Questions

239. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average daily minutes available for lunch in primary and post-primary schools for 2022 to 2025, with the distribution (median, inter-quartile range), by school; to confirm whether her Department has minimum enforceable standards for time to eat a school meal; and if not, the reason why not, given international evidence that 30 minutes seated eatin…

285. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Government annual housing targets which have been met as of September 2025 in each local authority to date; the councils that are on track and those which are falling behind; and the interventions planned to address under-performance ahead of year-end. [49510/25]

289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of pupils regularly present who do not collect a school meal when it is available, by school and term since 2023; the Department’s plan to address stigma, timing and menu acceptability barriers; and to cite any pilots to improve uptake. [49467/25]

292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide data on food waste from school meals (kg/week per school), for the years 2023 to 2025; and any menu reformulation or packaging trials to reduce waste. [49470/25]

102. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to publish the terms of reference, membership, selection criteria, and code of conduct for the Ireland-India Economic Advisory Panel; the way in which conflicts of interest are handled for members whose companies hold State contracts; and whether minutes and advice will be published. [48752/25]

103. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm the scope of the role of a person (details supplied); and what recusal rules apply. [48753/25]

389. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the State has conducted supplier due diligence on the major litigation regulatory exposure of a company (details supplied); and the way in which such risks are reflected in the risk register and contingency planning. [48750/25]

1202. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the daily 8am trolley counts for Cork University Hospital for each day of July–September 2025; the number of single-room isolation beds available and occupied each day in the emergency department and admission areas; the number of suspected or confirmed respiratory-virus patients cohorted in non-isolation areas; and the actions taken since 1 August 2025 to reduce…

1226. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she is confident in the quality and safety of the services provided to the general public at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48276/25]

1227. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that all doctors currently employed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, are fully registered, up-to-date with their professional requirements, and compliant with standards set by the Irish Medical Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48277/25]

1228. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received complaints concerning the professional conduct or service delivery at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the past five years; and if so, the number of complaints, their nature, and the status of ongoing reviews or investigations. [48278/25]

45. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times reports, statements or other documents authored by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have contained the term “sexual and reproductive health and rights” (SRHR) from the period 2016 to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45708/25]

947. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department holds figures on the number of primary school pupils nationally who were placed on reduced school hours during the 2024-2025 academic year; and if she will provide a breakdown by county. [46465/25]

948. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of cases where primary school pupils were placed on reduced school hours for the entire 2024-2025 school year; and if she will outline what steps her Department is taking to address such practices, given that reduced timetables are intended to be short-term and exceptional. [46466/25]

949. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the monitoring and oversight mechanisms that her Department has in place to ensure that reduced school hours are only used in line with Department guidelines; and if she will outline how compliance is tracked across schools. [46467/25]

950. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the assessment her Department has carried out on the educational, social, and emotional impact on children placed on reduced school hours for extended periods; and if she will confirm whether additional supports are made available to such children. [46469/25]

951. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions or sanctions available to her Department in cases where schools fail to comply with the guidelines on reduced school hours and maintain children on reduced timetables beyond what is permitted. [46470/25]

1258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the county and local authority-level breakdown of Q2 2025 new dwelling completions, apartment share and pipeline indicators for Cork city and county; and if his Department projects the 2025 completions target to be met, given CSO data showing a 35% year-on-year increase in Q2 completions and a doubling in apartments. [46515/25]

1513. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the number of offences under s.2 and s.3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and relevant Public Order Act 1994 provisions where the victim’s nationality was recorded as Indian, with monthly and Garda division breakdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45130/25]

1514. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of recorded hate related crimes and incidents flagged with bias motivation to race, ethnicity and nationality for the period 11 February 2025 to 11 August 2025; the subset where victim nationality was Indian; and the number of charges citing hate aggravation under the Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024, indicating pr…

1515. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide comparative figures for the same offence categories and period (details supplied) for Irish nationals and to provide details of the five most frequently recorded non-Irish victim nationalities; to provide the data quality profile, that is rates of unknown or not recorded for nationality and ethnic/cultural background fields…

1892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an updated national breakdown of average monthly childcare costs, by county; her views on recent reports that these now exceed average mortgage repayments in many areas; if she considers this compatible with the Government’s stated objective of supporting working families; and if she will outline any plans for furthe…

1902. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early learning and childcare services that exited or declined core funding by county and service type in 2025 to date; the number of enrolled children affected; and the reasons recorded by her Department or local city/county childcare committees (details supplied). [45122/25]

1903. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications under the 2024/2025 fee increase assessment process; the number of approvals and refusals; the median and interquartile range of approved increases; and the average impact on parents net weekly fees after NCS subsidies. [45123/25]

1909. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in view of the reported 16,593 children awaiting completion of disability assessments, if she will provide a breakdown of the number of children awaiting an initial assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005, and the subsequent follow-up assessments, by CHO area, at the end of quarter 2 2025; the average and longest waiting times …