717. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will be announcing a sports capital grant application scheme this year; if so, when applications will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30093/25]
1547. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the procurement and roll out of the new national immunisation system which will be used to record all vaccine programmes offered by the State and to support their delivery. [30113/25]
1655. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the Research Ireland (RI) criteria for applications deemed 'high-risk' and the reasons for rejection without any constructive feedback on same (details supplied); the criteria for qualifications of those tasked to approve the applications relevant to the application itself; the RI policy, if any, in term…
756. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be provided in this year's Budget to fully staff the community neurorehabilitation team for the northwest in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country (details supplied). [25362/25]
833. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss services in Ireland for women with ovarian cancer; if she will comment on the illumination of Leinster House that took place on 8 May 2025 as a message of hope and care that marked World Ovarian Cancer Day; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25581/25]
936. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the progress and the plans around the Sligo regional veterinary laboratory (RVL); when works will be completed; the plans for the variety of services that will be available at the RVL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24219/25]
174. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can confirm that she has in her role as Minister the discretionary powers to provide for a larger central activities space than the standard size for all SEN bases built in certain cases (details supplied); her views on whether given the scale of an extension granted that this school and others with similar large extensions, would require a…
561. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a report to Dáil Éireann on the availability of gastrointestinal ultrasound for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in Ireland; the number of IBD patients who received gastrointestinal ultrasound scanning in Ireland in 2024 or an equivalent year; if she recognises the pivotal role of this testing in raising the standards of care and q…
562. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a report for Dáil Éireann on international and Irish standards of care for women with advanced ovarian cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22726/25]
563. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the number of women in Ireland diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer annually from 2020 to 2024; to report this information by disease subtype and in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22727/25]
564. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the progress made to the average wait time for dermatology patients as part of the Waiting List Action Plan 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22728/25]
565. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of consultant neurologists; when they will be recruited; where they will be based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22729/25]
566. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of specialist neurology nurses; when they will be recruited; where they will be based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22730/25]
567. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work of the National Clinical Trials Oversight Group; when her department will publish the planned interim report on challenges of conducting trials in Ireland; if she will publish interim year-on-year targets for the level of clinical trials activity in Ireland for 2025, 2026 and 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2273…
609. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if it is intended to allocate funding to local authorities in 2025 under the local improvement scheme; if he has had any discussions with the Minister for Transport in relation to match funding support for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22253/25]
312. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide any updates from his Department’s interaction with the Forestry Forum (details supplied); the progress or agreement on the responsibility for safe corridors for electric supply lines through forestry; action points agreed; if there is a plan to assist or compensate forestry owners who have seen devasting damage done…
679. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he agrees with the Commissioner of Public Works at OPW insistence on a local development group in County Leitrim (details supplied) that prior to entering the leased property, Community Group members will need to be covered for public liability insurance of €6.5 million employer’s liability insuranc…
780. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is an unfair bias against farmers who planted forestry before 2002 and in effect are unqualified for the basic farm payment scheme (details supplied); his further views on whether the absence of a proposal to compensate farm forestry owner for the carbon credit element on standing forestry needs to be rectif…
1002. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health when she will bring forward proposals to provide medical cards for children over eight-years-of-age as proposed in the Programme for Government. [17411/25]
837. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if she will consider exploring the feasibility of establishing a wind turbine trade school in the northwest to boost apprenticeships and employment in the green energy industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15207/25]
104. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine a case where, in the assessment of income and savings query by his Department and a review of a spouse’s pension allowance, a credit union loan was not assessed for this couple based in County Leitrim (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14350/25]
907. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when he will announce further funding for local authorities under the local improvement scheme; and if priority can be given to local authorities with significant waiting lists. [14115/25]
908. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he is considering a review of the current successful funding schemes within his Department, such as the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, town and village scheme, Clár, community centres investment fund development, and the rural regeneration and development fund, to review maximum spending categories and variation of the sc…
920. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homes that have been bought in each county, by each local authority under the tenant-in-situ scheme since the year of commencement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11898/25]
1000. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on when the next round of applications under the school meals programme will be accepted, as the only information to hand suggests that schools will be accepted on a phased basis starting on 1 April 2025, however it is important that information is supplied to schools in advance of that date in order that applications can be made. [10…