206. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the application process for higher scales for administrative grades below the grade of assistant principal operated in his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2657/26]
1063. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 16 July 2025, if she will provide a copy of all of the undertaken review correspondence with the HSE and the outcome therefrom (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74330/25]
1376. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 9 July 2025, the date he will provide a substantive response; if his Department will provide this Deputy with a copy of the memorandum of understanding that was provided to inform the Oireachtas Committee charged with development of the 1976 Act; the date his Department will make all …
1377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will confirm unequivocally to this Deputy whether, the State is legally required and empowered to manage all wild birds, including urban gulls, as laid down in Article 9 of the EU Birds Directive and pertinent National legislation (primary and secondary); if he is the Minister responsible for the necessary and consequenti…
1378. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the Elective Derogation Regulation (details supplied) must be restored with immediate effect, before the 2026 breeding season; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74331/25]
1379. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No’s, 148,149,150,151,152 of 16 July 2025, if he will provide a complete copy of the Department/NPWS’s correspondence concerning gulls and public health and safety with the HSE in 2017, as cited in his reply; and if he will provide copies of any consistent/similar correspondence that his Depart…
1380. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No’s 148,149,150,151,152 of 16 July 2025, and his statement in his reply that he is satisfied that the NPWS carries out their functions in a balanced and measured manner in line with the legislative provisions for the protection of wild birds, if is satisfied that, since the withdrawal of the p…
1381. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service has issued any public notices that it is perfectly legal under the Wildlife Acts 1976 and 2000 (Amended) to remove nests from occupied buildings provided they do not contain eggs or hatched chicks; if no such public notice has been issued, and as the Houses of th…
1382. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a summary of all wildlife licences granted in the period 2019 to 2025 in respect of herring gulls and removal of their nests and eggs; the licence date, location, the reason for which licences were sought, the approved control actions; and the specific legal grounds for the granting of the licences; and if he will ma…
1655. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail whether his Department uses or have ever used any forms of artificial intelligence (details supplied) to assist with or process citizenship applications or related documentation; at what stage in the process of handling this documentation have these systems been used; who authorised the decision to use these systems; the…
2004. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the scheme or funding stream available for the provision of guide dogs for a visually impaired person living in a rural area who is no longer working but who still wants to be able to leave the house and cannot do so safely without the assistance of a guide dog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1963/26]
78. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the commitments she has made to provide community childcare in multi-purpose community hubs and centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73015/25]
108. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he intends to implement a socially-just phase out action plan for the replacement of fossil fuels by sustainable energy sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73018/25]
206. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the ethical guidelines used to determine whether or not the State will invest in companies with links to the illegal occupied territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73047/25]
316. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if future planning for a new train station namely the reopening of Ardgillan/Balbriggan south train station, will be considered to accommodate the future development by the Land Development Agency of Castlelands, Balbriggan; if he is aware that the development of the site will see an increase in population of up to 2,000 people to the existing population of…
396. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware that statutory redundancy pay is only required after two years of service; if he is aware that due to this, some companies hire large numbers of staff and then dismiss them shortly before they reach the two-year mark, only to hire some of the same people again soon after; if he has considered that while legally, this …
541. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the way a particular welfare payment (details supplied) was calculated as regards furnishing social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73433/25]
542. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has given any consideration to a cost-of-disability payment.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73434/25]
543. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the one-payment-per-household rule for the fuel allowance scheme whereby adult children on low incomes are living in the family home due to the housing crisis and are refused support based on parental income alone, despite individually qualifying for the scheme; and the plans to allow eligibility to be assessed on an individual bas…
544. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that workers are protected from redundancy only once maternity leave has officially begun; if he is aware that this means that even if a pregnant woman has only a few days left before her leave starts, she can still be made redundant; if he is aware of the difficulties for someone who is two months away from giving birth to find a new…
545. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that domestic abuse rent supplement is available for three months without a means test; if he understands that a victim of domestic abuse in some circumstances is working and required to pay the mortgage on the property where the children live; if this payment is considered as part of the means test in the case where the person cannot…
546. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered implementing a ‘saver clause’ similar to that used when someone transitions from disability allowance to the State pension (non-contributory) for those in receipt of carer’s allowance when they transition to the State pension (non-contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73441/25]
656. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the wait times to see a consultant at all HSE fertility hubs across the country, in tabular form; the measures taken to ensure the waitlists for childless couples in particular do not increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73432/25]
657. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of any scheme or funding stream for the provision of guide dogs for a visually impaired person living in a rural area who is no longer working but who still wants to be able to leave the house and cannot do so safely without the assistance of a guide dog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73439/25]
751. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the annual number of Gardaí for the past three years in north County Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72358/25]