Departmental Policies

633. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she will declare Covid-19 an occupational illness, as has been done in many other European Union member states, so that healthcare workers suffering from long-Covid can continue to access financial supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73290/25]

742. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has a policy on drug addiction prevention; and if so, if a policy document is available; and if she will provide the same. [73716/25]

233. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the Government will consider legislating for a systemic increase in the provision of Irish-medium education in the country over a medium- to long-term basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72752/25]

234. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a stated policy that it will only provide new Irish medium schools within the existing number of schools, rather than building new Irish medium schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72753/25]

322. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the criteria applicable to the composition of his new firearms forum; the basis of said criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72595/25]

323. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his response to concerns that his new firearms forum excludes certain stakeholders (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72596/25]

324. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out the issues to be addressed by the new Firearms Forum established by his Department; how the forum is expected to reach agreement and make recommendations to the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72604/25]

325. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to advise if minutes of the Department's new Firearms Forum are to be published on the Department's website, as happens with many other stakeholder fora established by Government departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72605/25]

329. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a detailed explanation of the selection process and underlying rationale for the membership of the recently established Firearms Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72712/25]

330. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the membership of his Department's Firearms Forum excludes certain sectors (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72713/25]

332. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the Government's implementation plan for the five key recommendations contained in the 2025 national cyber risk assessment; and, in particular, to detail what new investments are planned to strengthen national cyber resilience, including funding for skills, infrastructure, and indigenous cybersecurity capability. [7…

333. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the names of the members of the new Firearms Forum; the organisation/sector they each represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72801/25]

334. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the Terms of Reference and work programme of the new Firearms Forum established by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72802/25]

338. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of persons appointed to the newly-formed Firearms Forum, including the groups, sectors or interests each member represents. [72854/25]

339. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the mandate, objectives and proposed schedule of work for the Firearms Forum recently convened by his Department. [72855/25]

340. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the matters the new Firearms Forum will be tasked with examining; and the mechanisms through which the Forum is expected to develop consensus and issue recommendations to his Department. [72856/25]

341. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the minutes or agreed notes of meetings of the new Firearms Forum will be made publicly available on his Department’s website. [72857/25]

359. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has any plans to instruct local authorities to make a provision of housing to companies wanting to open up additional centres for adults with intellectual disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72830/25]

367. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions her Department will take to address the shortage of creche places in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73058/25]

105. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Defence if she will report on her engagements with regard to the impact her proposed removal of the Triple Lock neutrality protection will have on Irish neutrality. [72040/25]

179. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to respond to reports of Government plans for six-month lockdowns if subsea cables are hit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72290/25]

233. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Finland on defence cooperation; if there are plans for a formal working group to be established to discuss potential areas of collaboration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71317/25]

245. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if her Department was involved in the figure of €750 being offered to victims of the HSE cyber-attacks; if her Department has developed a rate for which they are prepared to offer victims of future cyber-attacks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72289/25]

362. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Departments plans to address the scale of fossil-fuel investment routed through Irish-based financial entities in view of recent EU-level deregulation proposals and the evidence that existing regulatory measures have not prevented such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71500/25]

430. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the data sharing arrangements that exist for students identified through the continuum of support who are also on assessment of need or child and adolescent mental health services waiting lists; if a shared national system is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71429/25]