99. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport the status of the review of the public consultation on the proposed 425A bus route; the status of the assessment of submissions received; the expected timeline for completing the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14894/26]
118. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the ongoing review of timings at the level crossings in Athenry; the scope and expected completion date of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14893/26]
8. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of homes retrofitted, and heat pumps installed to date as part of the National Retrofitting Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15281/26]
152. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the updated average cost for retrofitting a social housing unit as part of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15280/26]
167. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the fuel allowance; the number of applications for fuel allowance; the number of refusals for the fuel allowance over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15279/26]
516. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention preschool classes for autistic children in mainstream schools and special schools that are being redesignated as primary autism classes-other special classes for the 2026-27 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14381/26]
686. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the effectiveness of the Land Acquisition Fund is assessed in terms of its contribution to housing delivery; the number of housing units enabled on lands acquired through the fund; and whether any review of the Fund’s impact or design is planned. [14927/26]
418. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has identified any structural, legal, financial, or administrative constraints that limit the effective use of the Land Acquisition Fund by local authorities, including issues related to site viability, timing, valuation, or co-funding requirements; and if he will outline any steps taken to address such const…
419. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration has been given to introducing greater flexibility into the Land Acquisition Fund, including but not limited to staged acquisitions, advance purchase, or earlier intervention in the land market, in order to accelerate housing delivery; and if not, the reasons for same. [13904/26]
28. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach his response to the recent NESC report, Building A Virtuous Demographic Cycle. [3796/26]
32. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach his assessment of and response to the NESC report, Connecting People to the Energy Transition. [7899/26]
566. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 243 of 23 September 2025, 149 of 7 May 2025 and 156 of 7 October 2025, and noting that his Department published consolidated “Government Departments Prompt Payment Returns” for over a decade up to Q1 2025 which included both the number and value in euro of payments made within prescribed timefram…
567. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems were used at any stage in the drafting, analysis, consultation, or preparation of the general scheme of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026 (details supplied); if so, the nature of those tools, the purposes for which they were used and the safeguards in place to ensur…
791. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current operation of the Land Acquisition Fund, including its objectives, eligibility criteria, governance arrangements; and the process by which local authorities may apply for and draw down funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11920/26]
792. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications which have been made to the Land Acquisition Fund by local authorities in each year since its establishment; the number which have been approved; the average time taken from application to decision; and whether any applications were refused or withdrawn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [119…
24. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he has considered the approach set out in the UK’s recent Guidance on Contract Payment Information, which requires contracting authorities to publish contract payment information that links individual payments to the specific public contracts under which those costs were incurred (detail…
87. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the launch of the National Development Finance Agency’s new centralised expert assistance service for major capital projects under Action 24 of the ‘Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan’, whether his Department considers the absence of a unique, universal supplier identi…
166. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of school building projects that were not included in the recently announced list of schools prioritised for delivery under the National Development Plan Sectoral Investment Plan; where such schools now stand within her Department's capital appraisal and prioritisation process; the criteria used to determine progression outside the publish…
204. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the arrangements currently in place for the payment of architects, consultants and design teams engaged in the design of new school building projects; the average time taken by her Department to process and issue such payments; if her attention has been drawn to delays being experienced by design teams in receiving prompt payment for completed work; …
194. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the contingency plans he has in place in the event of a downturn in tax revenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9538/26]
251. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recommendations of the Draghi Report on EU Competitiveness which fall within her remit; to specify which of those recommendations have been implemented to date, including concrete examples of actions taken; and the further measures planned or under consideration by her Department to advance competitiveness in line with the report. [9616/26]
449. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if no central monitoring or enforcement mechanism exists to ensure consistent publication of procurement-related payment data in machine-readable formats across the public service; his views that this results in uneven transparency standards between Departments and agencies; and whether he will…
488. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No’s 149 of 7 May 2025 and 156 of 7 October 2025, and having regard to confirmation (details supplied), whether his Department continues to receive, for Q2 2025, Q3 2025 and future quarters , the full completed reporting templates from each Government Department including the value in euros fields for …
489. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of regulations his Department plans to reduce, streamline or repeal in order to improve competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/26]
494. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department supports the creation of a new EU-wide legal statute, the "Innovative European Company" (as per the Draghi report on EU Competitiveness) to allow Irish start-ups to operate across the single market under harmonised corporate and insolvency rules; and if so, when he plans to introduce this.; and if he will make a state…