Questions

151. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the efforts he is making to ensure that locations where the sole hotel remaining in a given town which is currently being used, or is proposed to be used, to provide accommodation for international protection applicants are maintained as hotels to provide beds to support the local tourism industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21666/25]

152. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24575/25]

153. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department intends to introduce measures to curb the spread of foot and mouth into Ireland, given that we are approaching the busy summer travel season, when many people will travel to and from countries impacted by the disease. [24639/25]

154. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to rollout an awareness campaign on foot and mouth for those travelling to and from central Europe this summer, given the recent outbreak of the disease across the region. [24640/25]

155. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their application for a farm partnership. [24667/25]

156. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full entitlements of ACRES; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24712/25]

157. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated and expended in relation to ash dieback, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24862/25]

158. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers participating in ACRES in County Monaghan; the number who have been paid; the total amount paid; the average amount paid; the number whose payment has been delayed; the total and average amount by which payments have been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24882/25]

159. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he expects the nitrates derogation will be renewed; by which time it will be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24883/25]

160. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to the TB eradication scheme, by year since 2019; the bTB incidence rate and year-on-year change in incidence rates, by year; the amount contributed by the European Union, by year; the basis upon which there was any change in the level of funding provided by the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the…

161. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to implement GAEC-2 regulation in 2025; if he has engaged with the European Commission in relation to same in the context of EU simplification measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24885/25]

162. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will take steps to ensure the EU missing children hotline number (116000) is displayed prominently and widely across key public locations (details supplied) given the recent report by Missing Children Europe which highlights the public’s lack of awareness of this critical service; the annual funding provided by the State to supp…

163. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of the services for persons of all ages with physical and intellectual disabilities based in Lusk; if she can outline in detail plans for future services; the stage these plans are at; the estimated timeframe for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24505/25]

164. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the number of persons of all ages living in Lusk with physical and intellectual disabilities who require services who are registered with the HSE; the number that receive services locally; the number that have to travel to neighbouring towns for services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

165. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider providing a transport allowance for members of an organisation (details supplied) to access sport and physical activity opportunities in their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24519/25]

166. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children that are seen on a weekly basis by occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, and psychologists, excluding those receiving initial assessments, in each quarter of each year from 2023 to April 2024,by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24544/25]

167. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality his views on the need to add socioeconomic status as a grounds of discrimination for the purpose of application of the equality Acts and related legislation. [24571/25]

168. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24576/25]

169. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be examined; her plans for Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24593/25]

170. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to confirm the number of publicly provided residential care places for children, available in each year from 2020 to 2024, and the number available in 2025, in tabular form; the additional number of regulated places added in each year, either public or private; the plans for adding new public places in 2025; the additional funding in place…

171. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated average capital cost and current expenditure operating cost respectively of providing each new publicly provided residential care place for children; to provide a breakdown of staffing costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24610/25]

172. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans in place to phase out the use of special emergency arrangements by Tusla; the progress made over the past year on achieving this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24611/25]

173. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in foster care arrangements in each year from 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025; the number of households offering foster care in each of those years, and the increase or decrease in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24612/25]

174. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently in special emergency arrangements; the number in SEAs as of 31 April 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24613/25]

175. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1897 of 29 April 2025, when the review to the provision of core funding scheme will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24743/25]