Gillian Toole

41. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the financial commitment and timeline of drawdown for the delivery of the recently announced Navan rail line. [40207/26]

165. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the analysis of an organisation (details supplied) of surplus grid energy that has taken place; if there is a proposal to make free surplus energy available to targeted customers in energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33507/26]

476. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health if information (details supplied) in relation to a series of matters regarding the policy, clinical and financial rationale for restricting access to long-acting injectable buprenorphine will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33481/26]

158. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the information his Department has received from the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority (ANCA) on the number of enforcement actions taken since ANCA's establishment under the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019; and whether he is satisfied that ANCA, which is embedded within Fingal County Council and funded by a levy paid by the airport operator under section 5 of the 2019 Act, meets the independence requirements of Article 3(2) of EU Regulation 598/2014. [32405/26]

246. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has had any communication with affected residents or their representatives since August 2022 regarding referred complaints concerning the Runway 28R Standard Instrument Departure to Fingal County Council; whether he is aware that Fingal County Council has stated, including in the course of correspondence with the Office of the Ombudsman, that it lacks technical expertise in flight path matters; whether he is aware that the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority has confirmed it monitors for noise compliance only and does not monitor planning compliance with the 2007 Environmental Impact Statement; whether he is aware that Freedom of Information decision TRA-FOI-2026-0086 of 9 April 2026 confirmed under section 15(1)(a) that the Department holds no records of any aviation qualifications among its staff, has conducted no periodic expertise review of the kind recommended by Safety Recommendation IRLD2021029 of the 2021 Air Accident Investigation Unit Report on Rescue 116, and holds no terms of reference, findings, or actions taken in respect of such a review; whether he is aware that his Department's Assistant Secretary for Aviation confirmed to the Joint Committee on Transport on 4 March 2026 that "daa are the owners of the data" (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31817/26]

247. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport if he will review matters raised (details supplied) regarding flight routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31818/26]

248. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the body that in his view, bears responsibility for ensuring that the departure routes from Dublin Airport's Runway 28R comply with the 2007 Environmental Impact Statement on which planning permission was granted under An Bord Pleanála reference PL06F.217429 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31820/26]

249. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the number of noise complaints referred by the DAA plc to AirNav Ireland in 2024 and in 2025 that received a substantive response from AirNav Ireland to the affected resident; the median time between referral by DAA and substantive response by AirNav that has been in each of those years; whether he is aware that residents who receive DAA's template response stating "The flight event will be shared to AirNav, our air navigation service provider, for further investigation" report receiving no further communication from AirNav Ireland or DAA in respect of the referred event; whether his Department has at any point enquired of AirNav Ireland on the operation of this referral process; and whether he considers a referral process in which the receiving body does not substantively respond to the affected resident consistent with Article 5 of the Aarhus Convention (collection and dissemination of environmental information) and the requirement that public authorities make environmental information "effectively accessible"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31822/26]

250. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware that the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority formally requested noise data from DAA plc in April 2024 for the purpose of the noise assessment required under Regulation (EU) 598/2014; that daa did not supply the requested data until November 2025, a delay of approximately 19 months; that the delay extended past An Coimisiún Pleanála's decision of 16 July 2025 granting daa's Relevant Action application (ABP-314485-22) with revised conditions, such that the data was not supplied until approximately four months after the Board's decision, and approximately three months before the European Commission's decision C(2026) 919 of 10 February 2026 finding Ireland's process for the adoption of noise-related operating restrictions at Dublin Airport non-compliant with Regulation (EU) 598/2014; that section 9(10)(a) of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 empowers ANCA to direct the airport authority to provide information; whether any statutory or regulatory provision has been identified to the Minister, by DAA, ANCA, or any other body under his remit, as the basis on which the supply of noise data to the statutory regulator was lawfully conditional on the status of the Relevant Action; whether his Department has at any point enquired into the reasons for the 19-month delay; whether he recalls a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31824/26]

251. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware that Fingal County Council issued a warning letter to DAA PLC in September 2022 in respect of the Runway 28R Standard Instrument Departure routes; that more than 180 weeks have now elapsed without Fingal issuing an enforcement notice or proceeding under section 160 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31825/26]

252. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether he agrees with the position, stated by the managing director of Dublin Airport (a DAA plc employee) to the Joint Committee on Transport on 24 March 2026, that ‘there is no such thing as planning permission for flight paths’; whether he considers that position consistent with Council Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (details supplied); if he does not agree with DAA's position, to state on the basis his Department has continued to rely on DAA's position in its dealings with the Oireachtas and in the preparation of the Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31827/26]

239. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected. [31345/26]

240. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the revised framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice exceptional that is, children with both high ability and additional needs such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia will be appropriately identified within the system. [31346/26]

241. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has conducted any impact assessment on how the revised model may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; the safeguards in place to prevent under-identification of such children, particularly in light of evidence that twice-exceptional children are already under-recognised within Irish education and disability services.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31347/26]

242. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; the consideration that has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment; and the implications this may have for equity of access. [31348/26]

243. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model. [31349/26]

244. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department intends to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes. [31350/26]

310. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport to audit the number of Dublin Bus passenger vehicles parked in Monaghan as back up to the electric fleet, instruct the National Transport Authority to re-deploy fleet to Bus Éireann in order to increase capacity on the 103 and 105 routes in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29224/26]

342. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the Unit for Forward Planning; if the staffing of the unit includes redeployment of staff or recruitment of new staff; when the unit will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29225/26]

477. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost benefit analysis that has been carried out to determine the benefits of resourcing existing childcare provision facilities versus the construction/ renovation of greenfield sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29226/26]

553. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the consideration and/or scoping of a health literacy initiative that is being undertaken to ensure better health outcomes for patients and enabling the future resourcing of novel drug therapies. [29476/26]

554. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the reason drug companies are indemnified if vaccines are presented to the public as being safe and effective. [29477/26]

558. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the reason drug companies indemnified are if vaccines are presented to the public as being safe and effective. [29492/26]

180. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport when the age friendly walkability audited footpaths and junctions of Dunshaughlin and Ratoath, County Meath will be upgraded to ensure the pedestrian safety of older people and all residents of these towns. [23514/26]

227. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if a contractor to a local authority can also lobby the same local authority on behalf of a development company, during the contracted time period. [23513/26]