Maeve O'Connell

270. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on his Department's work to encourage female participation and recruitment in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17305/25]

271. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on the current gender balance of all serving members of the Defence Forces in percentage form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17306/25]

307. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport if his Department plans on introducing any additional Luas trams during peak commuting hours, to help alleviate current levels of demand. [17300/25]

412. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is currently planning to extend further start-up supports to non-manufacturing and non-export businesses. [17177/25]

413. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his Department’s work to encourage digitisation both within his own Department, and in businesses. [17178/25]

414. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how his Department is planning to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to ‘cut through unnecessary bureaucracy’ for businesses. [17179/25]

415. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider extending the Cost of Business Advisory Forum to holding local consultations and meetings, to ensure that localised factors that can highly impact businesses are recognised and taken into account. [17180/25]

416. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on their Department’s work to reform the employment conditions of those working in the gig-economy. [17181/25]

512. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to report on her Department’s efforts to reduce the student to teacher ratio in primary schools. [17175/25]

513. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to report on her Department’s efforts to reduce the student to teacher ratio in post-primary schools. [17176/25]

732. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Justice when his Department will issue instructions to local authorities regarding the commencement of local community safety partnerships. [17298/25]

791. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way in which her Department is working to improve the accessibility of the online power of attorney system (details supplied). [17299/25]

981. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health the plans on how her Department will reduce surgical wait times for patients in the public health service. [17301/25]

982. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health the progress on the delivery of the six new planned surgical hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17302/25]

983. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health to report on the delivery of free HRT products-medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17303/25]

984. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of her Department's plans towards the full digitisation of Irish healthcare records and information systems. [17304/25]

33. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Finance if he will commence a review of the inheritance tax valuation date payment model (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15835/25]

858. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development about the Government's timeline for transferring responsibilities related to dog control, welfare, and breeding to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and when the Department intends to propose new legislation to rectify the shortcomings in current dog welfare, breeding, and control regulations. [14209/25]

859. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the Government intends to transfer power regarding the control of dogs, dog welfare, and dog breeding to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and when the Department plans to introduce legislation to address the inadequacies of current dog welfare, breeding and control. [14208/25]

46. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide funding for Irish-language conversation classes in third level institutions to support those wishing to learn Irish and also provide an opportunity for those who speak Irish, especially those who attended Gaelscoileanna, to continue to use their Irish within the educational system [14514/25]

96. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagement he has had with Government colleagues with regard to the impact that online scamming can have on the genuine fundraising measures of community and voluntary organisations in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14371/25]

133. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress of the disbursement of funding by his Department under the dormant accounts action plan for this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14370/25]

275. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the criteria under which dormant accounts funding may be disbursed could be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14366/25]

276. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is satisfied that Departments with smaller annual budgets can access funding from the dormant accounts fund given the method of spending and subsequent recoupment that is in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14367/25]

277. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the progress of the social enterprise measure for which his Department received funding from the dormant accounts action plan for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14368/25]