Aidan Farrelly

253. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of learner drivers that were convicted in a court for driving a vehicle while not being accompanied by a full licence holder. [31294/25]

254. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he and or his predecessor engaged external assistance and or consultancy in respect of the EU Migration Asylum Pact; if he will provide a schedule of services provided; the costs of same and a schedule of persons and or companies that were engaged and projected future costs in respect of same; and if he will provide the same information in respect of his Department that previously held responsibility in this area. [31295/25]

262. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31264/25]

284. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by her Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if her Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31265/25]

385. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by her Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if her Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31274/25]

391. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31273/25]

399. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31278/25]

170. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any further meetings held between his Department with the US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel of business leaders since the first meeting during his visit to Washington DC in March 2025. [28955/25]

171. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any further meetings held in April and May between his Department with the US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel of business leaders. [28956/25]

224. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of WTE accountants that are employed by his Department as of 27 May 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 1 June 2022, in tabular form. [29362/25]

305. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of refurbishment works Iarnród Éireann carried out at Leixlip Louisa Bridge train station in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [29373/25]

306. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of refurbishment works Iarnród Éireann carried out at Bray and Greystones train stations in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [29374/25]

425. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of persons currently on a panel for Executive Officer post within Civil Service from the most recent EO Recruitment Campaign; and when will this panel expire. [29363/25]

477. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of establishing an initial panel of 90 speech and language therapists for schools as a shared resource. [29377/25]

493. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNA allocations that were recommended to the NCSE by SENOs versus the actual number that were allocated; and to provide a breakdown of where the recommendation by a SENO has not been filled or sanctioned, In tabular form. [29008/25]

509. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the current and planned expansions of primary schools in north Kildare, in tabular form, and the status of same. [29086/25]

510. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the thresholds currently in place as part of the demographic demand analysis that would warrant a school extension or a new school building. [29087/25]

554. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a breakdown of the youth affairs funding schemes and the funding allocated to each in 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown of the funding, per scheme, by county or other geographical basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29557/25]

701. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he last met with the Director of the National Gallery of Ireland and the issues that they discussed. [29369/25]

727. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 804, 805 and 806, if the steering group has communicated any issues of concern in respect of the project to date to the audit and risk committee off the sponsoring bodies; if so, the nature of same; if he will provide a schedule of any design changes made post-project commencement; and if an estimated date of completion and reopening have been established. [30550/25]

739. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's policy in relation to remote working and details of any systems in place for logging days from home or in office. [28954/25]

773. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE accountants that are employed by his Department as of 27 May 2025; and if he will provide corresponding figures as of 1 June 2022, in tabular form. [29378/25]

955. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of parents eligible for parent's leave in the past twelve months; and how many weeks of leave, if any, those parents took, by county, in tabular form. [30599/25]

956. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plan to review parent's leave to make it more flexible and viable for parents, including partial weeks or single days of parent's leave; transferring unused leave to the partner parent; and the option to redistribute payment across a reduced number of days/weeks. [30600/25]

1003. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of van/personnel carrier courses that were held for Gardaí within the Kildare division in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [29375/25]