223. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether, in light of the proposed new stamp 4 pathway for beneficiaries of temporary protection for Ukrainian nationals, consideration is being given to introducing a waiver, exemption or alternative eligibility criteria for applicants with documented long-term illnesses, disabilities or other significant health conditions who ma…
321. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she has assessed the impact of the removal of references to therapy plans and therapy-related supports from the revised SNA role on children with cerebral palsy and other significant physical disabilities attending mainstream schools; the way in which schools are expected to implement physiotherapy and occupational therapy recommendation…
322. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether children with cerebral palsy who attend mainstream schools and who have significant physical care needs but little or no learning disability were specifically represented during the development of the Special Needs Assistant Workforce Development Plan 2026–2037; and if she will provide details of the organisations and parent representati…
323. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will establish a formal consultation mechanism with organisations representing children with cerebral palsy and their families to inform future implementation of the SNA Workforce Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48768/26]
394. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the application to retain an 11th mainstream teacher for the coming school year at a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49487/26]
525. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families who applied for the domiciliary care allowance for each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of applications granted, refused; and the number of refusals that were subsequently overturned on appeal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48754/26]
526. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the current wait time for domiciliary care allowance appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48755/26]
702. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to address delays in the Garda vetting process, particularly for the early education and childcare sector, where providers report waiting up to eight weeks for vetting clearance for new employees; the impact these delays are having on services’ ability to meet statutory staff-to-child ratios and maintain capac…
926. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health whether the inclusion of porters in the HSE Nursing and Midwifery Sponsorship Programme in 2025 was intended as a once-off or pilot initiative; whether porters are eligible to apply for the 2026 intake of the programme; if not, the reason for their exclusion; whether consideration is being given to reopening the programme to porters in future years, particul…
236. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the applications submitted in December 2024 by Fingal County Council in respect of Skerries Harbour, County Dublin, including the application for a foreshore licence to carry out borehole investigations into the seabed and the application for a foreshore lease to allow for the construction of a new outer pier…
245. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons for delays in the payment of approved funding by the national student financial support scheme (NSLF) to higher education institutions; the reason a number of students (details supplied) have been unable to access their examination results due to outstanding tuition fee balances that remain unpaid by the scheme; the ste…
279. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagement his Department has had at European Union level regarding copyright protections for creators whose works may be used to train artificial intelligence systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47768/26]
344. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if provision will be made to allow parents to transfer from school-based July provision to home-based July provision in circumstances where parents enrolled in the school-based programme in good faith, but the school is now unable to provide the programme due to staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47272/26]
399. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether an assessment has been undertaken of the potential impact of artificial intelligence systems on the livelihoods of Irish writers, musicians, artists, performers and other creative professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47767/26]
495. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47661/26]
500. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average processing time for online Stamp 4 renewal applications; the number of renewal applications currently awaiting decision; the measures being taken to address processing backlogs within immigration service delivery; whether consideration has been given to introducing an expedited or compassionate processing path…
549. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps being taken to address delays in the Garda vetting process, particularly for the Early Education and Childcare Sectors, where providers report waiting up to eight weeks for vetting clearance for new employees; whether consideration has been given to introducing alternative interim measures, such as recognising a valid G…
551. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the provisions being made for individuals who may not meet all of the eligibility criteria for the recently announced temporary protection transition scheme for Ukrainian nationals residing in Ireland, due to health conditions, disability, caring responsibilities or other exceptional circumstances; whether consideration will be g…
634. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm that a HIQA report, due to be published next week regarding a service (details supplied) is still to be published; to indicate the date of the publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47614/26]
880. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels for diabetes services in the Dublin Fingal West area; the extent of staffing shortages across the multidisciplinary diabetes team, including consultant, nursing, dietetic and podiatry posts; the impact these vacancies are having on patient access to care and waiting times; if additional funding has been allocated to address these …
44. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in view of the planned transfer of responsibility for the collection of the derelict sites levies to the Revenue Commissioners, whether monies collected in respect of sites located within the Fingal County Council area will be returned directly to Fingal County Council; if not, the reason for same; whether consideration has been given to ringfen…
46. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance given the fact that residential zoned land tax liabilities of €24.1 million were declared in respect of lands within the Fingal County Council area in 2025 and a further €20.5 million in 2026 to date; whether any portion of the revenues collected from these lands is returned directly to the local authority; Fingal County Council; if not, the rea…
47. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in view of the fact that residential zoned land tax liabilities of €24.1 million were declared in respect of lands within the Fingal County Council area in 2025, of which €7.9 million was collected and €16.1 million remained unpaid, and that liabilities of €20.5 million were declared in 2026 to date, of which €6.6 million was collected and €13.9…
49. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the alternative funding mechanisms that are proposed to compensate local authorities for this loss of revenue arising from the transfer of derelict sites levy collection over to the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46073/26]
50. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in view of the planned transfer of responsibility for the collection of derelict sites levies to the Revenue Commissioners, whether monies collected in respect of sites located within the Fingal County Council area will be returned directly to Fingal County Council; if not, the reason for same; whether consideration has been given to ringfencing…