1088. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of acres of land which was added to the Connemara National Park from 2020 – 2025; the total cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59179/25]
1089. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department’s views on the purchase of land for the expansion of existing national parks; the way in which his Department balances this with desires of local farmers to expand their own holdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59180/25]
1173. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection if a State-funded primary school may refuse to participate in the free school meals programme; the circumstances in which it may decide to refuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58363/25]
1174. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of primary schools that have refused to participate in the free school meals programme; the percentage this amount is of the total number of primary schools in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58364/25]
1273. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Gardaí or Courts Service have an in-house translation and interpretation function; the number of times a year the services of a translator or interpreter have been availed of in criminal investigations and court proceedings according to most recently available data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58267/25]
1277. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the Government's relationship with the Judicial Council in terms of its sentencing guidelines function operates; if it is open to him as Minister, or to the Government, given the need to respect judicial independence, to bring the Judicial Council's attention to matters of concern which may be relevant to the dev…
1378. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reports which have been made to date using the traffic watch online reporting portal on the Garda.ie website, which was introduced in August of 2024; and if this represents an increase in reporting when compared with the previous Garda traffic watch telephone service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
1379. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents reported through the Garda traffic watch online reporting portal which have resulted in the complainant not being contacted by a member of An Garda Síochána within 107 days of the report which is the limit after which a fix penalty notice cannot be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
1380. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents reported through the Garda online traffic watch reporting portal which have been deemed inadmissible; the numbers which have resulted in a prosecution or have been dealt with in the way of a caution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59976/25]
1432. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the destruction of up to 30 acres of mature forestry in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58595/25]
1594. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to address deficits accruing to major section 39 providers of disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59781/25]
1874. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the concern held by professional bodies representing psychotherapists regarding new accreditation standards that are being proposed for the profession by CORU, on the basis that these new standards would lower professional standards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58913/25]
1911. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if a policy decision will be taken that when a young person is transferring out of CAMHS services to adult mental health services, the person will be given a date for an appointment with a named consultant or lead care staff member, to give them certainty in terms of the transition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59181/25]
1974. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if the hospitals in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group have any unauthorised developments, or buildings without planning permissions in place on any of the hospital sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59464/25]
1984. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health when the national 'heel prick' test will be expanded to also test for spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59528/25]
1985. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on the HPV vaccination schemes being provided through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59529/25]
222. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department's allocation in Budget 2026 makes provision for the estimated €220 million in national contributions to match the €663 million in funding under the EU Social Climate Fund which can be drawn down from 2026; which vote/ departmental subheading this allocation will fall under; and if he will make a statement on…
223. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when Ireland's draft Social Climate Plan (SCP) will be published; and how he intends to engage with anti-poverty and civil society organisations throughout the development of the SCP. [57224/25]
224. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the efforts his Department is taking to ensure that Ireland's Social Climate Plan will target vulnerable households explicitly; the research and data sets will be used to inform the definition of vulnerability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57225/25]
356. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will identify the locations and completion dates for each advanced building solutions delivered under the IDA Regional Building Programme, in tabular form. [56744/25]
517. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for invalidity pension his Department has received in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of those applications that have been approved in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [56742/25]
518. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals officers assigned to assessing both applications and appeals, respectively, for the State pension contributory. [56743/25]
579. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda road policing motorcycles that came into the fleet in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the number of motorcycles withdrawn during same period, in tabular form. [56745/25]
645. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated full-year costs that would be needed to ensure his Department officials are present at Dublin Airport between the hours of 7am-10.30pm, seven days a week. [56741/25]
678. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the Government’s response for Irish survivors of thalidomide; the engagements she has had with representative groups or individuals since coming into office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56682/25]