201. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason there is no way to correct or amend minor administration errors on a naturalisation application; the systems that can be put in place to ensure applications are not closed for minor errors that do not reflect on the transparency or integrity of the process, causing further financial expense as in the case of an applicant (…
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202. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of his review into the contract between his Department and a facility (details supplied) for the provision of IPAS accommodation in light of the lack of planning; if he has reviewed that position with regard to insurance to ensure that the property is fully insured for this activity considering it has no planning to provi…
203. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will ensure an application for a long-stay spousal visa is approved without further delay (details supplied). [38126/26]
204. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider the further roll-out of drug courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38136/26]
205. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has received the University of Limerick evaluation of the CAST pilot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38238/26]
206. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of callouts the CAST team responded to between January 2025 and May 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38239/26]
207. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals successfully diverted from custody to acute psychiatric care via the CAST initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38240/26]
208. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if garda e-vetting is conducted for all Section 16 Irish association naturalisation applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38257/26]
209. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of approved Section 16 Irish association adult applicants that meet the criteria but did not have the standard five years of reckonable residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38258/26]
210. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the prevalence of unlicenced gambling in some public houses; the body that is responsible for the enforcement of the law in this case; and if he will discuss the issue with the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. [38346/26]
211. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of organised crime groups disrupted, or prosecutions secured as a result of Joint Agency Task Force JATF cooperation since 2020 [38351/26]
212. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the welfare situation of four racing greyhounds in a location (details supplied), believed to be now under the care of GRI's adoption service following reports of mistreatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38285/26]
213. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 713 of 6 May 2026, if further information will be clarified (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38360/26]
214. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the diesel rebate scheme operates for agricultural contractors and farmers; the current and projected rebate rates per litre; the basis on which the rebate is calculated, including whether it is linked to the price paid per litre by operators; the timeline for submitting and receiving payments; whether further clarity…
215. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has undertaken costings for additional non-contact time for early years settings under core funding; and if so, the details of any costings undertaken by her Department regarding the cost of non-contact (detail supplied) time for early years educators and school age care settings. [37987/26]
216. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of an increase to the Graduate Lead Educator premium rate to €8.88; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37988/26]
217. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has considered the cost of increasing the number of graduate lead educators working per room at a time under the core funding rules, as set out under Together for Better. [37989/26]
218. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of bringing early years graduates Level 8 and 9 under public-sector pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37990/26]
219. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the National Equality Data Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38030/26]
220. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a ranking of local electoral areas showing where childcare unmet demand is highest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38031/26]
221. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior social worker posts filled at Cashel Children's Disability Network Team as of 14 May 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 31 May 2023, in tabular form. [38060/26]
222. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists posts filled at Clonmel Children's Disability Network Team as of 14 May 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 31 May 2023, in tabular form. [38061/26]
223. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE clinical nurse specialists in intellectual disabilities posts filled within CHO5 as of 14 May 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 31 May 2023, in tabular form. [38062/26]
224. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the vacancy rates for each of the twelve CORU-regulated health and social care professions in the public health service in each of the past five years, noting that the April 2025 CDNT Workforce Report recorded a 21% vacancy rate for health and social care professionals in Children's Disability Network Teams; the progress that has …
225. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide details on the current Children's Disability Network Team staffing ratio per 1,000 children in each area across Cork city and county; if she will confirm whether the staffing disparity between areas where parts of East Cork have fewer than 1.5 CDNT staff per 1,000 children compared to over 4.7 in other parts of…