Departmental Policies

317. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to conduct a full review of the mortgage to rent eligibility criteria and engage with money advice and budgeting service and approved housing bodies to assess demand and impact. [67423/25]

102. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed list of all categories of infrastructure falling within the policy remit of his Department under the Climate Action Plan 2025, National Planning Framework, National Marine Planning Framework and renewable energy programmes, including grid development, offshore renewable energy, electricity syst…

222. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date with recognising long covid as an occupational disease and injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66691/25]

223. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given by his Department to recognise long Covid as an occupational illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66712/25]

815. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health her views on whether CORU’s recently published standards for training and practice in psychotherapy represents a decrease in standards, as the proposed regulation would see the removal for personal therapy in training, the elimination of mandatory clinical supervision during training, a dramatic reduction in clinical training hours, the removal…

367. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any internal briefing notes, modelling papers or impact assessments were prepared within his Department or by Revenue regarding the effect of higher LPT valuations on homeownership affordability, mortgage applicants, or the private rental market, and if he will publish these documents. [64960/25]

376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department issued any direction or guidance to the Revenue Commissioners during the 2025 valuation exercise regarding the potential impact of rising valuations on owner-occupier affordability or small landlord viability. [64969/25]

380. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department conducted any regional or economic distributional analysis of households most at risk of financial strain from increased LPT valuations; and if so, to publish this analysis. [64973/25]

374. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider requiring all public bodies to publish, both in their annual reports and on their websites, a statement of compliance with prompt payment timelines, including data on payments to community, voluntary, and non-profit organisations, to improve transparency …

463. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the Education Plan 2025; to outline progress made on the commitment to provide best practice guidance to schools regarding arrangements facilitating parental requests for children to attend school without attending religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63198/25]

962. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health her plans to establish a register and baby loss certificates for parents who experience loss before 24-weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62783/25]

1014. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress being made on the Government’s commitment to provide a “statutory homecare scheme to allow people to stay in their own home for as long as possible."; the work undertaken on regional projections to inform the levels of service and support needed in each integrated healthcare area; and the engagement that has take…

1101. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the legislation, regulations or policies in place related to privately funded procedures in a public hospital; the oversight arrangements in place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63607/25]

106. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department uses a different model of SWITCH compared to that of the ESRI; the reason for the choice to use a simplified model; if he will provide a breakdown of the specific differences between the SWITCH models used by the Department and the ESRI; to provide a breakdown of variables available in the ESRI SWITCH mo…

485. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health when a citizens' assembly on food will be convened, to ensure an all-of-Government approach to Irish food security and to meet the objectives of the Healthy Ireland policy and actions. [62592/25]

511. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he and the Government will support in every way possible a person (details supplied) who has been selected to become the first Irish person in space who will undoubtedly represent Ireland with pride and distinction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62510/25]

189. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the level of foresight or future planning that operates within his Department; who is responsible for long-term planning; and the input these individuals or teams have into Departmental policy and practice. [61670/25]

276. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he intends to establish a register and baby loss certificates for parents who experience loss before 24-weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60882/25]

456. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider engaging with the Brazilian authorities on the development of a bilateral tax treaty between Ireland and Brazil to address issues of potential double taxation, in view of the growing number of people who live and work between both countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58087/25]

466. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 286 and 287 of 21 October 2025, to provide details on the proposals considered to address the problem of the use of false registration plates through a regulatory regime for the production and supply of plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58341/25]

472. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance to consider introducing a supplier register for vehicle registration plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58565/25]

473. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance to consider introducing minimum manufacturing standard for vehicle registration plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58566/25]

507. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he has considered introducing a savings scheme similar to the UK’s individual savings account (details supplied). [59586/25]

526. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which potential conflicts of interest are managed where elected representatives may have personal or financial connections relevant to policy on gender affirming care for children; and in particular, the safeguards that are in place to ensure that policy decisions …

527. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the protocols in place to identify and manage potential conflicts of interest when a member of the Government, including Ministers, has personal or familial connections that may intersect with policy areas under their responsibility (details supplied). [59916/25]