Departmental Investigations

128. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if she will release the results of the investigation into the sighting of drones over Dublin Bay during the visit of President Zelensky of Ukraine in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54182/26]

77. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of an investigation being undertaken by his Department (details supplied). [52273/26]

387. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether alumina samples have been taken from a facility (details supplied) as part of his Department’s investigations into the allegations raised by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project; whether such samples are being or have been subjected to forensic analysis; and if he will make a statement on…

1020. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a consultant is still performing certain surgeries in a hospital (details supplied); if the clinical director nominated an appropriately qualified individual to the Independent Expert Review commissioned by the Serious Incident Review Team (SIRT) committee; if the Independent Expert Review has commenced; the timeline being worked towards; …

1049. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has investigated two issues in annual accounts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45936/26]

184. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 20 November 2025, if he will give an update on the current position regarding an investigation into the Belturbet bombing of December 1972; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44572/26]

291. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to previous parliamentary questions (details supplied), to provide a response. [38516/26]

776. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the treatment of near-neighbour community benefit payments made to households living in proximity to onshore wind farm developments under the renewable electricity support scheme, with particular regard to their impact on eligibility for means-tested payments and entitlements; and if he will make a statement on t…

424. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to hold an investigation into the manner in which the 'price of fuel protests' were policed; and if he will investigate the use of pepper spray and physical force on protests that were, in the vast majority of cases, were peaceful. [29307/26]

345. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will support the call for an independent international investigation into the US attack on the Minab School in Iran at the start of the war where it is believed 165 people, most of them girls aged seven to 12 years of age were killed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27115/26]

1821. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current system of proactive market surveillance of concrete construction products, being undertaken by the State; to detail the types of testing now required to ensure such products are fit-for-purpose prior to being placed on the market and used in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matte…

1822. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown, by county of the number of proactive market surveillance inspections carried out in relation to construction products, for the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27121/26]

1823. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of inspections conducted which included testing of aggregates as part of the inspection process for each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27122/26]

1824. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the type and number of corrective actions issued to economic operators arising from inspections; and the number of economic operators that were temporarily or permanently closed due to non-compliance with relevant regulations for the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on …

1850. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will investigate a disability allowance claim dating back some years for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24019/26]

317. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 13 May 2025, No. 602 of 21 May 2026, and No. 17 of 24 September 2025, to provide details of this examination of overflights of Ireland of munitions to Israel without authorisation; to provide the date upon which this examination commenced; to outline what the examination consists of; whether conta…

586. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any assessment of the impact on waiting lists, theatre utilisation, or paediatric surgical capacity arising from the allocation of theatre time to elective procedures undertaken without medical indication; and if she will publish any such assessment. [15978/26]

651. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any assessment has been undertaken by her Department of the potential impact of the absence of nationally standardised recruitment clearance timelines on workforce shortages, service capacity, and patient access; and if she will outline any measures being considered to ensure consistent, transparent recruitment performance measurement a…

210. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the analysis her Department has undertaken into the environmental impact of the Mercosur trade agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14909/26]

370. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 12 February 2026, the approach the IDG will take ‘to examine the levers and mechanisms that may be brought to bear so that those responsible for schools where historical sexual abuse happened meet their obligations to survivors’; if international comparisons will be made; if so, with …

1913. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of services funded by her Department, the governance and oversight arrangements that apply where internal investigations are carried out into the handling of cash or vouchers; the number of such investigations initiated between 2018 and 2024; whether each investigation resulted in a written report or assur…

594. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of HIQA inspections of University Hospital Limerick; the number of these inspections which were unannounced in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71227/25]

547. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has carried out a financial impact assessment of the planned automatic taxation of carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit from January 2026; if hardship protections or exemptions will be introduced for full-time carers on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69544/25]

390. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of investigations currently under way relating to unpaid debts owed by meat processors to primary producers; the scale of the debts identified; and the systems in place to protect farmers from late or non-payment by processors. [68740/25]

554. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1276 of 8 September 2025, if he will meet and engage meaningfully with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66069/25]