Peter 'Chap' Cleere

376. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport the number of staff employed on 1 September 2025 at McDonagh train station, Kilkenny; the number of staff employed on 1 September 2020; the number of trains on a daily basis; the number of trains on a weekly basis; the percentage of passenger increase and decrease in the period September 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46605/25]

539. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance if he will assess the estimated full-year cost of reducing the tax relief available for private health insurance premiums from its current level to a new, reduced level to support the public, as part of a broader effort to make health insurance more affordable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46126/25]

650. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at Kilkenny Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46934/25]

764. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth if processes are in place with a view to resolving the long drawn out incremental credit for secondary school teachers, as outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44639/25]

985. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding options available for small rural schools to cover the cost of the discharge licence monitoring fees payable to the local authority in respect of Section 4 licence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46753/25]

986. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the new school build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46754/25]

1029. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth the support her Department will provide to teachers affected by a situation (details supplied) in relation to incremental credit for secondary school teachers and if she will make a statement on the matter taking the following into account. [47222/25]

1122. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update regarding the exemption under planning rules for slurry storage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44665/25]

1339. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection for clarification in relation to back-to-school allowance which does not appear to encompass all children for whom foster care allowance as the understanding is that it is means-tested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44949/25]

1340. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that means-testing, actual or prospective of the back-to-school allowance is misaligned (details supplied). [44950/25]

1738. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider emergency support measures in view of the extremely limited time available for labelling compliance and packaging changes under EU Regulation 1169/2011 given that food manufacturers, bakeries, and retailers in Northern Ireland have some provisions from the competent authority for food labelling in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45114/25]

1742. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recognised young trained farmers in the State. [45274/25]

1743. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of recognised young trained farmers in the State in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [45275/25]

1744. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who gained young trained farmer recognition in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [45276/25]

1874. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason widowed parents are not entitled to any additional parental leave in recognition of the fact that they are parenting single handedly; if there are plans in place to review this in the interest of fairness and support for bereaved families, considering that many widowed parents face the full demands of raising children alone without the support of a second parent which is not acknowledged in current leave entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44656/25]

2063. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 711 of 1 April 2025, whether there are plans in place to provide a child psychologist for children attending the paediatric ward of St. Lukes Hospital, Kilkenny who are receiving diagnoses of life changing conditions and are finding their new way of life very difficult; and if there will be funding allocated to St. Lukes Hospital to provide this very important service for our children [44534/25]

2180. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health to confirm the care plan the HSE have in place for a person (details supplied). [44985/25]

2222. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of hours that are currently approved nationally for home support services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45193/25]

2223. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of hours that are currently approved in Kilkenny for home support services; the breakdown the number of these hours being carried out by HSE staff and hours carried out by agency staff; the number of hours currently awaiting personnel, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45194/25]

2224. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of hours approved in Carlow for home support services; the breakdown of the number of these hours being carried out by HSE staff and hours carried out by agency staff; the number of hours currently awaiting personnel, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45195/25]

2438. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if there are plans in place to review the health insurance levy and to explore options for its reduction which could focus on the potential for increased affordability and accessibility for the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46125/25]

2507. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health to provide an update regarding a health centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46456/25]

2509. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health to confirm the reasons behind the decision to discontinue the provision of coronial post mortems at University Hospital Waterford from 1 January 2026, if she will consider reversing this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46474/25]

2686. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason widow's pension is treated as a household income in the SUSI grant assessment process; if he has plans in place to review the assessment to exclude widows pension, or treating it differently, to reflect the financial reality of bereaved families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44662/25]

44. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 8 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39808/25]