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885. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the annual cost of the national unused medicines return and disposal scheme; the details of the contract awarded to the appointed waste disposal provider including its duration and value; whether the contract was subject to competitive tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53451/26]

28. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions his Department is taking to prepare for 1 January 2028, and the European Commission's implementing decision on nitrates derogation; if Ireland is on target to maintain the present status, allowing eligible farms to stock above the standard EU limit of 170kg organic nitrogen/ha; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52036/26]

56. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his action plan to support generational renewal and farm succession, and reduce the age profile of Irish farmers; the efforts being made to address difficulties in transferring farms, high land prices, and the financial barriers for young farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52037/26]

22. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update in relation to the Blackpool flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51268/26]

46. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide a breakdown, by project, of all capital expenditure under the Office of Public Works in County Cork in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, including amounts allocated and amounts drawn down in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51269/26]

265. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing personal tax credits, the employee tax credit and the earned income tax credit at a rate of 1%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51370/26]

266. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of reducing the standard and higher rates of taxation by 1% each, the number of people impacted by such reductions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51371/26]

267. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of reducing each of the USC rates by 1%; the number of people impacted by such reductions, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51372/26]

268. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing income tax bands at rates of 1%, 2% and 3%, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51373/26]

269. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been or is currently being given to indexing income tax bands, and in particular, to the average annual inflation rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51374/26]

423. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded under the Sport Ireland Anti-Doping Programme, broken down by sport, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51883/26]

566. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has collected or analysed data on the reasons for adjournments in District Court criminal legal aid cases, including adjournments arising from disclosure, DPP directions, forensic reports, probation reports, psychiatric assessments, interpreter availability, court-list pressures or other prosecution-side or system factors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51233/26]

567. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to the new District Court criminal legal aid fee model, which replaces the previous payment of approximately €240 for a first appearance and €60 for each subsequent appearance with a flat fee of €520 per defendant, the assessment that has been carried out of the impact of this change on complex or longer-running cases; whether his Department has considered separate or enhanced payments for cases involving children, persons with mental health or capacity issues, persons held on remand, or cases requiring multiple reports or assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51234/26]

568. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which the new District Court criminal legal aid fee model is expected to address the rise in District Court criminal legal aid expenditure from approximately €19 million in 2015 to €37 million in 2024; the projected savings that are expected from the new model; whether these projections have been shared with the Law Society and the Bar of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51235/26]

569. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has analysed the extent to which repeated appearances in District Court criminal legal aid cases arises from defence-side conduct as opposed to prosecution-side or system factors, including disclosure, DPP directions, forensic reports, probation reports, psychiatric assessments, interpreter availability or court-list pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51236/26]

609. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number, and total value, of cash seizures made by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51867/26]

610. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of arrests made by An Garda Síochána in connection with human trafficking and in connection with prostitution offences respectively, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51868/26]

784. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the HSE’s confirmation that all clinical sites have been required to verify compliance with the public only consultant contract, the number of hospital sites that have returned compliance confirmations to date; the number that remain outstanding; whether the results will be published by hospital group, region or site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51237/26]

785. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the assessment that has been carried out of consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist staffing levels and midwifery staffing levels in Irish maternity services compared with international benchmarks; whether the next National Maternity Strategy will include specific staffing and continuity-of-care targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51238/26]

871. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the estimate in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030 that 300,000 people in Ireland live with a rare disease, whether her Department or the Health Service Executive holds data on the breakdown of these conditions by disease or disease category; the status of the National Rare Disease Registry recommended in the Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51876/26]

872. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of rare disease conditions affecting patients in Ireland for which a licensed treatment or medicine is available; the number for which no treatment exists, as recorded by her Department, the Health Service Executive or the National Rare Diseases Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51877/26]

873. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of medicines for rare diseases or orphan conditions for which an application for reimbursement has been received by the Health Service Executive in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026; the number approved; the number refused, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51878/26]

874. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to ensure effective and ongoing communication between the Health Service Executive, her Department and the Irish Dental Association in relation to the public dental service and the dental treatment services scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51879/26]

875. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the structures or forums in place for regular engagement between the Health Service Executive and the Irish Dental Association; the principal issues and resourcing demands raised by the association through those channels; the way in which the Health Service Executive has responded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51880/26]

876. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have withdrawn from the dental treatment services scheme; the total number of dentists contracted under the scheme, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51881/26]