Departmental Schemes

554. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the progress to date with a pilot scheme for a subsidised hackney service in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43243/25]

563. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport when the successor scheme to the disabled driver and passenger scheme will be introduced; to report on engagement with stakeholders on the successor scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43315/25]

621. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance the up-to-date position on changes being considered under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme to ensure that the scheme is replaced with a needs-based, grant-led approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40933/25]

622. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance the number of payments made under the help-to-buy scheme for County Cork for each month this year up to June 2025; their average value monthly for Cork County, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40934/25]

643. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance the current status of the process to review and change the entry criteria for the primary medical certificate scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41419/25]

644. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Finance the number of active primary medical certificate appeals in County Monaghan; the current waiting time for an appeal decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41421/25]

652. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Finance if he will he consider an increase to the income thresholds for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41466/25]

674. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Finance whether the help to buy scheme will be extended in Budget 2026 to first-time buyers purchasing second-hand homes, as per the circumstances of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42280/25]

686. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Finance the number of help-to-buy claims approved since 1 July 2020, broken down by county, along with the number of applicants associated with these claims; the number of claims by homebuyers (excluding self-builds), broken down by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42691/25]

939. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the status of the €250 million seed and venture capital scheme led by Enterprise Ireland; the intended timeline for deployment; and how it will contribute to the Government’s 300,000 job creation target by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43338/25]

1018. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if SNA’s who do not have permanent contracts will be entitled to utilise the redeployment scheme her Department is establishing; if not, the reasoning behind this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40973/25]

1265. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her plans, if any, to roll out the in-school national therapy service to all schools; her plans in respect of coordination of the in-school national therapy service with existing psychology services in all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43910/25]

1416. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently sanction additional funding to Sligo County Council for the housing adaptation grant for older people and people with a disability schemes to bring its allocation to €2,450,000, which would equate to the sum provided in the council budget for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

1441. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is considering amending the housing adaptation grant scheme to allow funding for the installation of sensory rooms or sensory areas in private homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41319/25]

1442. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of amending the housing adaptation grant scheme to allow funding for the installation of sensory rooms or sensory areas in private homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41320/25]

1574. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the awarding of the Housing First tender in Dublin; and to provide an explanation for the delay in the awarding of this tender. [42753/25]

1575. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the interim fire safety defects scheme, the pilot retrospective building defects scheme and the legislation to underpin the wider building defects redress scheme. [42754/25]

1711. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his thoughts on the cessation of tenant-in-situ purchases made by local authorities; what alternative homelessness prevention intervention his Department is considering replacing preventions previously provided by tenant-in-situ acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44299/25]

1734. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the ceiling caps for the first homes schemes for Tipperary, as it is having a reverse impact in comparison to neighbouring counties with a higher threshold. [44394/25]

1904. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has engaged with the Department of Children, Disability and Equality in relation to the immigrant investor programme, IIP, programme funding that was committed to a project (details supplied); if his Department has urged IIP to release the balance of funding committed in order that the buildi…

2456. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children, by county, who benefitted from supports under the national childcare scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43206/25]

2588. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the timeline of the full implementation of the statutory home support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41025/25]

2589. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the statutory home support scheme workstream that will be priority after the implementation of the new regulatory framework for home support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41026/25]

2590. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to expand the roll out of interRAI single assessments for home support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41027/25]

2591. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health if older and disabled people be given a legal entitlement to home care as part of the statutory home support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41028/25]