322. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to support a unions request to provide immediate investment to address teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67897/26]
336. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the financial pressures facing primary schools arising from increased costs such as heating, electricity, insurance and cleaning; if consideration is being given to increasing the primary school capitation grant in Budget 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68026/26]
401. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to urgently issue visas to Gaza students (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67882/26]
2. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in view of the Government’s commitment to achieving 80% renewable electricity by 2030 and the rapidly increasing contribution of solar energy to Ireland’s electricity generation, if he will provide an update on the development of a national policy framework for solar energy development. [67345/26]
16. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to urgently review the decision to refuse driver's licence exchange for returning Irish emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67498/26]
184. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to ensure adequate funding and resources are allocated to the Dental Health Foundation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67474/26]
185. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the reason contracted printers are used to print medical cards; the yearly cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67533/26]
48. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to consider the decentralising of Government Departments to Iveragh and South Kerry to boost economic growth in these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66701/26]
77. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide funding for a feasibility study for a passenger ferry between Dingle and Valentia/Cahersiveen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66700/26]
103. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to discontinue payments for excess electricity exported to the grid by domestic solar PV users; the assessment that has been made of the impact on households that installed solar panels without battery storage; whether such households will qualify for a proposed standalone home battery grant; and if he will make a statemen…
114. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Defence to review a request from the HSE in relation to leasing a building (details supplied) for an ambulance base in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67231/26]
203. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE staff, by job title, currently working at the Blasket Centre, Kerry. [66563/26]
204. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Daniel O'Connell House in 2025 and to date in 2026; and if each refurbishment project is still ongoing or completed, in tabular form. [66562/26]
346. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the proposed connection of 69 residential properties in a location (details supplied) to the public wastewater network; the current position regarding the €992,000 funding allocation understood to be available for the project; the reason works have not yet commenced despite funding being approved and subsequently in…
351. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has been informed of the significant ongoing costs being incurred by 69 households in a location (details supplied) operating and maintaining private wastewater treatment systems, including electricity and maintenance costs; whether he will engage with Kerry County Council and Uisce Éireann to identify what is p…
381. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the assistance available to a school when no catering provider is willing or able to serve its area for school meals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66434/26]
382. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures in place to ensure that small rural and Gaeltacht schools are not excluded from the school meals programme because of their location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66435/26]
383. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide additional funding or a different delivery model where the standard catering arrangements for school meals are not viable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66436/26]
384. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the immediate solution that can be put in place for a school (details supplied) in order that the pupils can receive the same hot meals as children in other schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66437/26]
422. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles seized by Gardai within Kerry Division for having no tax in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [66561/26]
432. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to expedite an IRP card renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66846/26]
508. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the consideration that has been given to the impact of pay differentials between Section 38 and Section 39 disability service employees and equivalent HSE staff on the recruitment and retention of nursing and care staff; the measures are being taken to address any such recruitment barriers; and if she will make a statement on the matt…
509. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific measures being taken to support an organisation (details supplied) in recruiting and retaining appropriately qualified nursing, social care and support staff for a facility on Valentia Island, given the ongoing difficulties in filling staffing rosters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67164/26]
510. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will respond to concerns raised by the HSE that, even if additional funding for staffing at a location (details supplied) were approved, there can be no guarantee that sufficient nursing and care staff can be recruited and retained to safely meet assessed needs on an ongoing basis; the action she is taking to address this issue…
549. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) to remain in Dingle Community Hospital, where the person has been a resident since March 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66493/26]