James Geoghegan

939. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board (details supplied) in correspondence to his Department or a Minister in respect of the composition of the board of the body referred, for each year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; to identify any body where the chairperson of that board never identified skills gaps to his Department or a Minister, by year and body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24246/25]

940. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department (details supplied) who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24247/25]

7. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to expand free public transport access for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22821/25]

89. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport which routes in Dublin will be prioritised for the initial rollout of the transport security force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22822/25]

119. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will outline his plans to fund the Dublin city night-time economy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22895/25]

338. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether he supports the introduction of a tourism accommodation levy to support the funding of the Dublin City Council taskforce recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12864/25]

65. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider making the acceptance of cash and/or postal orders mandatory for the NDLS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22250/25]

134. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that will be undertaken in the upcoming review of the National Development Plan to consider the case for semiconductor subsidies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22831/25]

140. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in view of the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities 2015-2024, if he is considering any further plans or strategies for the employment of disabled people and neurodivergent people. [22488/25]

152. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the means by which his Department will be co-ordinating with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to consider the case for semiconductor subsidies, in the context of the upcoming review of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22830/25]

240. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the regeneration of a building (details supplied); the steps his Department is taking to ensure the relevant complexes are regenerated quickly; the steps his Department is taking to ensure that residents are updated and have a say in the regeneration of the complexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22043/25]

320. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice to examine the case of a person (details supplied) seeking naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22314/25]

387. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she is taking to ensure that public bodies meet the minimum 6% statutory employment target for persons with disabilities in the public sector, as set out in part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 and the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity), (Amendment), Act 2022. [22230/25]

463. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure the continued supply of evorel HRT patches (details supplied); if the 25mcg evorel or other patch will be added to the list of reimbursable items; the reason it is not currently on the list.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22251/25]

608. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects relating to neurodiversity that have received funding from schemes under his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22228/25]

57. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the steps he is taking to cultivate investment in artificial intelligence in the context of his action plan for competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21722/25]

70. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on his action plan for competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21721/25]

151. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is considering the use of artificial intelligence to improve the processing of claims and payments by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21723/25]

157. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline his plans for the Programme for Government commitment to introduce a new working age payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21724/25]

141. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the steps being taken to entice childcare providers who have exited core funding back into core funding, thereby ensuring the fee cap is maintained for the benefit of all parents; if she will provide a forum for engagement with childcare providers who have exited core funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20999/25]

152. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she agrees that childcare providers’ administrative burden is too high; if she can detail the steps she will take to alleviate that burden, particularly for smaller providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20998/25]

161. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the new disability unit within his Department. [18211/25]

163. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the steps his Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that artificial intelligence adoption entails; and if he will outline the logic behind their approach. [18439/25]

164. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach if he will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI [18440/25]

165. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach if he will identify any AI training offered to people working in the Department; and the level of take-up. [18443/25]