Albert Dolan

898. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the measures the Government is taking to address the unacceptable delays in accessing public psychological and speech and language therapy services for children; if a scheme will be introduced to reimburse families who are forced to pay for the provision of assessments and therapies due to the public system’s inability to meet demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37938/25]

915. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the number of purchase orders excluded due to their value falling below the €20,000 threshold, and the total combined value of those purchase orders; and the number of purchase orders excluded because they related to transactions other than goods or services (for example, grants-in-aid, reimbursements), in line with reporting conventions. [37233/25]

934. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of purchase orders processed by his Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over €20,000; the number of purchase orders excluded due to their value falling below the €20,000 threshold, and the total combined value of those purchase orders; and the number of purchase orders excluded because they related to transactions other than goods or services (for example, grants-in-aid, reimbursements), in line with reporting conventions. [37238/25]

251. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 111 of 25 June 2025 and 505 of 17 June 2025, the reason the reply issued did not provide the requested statistical breakdown of applications and approvals for each home ownership support scheme since their commencement, disaggregated by the variables (details supplied). [36774/25]

103. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of general learning disability classes currently being provided at both primary and post-primary school level throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36474/25]

104. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth at a national level, the number of children with Down syndrome currently enrolled in five distinct settings (details supplied). [36475/25]

105. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a review has been undertaken of the educational provision for children with mild and moderate general learning disabilities (GLD) in mainstream schools since the introduction of the General Allocation Model in 2005, which saw the suppression of GLD classes in primary schools; if not, the reasons for this lack of review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36476/25]

106. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications or expressions of interest received in the past year from parents or schools for access to mild and moderate general learning disability classes in children’s local area schools, which have not resulted in the opening of such classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36477/25]

107. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to support children with mild or moderate general learning disabilities (GLD) in mainstream schools, given the limited establishment of GLD classes in primary schools and the increasing necessity for families to seek placement in special schools, often far from their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36478/25]

108. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures in place to support the transition of children with general learning disabilities (GLD) from primary to post-primary education, particularly where a child has had access to a GLD class or significant special educational needs support in primary school, but faces exclusion from post-primary schools in their catchment area due to the absence of appropriate GLD classes; and the reason special educational needs organisers are not ensuring that such classes are being established in post-primary schools to meet known local demand. [36479/25]

29. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the value of the equalisation fund each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35549/25]

48. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to change the funding model for local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35550/25]

311. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the Government Departments Prompt Payment Returns report for quarter 1 of 2025 will be published by his Department; and whether any notable trends have been observed to date when compared to the quarter 1 figures from previous years. [35415/25]

328. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the new Action Plan for Competitiveness and Productivity will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36228/25]

466. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 515 and 516 of 25 February 2025 and No. 448 of 25 March 2025, all of which sought basic procurement-related data, including the number of public tenders that came in over, on, or under the awarded value, and the total procurement spend by his Department and its agencies in recent years, the reason his Department was unable to provide this information, stating in each case that “the information sought is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work”; and how it can be considered consistent with good governance that one of the State’s largest and most strategically important Departments cannot state in precise terms the amount it has spent on public procurement in recent years.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35555/25]

59. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health her views on the significant growth in procurement expenditure by the HSE in recent years, rising from €1.29 billion in 2020 to over €4.19 billion in 2024,and to explain what mechanisms are in place to ensure value for money, transparency, and oversight in light of the fact that the HSE has confirmed it cannot currently track whether spending exceeds original contract award values due to the lack of an integrated financial system. [34996/25]

114. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the reason the cross-Border healthcare Directive does not cover inpatient treatment for chronic Lyme disease, given that patients suffering from this condition often require specialised care not readily available domestically, and that directive is intended to ensure access to necessary medical treatments within the EU; if there are plans to amend the current interpretation or implementation of the directive to better support these patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34995/25]

179. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department is examining ways to improve accessibility and fairness in the application process for the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, particularly to support community groups and clubs in areas of higher deprivation that may lack the administrative capacity or resources of organisations in more affluent areas; if his Department is aware of any evidence or analysis indicating that communities in lower-income or higher-deprivation areas are less successful in securing funding through the programme; and whether this has been considered in the development of future rounds or targeted supports under the scheme. [34998/25]

315. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health her views on the HSE’s confirmation that it has not been in a position to meet the Government’s 15-day prompt payment target or to produce the quarterly compliance reports required under Government Decision S29296; the way in which this has been allowed to continue for over a decade, given that all other departments and public bodies have been publishing prompt payment reports since the policy was introduced in 2009; and if she was previously aware of this long-standing non-compliance by the State’s largest purchaser of goods and services. [34997/25]

11. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of what stage the tendering process is at for an installation company to carry out installation works on behalf of a supplier (details supplied) under the SEAI Medically Vulnerable Solar PV System; the duration expected for the tendering process; when customers of said company can expect installations to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34644/25]

111. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 17 June 2025, to provide a statistical breakdown of applications and approvals since the commencement of each of the home ownership support schemes currently in operation (details supplied), in tabular form, and if the Minister will outline whether this data is used for internal monitoring or evaluation purposes. [34643/25]

8. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plenary meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum which he recently chaired. [33562/25]

184. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach if his Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under his Department’s remit also has a designated head of procurement; and if so, to list those entities, along with the name or grade of the person holding that role. [33649/25]

185. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach the number of staff within his Department and its agencies who hold a formal procurement qualification or certification (for example, CIPS, NFQ Level 6 or higher in procurement, EU public procurement training), broken down by organisation, in tabular form. [33667/25]

186. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach if his Department and each agency or public body under its remit uses a formal contract management system or procurement tracking platform; to list the systems in use; and if they are centrally monitored or independently operated. [33685/25]