Departmental Schemes

907. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether consideration has been given to reintroducing support for footpath infrastructure under the CLÁR programme, particularly in rural villages and settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51166/26]

908. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of applications relating to pedestrian infrastructure or footpath projects submitted under CLÁR in each of the past five years in County Galway; the outcome of those applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51167/26]

213. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if the road transport support scheme will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/26]

359. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of the changes to the temporary protection scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50461/26]

453. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); her views on a compensation scheme for long-Covid patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50441/26]

490. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1276 of 26 May 2026 if the national treatment abroad office in Kilkenny is the sole point of approval for all treatment abroad scheme applications; and the circumstances under which an application is approved, reviewed, or processed outside the Kilkenny office. [50561/26]

491. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1276 of 26 May 2026 to confirm whether the HSE maintains a written procedure, circular, or delegated authority schedule setting out which staff grade or management level is authorised to approve treatment abroad scheme applications; and if no such written procedure exists, the basis on which approval author…

492. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 27 May 2026 to provide a response concerning whether an approval rate benchmarking exists between specialties, consultants, or regions under the treatment abroad scheme, noting that the previous response addressed an unrelated question on the age profile of overseas gender affirmation surgery approva…

502. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide the specific euro threshold or thresholds above which Grade VII approval no longer applies to treatment abroad scheme applications; the grade or officeholder responsible for authorising applications above each such threshold; and the nature of the "applicable derogations" referenced in the Health Service Executive's reply of 19th Jun…

505. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health given that individual figures may be withheld on confidentiality grounds, to provide the highest individual expenditure approved under the treatment abroad scheme in each year since 2020 in banded form (for example, within ranges of €50,000); and to confirm whether any approved application since 2020 exceeded €500,000. [50585/26]

506. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm directly whether the Comptroller and Auditor General has examined the treatment abroad scheme specifically at any point since 2020; to provide the date of any such examination; and to confirm whether any external, non-HSE body has conducted a value-for-money or governance review of the scheme since 2020. [50586/26]

507. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to confirm directly whether the absence of publicly available approval thresholds within the treatment abroad scheme appears on the Health Service Executive's corporate risk register; and if it does not, to confirm this directly rather than by general reference to oversight arrangements. [50587/26]

508. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further Parliamentary Question No. 581 of 14 June 2026, in which the Health Service Executive did not address the substantive matter raised, to confirm whether the treatment abroad scheme dataset records the age of patients approved for funding of overseas gender affirmation surgeries; if this data is not currently captured, to state the reason…

509. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1116 of 19 May 2026, in which expenditure figures were provided for treatment costs and travel costs only, to confirm whether the figures published include accommodation, administration, translation, or assessment costs; if so, to provide a separate costed breakdown of each category for the years 2020 to 20…

567. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of the cap ex and op ex funding drawn down for LIS schemes in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by local authority [50769/26]

217. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has engaged with the Department of Housing; Local Government and Heritage regarding the future use of modular accommodation developments currently being used to house persons under temporary protection, including the Haywood site in Clonmel, in light of the recent Government decision to win…

218. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether consideration is being given to the future housing role of modular accommodation units developed for temporary protection purposes, including whether such units could subsequently be repurposed for social or affordable housing needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41560/26]

206. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport further to previous replies to Parliamentary Questions (details supplied), to clarify whether the vehicle adaptation scheme will replace or operate alongside the disabled drivers and passengers scheme; the stakeholders consulted on the matter to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49226/26]

215. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport to consider expanding the pilot scrappage scheme (ICE2EV) to allow for more than 2,000 applications, to further improve Ireland’s emission standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49439/26]

261. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that some eligible bus operators missed the application deadline for the rural transport support scheme due to exceptional operational pressures during the peak school transport and tour season; whether his Department will consider accepting late applications in exceptional circumstances where there is no prejudice to the a…

582. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the new temporary protection transition scheme has made provision for Ukrainians who are blind or vision impaired and are not presently in a position to secure employment; whether Government envisages eventual forced return or deportation for beneficiaries with disabilities in cases where the proposed residen…

818. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Health when a new vehicle adaptation scheme will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49108/26]

901. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the exceptional patient scheme or discretionary funding for GLP-1 medications for severe, treatment-resistant metabolic disorders, including polycystic ovary syndrome, PCOS, where insulin resistance cannot be managed by metformin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49594/26]

937. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total cost of the higher education temporary tuition fee support scheme for displaced persons (details supplied) since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49183/26]

950. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when decisions are expected to be made on applications made to the scheme to support national organisations; the number of applications received; the total funds available to the scheme; the reason for the delay in communicating decisions to applicants to date; and if he will make a statement on the m…