Peadar Tóibín

995. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the oversight mechanisms in place to monitor the use of special emergency arrangements; and to ensure the welfare and safeguarding of children placed under such arrangements. [31069/26]

996. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who were living in Tusla care settings and who were arrested by An Garda Síochána, in each of the past five years, broken down by year and by type of care placement. [31070/26]

1016. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she has concerns over the ventilation system in the National Children’s Hospital, Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to staff working for the State and for an organisation (details supplied) on the National Children’s Hospital were previously working on the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Glasgow, where work on the ventilation system was found to be defective; and her views on whether there is a conflict of interest. [29672/26]

1065. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied). [29870/26]

1172. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason primary medical cert assessments (PMC’s) are paused in County Meath; the length of time they have been paused; the number of persons currently on the list to be assessed; the average wait time in County Meath for PMC; the number of PMC’s around Ireland that are currently paused; the average wait time for PMC in Ireland; the number of persons on the list for PMC in Ireland; the number of PMC’s that were issued in Ireland, by month for each of the past five years; the number of assessment applications that were received in 2025 and the number of actual assessments that took place, for each county, each month, for the past two years. [30165/26]

9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of pupils assessed as requiring special needs assistant support who did not have that support in place at the commencement of the school year in each of the past three academic years; the number of special needs assistant posts approved but unfilled at the start of each year; the average delay between approval and deployment; and whether an assessment has been made of the impact of such delays on a child’s effective access to education. [29094/26]

70. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who, for the 2025–2026 academic year, were unable to secure a school place at primary or post-primary level despite applying within published timeframes; the number of formal school place refusals issued nationally; the number of cases in which her Department was required to intervene directly to secure a placement; and the number of children who remained without a confirmed school place at the start of the school year. [29093/26]

181. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether it is Government policy to phase out, regularise, or continue the use of unregulated special emergency arrangements by Tusla; the timeline for any legislative or regulatory change; and the reason such settings do not fall under the remit of the Health Information and Quality Authority, despite accommodating children in State care. [29220/26]

190. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of complaints made directly by children to Tusla in each of the past five years; the categories of complaints received; the process available to children to make a complaint; and whether any element of that process is independent of Tusla management structures. [29222/26]

192. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of allegations or reports of abuse made by or on behalf of children while in the care of Tusla in each of the past five years, broken down by placement type; the channels through which such reports are made; and whether children in State care have access to an independent body outside Tusla to report abuse or safeguarding concerns. [29223/26]

193. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of unregulated special emergency arrangements used by Tusla to accommodate children in its care; the number of children currently placed in such arrangements; the duration of placement in each case; and whether the Minister will outline why children continue to be placed in settings that are not subject to statutory regulation or inspection. [29219/26]

206. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide the number of Tusla staff who resigned, retired, or otherwise left employment, broken down by grade, for each year from 2020 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; the reasons recorded for their departure; and whether she has assessed the impact of staff churn on child protection and care outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29221/26]

330. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide the full parameters and process that is necessary to achieve fuel rebates that have been recently announced. [29309/26]

331. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of tax audits that have been carried out by the State on businesses and citizens for each of the past ten years. [29351/26]

338. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the sectors entitled to the new fuel rebate scheme; and the way in which will it function. [29416/26]

423. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of summonses that have been issued to farmers and protestors who were part of the price of fuel protests. [29286/26]

424. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to hold an investigation into the manner in which the 'price of fuel protests' were policed; and if he will investigate the use of pepper spray and physical force on protests that were, in the vast majority of cases, were peaceful. [29307/26]

220. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if an appointment for surgery will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [28870/26]

267. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has conducted an impact assessment on a proposed 0% VAT rate for construction materials to lower the cost of building new homes; his views on whether such a measure would more effectively stimulate supply than the current 9% VAT rate applied only to completed apartments; the estimated cost to the Exchequer of zero-rating these materials for the duration of the current Dáil term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17811/26]

342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of pieces of legislation, functions of agencies or public bodies that are now exempt from section 15 of Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. [28011/26]

451. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of planning applications that have been referred to An Coimisiún Pleanála under Schedule 7 of the 2000 Act; the number that were processed within the 18 week target; the number that were further subject to a High Court challenge; and the number that were successfully upheld, in the past five years. [27979/26]

465. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average delay in the delivery of exchequer-funded infrastructure projects with a value of over €70 million, for each of the past five years. [28725/26]

466. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average delay in the delivery of PPP-funded infrastructure projects of a value of over €70 million, for each of the past five years. [28726/26]

467. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average cost overrun in the delivery of exchequer-funded infrastructure projects of a value of over €70 million, for each of the past five years. [28727/26]

468. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average cost overrun in the delivery of PPP-funded infrastructure projects of a value of over €70 million, for each of the past five years. [28728/26]