Paula Butterly

231. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport if he will reconsider the current tolling structure on the M50, given increased numbers of workers returning to office-based employment and rising toll costs are significantly adding to the financial burden of daily commuting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65066/25]

232. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport if he will examine reducing or removing M50 toll charges for hauliers, particularly as the M50 is State-owned, in order to alleviate rising operational costs in the haulage sector and support the movement of goods nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65067/25]

393. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reasons all permit applications, both new and renewal, are currently on hold, as indicated by Departmental correspondence; to outline what those circumstances are, when normal processing of applications are expected to resume; the interim measures in place to support affected applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63136/25]

563. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the process to resolve the asbestos issue within Tailte Éireann’s central filing repository; if he can provide an estimate of when this issue may be resolved; if he can provide an estimate of when Tailte Éireann may resume the admission of access requests for all pre-2006 instruments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62985/25]

42. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware of the growing number of retail outlets establishing themselves across the country which are selling products without adhering to the required regulatory guidelines; if his Department has carried out any review or assessment of compliance levels within such outlets; the enforcement measures currently in place to ensure that products offered for sale meet safety, consumer protection and public health standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60925/25]

96. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will review the rule whereby older carers lose access to a full carer’s allowance payment when they reach pension age; if he will consider restoring the full payment given the evidence that reducing it to half-rate leads to financial strain and carer burnout in view of the fact that without family care, many of those cared for would require more costly institutional care funded by the State. [60794/25]

158. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 6 November 2025, if he will provide an estimated timeframe for the implementation of the process to establish a link between the carbon markets of the European Union and the United Kingdom, and by extension the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, through a European Union/United Kingdom agreement linking the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) and the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), as committed to at the EU/UK Summit in May 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62390/25]

91. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address the shortage of early childcare places, particularly for children between the age of 0 to two years which is preventing many parents, especially women, from returning to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60793/25]

219. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a detailed breakdown of the ways in which Ireland’s humanitarian aid to Afghanistan is being allocated, particularly in relation to projects aimed at protecting women’s rights and promoting gender equality; the specific programmes which are being supported to counteract the Taliban’s systematic restrictions on women and girls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62082/25]

777. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the statistics for convictions under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010 by county; to provide a breakdown of such convictions between juvenile and adult offenders; the figures for these convictions for the past five years, and for the previous five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61775/25]

1160. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider extending the scope for the free fees initiative, which caps undergraduate fees at €3000, or €2500 as of the Budget 2026, to include undergraduate courses in higher education institutions that are currently excluded from the fee cap arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62125/25]

178. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken by his Department and the National Transport Authority (NTA) to progress the introduction of a dedicated east-west bus service in County Louth; if he is aware of the ongoing lack of public transport connectivity across this corridor, despite evidence of growing local demand; if consideration can be made to investigate such a corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60549/25]

215. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on when definitive clarification and guidance will be issued to the Irish steel sector regarding the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), including the expected structure of pricing/tariffs, and quota arrangements; if he will address concerns that steel suppliers may be in a position to procure steel through Northern Ireland or other jurisdictions not covered, or not yet effectively captured, by CBAM requirements, which could significantly undermine the competitiveness of compliant Irish steel manufacturers and processors; the measures his Department intends to take to ensure competitive equity and protect domestic industry during the transition to full CBAM implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60568/25]

346. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address the shortage of early childcare places, particularly for children between the age of nought to two years, which is preventing many parents, especially women, from returning to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60506/25]

415. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health to outline the body or authority responsible for inspecting and investigating retailers to ensure compliance with prohibitions on selling vapes, nicotine inhaling products and nicotine pouches to persons under 18 years of age; the number of inspections, audits and compliance checks which have been undertaken in the past 12 months on this matter; the number of fines and orders issued to retailers in breach of these laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60573/25]

416. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health to detail the provisions of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill as is currently drafted in relation to the advertising of nicotine, vaping and nicotine pouch products; the levels of advertisement that will be permitted and restricted under the current drafting of the bill; to provide an estimate of when this bill will be ready to advance to the next stage in the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60574/25]

159. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the policies applied by district veterinary offices in respect of permits for the sale of cattle from TB-restricted herds to approved controlled finishing units (CFUs); if he will ensure that sales facilitated by marts through systems such as restricted herd sales are treated on the same basis as direct sales to CFUs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60311/25]

812. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider extending the scope for the free fees initiative which caps undergraduate fees at €3000, or €2500 as of the Budget 2026, to include undergraduate courses in higher education institutions that are currently excluded from the fee cap arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59082/25]

1047. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider regional cost-of-living adjustments in assessing eligibility for HAP and social housing supports for single and married earners in high-rent areas, who fall just above national thresholds but face housing insecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58703/25]

1957. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health the reason the drugs payment scheme covers only testosterone therapies designed for men and not female-specific formulations, such as androfeme; her views on whether the HSE intends to review this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59388/25]

1975. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has appointed a responsible person for the implementation of the HSE Service Plan 2025; if the action to provide FM system technology for pre-school children is being developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59471/25]

2146. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it is appropriate for publicly funded universities to maintain entry criteria that are unrelated to the content of the course and that exclude otherwise qualified applicants; and if he will take steps to ensure that the NUI foreign language requirement is reformed so as not to disadvantage students unfairly. [59394/25]

2181. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if voluntary organisations and community groups in receipt of State funding will receive an incremental budget to allow for the additional cost of auto-enrolment and minimum wage increases that come into effect from January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58752/25]

5. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given that work is underway on developing a new diaspora strategy, to consider a scheme included under the strategy to cover the repatriation costs encountered by families of Irish citizens who have died abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57436/25]

328. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the recent reduction in the VAT rate to include cinema admissions given the sector’s ongoing challenges, such as rising energy and wage costs, incomplete recovery from the pandemic, and increased competition from global streaming platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57430/25]