1898. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the national policy of the rights of children living in informal kinship care will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74295/25]
1644. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for an appeal decision for international protection applicants.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74309/25]
1643. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for a first instance decision for international protection applicants. [74308/25]
1532. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection if a path to pension is being considered for kinship carers as it is for foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74317/25]
1531. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection if the guardian’s payment will be abolished; and if foster carers allowance will be available to those in informal kinship care arrangements [74316/25]
1530. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will make the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance available, without means test, to kinship carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74314/25]
1529. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will make the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance available, without means test, to foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74313/25]
250. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will confirm that an investor’s loss of profits will not be sufficient grounds for making a claim against a government (details supplied) in relation to CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74999/25]
188. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a new mid-east regional enterprise plan is forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1530/26]
118. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs the IDA supported in each county in the mid-east region in 2025; the way in which this compares with each county in the mid-east region in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1529/26]
203. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of people that have been supported under help-to-buy scheme since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69654/25]
134. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Defence the person that indemnifies Defence Forces chaplains when they deploy overseas, if they are not considered members of the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71649/25]
43. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome (NSO) 8 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; the additional funding allocated under this NSO following the review of the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70491/25]
10. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the new infrastructure plan will accelerate the delivery of critical infrastructure in the mid-east region and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70504/25]
522. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 2 December 2025, whether the information sought in the question is not a matter of policy and resources for him to address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70348/25]
554. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding his Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives in 2024, and to date in 2025. [68686/25]
453. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding her Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives in 2024, and to date in 2025. [68684/25]
285. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding her Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives in 2024, and to date in 2025. [68682/25]
283. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth when funding will be available to physically amalgamate two schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68664/25]
334. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason there is no financial support for a household wishing to avail of mains water in a town instead of using their own private supply; if this is a more climate friendly and efficient way to help people get their own water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67650/25]
306. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if junior and leaving certificate assessments completed at home can be assessed by home school educators; and if it is necessary to have them assessed by a teacher in a school. [66917/25]
305. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if home schooled students can avail of the free book scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66916/25]
304. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if schools are obliged to accept home educated students to sit the leaving certificate exams as external candidates; and if not, where these students can be accommodated. [66915/25]
303. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which homeschooled students are assessed for their junior and leaving certificate. [66914/25]
37. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way Ireland is working with international partners to keep attention on the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66606/25]
205. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review planning regulations in relation to the provision of baby changing facilities in disabled toilets in commercial and privately owned buildings such as hotels and restaurants, which may prevent a disabled person from accessing the toilet when they need to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66413/25]
922. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if she is considering structured day services that would bridge the gap from inpatient care to outpatient care for adolescents recovering from eating disorders (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66031/25]
110. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his response to the report of the Approved Housing Body (AHB) Strategic Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65640/25]
78. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which he will support local authorities to provide more housing under Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025 – 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65639/25]
181. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the action can be taken to improve services and supports for cancer patients in Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64445/25]
150. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if financial advice can be provided to cancer patients to make them aware of entitlements available to them during and after treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64446/25]
1093. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health to consider including medical reports for driving licence renewal/applications for over 70's in the general medical services scheme, to alleviate financial pressure associated with driver licence costs. [63592/25]
939. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider excluding domiciliary care allowance from reckonable income for the national childcare scheme subsidy; and the immediate steps his Department will take to support affected families in the meantime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63736/25]
580. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage for an update on the inclusion of grade 1 homes in the pyrite scheme, as committed to in the Programme for Government. [63263/25]
716. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm that a Stamp 3 issued to a minor is not reissued each year; if his Department accepts that a minor child remains under the updated permission of their parent’s residence status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61081/25]
715. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason his Department no longer issues permission to return letters for unaccompanied minors returning to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61080/25]
714. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to supply a comprehensive list of documentation required for a minor travelling on their own seeking re-entry to Ireland (details supplied). [61079/25]
84. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the Government’s commitment to family resource centres; for an update on the work done by family resource centres across the country; and the potential for establishing more family resource centres. [61878/25]
237. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider ensuring that special classes be a mandatory part of every new school build project, with at least one special class sanctioned in parallel with all other accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60751/25]
70. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to ensure that all Defence Forces personnel in full-time residential training receive subsistence where they cannot be rationed, including officers attending third level educational institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60381/25]
32. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will ensure that the Defence Forces and his Department adhere to their responsibility of providing balancing statements for Defence Forces personnel on an annual basis, in line with signed agreements and Ombudsman for the Defence Forces recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60382/25]
174. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health for an update on the pause on the use of mesh for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence that has been in place since July 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60277/25]
111. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a bus will be available from Rathcore to a school (details supplied) given the demand has been demonstrated. [60274/25]
1967. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health for an update on the inclusion of spinal muscular atrophy in the heel prick test. [59416/25]