312. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a date on which the ANP-ADON pay link will be formally protected (details supplied); if she will provide the reasons for the prolonged delay in resolving this matter; the basis on which any proposed limitation of back pay is being considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48219/26]
186. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the status of an application for an enhanced regional bus service, between Cork, Killarney and Tralee by a coach company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47452/26]
187. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the measures his Department and the National Oil Reserves Agency have put in place to monitor the supply of biofuel derived from palm oil mill effluent under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation since the coming into effect of S.I. No. 247 of 2025 on 1 July 2025; the ongoing arrangements for verifying the sustainability and authenticity of such fuel a…
188. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the volume of biofuel derived from palm oil mill effluent supplied under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation in 2025 and to date in 2026, further to the coming into effect on 1 July 2025 of S.I. No. 247 of 2025 which excluded such fuel from eligibility for additional renewable transport fuel certificates; whether that measure has reduced the volume o…
189. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport whether he intends to impose a cap on imports of palm oil mill effluent derived biofuel under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, further to his Department's indication in 2025 that such a limit had not been ruled out; the assessment the National Oil Reserves Agency has made of the risk of virgin palm oil being fraudulently relabelled as palm oil mi…
273. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the plans the Office of Public Works has to expand ancillary and visitor activities at a castle (details supplied); whether consideration has been given, or will be given, to facilitating craft fairs, markets or stalls in the environs of the castle; and if he will make a statement on the …
287. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline any measures the Government plans to introduce to support the survival of pubs that do not serve hot food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47178/26]
395. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport in light of the reported non-attendance of Galway Culture Company at meetings of Galway City Council, if his Department has received the most recent audited accounts of the company; if the company has provided his Department with details of its plans for the expenditure of the €1 million in legacy project funding granted by his De…
531. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of garda vetting appeals heard by appeals officers in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47474/26]
532. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department or An Garda Síochána records the nationality of persons subject to the notification requirements of the Sex Offenders Act 2001 as amended; if so, the number of such persons who are nationals of a country other than Ireland in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will…
541. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the findings in chapter 10 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report for 2024 on the management of international protection accommodation contracts, the number of the report's recommendations that have been fully implemented; the number that remain outstanding; the expected completion date for those outstanding;…
542. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and proportion of International Protection Accommodation Service contracted properties for which his Department currently holds a signed contract, further to the finding of the Comptroller and Auditor General that signed contracts were available for only half of the properties sampled; and if he will make a statement …
543. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of legal cases taken against his Department or the International Protection Accommodation Service by accommodation providers that have been settled in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the total cost of those settlements; the number of cases currently at pre-litigation stage; and if he will make a stat…
586. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to confirmation that certain infant formula products contaminated with cereulide were manufactured in Ireland and exported, the findings of any investigation conducted by his Department, which regulates the relevant manufacturing facilities, into the way the contaminated ingredient arachidonic acid oil entered the manufactu…
587. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that analysis reported in February 2026 found the contamination of arachidonic acid oil with cereulide dated back to October 2024 and persisted throughout 2025, whether any infant formula manufactured in or placed on the market in the State during that period was affected; whether any cases of illness in the State have been l…
588. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the controls applied to imported ingredients used in the manufacture of infant formula in the State, with particular reference to arachidonic acid oil sourced from outside the European Union; whether those controls have been strengthened since the cereulide contamination incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [477…
632. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the proposed new childcare facility in Glanmire, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47565/26]
675. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the current state of Ireland's preparedness for utilising the EU's Joint Clinical Assessments (JCA) on clinical trial data in evaluations by the HSE and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE); when she expects such JCA's to be applied to such evaluations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46925/26]
676. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the guidance that has been issued to Irish marketing authorisation holders regarding the process, timelines, and expectations for considering the EU's Joint Clinical Assessment (JCA) by the HSE and the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE); the way in which JCA reports will be factored into the reimbursement recommendations for treatments; and if she…
760. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual burden of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in older adults in Ireland, including hospitalisations, emergency department presentations and mortality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47351/26]
761. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if her Department recognises that the burden of RSV in older adults may be underestimated due to testing practices and coding limitations; the way in which this is being considered in policy development regarding RSV immunisation strategies for older adults in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47352/26]
783. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if membership of the (CTAC) Clinical Trials Advisory Council has been set; to provide full list of membership; the efforts her Department is making to ensure that Ireland is an attractive place for clinical trials; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47461/26]
784. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether a national diabetes registry exists in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47464/26]
785. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health given the absence of a national diabetes registry in the State, the data source and jurisdiction on which her Department and the Health Service Executive base their estimate of diabetes prevalence; whether that estimate is derived by applying a diabetes prevalence rate recorded in another jurisdiction to the population of the State; the most recent year for…
786. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the most recent estimate held by her Department or the Health Service Executive of the number of people living with diabetes in the State, distinguishing between type 1 and type 2 diabetes; the year and data source on which that estimate is based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47467/26]