141. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) notified his Department of the settlement of the legal case taken by its former CEO; if State funding was used to meet any part of the settlement; if legal matters are resolved when will the Regulator's report be published; and if all contingent liabilities have been disclosed in advance of the …
142. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are other legal proceedings currently pending against an organisation (details supplied); and if he will confirm that stakeholders have been fully informed of such proceedings prior to the merger. [50625/25]
143. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish the sanction letter and conditions attached to the €200,000 advance payment made to an organisation (details supplied) in August 2024, together with the balance paid in November 2024; the way in which his Department has verified compliance with those conditions; if there was a connection between this exceptional payment a…
144. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied the advance funding in 2024 was used for agreed purposes and none of the advance funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2024 was applied towards legal settlements, redundancy payments, or merger costs without prior Departmental approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50627/25]
145. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the charities regulator report into an organisation (details supplied) that is fully completed, has yet to be reviewed by his Department: the reason it continues to remain unpublished; the point at which the public interest and transparency will be served with full or partial publication; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
146. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request that the charities regulator publish the report in full before the merger (details supplied) formally proceeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50629/25]
147. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department commissioned, or reviewed, independent due-diligence reports on an organisation (details supplied) before supporting the merger; if he will publish that assessment; if any other governance or management issues emerged from August 2024 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50630/25]
148. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the disclosure of liabilities, governance issues, and regulator findings provided by an organisation to an organisation’s stakeholders (details supplied) in advance of the merger agreement; and if his Department is satisfied that all stakeholders had a clear and transparent picture before the merger was signed; and if he will make a…
284. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will examine the operation of the school transport pilot scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49834/25]
285. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the implementation of phase three of the Government’s 2024 school transport report, which recommends reducing distance eligibility criteria on mainstream schemes in stages to 2 kilometres for post-primary students from the 2025-26 school year, eliminating the nearest school rule, and maintaining existing routes w…
375. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1177 of 8 September 2025, which stated that funding remains, if he will clarify the tenant-in-situ scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49780/25]
409. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider making the wage subsidy scheme more flexible by reducing the current minimum requirement of 15 hours per week, to enable persons with disabilities who may only be able to work fewer hours to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49831/25]
563. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to allocate funding in Budget 2026 for a team for north Dublin in line with the Programme for Government Commitment to complete the nationwide rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50138/25]
316. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements that are in place to ensure that regional ISPCA facilities, such as the Donegal Animal Rehabilitation Centre, are safeguarded under the new National SPCA structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49460/25]
317. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the rollout of the badger BCG vaccination programme as part of the national bovine TB eradication strategy; the number of badgers vaccinated in each of the past three years; the number culled over the same period; the geographic areas where vaccination is currently taking place; the expected timeline …
491. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to commencing the reduction in the student to teacher ratio from 23:1 to 19:1 in Budget 2026 as outlined in the Programme for Government; the measures she will introduce to prevent splitting classes in a school (details supplied) if the ratio remains at the current 23:1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48171/2…
985. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a timeline for the transfer of policy and legislative responsibility in relation to the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010 to his Department; if there are any existing plans to enact any policy or legislative changes in respect of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
811. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school teachers employed on temporary contracts, in tabular form for each of the years from 2020 to date in 2025; the measures introduced to offer teachers on temporary contracts full-time positions in response to the shortage of fully qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45347/25]
1121. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider directing local authorities to systematically collate and publish data on the number of families presenting with a housing need as a result of domestic violence; if he will ensure that women and children residing in domestic violence refuges are formally recognised as homeless and included in the national …
1177. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a person was directed to Fingal County Council regarding the Tenant in Situ Scheme by his Department; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the allocation of €20 million for the scheme had already been exhausted within the first six months of the year; his plans to allocate supplementary funding to ensur…
1350. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the disparity whereby from budget 2026 the flat rate maternity benefit of €289 per week will be lower than the new jobseeker’s pay related benefit, which can provide up to 60% of previous earnings; if he will introduce a pay-related maternity benefit to ensure fairness, gender equality, and protect women’s pension entitlements; and i…
1778. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to strengthen equine identification and traceability systems, including the enforcement of microchipping regulations, in order to improve animal welfare, prevent fraud and ensure compliance with EU standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46118/25]
1779. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken or plans to undertake a review of the current legislation relating to carriage horses, with a view to ensuring that the highest standards of animal welfare, safety and regulation are being applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46119/25]
1780. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has completed the final review of the control of horses legislation; if so, when the findings will be published; and the measures being introduced to strengthen enforcement and support local authorities in the management of horse welfare and public safety issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [461…
1863. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she will publish the findings and recommendations of the Advisory Group on Administrative and Regulatory Simplification for the Early Years Sector, which met during 2023 and 2024; to outline the actions that have been or will be taken on foot of the group’s work to reduce the administrative burden on providers; and if she wil…