29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware that the Whitechurch flood alleviation scheme being undertaken by the OPW has been ordered by Inland Fisheries Ireland to cease works until June due to offending materials … river which were intended to be mitigation measures, but are causing pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19077/25
2 Apr 2025 · to Children
Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth following the publication of the brief on Ireland’s National Implementation Plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, if it is the intention of her Department to introduce a formal community consultation protocol … reception and future emergency accommodation centres, in order to counter misinformation and ensure local services are supported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16113/25
5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to respond to the request by an organisation (details supplied) to have the remains of the five executed Invincibles exhumed form the yard in Kilmainham Gaol; if his Department and the OPW will … facilitate this in order that they can be reinterred in Glasnevin Cemetery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3096/25
18 Dec 2025 · to Housing
Local Government and Heritage the plans in place to improve the pre-application engagement process for renewable energy projects under the implementation of the RED III directive; if he intends to increase resources or staffing within the National Parks and Wildlife Service, National Monuments Service or other relevant … bodies to enable developers to submit more robust applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73519/25
16 Dec 2025 · to Education
Minister for Education and Youth if the revised National Development Plan includes the capital provision for two primary schools and a secondary school in Ballymastone, Donabate given these sites have already been provided for in the Donabate Local Area Plan 2016-2026 with Donabate one of the fastest … growing areas in the country; the timeline for the delivery of these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71812/25
27 Nov 2025 · to Health
Boland asked the Minister for Health the date on which the National Screening Advisory Committee and Health Information and Quality Authority will finalise their health technology assessment on a prostate cancer screening programme; if there are plans to offer interim free PSA tests; if men aged … current pilot will be allowed to continue screening beyond the pilot sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67241/25
7 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department has undertaken any analysis of the impact on the fiscal position of the State in circumstances where PhD students were treated as PAYE workers on average industrial wages or living … wages, giving them all rights and benefits; if he will share this analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22785/25
19 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which his Department or the HSE owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus … requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11779/25
25 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs provided to Ministers of State of his Department; to outline … duties he intends to delegate by statutory instrument to his Minister of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7755/25
5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if eligibility for the individual property protection scheme for east Cork will be extended to include property owners who narrowly averted flooding on 18 October 2023 by being home … able to erect makeshift barriers to keep flood waters out of their properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2594/25
18 Jun 2026 · to Health
assess and mitigate the impact of the US most-favoured-nation pharmaceutical pricing policy and related trade tariffs on patient access to innovative medicines and the competitiveness of the Irish pharmaceutical sector; the status of the planned inter-departmental or sectoral taskforce established to address these global pricing … shifts; when this taskforce is expected to convene; the stakeholders that will be represented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46472/26
11 Jun 2026 · to Health
aligned with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines to include children who can walk or stand with or without support so that patients in Ireland are not disadvantaged compared to those in Northern Ireland; the proactive steps being taken to plan the immediate clinical … rollout to prevent administrative delays post-approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44830/26
21 May 2026 · to Transport
Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority has examined the feasibility of reopening the Curragh train platform in County Kildare, including for use as a park-and-ride facility or for event-based services; if there are any plans to progress this proposal in order to alleviate … capacity pressures at Kildare and Newbridge train stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38522/26
27 Nov 2025 · to Health
Minister for Health her plans to introduce a free, organised national prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening programme for men from age 40; the estimated number of men aged 40 to 69 in Ireland; the scale and costs involved; whether the National Screening Advisory Committee has completed its health … technology assessment; and when a decision can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67240/25
4 Nov 2025 · to Foreign
which he plans to engage minority identity communities in any future unity frameworks; the progress that has been made on updating the Government's cross-Border consultative mechanisms to ensure inclusive representation; the role Cork-based constituencies, with diaspora and cultural links, have in shaping national policy … identity, unity and constitutional change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58424/25
29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or facilitate … fada, in tabular form; the steps being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20306/25
4 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of concerns that professional and technical grades are not currently included in the civil service mobility scheme; if he will amend this deficiency as a matter of urgency … provide the rationale for the exclusion of professional and technical grades from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9790/25
5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to list the composition of his private office, inclusive of the grade and increment of each civil servant assigned to their office; whether they are located in the private or constituency office … value of any allowance paid to those individuals and the purpose of each allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3274/25
22 Jan 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the plans in place to invest in coastal erosion works at Rossbeigh Beach, Glenbeigh, County Kerry, where massive erosion continues to take place; if the OPW will assist with efforts … marram grass programme in place to help save the dunes at Rossbeigh for future generations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46645/24
7 May 2026 · to Culture
Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of the National Broadband Plan rollout in County Clare, with particular reference to the remaining premises in rural and coastal areas that were identified as on track for connection in the second half … ensure those premises are connected within that timeline; whether any risk of delay has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33118/26
20 Nov 2025 · to Health
Minister for Health her plans to establish a local nurse-led respite facility in Laois where children with complex medical needs, can access safe, medically appropriate overnight care, in line with the National Policy on Palliative Care for Children (2009), the National Needs Assessment (2013), and the Children … Palliative Care: From Policy to Practice framework (2010–2015); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63078/25
6 Nov 2025 · to Climate
Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the National Retrofit Plan, specifically regarding the targets of retrofitting 500,000 homes and installing 400,000 heat pumps by 2030; the steps being taken to accelerate these initiatives; the means … projected shortfall in heat pump installations, which may not meet the 2042 target under current trends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60531/25
9 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the estimated financial gap in annual pension income for fast accrual pension scheme members between the age of 55 and the State pension age; the Department’s response to concerns that this … forcing members into post-retirement work despite health issues arising from their service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17775/25
20 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department, or any agency under his Department’s remit, have, since 1 November 2024, entered any contract in respect of a hotel (details supplied) or have had any discussions, or received … offers, in respect of using this premises for any reason; the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13283/25
6 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the Statutory Instruments he envisages being brought forward and signed by his Department during the first six months of 2025; to highlight in particular those concerned with the transposition and or implementation … further implementation of EU law requirements; those Statutory Instruments concerned with commencement of existing legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10335/25