Departmental Programmes

618. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the LEADER programme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40584/25]

619. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the local enhancement programme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40585/25]

965. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if the cross-Departmental working group on banning sunbeds has been established and convened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39447/25]

966. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the membership, terms of reference and timeline for work of the cross-Departmental working group on banning sunbeds. [39448/25]

1010. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the success of the Mitchell scholarship programme, given its huge popularity with future leaders in the US; if he is conscious of the need to support this fund; and if he will explore endowment options with the US-Ireland Alliance. [38783/25]

1029. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider establishing an office of national student ombudsman to deal with complaints about and investigations into student safety at universities, including gender-based violence, and procedures to address misconduct and academic staffing levels, similar to that which …

675. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current status of the immigrant investor programme; if it is open or closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37833/25]

676. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are currently any applications being assessed under the immigrant investor programme or any applications under appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37834/25]

299. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the efforts to ensure through negotiations that the LEADER programme continues to be funded under pillar 2 of the Common Agricultural Policy, as part of the next EU multi-annual financial framework discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36641/25]

193. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to advise on his Department’s approach to the Programme for Government commitment to “consider the use of sustainable biofuels to reduce emissions from existing home boilers where deep retrofits are not possible in the short term”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/25]

194. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to advise on his Department’s position on both the use of HVO for fuel home heating systems and the Programme for Government commitment to “improve traceability in HVO procurement to ensure the product is from sustainable sources”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36236/25]

604. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in relation to the 2022 pilot farm environmental study programme, the delivery of which was awarded to an organisation (details supplied) after a public tender process; when the decision not to proceed with the study programme was made by his Department; when the organisation was informed by his Department that…

606. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the decision not to proceed with the 2022 Pilot Farm Environmental Study Programme was made by his Department; when an organisation (details supplied) was informed by his Department that it no longer planned to proceed with the study programme; the reason the programme did not proceed as planned; and if he…

345. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the shingles vaccination can be included in the national immunisation programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35126/25]

51. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have availed of the Key Employee Engagement Programme each year since its introduction, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34972/25]

52. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance the number of corresponding employees who benefited from the Key Employee Engagement Programme (KEEP) each year since its introduction, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34973/25]

611. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the progression of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; his plans to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to enact legislation to update licensing laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33589/25]

620. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in the case of youth diversion programmes for those aged 8 to 11 years old, who will be responsible for referring young people to the programme as they do not meet the minimum age of criminal responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33700/25]

621. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he would consider raising the age for diversion programmes to 21 as part of probation conditions, in line with some other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33701/25]

778. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to extend BowelScreen and BreastCheck screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33781/25]

148. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health when a national lung fibrosis clinical programme will be available to deliver structured, standardised and equitable care to people living with lung fibrosis in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32921/25]

149. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the plans for a national registry of lung fibrosis patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32922/25]

732. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when Acorn, the new managed child savings account, will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32766/25]

181. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when training will be made available to Ministers in advance of their JHA Council meetings chair responsibilities under Ireland’s upcoming EU Presidency. [31751/25]

375. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the work of the Government Task Force on Emergency Planning, particularly in regard to planning the response to future harsh weather conditions. [31777/25]