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Emer Currie Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Finance
150. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the measures being put in place to monitor and enforce retailer compliance with the requirements of the new e-liquid products tax, noting recent media reports that certain alternative retailers selling vaping products have been subject to investigation by the Revenue Commissioners over concerns of tax evasions. [66652/25]
Emer Currie Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Finance
151. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the date on which Government will publish the first data on e-liquid products tax compliance rates and enforcement actions. [66653/25]
Michael Cahill Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
152. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation following the recommendations in the CFERM report for Castlemaine Harbour which recommend various flood protection works, including those projects related to the Cromane area, to prioritise funding for these works as a matter of urgency in order that homes and properties in the area can be pr…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
153. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of instances in the past five years in which a Minister, Minister of State or senior official was required to recuse themselves from policy development or decision-making due to a declared conflict of interest involving a family member with financial interests in pharmaceutical or hea…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
154. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if her Department has issued any guidance, circulars or instructions to Government Departments since January 2020 on the management of conflicts of interest in emerging medical or technological policy areas, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and other gender-affirming treatments for…
William Aird Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
155. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the contingency measures her Department has put in place to protect Irish exporters and jobs in the event of new tariffs being imposed by the United States on EU goods, including pharmaceuticals, agrifood, and technology sectors; the assessment that has been made of the potential economic impact on these sectors; and if he will make a …
Shane Moynihan Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
156. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment given the requirement to transpose Directive (EU) 2024/2831 on improving working conditions in platform work by December 2026, to outline the plans for implementation; and set out the expected impacts of this Directive on the food-delivery and courier sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66395/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
157. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to address the increase in the unemployment rate to 5.3% in the third quarter of 2025, the highest rate recorded since the third quarter of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66465/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
158. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will outline progress on establishing regional technology and innovation hubs across Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66494/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
159. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of work permits issued since 2022 and to date in 2025 disaggregated by sector, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66495/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
160. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of registered accommodation providers under Fáilte Ireland in Dublin Bay north; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66496/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
161. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the status of a general employment permit renewal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66627/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
162. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans she has to start the process of opening up new primary or secondary schools to serve the Kilternan school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66309/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
163. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans she has to invest in extending primary schools located in the Kilternan school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66310/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
164. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans she has to revise the school planning areas in Dublin for secondary schools, particularly those school planning areas that do not have a secondary school such as (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66311/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
165. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding phase 2 of the SEN reconfiguration with regard to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66335/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
166. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the climate action summer works application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66336/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
167. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding emergency works application submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66337/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
168. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the budget allocated for free sanitary products for secondary schools since the launch in 2022; to list the schools that have availed of the scheme in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66346/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
169. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to schools (details supplied) to help them address the issue of period poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66347/25]
Albert Dolan Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
170. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the major building project at a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when progress can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66368/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
171. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school bus ticket will be awarded to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66391/25]
Máire Devine Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
172. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria for determining which schools will be designated for the DEIS Plus plan; whether two significantly disadvantaged schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66398/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
173. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the school transport scheme will be amended to support students who do not travel to their most local mixed post-primary school, but instead choose to attend a single-sex school, as is their right; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66433/25]
Colm Burke Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Education
174. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when period products will be available for free in all secondary schools, as per the Programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66440/25]