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Eamon Scanlon Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
910. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health if she will address the urgent need for a dedicated MS Ireland community worker to serve more than 300 people living with multiple sclerosis in Sligo and Leitrim; if she is aware that counties Sligo and Leitrim are the only counties in the State without a dedicated MS Ireland community worker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55449/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
911. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if the home help support tutoring service will be reinstated for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55470/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
912. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the National Rare Disease Strategy; the status of implementation of each of its recommendations respectively; the timeline for establishing an Implementation Oversight Group and the development of an implementation plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55473/25]
Martin Kenny Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
913. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health for an update on a project (details supplied) in County Sligo. [55529/25]
Grace Boland Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
914. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54605/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
915. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised regarding the timeline for submitting a SUSI appeal in cases where delays are due to awaiting official academic results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54823/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
916. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether an exception or discretionary review could be granted for a student who missed out on the 1916 bursary due to an administrative error (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54934/25]
Albert Dolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
917. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process specifically tender/contract title; na…
Albert Dolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
918. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the mandatory requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts above €25,000; and if he will provide details of the monitoring or enforcement arrangements in place to en…
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
919. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presen…
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
920. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reasons the further education programmes offered linked to community schools receive less funding than other further education centres; the plans in place to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55190/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
921. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason the salary and terms and conditions of staff on local training initiatives are less favourable than those on Youthreach; the plans in place to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55191/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
922. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports his Department could put in place to strengthen the links between two institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55199/25]
Albert Dolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
923. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and each body under its aegis discloses expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees, by category (details supplied) in their annual report and or financial statements for each accounting year; if they provide direct web links to the most recent publications where these Section 1.5 …
Keira Keogh Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
924. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on discussions regarding the alignment of the Youthreach calendar year with the second level calendar year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55414/25]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
925. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a SUSI application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55451/25]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
926. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress he has made on exempting students in the private rented sector from the forthcoming abolition of rent controls between tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55527/25]
George Lawlor Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Rural
927. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has an official policy on the use of the fada in Irish names from official State sources; his views on whether citizens whose names contain a fada should be properly addressed in official communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54917/25]
Albert Dolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Rural
928. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if there are any technical, legal, operational, or policy constraints preventing his Department, when publishing quarterly reports of payments or purchase orders over €20,000, from including additional columns that link each payment to its underlying procurement process specifically tender/contract title; name and addres…
Albert Dolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Rural
929. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if all contracting authorities under the aegis of his Department are in full compliance with Circular 05/2023, in particular the mandatory requirement to publish contract award notices for all contracts above €25,000; and if he will provide details of the monitoring or enforcement arrangements in place to ensure this req…
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Rural
930. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by his Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to him th…
Albert Dolan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Rural
931. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department and each body under its aegis discloses expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees, by category (details supplied) in their annual report and or financial statements for each accounting year; if they provide direct web links to the most recent publications where these Section 1.5 disclosures a…