Departmental Policies

130. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on the mechanisms available to homeowners whose properties have been damaged as a result of works carried out under SEAI approved retrofit schemes; the redress routes that are open to affected households in cases where contractors have carried out substandard and damaging works; if he w…

161. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to review the possibility of increasing the number of water refill stations available in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46180/25]

209. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of entities designated as “critical entities” by sector under the CER regulations; the date on which the National Strategy for the Resilience of Critical Entities will be published; the number of compliance audits completed to date; the enforcement actions taken, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the…

232. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the likely cost to the exchequer of the full implementation of welfare provisions in the working time directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47502/25]

233. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether it is his intention to require the Defence Forces to pay for welfare provisions from existing resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47503/25]

234. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether it is the intention to pay for the implementation of welfare provisions from pay deductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47504/25]

293. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport for an update on his proposals to revise the National Aviation Policy, as per the Programme for Government; the timeline for this; and at what point he proposes to engage with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45060/25]

821. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions required by Government arising from case of O’Keefe v Ireland (2014) at the European Court of Human Rights; the actions taken by Government to date; the Government proposals to ensure that Ireland fully complies with the judgement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45504/25]

1053. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to support families and schools affected by the early closure on Thursday, 23 October, due to polling requirements; and if additional childcare provisions or compensations will be put in place. [47536/25]

1066. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has designated, or intends to designate, any music festival or arts event as an event of major importance which should be available on free television services in line with his powers under section 162 of the Broadcasting Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44865/25]

1067. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a strategic plan is under development to support the revitalisation of the night-time economy in Cork city and surrounding towns; and if grant supports or regulatory changes are being considered to assist cultural venues, late-night transport, and local business reopening. [44916/25]

1071. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on the feasibility of a proposal (details supplied); if he has plans to enhance location identification in rural and tourist areas. [45164/25]

1094. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport with recent high-profile player transfers (details supplied), and Cork City FC receiving a financial windfall from a sell-on clause, if he will consider establishing a Community Sports Investment Fund to ensure such financial gains are reinvested locally, promoting youth development and local sports facilities. [468…

1166. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if structures (details supplied) qualify for funding under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45296/25]

1389. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on creating a statutory to recognise a child that does not conform to world health organisation stillbirth standards of less than 500 grammes and a gestational age of less than 24 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46317/25]

1693. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider bringing forward amendments to the International Protection Act 2015 to introduce a UK-style statutory presumptions, whereby an applicant convicted of specified serious sexual offences or sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment or more is presumed to have been convicted of a particularly serious …

1694. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide statistics on refusals or revocations of refugee or subsidiary protection on “particularly serious crime-danger to the community” grounds; the number that involved sexual-offence convictions; the number of such cases resulted in removal being barred by non-refoulement, for each of the past five…

1832. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when legal powers to the An Rialálaí Agraibhia to compel businesses to provide it with price and market information will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47232/25]

2009. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the childcare forward planning unit and when outputs of their work will be seen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47086/25]

2012. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans her Department is working on to support childminders to continue to deliver their much needed services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47089/25]

2321. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline her Department’s official position on the definition of biological sex and gender; whether she accepts that biological sex is immutable apart from rare intersex conditions; and if she will clarify whether the HSE’s training materials reflect official departmental policy or an ideological interpretation. [45610/25]

2502. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the Republic of Ireland who have been granted a long-term illness card under the diagnosis of spina bifida, for each year from 1997 to the most recent year available, by year of birth, in tabular form; to clarify whether these figures include deceased persons; if not, if she will provide both sets of figures; and if …

2545. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce plain packaging for vaping products in the upcoming Public Health (Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill and if such as a proposal is permissible under the provisions of the EU tobacco products directive. [46694/25]

2567. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason(s) a type of hearing aid will no longer be issued by the HSE (details supplied); if she is satisfied that these hearing aids are of the same standard and quality as those previously issued by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46788/25]

2568. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason a type of hearing aid will continue to be issued to children but not adults (details supplied); if in future patients will have to change hearing aids when they move from children to adult audiology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46789/25]