646. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the wheelchair accessibility of all buildings under his control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65312/26]
Topics / Disability Issues
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDisability Issues
250 questions from 71 TDs, between 18 November 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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226 written, 24 oral
71
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Independents counted together
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| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 33 |
| October 2026 | 11 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
775. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection in cases in which a building under his control is not wheelchair accessible, the reason for this; his plans to remedy this; and the timeline for measures to be completed. [65354/26]
776. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the wheelchair accessibility of all buildings under his control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65324/26]
989. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the wheelchair accessibility of all buildings under his control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65308/26]
995. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in cases in which a building under his control is not wheelchair accessible, the reason for this; his plans to remedy this; and the timeline for measures to be completed. [65339/26]
1071. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in cases in which a building under her control is not wheelchair accessible, the reason for this; her plans to remedy this; and the timeline for measures to be completed. [65340/26]
1087. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the wheelchair accessibility of all buildings under her control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65902/26]
1436. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the existing grant supports for persons with mobility issues to make private homes accessible are fair, specifically in terms of the means testing applied. [65768/26]
1507. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in cases in which a building under his control is not wheelchair accessible, the reason for this; his plans to remedy this; and the timeline for measures to be completed. [65348/26]
1513. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the wheelchair accessibility of all buildings under his control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65318/26]
1524. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht in cases in which a building under his control is not wheelchair accessible, the reason for this; his plans to remedy this; and the timeline for measures to be completed. [65353/26]
1526. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the wheelchair accessibility of all buildings under his control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65323/26]
42. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on progress to meet their commitments under the national human rights strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the strategy was introduced; the key metrics identified to measure progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter [60736/26]
310. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Transport for an update on his Department’s consideration of the enforcement of disability parking spaces in privately owned car parks or on any potential legislative or regulatory pathways to address the current gap. [60972/26]
320. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport whether private car park operators are under any legal, planning, licensing or regulatory obligation to provide parking for bicycles, ebikes, scooters, mopeds or motorcycles; whether operators are legally entitled to exclude these users (details supplied); the evidence or policy rationale for car parking to be prioritised while lower-emission space-efficient t…
321. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport whether the Government intends to introduce legislation, planning requirements, licensing conditions, or insurance guidance to ensure that private car parks cannot refuse bicycles and motorcycles without a clear, evidence-based justification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61127/26]
367. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to report on progress to meet commitments under the national human rights strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the strategy was introduced; the key metrics identified to measure progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter [60751/26]
585. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport if the proposed funding envelope for the vehicle adaptation scheme (VAS) will be an additional fund under the budgetary process, distinct from the funding allocated for disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; the proposed maximum grant under VAS; whether motor tax, fuel grant and toll exemptions will be included for VAS recipients; whether supports for…
729. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to report on progress to meet the commitments under the national Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the strategy was introduced; the key metrics identified to measure progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter [60750/26]
693. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for 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. [55320/26]
731. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether the current scheme will remain available after the introduction of the VAS; the arrangements that will apply to existing applicants and those currently awaiting approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56230/26]
764. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the actions his Department has taken in replacing the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme with a new one, as recommended by the Transport Working Group under the National Disability Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56705/26]
274. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on the revised disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if it will be replaced entirely by a new grant based scheme led by the Department of Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54512/26]
289. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of self-employed people who have a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54018/26]
646. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has considered the introduction of a national transition framework for young people with intellectual disabilities on reaching adulthood, including structured planning for residential and support needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52673/26]