Conor Sheehan

434. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport the number of each category of train tickets for Dublin-Limerick train services that were sold in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56071/26]

728. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is reviewing the tax treatment of cohabiting couples, to address the anomalies on the way in which cohabitants are treated in terms of capital gains tax; the legislative action he plans to take on capital gains tax to give cohabiting couples equal treatment to married couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56059/26]

729. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost in 2027 if the 2% USC rate was reduced to 1.25%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56073/26]

997. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to open an office in Abu Dhabi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56069/26]

998. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if IDA Ireland plans to open an office in Madrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56070/26]

3374. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in critical care medicine based at University Hospital Limerick as of 16 July 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56063/26]

3375. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade posts, filled within CHO3 older persons services as of 16 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56064/26]

360. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration will be given to extending the RAS pilot to cities outside of Dublin namely Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54343/26]

361. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the implementation of the 23 recommendations contained in the Review of the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) published in January 2025; the number of recommendations fully implemented to date; the timeline for the remaining modifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54346/26]

118. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct public transport operators to allow dogs on all scheduled bus, rail and light rail services; the steps his Department is taking to standardise pet travel policies across all public transport operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52774/26]

489. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department will review the net income thresholds required for non-EEA family reunification, specifically for category C sponsors holding general employment permits in the health and social care sector; if he recognises the systemic barrier created when the State accepts a healthcare assistant's salary as sufficient for an essential work permit but insufficient to sponsor their minor children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52694/26]

490. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider amending the non-EEA family reunification policy to grant immediate family reunification rights to general employment permit holders working in essential healthcare and home care roles, bringing their entitlements into alignment with critical skills employment permit holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52695/26]

491. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average processing time for join-family visa applications sponsored by general employment permit holders; the steps being taken by ISD to expedite applications involving minor children separated from a parent working in the Irish care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52696/26]

248. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the appointment of the chair of the board and the appointment of the full board for the new hospital in Limerick; if she will commit to the inclusion of a sexual assault treatment unit in the new hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52230/26]

394. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the next review of the DEIS school programme will take place given that it has been four years since the last extension of the programme which used 2021-2022 Department of Education enrolment databases and 2016 national Census data as represented by the Pobal HP Deprivation Index; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51693/26]

454. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the proposed rent increases for residents of a facility (details supplied), whereby monthly rents are proposed to increase from approximately €371 to €571, with some individual tenants facing increases of up to 176%; his views on whether such increases are compatible with the objectives of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51240/26]

455. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has received any reports regarding governance or financial concerns relating to a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51241/26]

456. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will consider introducing additional statutory protections for older persons living in approved housing body accommodation to ensure that tenants on fixed incomes are not subject to excessive rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51242/26]

457. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the oversight his Department exercises over rent-setting policies of approved housing bodies funded under the capital assistance scheme; whether his Department has the power to intervene where proposed rent increases would cause financial hardship to elderly social housing tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51243/26]

458. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has examined extending rent pressure zone protections, or introducing equivalent rent increase limits, to approved housing bodies providing social housing under the capital assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51244/26]

459. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to undertake a review of the approved housing body sector to examine governance, financial sustainability, value-for-money, asset management, rent-setting practices and tenant protections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51245/26]

460. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will review the operation of the economic value provisions applied by approved housing bodies in determining rents, particularly in the case of elderly tenants living in social housing funded by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/26]

448. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if there are guidelines governing the amount a GP can charge a medical card patient for completing a form (details supplied) [50337/26]

807. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when the current review of the core list of medications under the long-term illness scheme will be completed; the way in which a drug can be put forward for consideration under this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49053/26]

901. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the exceptional patient scheme or discretionary funding for GLP-1 medications for severe, treatment-resistant metabolic disorders, including polycystic ovary syndrome, PCOS, where insulin resistance cannot be managed by metformin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49594/26]