Departmental Data

472. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of appeals lodged by persons aged 70 or over following a refusal of a medical card or GP visit card in each of the past four years, and the number of appeals subsequently upheld. [68717/25]

473. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a table showing changes to income thresholds for over-70s medical cards and GP visit cards since 2019, alongside the Consumer Price Index over the same period. [68718/25]

474. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of over-70s who were subject to a means review more than once within a 24-month period in each of the past four years. [68719/25]

479. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason her Department holds no independent records on the adequacy of the HSE's financial reporting, audit controls or compliance systems for voluntary hospitals, given that voluntary hospitals receive more than €7 billion annually in State funding; and if she will confirm whether any Department-led assurance, verification or risk assessmen…

486. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the current waiting list for chronic pain services in each hospital, the number of patients waiting more than 12 months and more than 18 months, the number of patients aged over 65 years within those lists, and the corresponding figures for Cork University Hospital and other hospitals serving the Cork region. [68779/25]

488. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the current number of recognised training posts in pain medicine, the number of trainees in the current cycle, the expected number of new consultants qualifying in pain medicine over the next five years, the attrition rate from this specialty, and any planned expansion of training places for 2026. [68781/25]

522. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a governance framework exists within her Department requiring clinical audit of elective procedures performed without medical indication; if so, what audit standards apply; and how compliance is monitored. [68916/25]

548. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the delivery of the actions under Our Rural Future, relevant to rural towns and villages; and to outline which commitments remain outstanding and the way in which his Department plans to accelerate progress in areas facing depopulation, weak public transport links, and declining …

555. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason a Clár application by a club in County Kerry was unsuccessful (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68889/25]

145. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for data relating to an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68393/25]

146. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for data relating to the Castleknock Dublin15 school planning area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68394/25]

147. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for data relating to the Castleknock Dublin15 school planning area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68395/25]

176. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 368 of 18 November 2025, to provide a further breakdown of the number of properties and multiproperty owners owning over 100 properties, by 100 to 199, 200 to 299, 300 to 399, 400 to 499, 500 to 599, 600 to 699, 700 to 799, 800 to 899, 900 to 999, and 1000 or more, excluding AHBs and local …

290. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to use data from the school admissions pilot to forecast demand and prioritise capacity expansion, including new builds or extensions, in oversubscribed growth areas such as Maynooth, Kilcock and Celbridge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68015/25]

392. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of firearm certificates issued, broken down by county, between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67274/25]

393. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of firearm certificates refused, broken down by county, between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67275/25]

262. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is considering proposals regarding e-scooters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67214/25]

263. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the review of a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67217/25]

264. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the funding required to provide additional services on a route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67230/25]

265. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the prioritised list of bus routes with over-capacity issues (details supplied); the routes provided with additional capacity; the routes not provided with additional capacity, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67231/25]

274. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans for a piece of land (details supplied). [67102/25]

290. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the budgetary provision made by her Department since 2020 to support programmes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66782/25]

300. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual cost of providing State indemnity to community and comprehensive schools; the cost on a per student basis; the estimated gross cost of the community and comprehensive schools of accessing private insurance prior to the extension of state indemnity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66863/25]

315. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new school development projects in County Galway currently in Stage 2B of the development process; the date each project entered stage 2B, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67087/25]

316. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new school development projects in County Galway currently in stage 3 of the development process; the date each project entered stage 3, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67088/25]