Ruairí Ó Murchú

132. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport if the use of 15,000 driving tests completed between June 2025 to August 2025 using overtime is considered necessary, when the number of driving testers increased from 153 at the start of June 2025 to 181 at end of August 2025; the extra cost of 15,000 driving tests completed using overtime during this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51762/25]

156. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the work being done to ensure that public transport for those with disabilities is more accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51763/25]

362. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the OPW minor flood mitigation works and coastal protection scheme is permitted to be availed of for the repair a road that leads to a public amenity, such as a popular beach; if not, the reason; whether there is other funding available for such works through the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52098/25]

817. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the changes made to policy or practice at Oberstown Children Detention Campus since the reported increase in assaults on staff in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52090/25]

818. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the new policies and procedures put in place for enhancing the health and safety at work for staff working at the Oberstown Children Detention Campuses in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52091/25]

819. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of providing the services at Oberstown Children Detention Campuses from 2020 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52092/25]

820. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total costs of all legal cases and associated claims at the Oberstown Children Detention Campuses from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52093/25]

821. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of all staff overtime at the Oberstown Children Detention Campuses from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52094/25]

822. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the number of reported incidents where improvised weapons have been used against staff and detainees at the Oberstown Children Detention Campuses from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52095/25]

825. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of times gardaí have attended at the Oberstown Children Detention Campuses following complaints, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52138/25]

996. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount Pobal and her Department have spent on the senior alert scheme from Sept 2021 to date in 2025, in the four areas covered under the scheme (Dublin, Munster, Leinster and Connaught-Ulster), by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51647/25]

997. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of spending for the senior alert scheme under the headings equipment, monitoring and administration from September 2021 to date in 2025, in the four areas covered under the scheme (Dublin, Munster, Leinster and Connaught/Ulster); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51648/25]

998. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of alarms installed under the senior alert scheme from September 2021 to date in 2025, in the four areas covered under the scheme (Dublin, Munster, Leinster and Connaught/Ulster), by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51649/25]

999. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has allocated additional funding to the senior alert scheme from September 2021 to date in 2025, over and above the value of the contract award; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51650/25]

1000. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the senior alert scheme will be put out to tender again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51651/25]

55. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagement there has been with his Department, other Government Departments, State agencies and industry, including pharma, technology and medtech, regarding changes to US tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50113/25]

69. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of collective notices of redundancy received by the Department from January 2024 to August 2025 from American companies or subsidiaries of US companies operating in the State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50112/25]

117. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline any plans there are for work activation and disability access to work, including any improvements or streamlining planned for schemes such as the reasonable accommodation scheme and the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50111/25]

170. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the number and types of oral hearings completed by the Appeals Office to date in 2025, in tabular form; to outline whether there are plans to increase the number of oral hearings carried out by the Appeals Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50110/25]

304. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the means by which, under the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People, the cost of disability, and an increase in the employment rate among people with disabilities, will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50847/25]

7. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Aiken Barracks, Dundalk in 2024 and to-date in 2025; if any of these capital works projects are still ongoing; when these works will be completed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50730/25]

94. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2026, if the maximum rate of disability allowance were increased to €258.50 per week; if the maximum rate of State pension (contributory) were increased to €315 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50725/25]

123. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to Louth/Cavan and Monaghan divisional roads policing unit as of 17 September 2025, in tabular form. [50721/25]

183. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapist posts, by grade that were filled at Ardee health centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50726/25]

184. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on waiting times for cardiac rehabilitation programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50727/25]