Gillian Toole

293. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Education and Youth the forward planning methodologies and datasets being used to ensure the timely or advance delivery of social infrastructure in the rapidly developing towns of Meath east, in particular the provision of new schools’ facilities and the upgrade of existing school facilities (details supplied). [23515/26]

1662. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the impact assessments which were carried out in 2020 when the developmental assessments of children, by public health nurses, were suspended during SARS Cov 2 and similarly, during the Health Service Executive pay & numbers strategies of 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18268/26]

151. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures being taken to ensure the provision of housing for people with disabilities, to ensure that Ireland complies with Article 19 of the UNCRPD, including but not limited to expansion of the capital acquisition scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18183/26]

275. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the current implementation status of each of the three Safety Recommendations Nos. 28, 29, and 30, directed at the Minister in the AAIU Final Report on the Rescue 116 accident, published in November 2021; the specific actions taken to date in respect of each recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17894/26]

276. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether the detailed review of the mechanisms by which his Department oversees the Irish Aviation Authority, as recommended by the AAIU in Safety Recommendation No. 29, has been completed; if so, when it was completed; what its findings were; if he will publish it; if not, when he expects it to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17895/26]

277. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether he will direct his Department to publish annually a report detailing its technical competence to perform its statutory oversight function in respect of aviation safety, including the qualifications and specialist expertise held within the Aviation Division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17896/26]

383. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Part V will be amended to include housing for people with disabilities on local authority housing lists and private home buyers. [18184/26]

277. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the disciplinary procedures in place for senior management in State transport bodies (details supplied) in the event of failure of evidence-based forward planning of public transport infrastructure and services in settlements of population growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16105/26]

355. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Education and Youth the consultation and co-creation involved in the production of the SNA Toolkit 2024, produced by the National Council for Special Education, for the deployment of special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16102/26]

356. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Education and Youth what the pause in the deployment of special needs assistants means for school communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16103/26]

634. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the contingency plan in place for the provision of general practitioner services in Ratoath and Dunboyne County Meath, pending the retirement of general practitioners from the provision of medical services in these towns, during the first quarter of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16104/26]

52. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the reasons for the resignation of the chief executive of Dublin Airport Authority; the cost of any settlement/severance package as applicable to the semi-State corporate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10909/26]

170. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Education and Youth the interventions or supports that will be provided to children awaiting assessments for possible developmental delays; the unconfirmed requirement for a special class or school place, to support the children and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10910/26]

278. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the multi-annual funding will be allocated, via the Health Service Executive, to section 38 and section 39 disability services providers, to enable forward planning of services to children and adults with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10908/26]

733. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason an approved housing body, in receipt of State funding, will not install a security entrance gate at a location (details supplied) to protect older and vulnerable residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10506/26]

6. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will set out the specific steps he is taking in 2026 to reduce the administrative and regulatory burden on farmers, in light of recent reports that almost half of farmers identify rules, regulations and bureaucracy as their biggest concern; if he will commit to a timeline for simplifying key schemes and inspection processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7342/26]

100. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the reason a health research report of April 2025, the health costs report on aircraft noise from Dublin Airport, compiled by a person (details supplied), submitted by Fingal and Meath residents, is being ignored and corrective action avoided, in view of the recent report by the European Environment Agency of 9 January 2026 in the European Heart Journal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3290/26]

235. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the reason opportunities to expand the Dublin Airport passenger cap, as presented by the North Runway Technical Group June 2025, are being ignored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3291/26]

236. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the public-transport (bus, rail, park & ride facilities) forward planning is being worked on by his Department, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, National Transport Authority, Bus Éireann, Irish Rail for Meath-East, to ensure the delivery of an efficient & affordable public transport system in advance of revised planning/ house-building targets. [3292/26]

516. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the real estate-property development industry is not required to demonstrate the price of new properties, additional phases nor cancellation-resale properties in accordance with the Sale of Goods Act 1980; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73591/25]

565. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason ethnicity and nationality are not compulsorily recorded on the PULSE system, as in other EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73590/25]

350. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agrifood regulator will have authority to investigate competition and pricing in the sale of food products, meat and poultry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73254/25]

440. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the details of the indemnification of manufacturers of messenger RNA gene therapy supplied during the SARS Cov 2 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73256/25]

418. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Education and Youth the analysis, review and risk assessments carried out on the í Cineálta primary and secondary-schools programme, to ensure compliance with the principles and protections in the Children First Act 2015 and the Children First: National Guidance for the Protection and Welfare of Children. [71340/25]

623. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Social Protection the inter-Departmental consultation and communication taking place to ensure review of the school meals scheme, to include an opt-out if the school community requests same, with re-distribution of funding for other supports, deemed necessary by the school principal in consultation with the school community. [71341/25]