102. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider reducing the time necessity from two years to one year for vacant properties to qualify for the vacant homes grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33100/25]
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106. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will implement measures on the policy and local and city council level to ensure hedge-cutting during nesting season is further discouraged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33153/25]
107. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of gender recognition certificate applications from 2015 to the current year; the number applications which were made by 16- and 17-year-olds; the number of applications which were granted in total and granted by 16- and 17-year-olds, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32863/25]
108. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the implementation of the remaining actions from the Gender Recognition Act 2015 Review Group recommendations. [32864/25]
109. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on a carer’s allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32916/25]
110. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection If consideration will be given to abolishing the means test for carers who provide an invaluable service to the State (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33087/25]
111. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase the current means test threshold for disability allowance that is currently set at €50,000 and has not been reviewed for years and is out of touch with inflation and the current cost of living (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33091/25]
112. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 12 June 2025, if a person (details supplied) can discuss in person or by phone the reasons for the ongoing refusal of the non-contributory pension claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33134/25]
113. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders enforced on commercial airlines; the number of deportation orders enforced by GNIB on charter flights, other removals enforced on commercial flights, in each of the past five years; the costs incurred and destination in respect of each flight, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on t…
114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when Britain will be designated a safe country for the purpose of returning asylum seekers. [32911/25]
115. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average length of time and the longest time it took to process each stage of the asylum application process for each of the past five years. [32914/25]
116. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the rate of refusal at each stage of the asylum process for each of the past five years. [32915/25]
117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will intervene in the case of an individual (details supplied) resident in IPAS who has gone into debt as a consequence of IPAS' failure to pay bills as they had indicated. [32963/25]
118. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the Court Proceedings (Delays) Act 2024 will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33059/25]
119. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for details of all IPAS accommodation centres located in properties currently owned by NAMA; the details of all IPAS accommodation centres located in property previously owned by NAMA, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33071/25]
120. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the review of the Garda vetting process; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33088/25]
121. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on education and training as well as employment provisions in Irish prisons; and his views on how these measures can work to prevent recidivism. [33089/25]
122. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a breakdown of the Garda stations to which Gardaí that attested in Templemore on 6 June 2025 were assigned. [33094/25]
123. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will designate Greencastle harbour as a pelagic landing port for catches over ten tonnes. [32919/25]
124. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers impacted by the delay in payments under ACRES for 2024, by county; when the issue will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32991/25]
125. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his priorities for the forthcoming EU budgetary negotiations, particularly with regard to the next Common Agricultural Policy. [33090/25]
126. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding a proposal (details supplied) concerning retired fishermen which was submitted to his Department previously; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33208/25]
127. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when his Department plans on publishing its jointly commissioned research into gender recognition for young people aged under 16 years of age; and his views on the rationale behind the several-year-long delay in publication. [32862/25]
128. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that an application (details supplied) will be approved without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32928/25]
129. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for an autism assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32959/25]