Richard O'Donoghue

116. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has in place a strategy to cut the waiting lists for speech and language therapy assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50452/25]

403. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, on waiting lists in University Hospital Limerick who have received care via third party insourcing activity, in tabular form; the extent to which this activity has reduced waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52625/25]

4. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason her Department did not engage with all disability organisations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50855/25]

222. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the current energy policy narrative that Ireland will become a significant exporter of renewable electricity, particularly wind energy, in view of recent Eurostat figures showing that Ireland was a net importer of electricity by over 3,000 GWh in 2023 and over 5,000 GWh in 2024, while electricity exports declined from 446 GWh in 2023 to 210 GWh in 2024; given that Ireland continues to have among the highest electricity prices in Europe.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37572/25]

223. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has undertaken any cost benefit or an electricity price impact analysis regarding the warning raised by EirGrid that very significant levels of renewable power will need to be spilled under the current Climate Action Plan targets (details supplied); if, under the current Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) terms, renewable energy generators will continue to be paid even when their output is curtailed or spilled, with those costs passed on to electricity consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37573/25]

845. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the following details with respect to the HSE and four planning appeals submitted to An Bord Pleanála (details supplied) if the HSE received a notification of the planning appeal; if so, the date of notification and the body that issued the notification; whether the HSE made a submission to the appeal; and; if so, the date of any such submission; in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37574/25]

134. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to entitling persons on widows’ pension to claim illness benefit when off sick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33211/25]

185. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to entitling persons on a widow’s pension working in schools to be able to claim job seeker's benefit when not being paid when off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33210/25]

89. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the recent publication of the new specification for the senior cycle engineering subject; and if she will commit to the introduction of a second additional assessment component (practical skills test) in senior-cycle engineering, given that 89% of engineering teachers are in favour of its introduction. [31421/25]

319. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will request her Ministerial colleagues to grant immediate pension parity to school secretaries and caretakers, as they are integral to the daily operations of schools and are paid by her Department. [31422/25]

349. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on whether it is appropriate that the CEO of Fáilte Ireland preside over Bord Fáilte giving contracts to subsidiaries of two organisations (details supplied) given the CEO is a board-member of one of the organisations; the steps he will take in relation to this conflict of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26761/25]

526. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason two organisations (details supplied) have been and continue to be excluded from the DPO Consultative Framework since October 2023; if this indirect discrimination will be remedied as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26760/25]

560. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the disability equality policy unit’s current position in relation to the Equal Status Acts 2000–2018 in their interaction with their clients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27679/25]

274. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Transport the reason the waiting time for the reissuing of a Irish licence is so long for persons returning from abroad who have held a Irish driving licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25251/25]

275. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Transport the reason the original driver foreign licence must be confiscated, leaving the applicant without a licence and therefore unable to drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25252/25]

276. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Transport if a provision for a temporary or interim driver licence will be put in place as is standard practice in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/25]

651. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice the number of hours training provided to student gardaí in relation to disability awareness training; the nature of this training; who provides the training to the students whilst in the Garda Training College and 'on the job' placements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25222/25]

652. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice the number of current serving members of An Garda Síochána competent or proficient in the use of Irish Sign Language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25223/25]

984. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in her Department since she took office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24176/25]

5. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cause of the high volume of refunds of employment permit applications and the resultant processing delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21410/25]

1228. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an extension of time will be provided to the derelict/vacant property grants due to the delay of ESB connections to properties following the aftermath of storm Éowyn as ESB crews were engaged in major repair works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19500/25]

158. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Finance if there is an increase or a proposed increase in VRT for full electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18163/25]

159. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Finance if there is an increase or a proposed increase in VRT for plug in hybrid vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18164/25]

202. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 26 February 2025, if he will provide information in relation to reports on wind turbine noise (details supplied). [13953/25]

214. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Transport if discussion is expected regarding CIÉ pensioners having not received an increase in their pension since 2008; when they will receive an increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13678/25]