Departmental Policies

513. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the way in which she can defend the development or revision of national policy and models of care for gender identity services for children and young people in circumstances where the Health Service Executive has confirmed that neither her Department or the HSE has any policy governing the collection, verification, or publication of data on ref…

9. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the Governments recognition of the State of Palestine, its position on issues (details supplied). [17440/26]

152. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of the proper legal basis that the digital wallet has for mandatory use by citizens to access online platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16806/26]

169. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of the age verification pilot being undertaken to restrict access to social media; when the pilot will commence; the bodies and platforms participating in the pilot; the criteria being used to assess its effectiveness; the timeline for completion and evaluation; and when he expects to make decision…

170. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the specific steps being taken to improve disability inclusion and accessibility across all sports, including participation pathways, accessible facilities and targeted funding supports; the way in which these measures are being delivered and monitored at local level, including in north Dublin; the way in which del…

174. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures in place to support the development of ladies’ Gaelic football; the actions being taken to improve access to high quality training and playing facilities for female athletes; the way in which his Department is working with Sport Ireland and the GAA and their affiliate organisations to ensure equal treatm…

178. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will continue to independently progress the proposed online age-verification tool, the Government digital wallet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16803/26]

190. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of Departmental spending to date on the proposed online age-verification tool, the Government digital wallet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16804/26]

192. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the efforts his Department are making to support wider diversity and participation in sport from underrepresented groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16798/26]

397. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline the research undertaken by, or commissioned by, his Department on the four day week; to summarise the findings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16967/26]

582. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the sectoral adaptation plan for Built Environment and Planning (2025-2030) has not yet been published; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16377/26]

775. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the regulation of the advertising and promotion of infant and follow-on formula both in traditional media and online; the actions she will take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16469/26]

976. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health the details of her Departments plans on keeping up with predicted rising demographics in stroke rate; the way in which the €13 million allocated in 2022 has been used to ensure that services are care-ready for those in need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17237/26]

572. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what interim monitoring or assurance mechanisms her Department relies upon where complete hospital-group-level reporting of consultant evening, weekend and public holiday hours is not available, and to state the date on which each such mechanism commenced. [15907/26]

576. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a formal monitoring or compliance framework to assess the timeliness and completeness of responses provided by bodies under her aegis to Parliamentary Questions and other formal requests from Members of the Oireachtas; and if so, the nature of that framework and the office responsible for maintaining it. [15921/…

659. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the policy rationale for commencing capital works on the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction prior to finalisation of the performance and evaluation framework; whether a written risk assessment was undertaken in relation to this sequencing decision; and if so, wh…

19. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to highlight the actions being taken by his Department to tackle the 30 barriers highlighted in the Joint Committee on Climate, Energy and the Environment report on the Barriers to Achieving Climate Targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15599/26]

278. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence in light of the annual establishment of illegal encampments on the Curragh Plains in late Spring early Summer, the strategies in place to prohibit these encampments occurring again in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15060/26]

653. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has issued policy guidance or circulars to local authorities regarding the governance and leasing of publicly owned sports facilities to third parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14332/26]

654. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has any role in approving, reviewing or providing guidance on governance structures for sports facilities owned by local authorities and leased to external bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14333/26]

655. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on community consultation processes in respect of publicly owned sports and recreational facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14339/26]

872. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has commenced a public consultation process on the development of an induction process as committed to as part of Nurturing Skills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14483/26]

873. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has commissioned research into good practice in effective induction processes as part of Nurturing Skills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14484/26]

874. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason her Department has yet to produce a midpoint of Nurturing Skills which was due in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14485/26]

875. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the midpoint review of Nurturing Skills which was due in 2025 is expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14486/26]