Aisling Dempsey

415. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the consultation which has taken place with local drug and alcohol task forces and communities ahead of the proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8978/26]

416. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the way in which the independent, community-led nature, and preventative role, of task forces will be protected in the new proposed regional structures under the National Drugs Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8979/26]

417. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health to what extent flexible, community-based cancer recoverysupports areavailableto help women balance recovery with caring responsibilities, including family counselling and peer-support networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8980/26]

418. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health for an update on discussions with the IPU in relation to blister packs. [8981/26]

494. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that the DEIS + scheme does not focus solely on urban areas, but also assists rural disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7596/26]

495. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a secondary school (details supplied) is not considered a DEIS school despite its student population coming almost exclusively from a national school. [7597/26]

478. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to ensure that school bus escorts are employed all year round; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5636/26]

636. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason that local authorities cannot carry over their unspent tenant-in-situ allocation from year-to-year if necessary. [5881/26]

637. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the local authority price ceilings for the purchase of second hand properties. [5882/26]

638. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reconsider his Department’s guidance that second hand properties should be in good condition, with no more that €10,000 spent on minor works. [5883/26]

15. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4878/26]

49. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health for an update on the pause on mid-urethral sling surgery for stress urinary incontinence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4879/26]

257. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide details of new family resource centres delivered in 2025. [4775/26]

258. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if new providers entered core funding in 2025; and details of same. [4776/26]

259. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any providers returned to core funding, having previously left, in 2025; and the details of same. [4777/26]

17. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection for an overview of measures being taken in his Department in 2026 to support people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2685/26]

118. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs the IDA supported in each county in the mid-east region in 2025; the way in which this compares with each county in the mid-east region in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1529/26]

188. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a new mid-east regional enterprise plan is forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1530/26]

250. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will confirm that an investor’s loss of profits will not be sufficient grounds for making a claim against a government (details supplied) in relation to CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74999/25]

1529. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will make the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance available, without means test, to foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74313/25]

1530. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will make the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance available, without means test, to kinship carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74314/25]

1531. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection if the guardian’s payment will be abolished; and if foster carers allowance will be available to those in informal kinship care arrangements [74316/25]

1532. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection if a path to pension is being considered for kinship carers as it is for foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74317/25]

1643. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for a first instance decision for international protection applicants. [74308/25]

1644. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for an appeal decision for international protection applicants.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74309/25]