Peadar Tóibín

1303. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that blood donors are being asked if they are still the same sex that was assigned at birth; if she is aware that some donors are refusing to answer this question that has no basis in science and are then not being allowed to donate blood; if she has carried out any research as to the number of people refusing to answer this ideological question; and if she has carried out any research to ascertain the extent of the loss in the volume in blood being donated as a result of same.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48708/25]

104. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on the salaries of the CEO and directors of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44670/25]

105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding the Return scheme, the number of unclaimed deposits per month over the past 24 months; the total value of unclaimed deposits to date in 2025; the value of unclaimed deposits per month over the past 24 months; the total value of unclaimed deposits to date in 2025; the overall percentage reduction-increase in recycling of single-use containers; the overall percentage reduction-increase of single-use containers per month since the start of the return scheme; and the total number of single-use containers used in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [44671/25]

255. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport for a timeline on when he will be upgrading the N2/A5 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44672/25]

256. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport in view of the publication of the National Development Plan, if he will ensure that there is additional funding for road maintenance in the non-national road network in counties with no rail service or ferry service and poor soil, such as Cavan and Monaghan, who are heavily reliant on the road network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44673/25]

257. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated to all local authorities for repair and maintenance of regional and local road network, in each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44674/25]

258. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the percentage of roads in Ireland that constitute regional roads; the percentage of roads in each local authority in the country that constitute regional roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44675/25]

259. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of kilometres of regional roads that exist in Ireland; and the number of kilometres of regional road that exist in each local authority in the country. [44676/25]

260. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of regional and local roads decommissioned over the past ten years, and to date in 2025. [44692/25]

336. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the current average waiting time for a driving test with an Irish-speaking tester in County Meath; the corresponding average wait times nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45909/25]

337. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of PPS numbers lost or misplaced by the National Driver Licence Service over the past 20 years; the measures in place to address such administrative errors, which cause significant stress, inconvenience and expense to licence holders; and the immediate steps that will be taken to resolve a current case raised by this Deputy (details supplied). [45910/25]

351. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of applicants currently waiting to sit the bus driving test in County Meath and nationwide; the average waiting time for applicants to be given a bus test date; and the measures being taken to increase the number of bus testers both in Meath and across the country, given the urgent demand for qualified bus drivers to serve the increasing number of school transport routes and replace those that have been cancelled by Bus Éireann recently. [46215/25]

610. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the full cost to date associated with a project (details supplied); a breakdown of the costs and suppliers; the overall initial cost; the cost to date in 2025; any additional costs and overspends from original costings; the projected total finished cost; a timeline for opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44677/25]

611. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on works to a project (details supplied); if he is aware of any report submitted regarding the current levels of dry rot in the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44678/25]

766. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for approval for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if she is aware of the unacceptable situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44679/25]

768. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth his plans to reduce the pick-up zone distance under the school transport scheme from 3.2 km to 2 km and eventually to 1 km; if a detailed timeframe will be provided on when these changes will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44690/25]

790. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will examine correspondence (details supplied); if an update will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45004/25]

809. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the significant shortage Ireland faces with school teachers, when it is envisioned the “timebound provision” within the registrations regulation will be enacted, as many people whom have travelled abroad to study teaching find themselves locked out of applying to register when they return home, with limited options for young people returning from studies abroad to register as qualified teachers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45315/25]

858. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps are being taken by her Department to protect children from being exposed to harmful or confusing concepts about gender identity by a programme (details supplied). [45905/25]

859. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will list the experts consulted within the formation of a programme (details supplied), specifically in relation to the issue of gender identity. [45906/25]

860. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason Ireland is proceeding with policies around gender identity in schools when countries such as Britain, France, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland have paused gender-affirming treatments for minors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45907/25]

904. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason concessionary school transport ticket holders are not permitted to access public transport free of charge in cases where Bus Éireann has failed to provide a school bus service for their children. [46212/25]

905. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to children nationwide for the upcoming school year for which no corresponding bus service was available. [46213/25]

906. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to children in County Meath for the upcoming school year for which no corresponding bus service was available. [46214/25]

1206. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals submitted to the defective concrete blocks appeals panel in relation to the downgrading of reports by independent chartered engineers, and the status of those appeals validated, invalidated, under review, determined and the grounds for any invalidation. [45898/25]