Departmental Data

553. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of community disability network teams in the State; the locations of the teams; the number of CDNTs that are fully staffed; the locations of the teams; the number of WTEs in the CDNT workforce; the current vacancy rate in the CDNT workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4994…

555. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting to be seen by CDNTs in the CHO2 area, by team and number of weeks waiting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49943/25]

556. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting for an assessment of need; the number of children in CHO2 who are currently waiting for an assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49944/25]

569. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2032 of 8 September 2025, wherein he indicated that the Section 38 and HSE disability workforce grew by over 20% between 2019 and 2025, for any data regarding the number of new HSE and Section 38 disability employees were recruited from Section 39 disability providers, or…

572. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies, by job title in each children's disability network team based within Mayo; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50313/25]

573. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a child (details supplied) is still waiting for an assessment to be carried out or a date for the assessment to be scheduled; the position of the child on the list; the timeframe for the assessment to be completed; and the urgent steps that will be taken to expedite same. [50319/25]

575. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures her Department is taking to address the extensive waiting lists for children seeking appointments for speech and language therapy; the number of children currently on the waiting list in both primary care, and the Children’s Disability Network Teams, for IHA Dublin north county and IHA Dublin north c…

577. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health given recent figures released by the HSE regarding the horrendous growth in the number of children on waiting lists in Kerry and in the Kerry/Cork region for the years 2022 to 2025, inclusive, the reason the figures for Kerry and Kerry/Cork are much worse than other regions (details supplied); the plans in place to address it; and if she wil…

606. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons aged under 18 years of age who have a diagnosis of ataxia telangiectasia; and the treatment that is available to them within the State [49803/25]

629. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of persons within CHO5 awaiting podiatry appointments within primary care service on 12 September 2025. [49948/25]

654. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have received Car-T therapy over the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50154/25]

655. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of patients over the age of 26 years that have received Car-T therapy in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50155/25]

669. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing the grants for hearing aids to cover the full cost of the hearing aids; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50318/25]

681. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of assaults reported/recorded against patients at Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for each quarter for each of the years 2023 to 2025, inclusive, in tabular form; the number of these reported/recorded assaults that were investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50367/25]

682. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of assaults reported/recorded against staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for each quarter for each of the years 2023 to 2025, inclusive; the number of these reported/recorded assaults that were investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50368/25]

718. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his views on the merits of putting in place a quota, that would require a percentage of advertising to be produced through the Irish language for all advertising displayed, not just from Government agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49638/25]

720. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department will outline the funding streams currently available to Ukrainian-led community organisations to support integration initiatives, including language classes, employment support and cultural exchange projects; and if consideration will be given to developing a ring-fenced fund for migr…

237. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) is in the Cabra-Phibsborough or Finglas-Scribblestown school planning area. [49442/25]

239. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average daily minutes available for lunch in primary and post-primary schools for 2022 to 2025, with the distribution (median, inter-quartile range), by school; to confirm whether her Department has minimum enforceable standards for time to eat a school meal; and if not, the reason why not, given international evidence that 30 …

280. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of planning applications referred to An Bord Pleanála in each county for each of the past five years. [49434/25]

281. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing planning applications that have been approved, refused, withdrawn, or deemed invalid by An Bord Pleanála in each county for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [49435/25]

285. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Government annual housing targets which have been met as of September 2025 in each local authority to date; the councils that are on track and those which are falling behind; and the interventions planned to address under-performance ahead of year-end. [49510/25]

289. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of pupils regularly present who do not collect a school meal when it is available, by school and term since 2023; the Department’s plan to address stigma, timing and menu acceptability barriers; and to cite any pilots to improve uptake. [49467/25]

292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide data on food waste from school meals (kg/week per school), for the years 2023 to 2025; and any menu reformulation or packaging trials to reduce waste. [49470/25]

301. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in view of a recent media report regarding An Garda Síochána’s Security and Intelligence Section payment to a company (details supplied), if he will clarify the nature of the technology, software or services that were purchased; if this procurement included spyware; the legal basis upon which An Garda Síochána is us…