Pádraig O'Sullivan

893. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of public nursing home beds funded under the nursing homes support scheme in County Cork, by facility in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49495/26]

941. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number, and corresponding rate, of new entrants who did not progress from first year to second year at university level, broken down by field of study, for each new entrant cohort from 2021/2022 to the most recent year for which data is available, as recorded in the Higher Education Authority's analysis of completion and non-progression in Irish higher education, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49515/26]

168. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of a campaign (details supplied); his plans to facilitate the housing needs of their members and more broadly people with intellectual disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47943/26]

313. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that are being undertaken to improve water quality in Cork Harbour and the River Lee catchment area, in light of recent Environmental Protection Agency findings regarding bathing water quality, nutrient pollution and other identified issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44336/26]

285. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health given that the Sláintecare 2026 Action Plan cites findings from the independent evaluation of the Phase 1 Postnatal Hubs commissioned in 2025, if she will publish that evaluation in full; the date on which it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48122/26]

286. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the commitment in the Sláintecare 2026 Action Plan that at least 327 healthcare professionals will be trained in interRAI assessment in each region by the end of Quarter 3 2026 and that 60 % of all new home support applications will be carried out using interRAI, the number of healthcare professionals trained in interRAI assessment to date in each of the six HSE Health Regions; the current percentage of new home support applications carried out using interRAI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48124/26]

287. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the focused two-year oral health action plan referred to in the Sláintecare 2026 Action Plan, described as expected to be completed shortly and presented to her ahead of publication, will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48125/26]

288. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the commitment in the Sláintecare 2026 Action Plan to implement changes under the Framework Agreement on the Supply and Pricing of Medicines, the number of items reviewed by the HSE Drugs Group and the frequency of HSE Drugs Group meetings; the number of items reviewed by the HSE Drugs Group and the number of meetings held in each of the years 2023 to 2025; the value of rebate debts outstanding under the Framework Agreement at the most recent date for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48126/26]

289. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the enactment of the Mental Health Act 2026 on 7 May 2026, the commencement order or orders made to date under the Act; the timeline for the secondary legislation required to bring its provisions into operation; whether the resources required for commencement will be sought as part of the Estimates process for 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48127/26]

290. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the Sláintecare Progress Report 2025, which records that the national target for interRAI assessments for people seeking a home support service was 18,100 in 2025 and that the total completed was 4,656, representing a target variance of 74.3 per cent, if she will provide, the number of interRAI assessments completed and the regional target for 2025, by HSE health region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48128/26]

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 and for detecting the fraudulent relabelling of virgin palm oil as palm oil mill effluent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47471/26]

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 of palm oil mill effluent derived biofuel placed on the market in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47472/26]

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 mill effluent in fuel supplied to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47473/26]

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 matter. [47324/26]

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 Department; if he is aware of negotiations between the company, University of Galway and Údarás na Gaeltachta to transfer control of the company to those bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47350/26]

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 make a statement on the matter. [47475/26]

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; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47711/26]

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 on the matter. [47712/26]

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 statement on the matter. [47713/26]

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 manufacturing process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47705/26]

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 linked to the affected products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47706/26]