Questions

226. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 that were subsequently registered in the stud book of an organisation (details supplied) at microchipping stage at 12 weeks of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8285/25]

227. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 that were subsequently registered on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system at microchipping stage at 12 weeks of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8286/25]

228. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8287/25]

229. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds registered with an organisation (details supplied) at whelping stage whose year of birth was 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8288/25]

230. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current economic value of the greyhound racing industry to the economy here not including a figure for the economic value of hare coursing in the island of Ireland, or for greyhound racing and hare coursing greyhounds in Northern Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8289/25]

231. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports in place for farmers whose herds are locked up due to TB bovine testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8511/25]

232. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if landowners who have had damage to their forestry as a result of storm Éowyn can apply for compensation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8512/25]

233. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken any analysis on the rapid development of large-scale solar farms ranging upwards of 1,000 acres on productive agriculture lands in Ireland; if his Department has considered on how it may impact the agri-food industry, in particular, the stability of Ireland’s dairy industry; and if he will make a statem…

234. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered in categorising lands suitable for large-scale solar projects by taking into consideration on the basis of their suitability for commercial agriculture; if his Department has considered the context of mapping the risk of mass transfers of agricultural land usage away from food production to commercial s…

235. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of staff resources in Naas regional veterinary offices dedicated to the wildlife programme from 2015 to date annually, detailing veterinary inspectors, technical officers, administration staff and the complement of farm relief service operatives available for the badger programme each year since 2015. [8572/2…

236. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of respite beds available to disability services in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8190/25]

237. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to clarify the planned changes to the accommodation recognition payment for those hosting Ukrainian families due to come in on 31 March 2025. [8213/25]

238. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide financial supports to ECCE centres, for the provision of sensory rooms for children who are neuro diverse, on the spectrum, require speech/occupational therapy and in particular in relation to the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8232/25]

239. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on the waiting list for occupational therapy and speech and language therapy in Laois; the measures she is introducing to lower waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8235/25]

240. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if eligibility under the mother-and-baby-home redress scheme will be reviewed to include all affected survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8395/25]

241. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will address the lack of access to essential services for children in Laois diagnosed with special needs, specifically children recommended for psychology, speech and language therapy, and occupational therapy in their assessment of need, who are unable to access these services due to long waiting times, lack …

242. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to disability from 2020 to 2025, with the sub-category allocated to the following (details supplied). [8414/25]

243. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the extreme urgency of pay issues raised by disability workers, whereby Section 39 workers are outsourced by the Government for healthcare services, and their rate of pay is significantly different to than that of their HSE counterparts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8415/25]

244. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the funding for the pay agreement that was made in October 2023 in respect of staff in section 39 and section 56 organisations has been fully passed on to all relevant staff of Tusla-funded section 56 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8432/25]

245. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on a waiting list for home support services provided by HSE disability services, by age, CHO and LHO, in tabular form. [8438/25]

246. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current hourly direct cost and indirect cost of home support services for people living with a disability; and the total cost of direct and indirect delivery of this type of home care in each of the years from 2020 to 2024. [8439/25]

247. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage split of home support services for people living with a disability between direct and indirect delivery. [8440/25]

248. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount in youth funding for County Roscommon and County Galway in each year 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [8441/25]

249. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of households in counties Wicklow and Wexford currently in receipt of the accommodation recognition payment; the amount paid to date, by local electoral area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8459/25]

250. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the desired WTE staffing complement for a children’s disability network team, by grade, in tabular form. [8493/25]