Departmental Data

787. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 9,175 non-coursing greyhounds registered at whelping stage in the Irish Coursing Club's Stud Book whose year of birth was 2024, have been entered on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann's Traceability System, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported and so on for these dogs; and if he wil…

790. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in regard to EU Regulation 2019/6 and cross-Border veterinary trade, the specific form of prescription that is legally required for a Northern Ireland resident to purchase antiparasitics in the Republic; the general data protection regulation, GDPR, implications and data-sharing protocols for recording the personal …

793. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applicants for funding through the support fund for anaerobic digestors, which closed in December 2025; the number of applications that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6040/26]

805. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of enforcement actions that have been taken by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) in each of the past five years in relation to breaches of the 600 kg-per-vessel, per-week limit in the razor clam fishery; the number of inspections carried out; the number of successful prosecutions; and if he wi…

806. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures in place to ensure accurate weighing, recording and traceability of razor clam landings, particularly where there may be broken, undersized or discarded product; if he is satisfied that there is no systemic under-declaration of catches at point of sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66…

808. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the statutory requirement that at least 50% of crew on certain licensed fishing vessels must be EU/EEA nationals is monitored and enforced; the number of inspections carried out on crew composition in each of the past five years; the number of breaches identified; the number of sanctions imposed; an…

809. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of allegations that some vessels operating in the razor clam fishery are deploying vessel monitoring system (VMS) or GPS units on buoys or static locations while the vessel fishes in different areas, including potentially closed or restricted areas; whether the SFPA has investigated such practices; ho…

810. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the checks that are in place to ensure that no product is certified for export where it has been harvested from closed or restricted areas; whether any retrospective audits have identified certification of product taken from such areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6606/26]

811. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that the SFPA has sufficient staff, sea-going capacity, and legal clarity to enforce fisheries rules effectively in inshore fisheries such as the razor clam fishery; whether any instruction or policy direction has been issued to the SFPA regarding prioritisation of “larger cases” over local inshor…

815. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has evaluated the OIE-approved, Irish-developed enferplex bovine TB antibody test for use in the national TB eradication programme; the reason it is not currently being deployed alongside SICCT and interferon-gamma tests to improve detection of mycobacterium bovis in suspect or hard-to-detect ca…

824. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports being provided to fishery sector in view of the Agri-Fish Council meeting in December of EU states. [6627/26]

825. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether dietetic services were considered in the original PDS governance and risk planning documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6294/26]

827. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the assessment that has been carried out on the impact of funding constraints, including wage funding, on staffing levels, waiting lists, and service availability within Central Remedial Clinics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6358/26]

833. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the respite centres for children with disabilities which have behavioural therapists within its staff allocation and those that do not, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5464/26]

834. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occasions in each month of 2025 that a service (details supplied) in Cavan contacted a parent/guardian requesting that a resident be collected early, by the reasons provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5465/26]

835. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of AON reports in 2024 and 2025 with a finding of ‘no disability’ that were the subject of a complaint to the National Complaints Governance and Learning Team; the number of those complaints that are upheld, and result in a complaint report with a recommendation to carry out a new AON on the child concerned…

872. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of residential disability service places which are planned to be provided by a service (details supplied) in 2026 and 2027 respectively, in view of the increased funding provided under the HSE Service Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5943/26]

874. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a full outline of the expected timescale, funding allocation and criteria that will determine where new State-provided creche buildings will be built or bought (details supplied); if those creches will be owned and operated by the State or leased to community providers; and the way this initiative will addr…

1088. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently under the care of a person (details supplied) at Children's Health Ireland, including those seen or treated at CHI Crumlin, Cappagh and Temple Street; if she will provide a breakdown by case type and complexity (minor, moderate, complex); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6289/26]

1139. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of asthma patients affected by the non-reimbursement of salbutamol nebules or equivalent substitute products under the medical card in each of the past two years; and the steps being taken to ensure uninterrupted access to essential asthma medication. [6500/26]

1146. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent under the treatment purchase scheme since 2021 to date in 2026, by year; the amount of this expenditure paid to each individual Bons Secours hospital over the same period, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6534/26]

208. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the data for the local authority new build housing output for quarter four 2025 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4938/26]

275. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current travel advisory for Ecuador, with specific reference to the city of Quito given that the broad “avoid non-essential travel” warning results in Irish travellers being refused insurance coverage for transiting through Quito en route to the Galápagos Islands; if she will clarify the evidence supporting a blanket advi…

325. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details contained in table 11 of returns (details supplied) excluding all aircraft leasing companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5253/26]

326. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide additional information in relation to the growing negative VAT yield of special purpose vehicles contained in table 11 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5254/26]