58. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans to conserve the high crosses at Monasterboice, County Louth, which are experiencing significant deterioration; if he will consider a preservation approach similar to that used in Kilfenora, including the possibility of relocating the crosses to the derelict church on-site with protective overhead covering to safeguard th…
80. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the work underway to accelerate housing supply in rural areas; if he will consider introducing additional measures to assist the construction of one-off housing in rural areas; if he will outline his national strategy for rural housing development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65846/25]
241. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on his Department’s consideration for altering transport weight allowances on roads; the changes being proposed to permit applications for heavy-load transport; if the Department is considering a similar system to the United Kingdom in regulating and processing heavy-load transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66037/25]
469. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Culture; Communications and Sport his assessment of the current distribution of film-industry infrastructure and funding across the State; if he will consider targeted supports or new initiatives to promote film-industry growth and infrastructure at regional level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65209/25]
15. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his assessment of the current distribution of film industry infrastructure and funding across the State; if he will consider targeted supports or new initiatives to promote film-industry growth and infrastructure at regional level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64601/25]
116. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if she will consider including restrictions on nicotine pouch products in the public health (nicotine inhaling products) Bill when presented; the current regulations in place to ensure harmful and unregulated ingredients are not used in these pouches; and if she will consider proposing legislation which will prevent the free distribution of all nicotine product…
202. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the large number of small retail shops selling unregulated food and drink products, particularly energy drinks, which are not labelled in English, and breaching EU regulations; if she will outline the enforcement actions in place, and that have been acted upon to address this issue; and if there are further plans in place to tackle this issue…
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 mat…
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 statem…
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 …
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 …
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 K…
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 an…
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 m…
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 …
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; a…
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 s…
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 f…
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 rea…
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;…
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]