Aidan Farrelly

1280. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11940/25]

1314. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide a schedule of fines issued to Tusla in respect of breaching general data protection regulations, by year, from 1 January 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown by amount, year and breach criteria cited. [10810/25]

1315. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons who resided at a premises on a weekly basis in 2024 and to date in 2025 (details supplied). [10816/25]

1395. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to her or her Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11757/25]

1438. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and has experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12404/25]

1440. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has extended a contract with a provider (details supplied); if so, the duration of same; and if the contract includes an optional extension of same. [12500/25]

1441. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason foetal alcohol spectrum disorder is not deemed by her Department or agencies to be a disability at this time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12516/25]

1449. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of staff employed in early learning and care services who work directly with children. [12832/25]

1450. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average annual staff turnover rate in early learning and care services, nationwide and by county, in tabular form. [12833/25]

1451. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early learning and care services that have an annual staff turnover rate of 80% per year or more. [12834/25]

1519. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule of fines issued to her Department and the HSE in respect of breaching general data protection regulations, by year, from 1 January 2020 to date in 2025; and if she will provide a breakdown by amount, year and breach criteria cited. [10812/25]

1722. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the annual amount claimed by special advisors attached to her or her Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11765/25]

1916. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the annual amount claimed by special advisors attached to him or his Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11764/25]

1933. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of people who attained qualification in early years childcare in each of the years from 2004 to 2024; and the QQI/FETEC level attained, in tabular form. [12831/25]

1960. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to him or his Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11769/25]

1961. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11938/25]

1970. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to list the unsuccessful applications for funding under phase 1 and phase 2 of the Community Centre Investment Fund (details supplied), in tabular form; and the supports available for these organisations to reapply or seek alternative funding. [12410/25]

1971. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a schedule of the headings under which he can provide direct funding and-or grant aid to community groups and-or volunteer groups in respect of public realm upgrades and-or enhancements, maintenance of rights of way, walkways and so on; the direct funding he can provide to local authorities for disbursement; and if his Department has schemes that persons can access such as ORIS funding. [12424/25]

1972. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a schedule for each local authority of the amount of ORIS funding granted in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the heading and or purpose in which the funding was granted; if the funding was unused and or withdrawn and or surrendered back and reason for same; and the further breakdown of the local authorities that did not make applications for funding over the same timeframe. [12431/25]

2. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide further details in respect of his plans to review spending by bodies under his remit and-or aegis. [9994/25]

207. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of fighter jets the Government intends to purchase; if he will provide the make and model of the aircraft; the estimated cost of each aircraft; the hourly cost of flight per aircraft; the type of munitions these aircraft will have capability to carry; the circumstances in which the aircraft will be permitted to reach and exceed the speed of sound; the number of personnel that will be required to maintain these new aircraft; the number of these personnel will be in addition to those currently employed by the Air Corps; the cost of hiring and retaining additional personnel per annum; if they will be based at Casement Aerodrome; the plans in place to mitigate the considerable additional noise pollution that will be generated by these aircraft for the residents of the neighbouring communities compared to the Air Corps’ current aircraft, if he has engaged with either management of Shannon or Dublin Airports in respect of basing the aircraft at those locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10527/25]

289. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his plans to address the issue of price gouging in the tourism sector in the context the State hosting high-profile international sporting events and performances. [9995/25]

296. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his plans to continue funding for the basic income for the arts scheme announced as part of Budget 2025 beyond the current three-year pilot scheme; his plans to establish permanency in respect of this funding; if it will apply to the same cohort of artists who are currently recipients of the payment or if there will be a new application process for all eligible artists; if the scheme be expanded to assist recipients outside of the pilot scheme; the timeline for when applications will be invited from interested artists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10525/25]

317. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department has paid each external security company to provide security personnel at Intreo offices to date in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and the contract with each security company due to expire, in tabular form. [10439/25]

63. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach for an update in respect of the Programme Plan for Child Well-being 2023-2025. [4927/25]