Departmental Data

66. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31370/26]

68. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage increasing operating costs including insurance, energy and fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31406/26]

127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the school level data to be released shortly will include school level data for all multi-denominational schools and denominational schools; if she will publish the full percentage response from all parents, including parents of preschool children and parents of children in multi denominational schools to the question o…

270. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure by Cork University Hospital on contracted bus hire services for staff transport over the past five years; the name of each bus hire company/provider used in each of those years; the total amount paid to each provider; whether the services were procured through a tender process; the contract duration in each case; and if sh…

271. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure by Cork University Hospital (CUH) on leases for staff car parks in the past five years; the locations and number of spaces of each leased car park; the annual cost of each lease; the tender or procurement procedures followed for these leases; the total amount paid by CUH; and if she will make a statement on the matt…

218. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has conducted or commissioned any analysis to identify companies importing or trading in goods or services produced by Israeli settlers in the Occupied Territories as part of their operations in Ireland, who would be subject to the provisions of the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goo…

219. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has conducted or commissioned any analysis to identify companies importing goods produced by Israeli settlers in the Occupied Territories as part of their operations in Ireland, who would be subject to the provisions of the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; whether she…

250. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all events across every constituency attended by the Minister in the course of her ministerial duties since 1 January 2026, where formal invitations/notifications to attend were not issued by her office to all local Oireachtas members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30616/26]

322. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence to provide details on all open EU infringement proceedings where the subject of the infringement relates to the functions of her Department; the reason the infringement proceedings were initiated; the procedural stage of the infringement proceedings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30264/26]

374. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport to provide details on all open EU infringement proceedings where the subject of the infringement relates to the functions of his Department; the reason the infringement proceedings were initiated; the procedural stage of the infringement proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30276/26]

389. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of all events across every constituency attended by the Minister in the course of his ministerial duties since 1 January 2026, where formal invitations/notifications to attend were not issued by his office to all local Oireachtas members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30625/26]

399. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total spend on consultancy firms by each State agency under his Department's remit, broken down by the allocation to each named consultancy firm, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30822/26]

429. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the merits on financially incentivising the use of HVO fuel instead of diesel to support achieving our climate emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30678/26]

430. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on creating a regulation that would require parity between the price of HVO fuel and diesel fuel to support achieving our climate emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30681/26]

445. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the projected yield from a windfall tax on energy profits, modelled on the same basis as the temporary solidarity contribution in 2022 and 2023, if applied to profits in 2025 and projected profits in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30974/26]

446. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the projected yield from a windfall tax on energy profits for 2024, 2025 and 2026, respectively, if the corporation tax rate were increased to either 25% or 50%; the estimated yield, if a 25% levy were placed on those profits instead, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30975/26]

449. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will give approval to a proposal submitted by EirGrid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29566/26]

451. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of open cases currently with the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information; the average time for cases to be decided; the number of cases currently with the office for two years or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29588/26]

455. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has reached a decision on the approval and progression of EirGrid's proposal concerning pension increases for retired and deferred members of EirGrid (details supplied); if he accepts that progressing this proposal would represent an important step toward fairn…

465. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to approve a request from EirGrid to implement pension increases that would include retired and deferred members; the steps he will take to ensure the preservation of the value of deferred pension entitlements among former EirGrid workers who have not yet reached retirement …

510. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total spend on consultancy firms by each State agency under his Department's remit, broken down by the allocation to each named consultancy firm, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30811/26]

526. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of recognised primary and post-primary schools that require students to use personal digital devices for schoolwork or homework; the number of students affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29722/26]

552. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools receiving supports because of their disadvantaged status before the introduction of the DEIS programme; the number included in DEIS when first introduced; the expansions which have occurred since in the coverage of schools at primary and post primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…

625. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 11 February 2026, whether the NCSE is considering engaging with fee-charging schools in Dublin 4 or 6 in relation to the provision of special classes for the 2026-2027 school year and beyond; if she is aware of the figures compiled by a group (details supplied) through freedom of inf…

683. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if he has received an application for the interim remediation scheme by an owners' management company of apartments and duplexes (details supplied); if so, the works that are planned and/or the works that have been carried out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29754/26]