Paula Butterly

46. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider funding and, if necessary, entering into a public private partnership, in order to deliver a new transport hub for the mid Louth/ Drogheda area that would include a new train station, park and ride and bus facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22198/25]

58. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport in view of ongoing delays to key transport projects, if he will bring forward legislation to facilitate delivering these projects in the shortest time possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22199/25]

102. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Finance if the help-to-buy scheme, will be extended to include second hand homes following a revision of the scheme (details supplied). [22157/25]

249. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to extend the Uisce Éireann rebate considering the success and significant response to the rebate, in particular the significant positive impact it had for first-time builders who faced various rising costs and benefitted greatly from the rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22122/25]

139. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement she has with other Government Departments and State agencies in encouraging private sector businesses to increase the numbers of people with disabilities employed in their organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20438/25]

158. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding envisaged to support the expansion of personalised budgets following the pilot being run by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20439/25]

595. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider applying a reduced VAT rate to hydrotreated vegetable oil biofuel when used for agricultural purposes, in recognition of the need to support the farming community in reducing carbon emissions and transitioning to more sustainable fuel alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20223/25]

96. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17720/25]

402. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the application process for employment permits will reopen now that the quota has been met, considering that companies have stress tested the Irish market with no success prior to making these permit applications and are at a loss now as to how to fill these vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16543/25]

1008. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if she will consider reviewing the long-term illness scheme to provide financial support to people with Crohn's disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17448/25]

209. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform considering that as based on the National Planning Framework, Drogheda and Dundalk have been recognised as regional growth centres with population due to increase by 50,000 in each town by 2030; if he will commit to meeting the associated resourcing requirements and demands for the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16075/25]

235. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to the basic income for the arts pilot programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16475/25]

26. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the operation of the agri-tax initiatives to help farmers and farm families with succession planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13816/25]

44. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is an understanding of the importance of the Nitrates derogation among EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13814/25]

181. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the additional rent contribution provided through local authorities to assist people in homeless situations will be extended beyond March 2025 following a review by his Department; and if not, the other supports that will be made available as already vulnerable homeless people will be put back into the homeless services with the withdrawal of the contribution. [16193/25]

423. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 19 March 2025, if she will consider bringing school secretaries under a public service contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15677/25]

64. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the new strategy for the further education and training sector includes a review of infrastructure capacity so as to cater for the continued growth in demand for further education and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13980/25]

66. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of his Department in encouraging SMEs to avail of further education and training for their staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13981/25]

126. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the operation of the agri-tax initiatives to help farmers and farm families with succession planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13816/25]

144. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is an understanding of the importance of the Nitrates derogation among EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13814/25]

265. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Transport to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to the 2025 Taxsaver fares determination and the new fare structure coming into effect in June this year; if the commuter zone tickets will be extended to Dundalk given the significant number of people commuting to Dublin on the train on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14039/25]

620. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the work underway with regard to the Nitrates derogation given its importance of sectors of Irish farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13815/25]

621. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement he has had with Government colleagues and European counterparts with regard to the threat of tariffs on food produce from Ireland and Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13817/25]

628. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to school-secretary pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11321/25]

701. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide any further State support to parents who wish to homeschool their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11963/25]