Questions

377. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to address the high demand under TAMS 3 under the solar capital investment scheme; his plans to allocate additional funding to meet the demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50407/26]

378. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the names of the ten largest egg production operations here; the number of birds that went through the system in each of the top five, in 2025; the number of mortalities in each of the top five producers in 2025; the reasons for these mortalities; the average age of the birds when they expired; the frequency of vis…

379. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 720 of 16 June 2026, if he will clarify if any birds on Irish egg producer operations, be they enriched, barn or free range, have their beaks trimmed; if so, to provide accurate statistics on the number of birds whose beaks were trimmed in 2025; the breakdown for enriched, barn and free range; an…

380. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of day-old female chicks that were imported into Ireland in 2025; the countries from which these day-old chicks were imported; the breakdown in numbers for each country; the way in which the chicks were packed for transport; the method and duration of transport from the overseas hatchery to the egg producer; and if he will…

381. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has not yet received their 2024 national protein incentive scheme (NPIS) payment; the reason for the continued delay arising from the reported technical issue involving the migration of inspection details from AgInspect to his Department’s claims system; when this issue is expected to be resolved;…

382. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate a dual claim affecting a 2025 basic income support for sustainability (BISS) application (details supplied); the reason for the dual claim; the steps required to resolve the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50511/26]

383. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to perform urgent improvement works to Kilkeveragh Pier, Portmagee, County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50518/26]

384. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intention within his Department to review the criteria of the ACRES scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50599/26]

385. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to take into consideration the mitigating circumstances in relation to the registration of ten calves in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50731/26]

386. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address concerns regarding the lack of continuity and coordination of services for children with additional needs, particularly in relation to CDNT (Children's Disability Network Teams), including delays in access to services such as speech and language therapy, long waiting lists for assessments and therapies, the absence of effecti…

387. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the short-term or interim funding options available for an early education centre (details supplied) while it is awaiting the outcome of a sustainability fund application from the Dublin City Childcare Committee; to maintain this centre’s viability in the short term considering it is located in an area where there is already a signif…

388. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mechanisms in place to ensure that early learning and childcare providers participating in the core funding scheme comply with the fee management conditions, and do not increase fees charged to parents contrary to the terms of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50364/26]

389. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether compliance is monitored directly by her Department, by Pobal, by the network of City and County Childcare Committees (CCCs), or by another body; to outline the respective responsibilities of each organisation in relation to monitoring and enforcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50365/26]

390. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of fee management reviews, investigations, audits or compliance checks undertaken in each year since the introduction of core funding; the number of breaches identified and sanctions applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50366/26]

391. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the historical fee information retained by her Department or its agents for participating providers, including the earliest date for which fee schedules are held; whether fee lists dating back to 30 September 2021 (or earlier where applicable) remain available for compliance and audit purposes; and if she will make a statement on t…

392. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether all providers in receipt of core funding are required to submit updated fee lists annually; the way in which those fee lists are verified against the baseline fee applicable under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50368/26]

393. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of fee reviews initiated; the number of fee reviews initiated since the establishment of the core funding scheme resulted in a finding that parents were being overcharged by a partner service and therefore in breach of core funding rules; to confirm if payments to that service provider have been placed on hold; her…

394. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality where a finding of overcharging/breach of core funding rules was made against a partner service, to indicate in each instance the length of time the case took from first complaint to a finding that the partner service was breaching core funding rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50370/26]

395. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of cases where a partner service was found to have raised fees in breach of the core funding rules, if the relevant partner service has confirmed to her Department that it has completed all remedial actions within the specified time period, including refunds of parents if required; and if she will make a statement …

396. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in situations where the partner service has confirmed that they have completed all remedial actions including refunds, to outline the way in which the evidence of remedy provided by the service provider has been verified by her Department; if parents and service users who were deemed to have been overcharged have been included in t…

397. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to identify the instances where a finding has been made that a partner service has overcharged parents in breach of core funding rules; where the deadline for complying with the remedial actions including refunds has passed and her Department has been made aware (by any means) that the partner service has not in fact complied with …

398. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently intervene and assist a family with respite and services in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50440/26]

399. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the case of a child in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50467/26]

400. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will assist in outlining a detailed pathway to residential accommodation for an adult with severe and complex disabilities (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50485/26]

401. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of ECCE-only services nationally and by county in the years 2020 to 2025, inclusive. [50509/26]