James Geoghegan

939. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to the year or years where no so such member existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12193/25]

940. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, that the board has a terms of reference; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to year or years where no terms of reference existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12211/25]

988. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of his Department and each body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12923/25]

992. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of premises in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10633/25]

1056. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individual domiciliary care allowance applications or social welfare appeals relating to domiciliary care allowance applications where the Minister or Department has either directly or indirectly received solicitor letters pertaining to that individual application or appeal for each year between 2020 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12120/25]

1057. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department 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. [12161/25]

1058. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board 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. [12179/25]

1059. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to the year or years where no so such member existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12197/25]

1060. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, that the board has a terms of reference; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to year or years where no terms of reference existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12215/25]

1077. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 4 March 2025, if he will consider commissioning research, external or otherwise, to examine and establish just how long parents of over 1,000 disabled children are waiting in each of the past five years to be awarded a domiciliary care allowance that they were initially refused, irrespective of the manner in which that initial decision is altered; the reason that the success rate of appeals, partial appeals, or revised decision, taken together is so high vis-à-vis the original decision based on the information supplied in a series of Parliamentary Questions to this Deputy; if he has concerns that parents of disabled children from disadvantaged backgrounds may face greater challenges in navigating both the criteria and layers of process involved in the awarding of this allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12704/25]

1084. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of his Department and each body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12927/25]

1172. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on a citizenship application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12006/25]

1183. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department 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. [12158/25]

1184. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board 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. [12176/25]

1185. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to the year or years where no so such member existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12194/25]

1186. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, that the board has a terms of reference; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to year or years where no terms of reference existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12212/25]

1225. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of his Department and each body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12924/25]

1231. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline his Department’s policy on illegal puppy farming; if he will provide an update on the progress made under this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10632/25]

1289. 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 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. [12147/25]

1290. 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 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. [12165/25]

1291. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to the year or years where no so such member existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12183/25]

1292. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, that the board has a terms of reference; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to year or years where no terms of reference existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12201/25]

1298. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of his Department and each body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12911/25]

1304. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 27 February 2025, if she accepts that the Programme for Government commitment concerned childminders working in the child’s family home whom the national action plan for childminding describe as nannies, babysitters or au pairs; if she accepts that the Programme for Government, albeit with no timescale, represents a departure from existing policy and does envisage the implementation of a policy that would extend the national childcare scheme to childminders working in the family home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10571/25]

1316. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to address issues with the national childcare scheme, as raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10829/25]