Departmental Schemes

127. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the process undertaken for deciding on successful grant applicants for the grassroot music venues support scheme funding; if regional dispersal of the awards was considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34955/25]

204. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if his Department would examine the matter of bringing CIÉ 1951 pension scheme entitlements onto a more stable footing that would allow for an unfreeze on pension increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35017/25]

211. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland to consider, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, how a scheme for safe electric vehicle charging points might work where the charging cable needs to be routed under a pavement in high density areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35160/25]

222. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the treatment of abuse survivors and the need for a redress scheme for survivors of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35122/25]

314. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if the proposed vaccine damage compensation scheme will include retrospective eligibility for individuals who made submissions to the vaccine damage steering group prior to the scheme’s implementation, including cases dating back to the 1970s (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35005/25]

327. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she was aware of a pilot scheme in operation in Navan Hospital currently running that has reduced the visiting hours for families (details supplied); the reasoning for such a measure; and if she will consider that many relatives are elderly and would consider this time late to travel to the town. [35046/25]

350. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health to extend the special leave with pay scheme, which is due to end on 30 June 2025, pending a long-term solution being put in place for those front-line healthcare workers who contracted long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35140/25]

135. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 27 May 2025, to advise which application form is needed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34598/25]

231. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health if a rapid review will be carried out for inclusion of leqembi for the treatment of early Alzheimer’s disease on the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34897/25]

573. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number in receipt of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in 2024, disaggregated by rate of payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33918/25]

574. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the total administrative costs of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33919/25]

589. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans for an awareness campaign for the household benefit package targeted towards persons aged over 70. [34263/25]

592. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 909 of 10 June 2025, if it is his intention to further extend a free travel companion pass to those holders of free travel pass who are single and widowed persons, who are aged under 70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34321/25]

596. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection the income supports that are available for an employed person, also in receipt of disability allowance, but out of work due to illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34382/25]

597. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection whether illness benefit is available to an employed person with a long-term illness, also in receipt of disability allowance, whilst on extended sick leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34383/25]

598. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department will consider a proposal to extend the child benefit payment for a number of months for families who lose a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34435/25]

652. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 9 April 2025, if the information sought is now available, including the financial supports available to victims of crime and witnesses to cover the costs of travel to court, and for accommodation where they are required to be available to attend court for a period of days…

683. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the complete list of recipient firms and corresponding capital grant amounts allocated to each under the 'capital investment scheme for Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products', in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33579/25]

741. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider extending the current income support scheme for healthcare workers with long-Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33514/25]

742. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to reconsider the ending of the special leave with pay scheme, for health care workers who contracted Covid in the workplace and are now suffering serious, long-term disability, such disability affecting their career, their financial, psychological and physical health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33515/25]

750. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to reimburse cost or part cost of private medical procedures incurred by people before the cross-Border Directive scheme and Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme were introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33540/25]

757. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will extend the long-Covid scheme for healthcare workers who are unable to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33604/25]

762. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she will consider extending reimbursement access to baricitinib under the drugs payment scheme for individuals diagnosed with severe alopecia areata, in light of the recent approval of this treatment by the US Food and Drug Administration for this specific indication, and given the growing international clinical consensus on its efficacy; …

812. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine a fair deal case in respect of a family in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33998/25]

858. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health to outline the situation regarding the fair deal scheme where the HSE will not accept a registry of deeds as opposed to a land registry title; if this can be reviewed as it is excluding some people from the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34252/25]