Ciarán Ahern

957. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if she has concerns in relation to the fact that the auto-enrolment initiative is not being funded for local drugs and alcohol taskforces and the costs must therefore come out of their current budgets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62764/25]

1025. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the average wait times for routine scans in each public hospital in the Dublin and midlands health region in each of the past three years and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63101/25]

289. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport his views on the UK's review of the brightness and hue of modern LED headlights and associated safety concerns; if he will consider conducting a similar review in respect of vehicles on Irish roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61298/25]

290. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of issues with the new BusConnects F1 route, which includes repeated late-arrivals, cancellations and ghost buses; if he is aware of concerns around the additional journey time on commuters travelling on the north-bound route when compared with the discontinued 49 route; if he will instruct the NTA to conduct a review of the new F1 route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61336/25]

293. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Iarnród Éireann to increase the number of carriages from four to six on the 06.37 train service from Drogheda to Tara Street; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61354/25]

294. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers that have used Broombridge train station in each of the first ten months of 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61355/25]

295. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Sandymount dart station in the years 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61356/25]

589. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of any proposals to provide homeless accommodation at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61111/25]

621. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on legislation to underpin the apartment defects remediation schemes; the timeline for its publication and progression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61639/25]

719. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of any proposals to provide IPAS accommodation at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61110/25]

966. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if she accepts medical analysis that the shingles vaccine can reduce the risk of developing dementia in older people; if she plans to add this vaccine to the national adult immunisation programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61231/25]

992. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented to the accident and emergency department of CHI Crumlin between the hours of 5 p.m. on 31 October 2025 to 1 a.m. on 1 November 2025; of the those that presented to accident and emergency department, the number that were walk-in patients, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61357/25]

993. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61358/25]

1122. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric speech and language therapist posts that were filled within the primary care system within the former CHO7 areas in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62244/25]

1123. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric psychologist posts that were filled within the primary care system within the former CHO7 areas in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62245/25]

78. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm if he has received the land use review phase 2 report; the reason he has not yet released the review; when he plans to release it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60840/25]

97. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his priorities ahead of COP30; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60499/25]

144. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his engagements with the European Commission on the EU’s ‘simplification’ process as it applies to the ETS2 directive and the Social Climate Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60498/25]

381. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the rationale behind the implementation of pay and pension parity for medical scientists with biochemists with an effective date of 1 January 2024 when that was the latest possible date as per Labour Court Recommendation 22780; the reason pension parity has not been applied for medical scientists who retired prior to this date when the Labour Court recommendation does not specify that parity should not be awarded retrospectively and despite a unitary payscale between medical scientists and biochemists having previously been adopted in 2001 following an expert group's recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60501/25]

198. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the levy on disposable cups, as provided for in the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, will be introduced; the reasons for the delay in its introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59005/25]

682. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 14 May 2025, for an update on the emergency works grant for a school (details supplied) ; her views on the urgency with which the approved funds need to be released given they must be spent in 2025 or else the school risks losing the grant funding; when the school can expect to receive the grant funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58141/25]

861. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she expects the eligibility criteria and additional time allowed in the SEC’s pilot for extra time in State exams under the RACE accommodations to be published; when she expects the full details of the pilot to be communicated to schools; if she or her Department officials have met with the SEC to discuss the pilot; to report on those meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59763/25]

1126. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the instruction to the NPWS to consider a suite of options for the control of Cherry Laurel; when he expects the NPWS to report back with a determination of the most appropriate measures; whether a public consultation will be held on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59812/25]

1153. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection if income earned in a family home under the rent a room scheme is taken into account for the means test for the increase for qualified adult on the State contributory pension; if so, when this became the case; the reasoning for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57935/25]

1154. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households participating in the rent a room scheme in receipt of a State pension; the number of these households in which there is a recipient of the increase for qualified adult; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57936/25]