Paul Nicholas Gogarty

55. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reason the Health and Safety Authority does not provide a clear breakdown, by gender, of workplace fatalities and injuries in the reports it publishes periodically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13152/26]

240. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of forest owners in receipt of annual premiums, by county; the total number of forest owners in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13153/26]

269. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that have been made to date to secure the release of a person (details supplied); his plans going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12207/26]

385. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will state the legal basis for the re-introduction of medical criteria via section 36 of the Finance Act 2020 that had been previously condemned by the Supreme Court; if he is satisfied that this section is consistent with Article 15.4.1 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6442/26]

386. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he accepts the principle under Article 34 of the Constitution that Supreme Court rulings are final and conclusive; the steps his Department is taking to ensure the disabled drivers scheme now aligns with these final rulings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6443/26]

387. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will clarify whether the terms and conditions of engagement for members of the disabled drivers medical board of appeal explicitly require that they act in full compliance with the fundamental obligations and rights contained in Article 40, and those derived from international agreements the State has entered into under Article 29; if these terms of engagement specifically safeguard the board's duty to provide independent professional judgments based solely on the medical facts and needs of those presenting, free from departmental administrative influence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6444/26]

388. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline his Department's formal response to the repeated warnings from the Ombudsman regarding the legality of the disabled drivers and passengers tax relief scheme; the financial and administrative steps taken to remedy these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6445/26]

389. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the way in which his Department ensures that the administration of tax-based disability reliefs fulfils the duty of sincere cooperation under Article 4.3 TEU to align domestic financial law with EU values of equality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6446/26]

390. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will clarify his Department's policy on disclosure of personal assessments by agencies under his aegis, in light of the Supreme Court conclusions in Nowak and Delaney; if he is satisfied that applicants for the primary medical certificate are provided with sufficient reasoning for decisions, given the conclusion in the Reeves judgment [2020] that a failure to provide reasons to justify a decision is in itself grounds for a court to decide in favour of applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6447/26]

391. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if a copy of the motion passed unanimously by South Dublin County Council, which was sent to the Taoiseach calling for fair reform of the disabled drivers scheme, has been forwarded to his Department for direct action; if so, the date on which his Department received this motion; the specific actions have been taken since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6449/26]

392. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the specific steps taken by his Department to ensure that the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal refrains from acts inconsistent with the UNCRPD, as per the requirements of Article 29 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6451/26]

393. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will clarify his Department's policy on responding to voluntary disclosure requests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6452/26]

394. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the legal basis for suspending access to assessments for the primary medical certificate following a judgment (details supplied) given the conclusions of the Supreme Court in the Article 26 reference on the Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2004; if he accepts that statutory benefits under the disabled drivers scheme constitute a property right for eligible citizens under Articles 40.3.2 and 43; the way he justifies the use of Section 36 of the Finance Act 2020 to effectively bypass the constitutional protections for such rights as established by the Supreme Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6460/26]

395. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he accepts that under Article 34.4.6 of the Constitution, the decisions of the Supreme Court are final and conclusive; his views that all Government Ministers, civil servants, and staff in public or private organisations delivering public services have a primary constitutional obligation to respect, uphold, and deploy these final rulings and interpretations in their everyday activities; if he is satisfied that his Department's continued reliance on legislative workarounds to bypass specific court conclusions such as those in cases (details supplied) consistent with this constitutional mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6461/26]

396. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of the constitutional doctrine of "under-inclusiveness" as identified in the Reeves judgment and affirmed by the Supreme Court in the 2025 theory judgment; his views on whether the current medical criteria for the disabled drivers scheme are unconstitutionally under-inclusive by arbitrarily excluding citizens with significant mobility needs who do not meet the narrow 2020 criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6462/26]

597. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason he has not approved the agreed An Post pay increases to pensioners in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6361/26]

598. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he expects to sanction the agreed pay increases for the An Post pensioners in the coming weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6362/26]

728. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who have applied for international protection from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025; of the people who have made their applications in that period, the number who have received a decision in the first instance or separately on appeal; the number who have received a protection status or leave to remain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5853/26]

729. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those people who have applied for international protection between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2024 have received a final decision within a 12-month period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5854/26]

730. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of current outstanding applications and appeals for international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5855/26]

731. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and percentage of applications for international protection from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2025, where decisions have been made, have resulted in protection status or leave to remain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5856/26]

732. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of international protection applicants who do not have leave to remain; the number who have been requested to leave the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5857/26]

733. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated number of failed international applicants without leave to remain who have voluntarily left Ireland between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2025; the number who have been removed through legal processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5858/26]

141. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the expected timescale for the exemption of family residential units up to 40 sq. m in back gardens; whether this will restrict the commercial rental of such units without planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5319/26]

388. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the maximum number of housing units that can be built in Dublin City centre based on current land use capacity calculations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5321/26]