1798. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the operation and rollout of the Medical Cannabis Access Programme (MCAP) in 2026; the number of patients currently approved; the number of consultants prescribing under the programme; the plans to review and expand the programme, including the list of qualifying conditions, to improve safe and regulated access for patients who requi…
2287. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the percentage of LEADER funding allocated to projects in the respective LAG areas; the amount drawn down; the amount of funding remaining to the allocated (in tabular form); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18978/26]
2289. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the take-up of the senior alert scheme for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; if he intends to make any changes to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19230/26]
16. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of persons nationally, broken down per HSE region, who are awaiting home support hours; the average waiting time involved; the efforts the HSE are making in recruiting home support workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16273/26]
21. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of approved general practitioner posts currently vacant in Cork; the measures being taken to recruit and retain GPs, particularly in rural areas of Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16272/26]
214. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the funding allocated to Cork County Council under the community monuments fund in 2024 and 2025; the projects approved in Cork during these years; when recipients of the 2026 fund will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16274/26]
261. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the funding allocated to Cork County Council under the historic structures fund in 2024 and 2025; the projects approved in Cork during these years; when recipients of the 2026 fund will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16275/26]
394. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific rules (details supplied) in applying for the Housing Adaptation Grant for Disabled People for people who wish to replace their windows and doors in the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17945/26]
396. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the CAS scheme to allow it to be used for the purchase of second-hand properties for the disability sector which could then be retrofitted to suit the needs of the sector; if he will consider increasing the financial threshold so it would meet the cost of the adaptations required to meet fire regulations and H…
478. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality as a result of the publication of the HSE Capital Plan for 2026, if she will provide more detailed information on the projects planned to progress with disability services in Cork and Kerry during 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18125/26]
558. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health further to the publication of the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, the proposed governance, funding flows and accountability arrangements for the regional structures within the HSE health regions; whether local drug and alcohol task forces will retain independent governance and decision-making authority over locally delivered programmes; and if she wi…
559. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the way in which funding will be allocated within the proposed regional structures under the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; whether deprivation, social exclusion and patterns of entrenched drug-related harm will be formally weighted alongside population in determining resource allocation; if she will publish the criteria to be used by HSE Health Reg…
560. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the specific measures that will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of local drug and alcohol task forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18030/26]
561. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health whether under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including local drug and alcohol task forces, will be pooled at HSE Health Region level the safeguards that will be put in place to prevent dilution of funding to areas of high deprivation; and if she will make a…
587. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant orthodontist posts currently vacant in HSE south-west Cork and Kerry, the plans to recruit same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18122/26]
12. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the full list of the 500 or so capital projects to be delivered as part of the €18.9bn investment in the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17467/26]
226. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will support an increase in the ECCE rates for childcare providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17442/26]
197. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the rollout of the National Broadband Plan for Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16270/26]
576. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the local authorities now operating the choice-based letting system for the advertising of available social housing units within local authorities and approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16211/26]
577. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on an affordable housing scheme in Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16212/26]
920. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health when she intends to commence a review of the reimbursement process, as committed to in the Programme for Government; whether such a review will specifically include the way in which orphan medicines are assessed and reimbursed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16948/26]
921. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health in light of Rare Disease Day taking place on 28 February, if she will commit to introducing an early access scheme in Ireland for people living with rare diseases to access EMA-approved orphan medicines; if such an early access scheme will include orphan medicines products licenced for non-oncology conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
922. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if the Oversight Implementation Group for the National Rare Disease Strategy has been established, given that the Strategy was published in August 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16950/26]
8. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals currently in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's benefit in Cork and Limerick, with particular focus on Intreo areas such as Mallow, Newmarket, Macroom and Kilmallock; the most recent trends in these figures over the past 12 months; the supports and activation measures in place locally, such as training, employm…
63. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the current average processing times for carer's allowance; the steps his Department is taking to reduce delays and barriers faced by applicants in applying for this payment; the plans in place to deal with increased applications post July 2026 when the latest changes to the carer's allowance scheme come into place; and if he will make a statement o…