Departmental Data

3131. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of 20 individuals making a claim against the State (details supplied); if an update will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43363/25]

3148. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that availed of the northern planned healthcare scheme from June 2024 to June 2025; if she will provide details of the types of treatment received, by county and to provide details of the total amount paid to the planned healthcare scheme during this period, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

3370. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students studying English language courses in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42321/25]

3371. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown by country of origin of students studying English language courses in the State in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42322/25]

3372. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department’s strategy in relation to the housing needs of students studying English language courses in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42323/25]

3373. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline in detail all inspections, reviews and assessments have been carried out by his Department into the quality and standard of courses provided by English language schools in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42324/25]

3381. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report the total number of students registered in higher education institutions each year for the past five years. [42607/25]

3432. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he expects the rural population in Ireland to rise or fall over the next four years. [40784/25]

3438. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if she will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40841/25]

3440. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40886/25]

3447. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; how fees are monitored for compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41510/25]

3448. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41528/25]

3449. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41546/25]

3450. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41564/25]

3451. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the internal oversight that exists within his Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41582/25]

3452. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if not, the reason such options are not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41600/25]

3453. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41618/25]

3479. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a detailed breakdown of the Our Rural Future actions completed to date and detailed reasons for non-completion of actions. [43626/25]

3480. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of the actions in Our Rural Future explicitly address the unique needs of Gaeltacht communities, given that Irish-language sustainability was a stated priority; and the reason no dedicated funding stream exists for Gaeltacht-specific rural development under this plan. [43627/25]

3481. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason Our Rural Future lacks an independent review process to evaluate its impact, given that the OECD has criticised Ireland for 'monitoring gaps' in rural policy; and if he will commit to a debate in Dáil Éireann on an annual audit of the plan's outcomes. [43628/25]

185. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the cause of the breakdown of negotiations between the EU and the US which has resulted in the imposition of tariffs on the EU by the current US administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40673/25]

212. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the number of people who entered and exited the State through seaports this year to date and in each of the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40466/25]

220. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport to detail the volume of seafarers that applied and were subsequently registered annually by his Departments Mercantile Marine Office in each of the past six years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40697/25]

221. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Transport the number of ship inspections, by port, that were carried out annually by officials in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40698/25]

251. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of Israeli bonds held by any State body under the aegis of his Department; the details of any purchase or sale of Israeli bonds in the past three years, specifying the date of the purchase or sale, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40682/25]