Aidan Farrelly

1072. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is possible within current IT provisions for local authorities to collate and publish information on youth homelessness (18-24 years); including reasons for entering homelessness and exits from homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19474/26]

1134. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will work with community groups to restore native trees at a location used by the State (details supplied); and if not, the supports or funding he can provide in the context of restoration of biodiversity and nature. [20858/26]

1194. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that his officials have determined to date that must return pandemic unemployment payments (PUP); the totality of PUP that had been paid to persons; the total amount his Department is seeking to recover; the amount recovered to date; the number of enforcement actions his Department has engaged in to recover PUP from persons since the Department commenced requesting PUP back from persons; the number of persons that have filed appeals in respect of demands from the Department to return PUP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19661/26]

1195. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify whether his Department uses debt collection agencies to recover social protection payments that were overpaid or paid in error; if he will provide a schedule of agencies or companies his Department has used in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 to recover payments; and the amount realised from this activity versus what was to be returned. [19662/26]

1305. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of probationer gardaí who have had their probation period extended in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of probationer gardaí who resigned or were dismissed over the same time period. [19289/26]

1306. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of trainee gardaí who have had their initial trainee period extended in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of trainee gardaí who resigned and were dismissed over the same time period. [19290/26]

1307. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who resigned early and were dismissed in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if rank can be included in the response. [19291/26]

1308. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who were successful at all stages of the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 recruitment campaigns for An Garda Síochána who have not been offered a contract to become a trainee to date. [19292/26]

1309. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who were successful at all stages of the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 recruitment campaigns for An Garda Síochána who have been informed that they will not be admitted to the trainee programme due to being deemed as generally unsuitable. [19293/26]

1362. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the turnover and profits recorded by tuck shops in each State prison in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if his attention, or that of prison officers/management, has been drawn to prisoner complaints that prices in prison tuck shops are unsuitable and or unattainably at the higher end of the scale, in tabular form. [20317/26]

1484. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of meetings she or her officials attended regarding the establishment of the Tusla training college; the extent to which the Department consulted on the curriculum and the type of qualifications students will receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18286/26]

1485. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total budget allocated for the Tusla training college in 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18287/26]

1486. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of teaching staff allocated to the Tusla training college; whether they are internal or external appointments; full-time or part-time; the duration of such agreements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18288/26]

2125. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount paid in legal costs to each of the top ten legal firms representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in 2024 and 2025; the number of cases payments relate to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20318/26]

2126. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out in legal costs to each of the top ten named legal firms representing the agency in medical negligence cases in 2024 and 2025; the number of cases payments relate to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20319/26]

428. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Commissioner and his leadership teams in the Garda and or Fiosrú, have provided him with the policy on use of taser, in line with similar Garda policies that is the incapacitant spray policy which are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18064/26]

429. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Commissioner or his leadership teams, the Garda and or Fiosrú, has provided him with the policy on the Garda use of force policy, in line with similar Garda policies such as the incapacitant spray policy which are publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18065/26]

430. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Commissioner and his leadership teams the Garda and or Fiosrú, has provided him with the protocol, if any exists for cases in which an individual is seriously injured, or dies following taser use, whether immediately after a taser is issued or from the effects of a taser for example due to a head injury after falling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18066/26]

435. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and rank of Gardaí that have undergone pursuit driving training at a training facility outside of the jurisdiction in the past three years to date; and the location of the training and associated costs. [18139/26]

768. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the membership of the committee responsible for the adjudication of sites for the State-led provision of childcare and early years education services; the number of times it has met since its inception; the number of applications it has adjudicated on and the location of same. [17161/26]

769. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress of the implementation of a single agency for early years and school age care. [17162/26]

24. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Defence if she has spoken with the UK Defence Secretary to date in 2026. [15445/26]

97. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of persons that attended each heritage site under the remit of OPW in the years 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [15441/26]

146. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he last met formally with the CEO of Screen Ireland; and the topics discussed. [15436/26]

185. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles seized for having no valid car tax by Gardaí within the DMRs, Wicklow, Meath and Kildare-Carlow division in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [15442/26]