238. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department or the Teaching Council has surveyed registered Irish teachers currently resident outside the State to determine the factors preventing or discouraging them from returning to teach in Ireland, including salary, recognition of overseas teaching experience, housing, availability of permanent full-time positions and registration re…
239. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated annual expenditure in 2026 on measures specifically designed to address post-primary teacher recruitment and supply, broken down by measure, including promotional campaigns, bursaries, initial teacher education expansion, subject upskilling programmes, recruitment initiatives and other teacher-supply measures; and to compare this wi…
348. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will review the exclusion of local authority tenants living in homes acquired under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2024 from the tenant purchase scheme, particularly where tenants were originally advised that they would have an opportunity to purchase their home and where the tenancy agreement makes no re…
504. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the next round of funding under the building blocks capital programme will be announced. [66995/26]
360. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an up to date financial position for the HSE South West area in accordance with budget 2026. [66133/26]
361. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she can give a breakdown of the posts approved by the HSE South West during 2026; and to provide a breakdown per category of post and location. [66130/26]
119. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the preparation of the Energy Affordability Action Plan. [65227/26]
120. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the recommendations that have been made from the National Energy Affordable Taskforce to date; and the progress of their implementation [65226/26]
121. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he can advise on the full list of current schemes in place which are administered by the SEAI to assist businesses in improving their energy efficiency. [65225/26]
506. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason job-sharing teachers are not permitted to undertake substitute teaching in primary schools during the 2026-2027 school year; if this policy will be urgently reviewed given the ongoing difficulty schools face in securing qualified substitute teachers; and if job-sharing teachers will be permitted to undertake substitute work on days whe…
616. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school bus driver (details supplied) who was driving school buses up until June of 2025 will be permitted to drive school transport under the new over 70 rules [65752/26]
617. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Bus Éireann will increase the capacity on a post primary school transport route to cater for the 11 students (details supplied) who have were on this service last year. [65751/26]
678. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals involving the rating of agricultural or horticultural buildings have been brought before the Valuation Tribunal since 2020; the number that were successful; and the average length of time taken to determine these appeals. [64367/26]
956. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the appointment of a visiting committee member for Cork Prison. [65612/26]
981. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a Social Farming Programme (details supplied) has not received funding in the recent allocation of funding. [64646/26]
1006. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a field inspection can be carried out to confirm access to two parcels of land declared and actively farmed by a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied) for a 2026 BISS payment. [65750/26]
1368. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the specific actions and timelines in place to increase capacity and reduce orthopaedic and pain medicine outpatient waiting times at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. [65384/26]
1369. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on the urgent outpatient waiting list for orthopaedic appointments at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; the average and longest waiting times; and the additional capacity being considered to reduce these waiting lists. [65383/26]
744. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider amending the 80% rule in agricultural leasing and transfers in the agricultural relief asset test as part of Budget 2027; if he will consider a sliding percentage scale rule instead of the 80% which would assist small farm holdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61623/26]
816. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the consideration by Government of targeted supports for the licensed on-trade sector as part of preparations for Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63324/26]
435. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme (TAMS), or introduce a dedicated grant aid measure, to support agricultural contractors in purchasing precision spot-spraying equipment and technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54574/26]
437. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the roll-out of the fuel income support scheme for the construction industry; when applications will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53635/26]
498. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the current non-EEA family reunification policy for healthcare assistants and home care assistants employed under the general employment permit system; if he will examine the impact of the current income thresholds, waiting periods and processing times on workers who remain separated from their spouses and childr…
635. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive into Irish law; when the relevant legislation is expected to be introduced and enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53579/26]
23. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the social farming scheme; the level of take up on the scheme to date throughout the country; if he intends expanding the scheme in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52196/26]