346. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection whether funding exists to cover the cost for a deaf person who wishes to use an Irish sign language interpreter to engage with a TD or local elected official; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62313/25]
411. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla compiles statistics on the number of deaf children the agency engages with each year; the number of deaf parents it engages with each year; if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62314/25]
412. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the extent to which Tusla parent support services and family support services are made accessible to parents who are deaf; if ISL interpretation is provided when deaf parents access Tusla programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62315/25]
413. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider creating a national working group to review the way in which deaf families are identified and supported by Tusla, comprised by deaf professionals, advocacy organisations, representatives from the Department of Children, Disability and Equality and representatives of Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the…
87. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement she and her officials have had in 2025 with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with respect to changing or improving planning rules to ensure delivery of childcare facilities in housing developments; the progress she can report on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61618/25]
93. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to increase the number of State-owned early learning and care facilities progressively; the number of facilities planned to be purchased in 2026; if it is her intention to move forward with a public model of childcare delivery as a significant proportion of over…
275. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport to detail the areas the 'built-up area speed limit' of 50 kilometres per hour in Section 5 of the Road Traffic Act 2004 currently applies to. [61000/25]
276. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the reason the 'built-up area speed limit' of 50 kilometres per hour in Section 5 of the Road Traffic Act 2004 is not being changed to 30 kilometres per hour as recommended by his Department's Speed Limit Review report of September 2023. [61001/25]
285. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport whether the proposed introduction of parking charges at a centre (details supplied) will impact on that centre being a key public transport interchange, and as such, undermine the BusConnects quality bus corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61158/25]
324. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport for an update on reopening the Rosslare Europort-to-Waterford city rail link, where this may be prioritised within the workplan of the NTA and Irish Rail as part of the implementation of the recommendations of the All Island Strategic Rail Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61595/25]
422. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to clarify whether politically appointed staff, such as administrative assistants and parliamentary assistants, who worked for TDs or Senators in the past are eligible for incremental credit on the salary scale if later employed by the civil service at the same grade; and if he will make a …
423. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to clarify whether temporarily employed staff, such as graduate policy officers, who worked for an embassy or Department are eligible for incremental credit on the salary scale if later employed by the civil service at the same grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61870/25…
515. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to give more specific guidance to schools on how they can make meaningful provision for students who have opted out of religious education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61506/25]
546. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of cases taken against her Department in each of the past five years including to date in 2025; the number of those which relate to issues of school places in each of the past five years including to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61876/25]
702. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of all reports from the office of inspector of prisons that he has received since 2020, listing the date received and the date published; the reason for publishing it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60996/25]
703. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions which were taken by his Department between receiving the Death in Custody Investigation Report on 18 July 2025 for a person (details supplied) on 12 January 2023, and its publication by the department on 30 October 2025. [60997/25]
704. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take to implement the recommendations in the Death in Custody Investigation Report for a person (details supplied). [60998/25]
705. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department's plans to redevelop the Old Cork Prison site as a new prison; if the interests of the Land Development Agency in terms of the site have been set aside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61002/25]
706. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the approach that will be taken to the redevelopment of the Old Cork Prison with regard to architectural heritage; in particular with regard to those parts of the site that are included in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (viz. Cork Prison, Cork Prison: Prison Walls); and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
98. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps the Government plans to take to support the move to reusable cups to reduce waste from disposable coffee cups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60476/25]
113. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the changes that will be made to the terms of Repak’s new licence to operate as an approved body for packaging waste recovery, following the EPA statement in September that it was “almost certain” that Ireland will miss mandatory recycling targets in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60474/25]
123. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment how the Government proposes to fulfil its pledge in the programme for Government to invest in waste sorting technology following the EPA statement in September that it was “almost certain” that Ireland will miss mandatory recycling targets in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60475/25]
141. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the National Energy Affordability Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60477/25]
142. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current balance of the circular economy fund, and the proposals his Department is bringing forward to use that fund to boost levels of recycling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60473/25]
249. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the business case made by An Post to Ministers and NewERA to increase the pension payment from the An Post main superannuation scheme will be approved in time for the agreed increases and arrears to be paid before Christmas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60758/25]