Peadar Tóibín
Written
508. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount being spent on free bus travel for Ukrainian people; and the number of Ukrainians who have free public transport. [72149/26]
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Across 959 contributions
356
votes recorded
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341
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Questions asked 2,463 in all
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Contributions to debates 959 in all
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
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| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 17 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 141 | 56 |
| March 2025 | 96 | 68 |
| April 2025 | 126 | 60 |
| May 2025 | 82 | 37 |
| June 2025 | 112 | 42 |
| July 2025 | 136 | 61 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 123 | 35 |
| October 2025 | 90 | 77 |
| November 2025 | 99 | 68 |
| December 2025 | 76 | 51 |
| January 2026 | 125 | 51 |
| February 2026 | 177 | 68 |
| March 2026 | 161 | 38 |
| April 2026 | 159 | 43 |
| May 2026 | 242 | 47 |
| June 2026 | 208 | 59 |
| July 2026 | 95 | 28 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| September 2026 | 112 | 29 |
| October 2026 | 86 | 35 |
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Plus 681 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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Peadar Tóibín
Written
553. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants currently undergoing an age-assessment process; and the number whose age remains disputed for each of the past five years and as of 1 October 2026. [72148/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
555. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the annual cost associated with supports provided to persons who claimed to be minors but were subsequently determined not to be minors, including accommodation, education and social supports, in each of the past five years. [72146/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
559. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether administrative, civil or criminal consequences arise where an international protection applicant is found to have misrepresented their age by claiming to be a minor, when subsequently determined not to be; and if so, the number and nature of such consequences, in each of the past five years. [72144/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
560. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants who claimed to be minors but were subsequently determined not to be minors and who, prior to that determination, were enrolled in second-level education in each of the past five years, broken down by year. [72125/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
561. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applicants for international protection who claimed to be under 18 years of age on arrival in the State but who were subsequently determined not to be minors in each of the past five years, broken down by year. [72124/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
588. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted international protection status, that is, refugee status, subsidiary protection or permission to remain, in each of the past ten years, who were nationals of countries designated as safe countries of origin at the time of their application; the countries concerned; and the number granted status from each…
Peadar Tóibín
Written
589. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons granted international protection status, refugee status or subsidiary protection in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [72461/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Oral
6. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department maintains records of security expenditure on a centre-by-centre basis in respect of all International Protection Accommodation Service, IPAS, accommodation centres; and, if so, the name and location of each centre, the security provider engaged, and the total amount spent on security services at each centre for each o…
Peadar Tóibín
Oral
13. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure incurred by the State on criminal legal aid in respect of persons aged under 18 years in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the estimated amount of that expenditure attributable to juveniles who had previously been convicted of one or more criminal offences. [70303/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of complaints before the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman relating to pension disputes that have been awaiting formal adjudication for periods of less than six months, six to twelve months, one to two years and more than two years; the average time taken to conclude an adjudication; and the measures being taken to reduce waiting…
Peadar Tóibín
Written
181. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps being taken by his Department to assist Irish small and medium-sized enterprises that are required to register with multiple authorities across the European Union in order to sell and distribute goods to customers in other Member States; if he has assessed the cumulative cost of such registration and compliance requirements …
Peadar Tóibín
Written
344. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of adults and children accommodated in emergency accommodation under each local authority area. [69815/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
410. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the proportion of the total social welfare overpayments raised in each of the years 2016 to 2025 that was attributable to proven fraud, customer error and official or administrative error respectively; and the monetary value associated with each category. [70352/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
411. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the total value of social welfare overpayments that remained unrecovered at 31 December in each of the years 2016 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and the amount of debt written off or deemed unrecoverable. [70351/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
412. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 6110/26, to provide the actual outstanding social welfare overpayment debt balance owed to his Department at the end of each year from 2016 to 2025, inclusive; and the amount written off in each of those years. [70350/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
444. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure incurred by the State on emergency accommodation for international protection applicants in each of the past five years and to date in 2026; and the average cost per person accommodated. [69798/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
445. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of active contracts currently held by the State for the provision of emergency accommodation for international protection applicants; the number of individual providers involved; and the county location of each accommodation centre. [69799/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
446. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the ten largest providers of emergency accommodation for international protection applicants currently contracted by the State; and the value of payments made to each provider in 2025 and to date in 2026. [69800/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
524. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children from households in which all adults are unemployed, economically inactive or otherwise not in paid employment who receive more than 20 hours per week of subsidised childcare; the average number of hours claimed; and the total cost to the Exchequer of these claims in each year from 2020 to date. [70430/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
525. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of households in which no adult is in employment that are availing of more than 20-hours-per-week of publicly subsidised childcare under the national childcare scheme or any other State-supported childcare programme; and the corresponding figure in each year from 2020 to date. [70429/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
558. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the current staffing complement of the 22q11 Clinic at Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin (details supplied); the staffing levels recommended for the service; whether any sanctioned posts remain vacant; the funding allocated to the clinic in each of the past five years; and if additional resources will be provided to meet increasing patient demand. [69760/26]
Peadar Tóibín
Written
559. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE are aware of reports that the 22q11 clinic at Children's Health Ireland, Crumlin, no longer has capacity to accept new patients; the assessment that has been undertaken of current and future demand for the service; the measures being taken to increase clinic capacity; whether consideration is being given to expanding specialist serv…
Peadar Tóibín
Written
574. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working as specialists in Irish hospitals that are not on the specialist register; the number of doctors working as specialists in the HSE or employed by the HSE that are not on the specialist register; the number of GPs working in the out-of-hours services that are not on the specialist register; and the number of doctors working in the ca…
Peadar Tóibín
Written
580. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the European Commission granted marketing authorisation on 15 July 2026 for jascayd (nerandomilast); if an application for reimbursement has been received by the HSE and/or the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE); the current status of any assessment, pricing negotiations or reimbursement consideration; the anticipated timeline for …