under Regulation (EU) No 376/2014 in respect of a complaint lodged by a former flight captain (details supplied); whether that investigation was closed without a final report or written determination as to whether penalisation under Article 16(9) had occurred; if so, the statutory basis on which such an investigation may be closed without findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24647/26]

682. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the number of Just Culture investigations opened by the Irish Aviation Authority since S.I. No. 195/2020 came into force; the number of those investigations that resulted in a completed written determination; and whether any investigation has been closed without a final report or finding; if so, the reason in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24648/26]

683. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport whether the Irish Aviation Authority, in its capacity as a prescribed person under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, has in all cases appointed a designated person to independently receive and handle protected disclosures; acknowledged receipt of each disclosure within seven days as required; conducted an initial assessment of whether prima facie evidence of relevant wrongdoing exists; provided written feedback to the discloser within three months or, in complex cases, six months; whether his Department has examined any case where these obligations were not met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24649/26]

684. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport whether the Irish Aviation Authority has submitted annual reports to his Department as required by Section 19 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 detailing the number of protected disclosures received and actions taken; whether those reports accurately reflect the outcome of each investigation, including any investigation closed without a written determination; whether he has at any point been made aware through those reports that a Just Culture investigation was opened and subsequently closed without findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24650/26]

685. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has engaged with the Office of the Ombudsman regarding cases where multiple State regulatory bodies have each declined jurisdiction over the same aviation safety oversight complaint; whether such a pattern has been identified; what mechanism exists to ensure that a complainant is not left without any effective remedy as a result of sequential jurisdictional refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24651/26]

877. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport to examine the case for a direct public bus service to Dublin Airport for the residents of Fairview, Clontarf, Marino, Raheny and the surrounding north Dublin coastal areas; if he is aware that many residents currently must travel into Dublin city centre to get a bus service or rely on costly taxi services in order to access the airport; if the National Transport Authority has assessed the transport needs of these communities in this regard; whether consideration has been given to introducing a direct airport bus service serving these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27304/26]

965. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of capital gains tax taken in as a result of the sale of company shares for each of the previous five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26228/26]

1000. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the revised disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if he is committed to ensuring that the Government makes a decision on the scheme imminently, as previously advised during a meeting of the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach on Wednesday, 4 March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26996/26]

1047. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding the development of an alert system for local flooding; the work his Department has undertaken to establish an alert system; the timeline for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24689/26]

1136. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether the Health and Safety Authority investigated whether an organisation (details supplied) complied with its obligations under Section 19 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 following an accident involving a flight crew member on board an aircraft; whether the HSA satisfied itself that a hazard identification and risk assessment was completed with documented mitigated actions arising from that accident; whether any enforcement action was taken or considered in the absence of such documentation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24653/26]