732. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of day services for people with disabilities that charge people for their transport to and from their service. [37443/25]
731. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that some people using disability day services are being charged daily transport fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37442/25]
636. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider implementing a streamlined approach for assessment of needs reports to ensure that each report completed is done to the same standard and with consistent use of language and terms. [35349/25]
99. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health how she intends to provide targeted supports for newly qualified GPs and to GP practices that take on newly qualified GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34811/25]
84. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide additional supports for GP practices in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34810/25]
142. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider extending the right to citizenship to great-grandchildren of Irish citizens, without the need for their parent to have attained citizenship before they were born.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34779/25]
647. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has plans to use State-owned accommodation in Meath west as an IPAS centre. [34276/25]
388. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the actions she will take to ensure that givinostat is available at the earliest opportunity to sufferers of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. [33245/25]
362. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the community neuro-rehabilitation team that has been promised since 2019 for the midlands northeast will be funded and put in place. [33243/25]
308. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the intentions of Government to bring forward new guidelines to replace the 2006 guidelines on wind energy; and if further changes to the planning process are being considered in respect of the need to ensure that the views and concerns of local communities affected by large scale wind farms and super-sized turbines are heard, analysed and given the appropriate weight in terms of their consideration. [33244/25]
248. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason a legal executive officer cannot currently apply for a secondment to another role like all other staff grades; and the reason that some grades can apply for secondments, and some cannot, contributing to a loss of opportunity based on ambiguous rules. [33246/25]
157. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend social welfare payments, benefits and allowances to foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33129/25]
96. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to suspend the periodic means test reviews for carers in receipt of carer's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33130/25]
52. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs in Meath currently supported by Enterprise Ireland and by the IDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33034/25]
34. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when a new mid east enterprise plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33033/25]
848. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the appointment of the chief executive of the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority, given the closing date is 19 June; and once appointed, whether the chief executive will have the authority to extract sections of the proposed legislation and implement them individually. [32356/25]
847. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend reimbursement for spinal muscular atrophy treatments to adults. [32355/25]
846. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to review all age-based exclusion criteria regarding spinal muscular atrophy treatments, given that adults were excluded from treatments as they were over 18 at the time of the original HSE approval. [32354/25]
772. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if pay increases for section 39 workers, under the recent agreement reached at the WRC to fund health, social care and homeless sector employers, will automatically take effect, or if the organisations concerned need to reapply for funding. [31931/25]
771. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the reason the previously agreed schedule for the commencement order for the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 was changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31930/25]
770. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health the reason all provisions of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 must be commenced together; and the length of time the process take. [31929/25]
642. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the invitations to the next citizenship ceremony will be issued. [32695/25]
641. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the properties that are under construction or contract to provide IPAS accommodation in Meath west. [32694/25]
232. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to remove the tolls from the M4 when the franchise period finishes in 2033. [32359/25]
242. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when he expects the newly appointed senior counsel to examine the conditions under which a repeat offender may be granted bail while awaiting trial. [31090/25]
241. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has plans to use State-owned accommodation in Trim or the surrounding areas as an IPAS centre. [31089/25]
77. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider recommending that Crohn’s disease and colitis sufferers be allowed to avail of the tax break on gluten-free products that is available to coeliacs, given that a gluten-free diet is hugely beneficial to a large percentage of Crohn’s and colitis sufferers. [31098/25]
70. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Transport when the electric small public service vehicle scheme will re-open for applications. [31091/25]
793. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to extend the enhanced defective concrete blocks scheme to County Meath where there are affected parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29509/25]
456. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he plans to increase the number of work permits for people working here in the caring professions given the shortage of staff in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29510/25]
305. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice the way in which a child (details supplied) can prove at Irish immigration that they should be allowed re-entry to Ireland following a trip abroad. [27959/25]
96. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Transport if driving test centres will be mandated to work late nights throughout the summer months at least and operate a seven day week schedule to combat the 42+ week test wait time in Meath west. [27892/25]
95. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Transport if an additional driving test centre will be opened in Meath west to help combat the 42+ week waiting time for learner drivers to secure their test. [27891/25]
445. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has entered into any contracts with any companies to provide accommodation for international protection applicants in Trim, County Meath. [26704/25]
444. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice if his Department has entered into contracts with companies (details supplied) to provide accommodation for international protection applicants in Trim, County Meath. [26703/25]
108. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will agree and implement a consistent and adequately resourced TB scheme, which includes a plan to manage infected wildlife. [26154/25]
107. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the ACRES 2024 balancing payments will be paid to the remaining 7,660 farmers. [26153/25]
106. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the ACRES 2023 balancing payments will be issued to the remaining 1,850 farmers. [26152/25]
72. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to the implementation of the slurry storage exemption by September 2025, at the latest. [26157/25]
25. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Transport his views on the delay in analysing wildlife surveys carried out during the construction of greenways, given that some were not analysed until 1.5 years after the survey took place. [26155/25]
5. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline how he is honouring his commitment to defend the interests of farmers by opposing the EU Mercosur deal in its current form. [26156/25]
988. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to detail the number of children who benefited from supports under the national childcare scheme in 2022, 2023 and 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24368/25]