Catherine Ardagh

543. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the way in which funding will be allocated within the proposed regional structures under the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; whether deprivation, social exclusion and patterns of entrenched drug-related harm will be formally weighted alongside population in determining resource allocation; and if she will publish the criteria to be used by HSE Health Regions in making funding decisions. [17965/26]

544. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the specific measures which will be put in place to protect the independent, community-led role of Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces under the proposed regional governance arrangements in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17966/26]

545. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health whether, under the proposed regional structures in the draft National Drugs Strategy 2026–2029, all public funding for community-based drug services, including Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces, will be pooled at HSE Health Region level; the safeguards which will be put in place to prevent dilution of funding to areas of high deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17968/26]

257. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the reason all melatonin products require a prescription in Ireland; if she will consider allowing availability without prescription for products with a lower dosage of the product (details supplied) in order that it could be classified as a food supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17309/26]

17. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the first meeting of the delivery and monitoring committee for the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030, which he chaired on 8 December 2025. [16741/26]

33. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has given consideration to removing means testing for people with an end-of-life cancer diagnosis for access to social protection schemes such as household benefits package and fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14956/26]

398. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his response to concerns in relation to planning reform and judicial review (details supplied). [16101/26]

10. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will establish an AI observatory to complement the national AI office, and track real-time issues and project future impacts on jobs and skills to provide independent forecasting and policy advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12952/26]

31. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on whether the EU should be treated as a minimum baseline for national AI regulation, and not a maximum standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12953/26]

679. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health to confirm the intended location for the proposed Drimnagh primary care centre, specifically whether the site selected is at Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12, or Davitt Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13945/26]

680. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the proposed Primary care centre for Drimnagh, including the current stage of the project, and a timeline for its progression to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13946/26]

146. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Defence for an overview of the strategic HR and cultural change to be delivered under the updated Implementation Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [12374/26]

214. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Defence for an overview of the new C2 and joint structures to be established to be delivered under the updated Implementation Plan for the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [12375/26]

9. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if, in view of the impact of flooding in Dublin, he will expedite the Camac river flood alleviation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10563/26]

451. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the most recent auto enrolment figures for each county, including the total number of individuals enrolled to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11284/26]

135. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention preschool classes for autistic children, only in special schools, by county, from 2014 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10643/26]

118. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [3790/26]

189. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025; when he expects it to be passed into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9537/26]

61. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Ireland is taking in relation to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and the undermining of democracy and the rule of law in Russia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8285/26]

123. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has had any engagement with her Danish counterpart in relation to Greenland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8286/26]

1135. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the rationale for the proposed establishment of regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; the governance, funding and accountability arrangements for these structures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8357/26]

1136. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the way in which population-based planning, that will be used for new National Drugs Strategy structures, will address deprivation and local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8358/26]

1137. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the consultation which has taken place with local drug and alcohol task forces and communities ahead of the proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8359/26]

1138. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of Task Forces will be protected in the new proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8360/26]

705. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the new national child poverty target, which he recently announced. [3793/26]