Parliamentary questions

232. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Síochána Centenary Medal marking the period 1922-2022 was awarded to all serving members of An Garda Síochána; if all retired members were also eligible; and if he will provide details of the eligibility criteria applied. [48142/26]

233. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Garda Síochána Centenary Medal and associated commemorative programme required Government approval; the date on which such approval was granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48143/26]

234. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda Síochána Centenary Medals issued to serving members, retired members and the next of kin of deceased members, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48144/26]

235. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the change of a status application from Stamp 1 to Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48333/26]

236. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the applications submitted in December 2024 by Fingal County Council in respect of Skerries Harbour, County Dublin, including the application for a foreshore licence to carry out borehole investigations into the seabed and the application for a foreshore lease to allow for the construction…

237. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications that remain outstanding under the Farming for Water (FFW) European Innovation Partnership (EIP); the efforts that are being made to issue payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47983/26]

238. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct his Department to look into the welfare of a person (details supplied) [48028/26]

239. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department’s position on the current EU allocation under the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the AgoraEU programme considering the key role that civil society, independent journalism and culture play in safeguarding a Europe where democracy can thrive; and whether Ireland will be seeking an in…

240. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to clarify the governance arrangements for foster care committees, including whether representatives of contracted private fostering agencies participate in the approval of foster carers; the safeguards in place to ensure independence and avoid actual or perceived conflicts of interest; and if she will make a state…

241. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to engage with childcare providers on the impact of the core funding levels; if her Department can engage with a specific childcare provider (details supplied) on their concerns; the measures being considered to prevent childcare facilities leaving core funding; and if she will …

242. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to engage with childcare providers on the impact of the core funding levels; if her Department can engage with a specific childcare provider (details supplied) on their concerns; the measures being considered to prevent childcare facilities leaving core funding; and if she will …

243. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a per-child breakdown of the €61,342 annual payment to private fostering agencies by TUSLA; including the amount paid to the foster carer; the cost of social work support; administrative overheads; and any operating surplus or profit retained by the provider; and if she will make a statement on the matte…

244. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of core funding paid to a childcare provider (details supplied) in 2025; whether any reduction, adjustment or clawback has been applied in respect of room closures or reduced capacity during this period. [48033/26]

245. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons for delays in the payment of approved funding by the national student financial support scheme (NSLF) to higher education institutions; the reason a number of students (details supplied) have been unable to access their examination results due to outstanding tuition fee balances that remain unpaid by…

246. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians by grade posts filled at Ballymun Children's Disability Network Team, in tabular form. [48164/26]

247. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers by grade posts filled at Finglas Children's Disability Network Team, in tabular form. [48165/26]

248. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports available to parents of children with complex needs during school holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48348/26]

249. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if key contacts will be reinstated and assigned to children with complex needs as part of the CDNT; if not, the way in which the CDNT ensures that each child has a pathway and regular contact with the team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48349/26]

250. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of speech and language therapists that are currently in the CDNT; the number of those have been formally trained or certified in gestalt language processing; whether a GLP course is provided to parents to help them understand this very different way of processing language; and if she will make a statement …

251. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training provided to a parent when a child is provided with an AAC device; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48351/26]

252. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to online acceptance of an offer for a course from the CDNT rather than a parent needing to phone directly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48352/26]

253. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason some children with disabilities are being denied specialist equipment, such as beds, under restrictive practice policies, while children with similar needs are approved for the same supports elsewhere; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48355/26]

254. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to restrict the advertising of food high in fat, sugar and salt, commonly referred to as junk food, to children via digital means and online marketing; if she is considering mandatory codes to restrict such advertising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48175/26]

255. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the concentration of fluoride added to public drinking water supplies remains within safe limits and is subject to adequate monitoring; if she will provide details of the current permissible fluoride levels and the frequency with which water quality testing is carried out; whether any recent reviews have been undertak…

256. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health to provide a costing of introducing an enhanced HAA medical card scheme for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools, based on the current estimated survivor population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47903/26]