Robert O'Donoghue

65. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if any assessment has been carried out into claims from investors that assets connected to Arena Capital Partners may be being sold at significantly undervalued prices during the liquidation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35694/26]

66. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether any investigation is planned or underway into the circumstances surrounding the collapse and liquidation of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35696/26]

75. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has engaged with any State agencies or regulatory authorities regarding the impact of the liquidation of a company (details supplied) on former aviation sector workers and other constituents in the Fingal area [35716/26]

114. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection what protections or supports are available to individuals who invested pension savings with a company (details supplied) and who now face significant financial losses arising from the company's liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35695/26]

2. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport in light of the extensive availability of fibre broadband infrastructure across the State, if Ireland is now in a position to accelerate the switch off of the legacy copper network process; and if this will form a priority area for Ireland during negotiations on the EU Digital Networks Act as part of our forthcoming EU Presidency. [33834/26]

314. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the oversight that exists to ensure that complaints relating to governance failures or misconduct at local committee level are handled consistently, fairly and transparently by national governing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33835/26]

369. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the eligibility criteria for fuel allowance, particularly in cases where an applicant is an adult in receipt of disability allowance but is assessed on a household means basis due to living with parents and the person is financially independent but cannot live alone due to the impact of a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33936/26]

370. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given in Budget 2027 to the introduction of greater flexibility or individual means assessment in cases where the person is financially independent but cannot live alone due to the impact of a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33937/26]

371. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline any plans to ensure that individuals in circumstances where the person is financially independent but cannot live alone due to the impact of a disability are not excluded from supports intended to address fuel poverty and vulnerability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33938/26]

137. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Transport the current waiting times for Dundalk driving test centre; to seek clarification for the ongoing delays and cancellations at this centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32015/26]

213. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the rationale for limiting the forthcoming 9% VAT rate reduction, due to take effect in July 2026, to hairdressers and barbers, excluding the wider beauty sector; whether any consideration was given to extending the 9% VAT rate to beauty service providers; if so, the outcome of that consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32017/26]

214. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the basis on which distinctions were made between hairdressing/barbering services and other personal care services within the beauty sector for the purposes of VAT policy; if he is aware of the financial pressures currently facing businesses in the beauty sector; whether these were taken into account in the decision to exclude them from the reduced VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32018/26]

215. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any engagement has taken place with representative bodies from the beauty industry regarding VAT rates; if so, the nature of such consultations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32019/26]

470. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is satisfied that the National Library is fulfilling its stated mission 'to make accessible the recorded memory of Ireland' by declining to actually physically exhibit a limited number of original pleading letters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32005/26]

632. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for civil restraining orders received annually between 2023 and 2026; the number approved or refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32319/26]

633. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of civil restraining orders granted from 2023 to 2026 related to domestic violence cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32320/26]

1175. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of ongoing concerns regarding overcrowding and inadequate postnatal facilities in a hospital (details supplied); the measures being taken to improve conditions for mothers and newborn babies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32950/26]

1176. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the impact that overcrowded postnatal wards and sleep deprivation may have on the recovery and wellbeing of new mothers in maternity hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32951/26]

1177. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to increase postnatal capacity and improve accommodation standards for mothers in maternity hospitals nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32952/26]

1178. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the investment that has been allocated in recent years toward improving infrastructure, patient space and family facilities within a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32953/26]

1179. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if there is a review into patient experience and conditions within maternity hospitals, including overcrowding, recovery environments and supports for families during and after childbirth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32954/26]

310. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of employees under the supervision and substitution scheme in each of the years from 2020 to 2025; if any participants in this scheme have transitioned to other roles within the schools in which they are employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31649/26]

357. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to commission research to address the evidence gap on the costs of disability incurred by people over 65 years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31648/26]

387. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he will take to support horticultural growers operating heated glasshouses in light of escalating costs, particularly energy and fertiliser; whether he is aware that some growers are facing projected increases in annual gas bills if current prices persist; whether he considers the current situation to be financially sustainable for the sector; if he will consider the introduction of a targeted horticultural crisis fund, similar to the support measures implemented during the recent period of price volatility associated with the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31656/26]

108. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm the special needs allocation for a school (details supplied) for the forthcoming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31014/26]