1539. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the rationale behind the increased financial support requirements for international students, from €7,000 to €10,000, for courses over eight months, and from €4,680 to €6,665 for shorter courses; what assessment has been made of the potential impact on international students’ ability to study and work in Ireland, and on the broader economy, particularly in sec…
1636. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 559 of 25 March 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to answer this PQ. [20916/25]
1637. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if he has spoken with the Garda Commissioner in relation to the scrambler and quad crisis on public roads and parks. [20917/25]
1638. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if he has spoken to the Garda Commissioner on the provision of a dedicated and specially trained unit to deal with the pursuit of illegal scramblers and quads on streets and in parks. [20918/25]
1639. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí, by rank, within the DMR region that have been fully trained in the usage of drones and the legislation regarding drones being used in public areas. [20919/25]
1640. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 3 April 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda Authorities to answer this PQ. [20920/25]
1641. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if he has met with each of the chief superintendents within the DMR region since his appointment; and if not, when he will meet the remaining chief superintendents. [20921/25]
1642. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 3 April 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda Authorities to answer this PQ. [20922/25]
1759. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the additional biosecurity measures his Department is taking to prevent Asian hornets insects from getting in to the State. [20905/25]
1760. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he met with the administrator of the US Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services during his recent visit to the United States. [20906/25]
1761. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will arrange for posters to be erected on all approaches to entry points at all airports and ports reminding persons not to touch sick or dead wild birds and to report same due to the increase number of dead wild birds being reported. [20907/25]
1944. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla carries out international recruitment campaigns to attract qualified social workers to work for them; if so, the details of the two most recent campaigns; and the number of jobs offered per campaign. [20927/25]
1945. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE clinical psychologists based at Coolock children's disability network team in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20924/25]
2435. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if she will address the urgent need to formally include preimplantation genetic testing for monogenic disorders (PGT-M), specifically for Huntington’s disease, in the publicly funded fertility care pathway (details supplied). [20902/25]
2436. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20908/25]
2437. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the type of cardiothoracic surgeries that were carried out at the Mater Hospital in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20909/25]
2438. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health to list all the hospitals that currently use the Da Vinci surgical system, in tabular form. [20910/25]
2439. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff grade podiatrist and senior grade podiatrist aligned to the chronic disease management team within CHO9 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20911/25]
2440. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of high-dependency beds and intensive care beds opened and staffed in each hospital part of HSE Dublin and north east health regions as of 22 April 2025; and if she will provide same figures as of 30 April 2021, in tabular form. [20912/25]
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2575. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the locations overseas where new talent and innovation attachés have taken up duty; and the locations where these posts are being considered, in tabular form. [20923/25]
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2576. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of WTE senior mechanical engineers and senior quantity surveyors employed by his Department in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [20925/25]
174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Italy during quarter 2 2025. [16501/25]
179. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current and capital budget allocation to the National Cyber Security Centre in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [16485/25]
187. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the steps the NTA and Iarnród Eireann are currently taking to ensure that the new DART carriages fully cover the gap between the DART and platform at all DART stations prior to the new carriages coming into service next year. [16486/25]
188. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff, by job title and gender, currently working within the sales and marketing department of Dublin Airport Authority. [16487/25]