728. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration has been given to amending domestic violence legislation to strengthen links with tenancy law, ensuring that perpetrators are legally removed from the home, rather than victims being forced to leave. [52036/25]
868. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health for an update on implementing spinal muscular atrophy screening in the national heel-prick test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51453/25]
901. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health her plans to allocate funding in Budget 2026 for post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the southwest in line with the Programme for Government commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds. [51856/25]
354. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to consider increasing the income threshold for the over 70s medical card in view of the cost of living/inflation increases which gave rise to small pension increases over the past few years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51073/25]
130. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to establish an independent fuel quality control body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48484/25]
566. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be included in the DEIS scheme at the earliest opportunity. [48871/25]
588. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a walk (details supplied) will be added to the National Trails Register, to ensure it stays maintained and open for generations to come. [48282/25]
1444. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding allocating funding to a walk (details supplied) to allow urgent maintenance and restoration works to be carried out on it ensuring that it can remain open. [48283/25]
758. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date when entrants and students undertaking the montessori teaching course at a college (details supplied) were informed that route 4 would no longer be available to them for securing teaching council registration; if she is aware that four graduates of this course are unable to register permanently with the Teaching Council despite beginning thei…
982. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to using more small buses for school transport in rural areas where big buses cannot turn corners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46672/25]
1156. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to conduct a review of how strategic infrastructure developments can bypass local planning safeguards. [45219/25]
1157. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to implement reforms in the planning process to ensure that local voices are not excluded from high-impact energy infrastructure decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45220/25]
1866. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to establish an Ombudsman for Disability (details supplied) given that at least 22% of the population is living with a disability and/or a chronic illness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44587/25]
1914. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to award optimum core funding of €240,000 for all 121 family resource centres, to enable each centre to have three core staff on public sector aligned scales plus operating costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45196/25]
1915. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to award funding to family resource centres to allow them to expand their counselling and wraparound supports, through shared funding and implementation of the Roadmap for Therapeutic Governance. [45197/25]
1916. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to develop and introduce a dedicated capital funding stream for family resource centres. [45198/25]
2069. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health the reason the waiting time for an autism diagnostic assessment for a person (details supplied) has gone from 24/30 months to 30/33 months; and the steps she is taking to decrease this waiting time. [44585/25]
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2720. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if funding will be allocated to a service (details supplied) to allow this service to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46141/25]
23. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Taoiseach to outline how the recommendations of the Dublin City Taskforce will impact the south inner city; if the task force has an increased focus on the north inner city relative to the southside; if the recommendations will lead to the regeneration of Pearse House; and how the recommendations will lead to increased focus on urban regeneration of derelict buildings in the south inn…
46. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if vetting was undertaken for the evacuation of Irish citizens and their dependants from Israel to ensure that they were not involved in war crimes. [41010/25]
1905. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a Palestinian family living in Egypt without legal residency can seek asylum in Ireland; the options available to said individuals; the way in which the State is assisting Palestinian refugees in third countries; and if the State will support this family in this process. [42937/25]
1927. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any measures are taken to ensure that Israeli citizens entering the State have not committed, or were otherwise complicit, in war crimes. [41012/25]
2078. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the options available to a Palestinian family living in Egypt without legal residency to seek asylum in Ireland; and if the State will support them in the process. [42938/25]
2204. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to ban surgical insemination of greyhounds; and if so, the timeline for doing so. [42939/25]
2205. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on ongoing legislative work relating to dog welfare and control; and the timeline for when this legislation will be ready for scrutiny by the Houses of the Oireachtas. [42940/25]