State Bodies

503. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of Pobal's failure to pay a 2% wage increase due in March 2025 to grade 2 early years specialist; if she has engaged with Pobal to resolve this given it is an important Department initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67980/25]

127. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will urgently authorise an increase in the number of personnel working at Tailte Éireann; to review the policy of returning paperwork to solicitors without providing reasons or context for the returns, as this is causing significant frustration and delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6…

302. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out the policy in relation to the re-appointment of persons holding senior posts in State agencies beyond an initial five-year contract; if such a policy applies only to those at chief executive or head of agency level; if he will outline what other posts, or grades, grou…

81. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the recent salary increases of CEOs of commercial State bodies under the aegis of his Department; if he has discussed these increases with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63377/25]

609. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures, in place to make Uisce Éireann more accountable to the Houses of the Oireachtas as well as to elected representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63842/25]

235. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of commercial State bodies that have sought or received approval to increase senior executive remuneration following the senior posts remuneration committee review completed in 2024; and the rationale provided by each board for proposed upward revision. [62570/25]

236. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated additional cost to the Exchequer or to the relevant State bodies arising from the implementation of revised remuneration bands for chief executives and senior management, by organisation, in tabular form. [62571/25]

237. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the mechanisms used by his Department to assess whether remuneration adjustments at commercial State bodies are linked to measurable improvements in performance, governance, and value for money to the taxpayer. [62572/25]

238. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps being taken to ensure that executive pay levels within commercial State bodies remain proportionate to public-service standards and consistent with the wider cost-of-living pressures faced by citizens. [62573/25]

380. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 9 October 2025, if the information regarding the current average duration of employment of staff in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process; the current number of vacancies in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process, in tabula…

453. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacancies by job title at Enterprise Ireland as of 31 October 2025; the estimated full year cost of filling each of those vacancies; when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61431/25]

454. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacancies by job title at IDA Ireland as of 31 October 2025; the estimated full year cost of filling each of those vacancies; when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61432/25]

124. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current status of his Department’s plan to increase the staff headcount of the CRU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60216/25]

1252. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of all existing quasi-judicial bodies established under article 37 of the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57771/25]

1600. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will engage with the HSE and relevant agencies to address the failure of inter-agency collaboration in supporting pupils in SEBD special schools, and one school in particular (details supplied); and whether her Department will commit to resourcing consistent links with CAMHS, CDNTs and TUSLA for child…

15. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the specific responsibilities and powers of Coimisiún na Meán in relation to the enforcement of take-back obligations on online distance sellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55588/25]

16. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has engaged with EirGrid and ESB regarding the amount of funding they have allocated to facilitating new data centre connections through Exchequer funding; if this data is recorded; and if so, to provide a detailed breakdown funding provided for this purpose in each of the years since 2020, in tabular form. [55871/…

26. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if, in view of the fact that Ireland’s municipal waste recycling rate has remained at 41% for the past decade, well below the EU target of 55% for 2025, if he will outline the measures his Department is taking to ensure that distance sellers are meeting their legal obligations in relation to waste collection, recycli…

27. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if, in view of Ireland’s municipal waste recycling rate remaining at 41% for the past decade, well below the 55% target for 2025, his Department has assessed the merits of introducing a pay-on-behalf system to address non-compliance by distance sellers with their waste and recycling obligations; and if he will make a…

28. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he will take to rectify the imbalance in obligations for product take-back and recycling between domestic retailers and distance sellers, with a view to ensuring that all businesses placing products on the Irish market are subject to equivalent environmental compliance requirements. [55573/25]

31. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider commissioning an assessment of the costs incurred by Irish retailers as a result of distance sellers who fail to comply with their take-back obligations under extended producer responsibility schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55586/25]

32. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the specific responsibilities and powers of the Environmental Protection Agency in relation to the enforcement of extended producer responsibility rules as they apply to distance sellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55587/25]

54. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline how the commitment in Budget 2026 to leverage “the €3.5 billion equity into semi-state energy companies to boost electricity supply and make the network more sustainable and resilient” will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55892/25]

211. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the additional resources that have been provided to each State and semi-State body; the break-down of the funding that was provided in each of the years 2020 to 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55351/25]

627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average length of time a planning permission applicant for a single house has waited for a decision from An Bord Pleanála in each of the past ten years. [55227/25]