Parliamentary questions

911. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that, while Covid-19 vaccination has played an important role in public health, a small number of people may experience serious or persistent adverse reactions following vaccination, as has been recognised historically in relation to other vaccines, including the experience of narcolepsy following H1N1 swine flu vaccination;…

912. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the clinical pathway available for people who report persistent adverse symptoms following Covid-19 vaccination, including where symptoms are complex, multi-system or disabling; whether general practitioners have been given clear guidance on referral, assessment and management; whether any specialist assessment pathway exists nationally; and if…

913. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of reports of suspected adverse reactions following Covid-19 vaccination received by the Health Products Regulatory Authority to date; the number classified as serious; the number involving persistent, disabling or medically significant symptoms where such information is available; the way in which such reports are followed up; and t…

914. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the supports available to people who report ongoing disabling symptoms following Covid-19 vaccination, including access to specialist assessment, rehabilitation, neurology, cardiology, immunology, long Covid or post-viral clinics where clinically appropriate; whether her Department has assessed whether current services are meeting this need; an…

915. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the lessons her Department has drawn from the experience of narcolepsy following H1N1 swine flu vaccination (details supplied); whether those lessons have been applied to the State’s response to people reporting persistent adverse symptoms following Covid-19 vaccination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47890/26]

916. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports available to mature students returning to higher education for a postgraduate degree; to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46904/26]

917. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial assistance available to a person on a stamp 4 visa (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46968/26]

918. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for the now vacant site on Cathal Brugha Street; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47135/26]

919. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that places on a range of specialist training courses operated by the National Learning Network are capped, due to cuts to City of Dublin Education and Training Board funding; if funding was made available then specialist training places for young adults would open up; …

920. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the status of the review of specialist training programmes; when will this review be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47158/26]

921. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding the signing of new public contracts with a firm (details supplied). [47294/26]

922. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department or the Higher Education Authority holds data on the nationalities of academic teaching staff employed in higher education institutions; if so, the number of such staff by nationality in each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a sta…

923. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports that are available for PhD researchers who wish to avail of funding in the discipline of humanities, who may have previously availed of the Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47550/26]

924. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total landholding of his Department, broken down by county, including the amount currently unused or vacant, the portion zoned for development, and the number of sites that include vacant or derelict properties. [47626/26]

925. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to develop national tools to record and monitor commuter students, including numbers, commuting characteristics, intersectional factors and educational outcomes and to build commuter student data collection into existing national data collection tools. [47878/26]

926. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will have regard to the local development companies network in Ireland's pre-budget submission in his preparations for budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47329/26]

927. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of increasing total funding for Údarás na Gaeltachta by 5%, by 10%, by 15%, by 20%, and by the cost of inflation since budget 2026, and of increasing the specific funding for community and language under subhead C7 and the specific funding for capital by 25%, 33% and 50%. [4688…

928. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the estimated cost of increasing the board membership of the proposed reformed Údarás na Gaeltachta under the Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2025 to a total of 26 remunerated members. [46887/26]

929. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his plans to support the pub sector as pillars of rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46977/26]

930. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his plans to help establish Irish language settlements and communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47183/26]

931. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the capital funding streams available to communities seeking to promote Irish language as a community language, both at European and domestic levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47253/26]

932. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when a decision will made on successful applications made under the scheme to support national organisations from 2026 to 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47388/26]

933. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the criteria for public funding allocation to non-governmental organisations, particularly those involved in political lobbying or activism; the measures in place to ensure that taxpayers' money is not being used to support partisan political agendas; his views on correspondence (details supplied); …

934. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total land holding by his Department, broken down by county, including the amount currently unused or vacant, the portion zoned for development, and the number of sites that include vacant or derelict properties. [47631/26]

935. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the implementation of the national outdoor recreation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47641/26]