23 Jun 2026 · to Health
plans for developing the new policy, including the timeline for appointment of a chairperson to lead the creation of the strategy; the timeframe for a consultative process in relation to the strategy; if she will provide an outline of her key policy priorities for the 2027-36 national … cancer strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47855/26
23 Apr 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
Plan EV deployment targets by the current shortage of qualified EV technicians in the State; whether this risk has been formally raised with the Department or with SOLAS; the interdepartmental coordination mechanisms in place to ensure that training capacity keeps pace with the projected growth of the national … fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29549/26
3 Mar 2026 · to Finance
Cooney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to include an annual review of the property price ceiling for the help-to-buy scheme in the budgetary process to account for fluctuations in property prices nationally; the reason the first home scheme can increase the property … price ceilings but the help-to-buy scheme cannot; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16239/26
13 Jan 2026 · to Children
asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality , further to Parliamentary Question No.14 of 8 December 2025, and the publication of the National Services Plan 2026, if she can provide assurances that a service (details supplied) will be operational until the opening of a permanent service; that sufficient … reviewed the potential to retain the service following the opening of the permanent centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75281/25
16 Dec 2025 · to Children
Children, Disability and Equality in light of the National Action Plan for Childminding 2021–2028, the measures in place to ensure parents are aware of the new regulations and the safeguards they provide for children; her plans to monitor and evaluate the impact of the new regulations … childminding services, child safety, and quality assurance during the transition period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72540/25
4 Nov 2025 · to Education
National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Acts 2012 to 2016 and require a vetting disclosure; whether her Department intends to review the existing circulars/guidance, for example Circular 0031/2016, to ensure child safety in the context of non-teaching/parent volunteer roles; the planned updates to guidance … schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58807/25
2 Oct 2025 · to Public Expenditure
National Development Plan or those that can demonstrate their contribution to meeting national strategic objectives under the National Planning Framework must be prioritised in the planning system; if he will support calls for Government to immediately issue Ministerial Directions to An Bord Pleanála/An Coimisiún Pleanála to prioritise … critical utilities infrastructure where delays in the delivery of those projects risk undermining other project delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52661/25
15 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will address the concerns regarding the ongoing closure since November 2024 of the shop at the Clonmacnoise monastic site; if the shop will not be re-opening; if so, if the OPW has plans in place regarding … shop at the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24948/25
10 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more efficiently … which areas of the Department has this examination been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18493/25
1 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits … Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15259/25
19 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have … experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11447/25
19 Mar 2025 · to Children
national action plan for childminding describe as nannies, babysitters or au pairs; if she accepts that the Programme for Government, albeit with no timescale, represents a departure from existing policy and does envisage the implementation of a policy that would extend the national childcare scheme to childminders working … family home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10571/25
4 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if, in light of recent storm damage, he will ensure that all State and semi-State agencies under his remit tasked with the provision of services to the public, would have back … generators to allow them function regardless of power cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9520/25
4 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at Kilkenny Castle in the next 12 months; if these works include a new visitor centre, a lift and a working kitchen; if these … works are not included in the schedule, if they are being planned for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9617/25
13 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has had or if he is planning to have discussions with the Minister for Health regarding the planned industrial action of Section 39 workers and similarly the recent ballots … industrial action by other health workers in relation to the 'pay and numbers' strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5111/25
5 Feb 2025 · to Housing
update on the work the four bodies are undertaking with the National Parks and Wildlife Service on a comprehensive review of inland sites used by brent geese to inform an overarching plan for the conservation of this species and the management of the sites that the birds … local authorities have sought any additional resources to undertake this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3303/25
5 Feb 2025 · to Health
Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the reason the national plan to make hormone replacement therapy free to all women, which was due to be introduced on 1 January 2025, has not been implemented; when the scheme will be operational; the details of the engagement between … Department and an organisation (details supplied) on the rollout of the measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2331/25
18 Jun 2026 · to Transport
Question Nos. 340 of 3 March and 871 of 14 April 2026, if the Iarnród Éireann national carpark strategy report has been completed; if it has issued, given that it was planned for completion and issuance to the NTA in Q2 2026 for review; the position on extending … serving Thurles Railway Station given the high demand, particularly in the mornings, for those travelling to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46674/26
16 Jun 2026 · to Health
other external consultancy, advisory, professional services or ICT firm in respect of the National Electronic Health Record, One Health Record, Shared Care Record, EHR/EPR readiness, procurement, business case, implementation planning or related Digital for Care programme from 2020 to date, by firm, year, project, contract title, procurement route … original contract value, current contract value, amount paid to date and amount remaining to be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44995/26
11 Jun 2026 · to Transport
Transport whether the National Transport Authority has carried out an assessment of the impact that significant residential development in the Donaghmede, Clongriffin and Belmayne areas has had on demand for public transport services; whether additional bus capacity, increased service frequencies or new routes are planned for these communities … light of continued population growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44684/26
19 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
available to support the pharmacy research ambitions set out in the inaugural strategic plan of the department of pharmacy at South East Technological University, including its stated goal of driving impactful research for regional, national and global healthcare; if Cork-based pharmacy researchers at University College Cork … access equivalent research funding to support collaboration with regional hospitals such as Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36948/26
14 May 2026 · to Transport
Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport the actions being undertaken by the National Transport Authority under Phase 2 of the Road Safety Action Plan to expand in a sustainable manner the use of cameras for traffic management improvements and the enforcement of offences where road … likely to benefit; the progress made to date on this action; the timeline for further implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36855/26
12 May 2026 · to Health
National Ambulance Service (NAS) has failed to implement the recommendations of the 2020 independent Roles and Responsibilities Review, which proposed enhanced salary scales to reflect the increased clinical workload and responsibilities of paramedics; if she will acknowledge that this failure is the primary driver of the stoppages planned … will make a statement on the matter. [34640/26
9 Dec 2025 · to Children
Disability and Equality further to the publication of her Department’s Sectoral Capital Plan 2026–2030 as part of the Government’s National Development Plan (NDP) to provide a breakdown of the proposed 112 key infrastructure developments for specialist disability services across the six health regions which include … units, day services units, adult/children multi-disciplinary network team units, adult respite houses and child respite houses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69761/25
15 Jul 2025 · to Health
which she plans to commence the evaluation of the current National Cancer Strategy; if this review will be carried out by her Department, the HSE or another body; if she will engage with key stakeholders as part of this process; if a new National Cancer Strategy will … published by the end of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39493/25