Departmental Data

643. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have availed of parents benefit; the breakdown of the number of mothers and the number of fathers who have availed of parent’s benefit; his views on whether further steps can be taken to encourage greater uptake of parent’s benefit; the position in relation to pay related parents benefit in each of the y…

654. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have availed of an additional needs payment in the last quarter of this year and the same period in 2020 and 2024 respectively, in Cork city, by category of payment, in tabular form. [72114/25]

655. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims refused by payment in Cork; and the number accepted on appeal. [72115/25]

661. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of heat supplement payments awarded for each county, for each of the past three years; the average time this payment remains in payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72418/25]

662. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care applications for each of the last three years; the number granted; the number of those turned down that were appealed; the number of those appeals that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72419/25]

673. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent on vehicle recovery services within Clare-Tipperary division in 2023 to-date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71393/25]

742. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and percentage of persons who have been prosecuted for the offence of illegal entry to the State, in each of the past five years. [72212/25]

743. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons currently in custody who are non-Irish nationals; the length of sentence being served by each; the offence category for which they were convicted; and the length of time each individual had been a resident in the State prior to committing the offence, for each of the past 5 years, in tabular f…

755. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the key measures taken to improve community safety during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72467/25]

803. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department has taken on foot of the action in the ESB Networks Winter 2025 Grid Resilience Plan, regarding a "co-operative effort between ESB Networks, Coillte and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to identify at-risk segments of the network for priority remediation"; and if he will …

805. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the behaviour support service currently being delivered through the Children’s Disability Network Teams (CDNTs) in Cashel and Clonmel will continue; if funding has been secured for this service in 2026; if funding has not been committed; the reasons for this decision; if she will urgently review the matter given…

815. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers based in South Kildare Children's Disability Network Team in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [71412/25]

816. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a place will be provided for a person (details supplied) given they urgently require a structured plan for their future care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71440/25]

834. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide gross wage amounts for employees (details supplied) in early years, as collected through the financial returns. [71857/25]

872. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to introduce a standardised supplier-information framework, including supplier legal type, across all bodies funded by her Department’s budget; and the expected timeline for implementation. [72521/25]

883. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive conformation of, and a date for a notification of marriage interview. [71305/25]

909. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the reason for a delayed EMT call out (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71423/25]

928. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she has reviewed the joint statement from clinical and professional groups regarding the proposed changes to the reclassification for high-protein oral nutritional supplements (ONS) from list A to list B (details supplied); if she is aware that approximately 15,000 patients per month rely on these products, including many older adults at …

955. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade posts, which are filled at each primary care centre within CHO7 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [71702/25]

967. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have been diagnosed with cancer in each county in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [71785/25]

968. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have died from cancer in each county in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [71786/25]

970. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents reported through the National Incident Management System NIMS in each of the past ten years; the number of which were extreme, major, and the number which resulted in death or incapacity, in tabular form. [71788/25]

980. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of suicides or suspected suicides in the State in each of the past ten years; if her Department holds data to indicate whether the suicide rate in increasing or decreasing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71800/25]

992. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 22 October 2025, to provide an update on the number of full-time agency posts converted to HSE posts (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, by staff category, in tabular form. [71955/25]

1014. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the number of first consultations and second consultations for abortions that were provided by general practitioners, family planning clinics and women’s health clinics in 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72028/25]