Departmental Consultations

375. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with his Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70444/25]

383. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on any recent tripartite engagements between his Department, Dublin City Council and the developers of the Poolbeg SDZ area to progress the delivery of affordable housing; if the number of Part V, social, and affordable units available in the first phase will be in accordance with…

704. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Department of Housing; Local Government and Heritage, and local authorities to improve consistency in dog control enforcement; and if he will report on planned legislative updates in this area. [65391/25]

572. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a list of consultancy services which have been commissioned to assist with the establishment of the new AI Office; the amount awarded to each company to date; and a description of the services they each provided, in tabular form. [57805/25]

446. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when consultation will open for the permanent basic income for the arts scheme; the form that consultation will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56774/25]

447. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether artists on the pilot scheme will be eligible to apply for the permanent basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56775/25]

728. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of stakeholder submissions received by his Department as a result of the stakeholder consultation on amendments to the National Training Fund; and the names of stakeholders who were invited to participate in this consultation. [53326/25]

278. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the technical review of IS 465 will be published now that the consultation on the review is closed for submissions since July 2025, in view of the fact of the urgency; if he will provide a clear timeline for the publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52850/25]

4. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason her Department did not engage with all disability organisations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50855/25]

750. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is collaborating with the HSE and voluntary organisations such as an organisation (details supplied) in developing integrated policies that address both the financial and social needs of older adults, particularly those at risk of isolation. [48364/25]

1311. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when her Department will commence negotiations on a framework agreement for the pricing of medicines (details supplied) which is due to expire on 30 September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48774/25]

177. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for consultation on Ireland’s social climate plan. [46671/25]

2569. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of business cases received from a hospital in each of the past ten years (details supplied) regarding the expansion of the neurosurgery programme; the decisions that have been made on these cases to date; the reasons they may have been refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46790/25]

1791. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if organisations (details supplied) are to be excluded from his Department's pre-budget forum in July as they were in 2024; and his views on whether it is wise or sustainable to ignore the only disabled persons’ representative organisations specific to physical impairment and visual impairment, respectively, in the country. [41743/…

1848. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will outline the nature and extent of engagement his Department has had with other Government agencies and Departments in relation to the problems faced by workers who live in the North and work for southern-based companies, and who wish to work from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43514/25]

17. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will report on the public engagement event he hosted on accelerating infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39950/25]

754. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will establish a stakeholder forum for licenced firearms holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39567/25]

224. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the timeline for the public consultation to inform the development of Ireland's Social Climate Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37686/25]

298. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress of a further sectoral consultation with providers engaging with the new learner protection fund. [36415/25]

219. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagement his Department has had with supermarkets in relation to price increases. [35028/25]

719. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive respite care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33982/25]

35. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilis…

286. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the number of submissions made on the recent statutory consultation in relation to the exclusion of palm oil mill-effluent from the award of additional renewable transport fuel obligation certificates, when the said submissions will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28766/25]

340. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 13 May 2025, to confirm that notwithstanding expertise available in agencies under his remit than there are no technical and scientific units directly within his Department specifically tasked with assessing environmental and climate claims for the development of de…

458. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has contracted or engaged any private consultation analysis on proposals to purchase a hotel (details supplied) for international protection purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26861/25]