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274. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22566/26]

275. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment; the implications this may have for equity of access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22568/26]

276. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22570/26]

277. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Departments plans 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; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22572/26]

521. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide guidance to the parent of children (details supplied) who cannot secure a second class school placement in their locality; the supports available in the case a school place cannot be obtained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22158/26]

563. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason fibre broadband has not yet been provided to an area under the National Broadband Plan (details supplied); the reason the indicated anticipated date has been pushed back by six to 12 months on several occasions; if conformation is available that the connection point is in place; if the works will be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22200/26]

585. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of UDZ designation requests received by his Department since he invited applications in June 2025; to provide a list of each request including location and size of the land in question; and to provide an update on each request. [21619/26]

586. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any circumstances in which the vacant property refurbishment grant can be paid out to a successful applicant prior to the completion of the overall refurbishment of the property; for example, whether the grant can be used to cover initial portion of refurbishment works with the owner funding the remainder themselves. [21701/26]

610. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a copy of Circular N3/92 of 7 February 1992, Counteracting Social Segregation in Housing. [21833/26]

621. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all Section 42 (1A) Planning and Development Act extensions that have been applied for and granted with details of each application including, the location, and number of residential units, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22027/26]

707. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown of arrests for drink driving in 2024 and 2025, by week, by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22028/26]

980. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the barriers currently faced by patients in Ireland living with lipoedema, including the absence of a published national HSE care pathway, limited access to conservative management such as compression therapy and manual lymphatic drainage, and delays or difficulties accessing treatment through the cross-Border healthcare directive; the steps her Department and the HSE are taking to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22220/26]

981. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE working group established in 2023 to develop a national care pathway for lipoedema has completed its work; when the pathway is expected to be published; whether patient advocacy organisations (details supplied) will be included in the development and implementation of this pathway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22221/26]

982. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if her Department intends to review the operation of private health insurers in relation to coverage for medically indicated liposuction procedures for lipoedema patients, in light of concerns regarding inconsistent decision-making, the use of criteria designed for lymphoedema rather than lipoedema, and practices that may result in patients being forced to rely on the cross-Border directive for treatment. [22222/26]

167. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of islanded data centres contracted to connect to the gas network; the number connected to the gas network of those contracted; the number awaiting connection to the gas network of those contracted; the number of formal enquiries that have been received but which are not contracted, for each category; the amount of capacity involved; and to confirm it remains the case that connecting islanded data centres would not be in line with government policy, in tabular form. [21181/26]

18. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she has engaged with her French counterparts regarding reports that France will expand its nuclear arsenal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18578/26]

19. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions the Government have taken at EU level over the past 12 months to advance nuclear non-proliferation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18579/26]

27. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a list of companies providing sponsorship to Government for Ireland’s hosting of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July to 31 December 2026; the monetary value of the sponsorship; and the nature of what the sponsorship is providing for and what it entails, in tabular form. [18795/26]

31. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland was represented at the Hague Group meeting in Amsterdam this week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19026/26]

75. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to protect consumers from immediate increases in the price of oil by companies using current world events as an excuse to increase their prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18551/26]

101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the impact on the cost of electricity, with growing demand for electricity from data centres has been brought to his attention or that of his officials. [19575/26]

125. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of oil boilers and gas boilers installed in the warmer homes scheme and warmth and wellbeing scheme for 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [19911/26]

284. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport to confirm receipt of correspondence from an individual (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19346/26]

654. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide guidance to parents who are finding it difficult to secure a second class school placement for their child in their locality (details supplied). [18677/26]

678. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the training provided to teachers at both primary and secondary level regarding dyslexia, how to recognise if a student is experiencing this learning disability and how to support them consistently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18772/26]