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Seán Kyne Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
723. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the current status of the HSE's full health technology assessment of budesonide orodispersible tablets (Jorveza, NCPE HTA ID 24014) for eosinophilic oesophagitis, commissioned on 25 June 2024; the reason no outcome has been published in over two years; and the expected date of a reimbursement decision. [70675/26]
Seán Kyne Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
724. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health whether the free HRT scheme will be extended to cover hormone replacement therapy for patients with congenital or permanent endocrine conditions, including testosterone replacement for Klinefelter syndrome. [70683/26]
Máire Devine Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
725. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the administration of the auto-enrolment scheme for an organisation grant-aided by the HSE (details supplied), who were advised that the costs associated with the scheme would be funded by the State/HSE however, no reimbursement or additional funding has been provided. [70482/26]
Jen Cummins Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
726. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health for an update on a property (details supplied). [69744/26]
Liam Quaide Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
727. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of children with an intellectual disability who are currently inpatients in acute or other hospitals where the admission or continued hospital stay is related to significant behavioural challenges or distress levels; the number of these children who have been in hospital for more than one, three and six months, by health region; and the number who remai…
Jen Cummins Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
728. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to increase the support for students with mild general learning difficulties in third level education. [69884/26]
Jen Cummins Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
729. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to increase the support for autistic students in third level education. [69882/26]
Jen Cummins Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
730. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to increase the support for dyslexic students in third level education. [69881/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
731. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures his Department is taking to address the growing affordability crisis facing students in third-level education, particularly in relation to the escalating cost of student accommodation; and the measures his Department intends to make to ensure that young people can access and fully participate in …
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
732. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to list the cultural institutions, if any, including museums, galleries, libraries, archives, theatres, concert halls, bands, ensembles, and performing companies, operated or hosted by his Department and public bodies or semi-State companies under his Department's remit, identifying the State funding pr…
Brian Brennan Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
733. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing delays in registration of students at Technological University Dublin following on from issues with result delays earlier this year; and the action that has been taken to resolve this issue. [70354/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
734. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason funding for 25 undergraduate medicine places, each year at Queen's University Belfast, has been discontinued in 2027; and if he will urgently review this decision with his Government colleagues, considering the impact this will have on students and the provision of medical professionals t…
Michael Cahill Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
735. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide funding for public owned college student accommodation in Tralee, County Kerry, given that currently all student beds in Tralee are privately owned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70550/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
736. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department holds, or has held in the preceding five years, contracts with a company (details supplied); and the value and purpose of any such contracts. [70480/26]
Duncan Smith Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
737. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made in acquiring lands for a third level institution in Swords County Dublin; if a site has been identified and purchased; and the exact location. [70645/26]
Paul Lawless Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
738. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the impact of these transport challenges on student participation, retention and educational opportunity has been assessed; the measures being considered to support affected students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71113/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Rural
739. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason grant funding to men's sheds has ceased nationwide; and if a new grant scheme will replace the old funding in 2026 to ensure these vital community support schemes survive. [69778/26]
John Connolly Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Rural
740. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that has been allocated to an organisation (details supplied) nationally in the past five years, in tabular form; and the schemes these allocations were made from. [69829/26]
John Connolly Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Rural
741. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding schemes currently open to the Irish Countrywomen's Association guilds. [69827/26]
John Connolly Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Rural
742. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has engaged with and organisation (details supplied) regarding its concerns about funding equity. [69830/26]
Alan Kelly Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Rural
743. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of ORIS funding that has been allocated to Tipperary County Council for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [69810/26]
Michael Cahill Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Rural
744. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to address and reply to (details supplied) sent to her Department on August 2024 that has not yet received a full reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69893/26]
John Brady Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Rural
745. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason grants for Men’s Sheds are not proceeding in 2026; if he will reconsider the decision in view of the important role Men’s Sheds play across communities; details of other funding streams available to Men's Sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70035/26]
John McGuinness Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Rural
746. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if the financial support given to volunteer centres relative to their work in the area of integration, will be continued and increased in Budget 2027. [69921/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Rural
747. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor Sheehan den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil sé i gceist ag a Roinn tacú leis an togra le haghaidh Gaelchampas don Earnáil Phoiblí i gCarna; cad iad na céimeanna coincréiteacha atá á dtógáil ag an Roinn chun scrúdú a dhéanamh ar an dréachtmholadh siollabais agus ar an gcostáil atá curtha chun cinn ag an nGrúpa Oibre; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh.…