316. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the lack of a direct bus service from Chapelizod to Dublin city centre; his plans to address this gap in public transport connectivity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58671/25]
14. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there will be an opportunity to make submissions to change the geographical areas/municipal districts that will be eligible under the next round of just transition funding; if he will outline that procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57457/25]
13. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the next just transition funding applications will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57456/25]
12. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline just transition funding to date, by municipal district, each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57455/25]
11. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the body/authority that made the decision regarding the geographical areas/municipal districts within counties in relation to just transition funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57454/25]
708. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an audit of children's respite provision has been undertaken since 2022; and, if so, to publish its findings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56866/25]
707. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the oversight mechanisms which exist to ensure that HSE disability managers are delivering on national respite targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56865/25]
706. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will publish quarterly updates on the number of children receiving respite; the number waiting, by CHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56864/25]
705. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if CDNT teams have discretion to approve in-home respite on compassionate grounds; the frequency with which this has occurred in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56863/25]
704. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the in-home supports which are currently funded for children with high support needs; if these can be expanded as an interim measure while respite services are oversubscribed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56862/25]
703. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will introduce a national recruitment and retention strategy specific to respite and community support services for children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56861/25]
702. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans in place to expand the respite workforce, including SNAs, care assistants, and respite nurses, in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56860/25]
701. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of staff vacancies across respite and children's disability services; the way in which these vacancies are impacting the delivery of after-school and weekend supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56859/25]
700. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to ensure equitable access to respite across regions, given the reports of oversubscription in some CHOs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56858/25]
699. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider introducing short-term or emergency respite options for children under eight with complex needs, in cases where families are in crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56857/25]
698. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the eligibility criteria for children's respite; if there are age restrictions (such as the rule preventing approval under age eight); the rationale for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56856/25]
697. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new respite referrals which have been refused in the past 12 months; the primary reasons given for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56855/25]
696. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children with complex needs which are currently awaiting access to any form of respite (in-home, after-school, or weekend) in CHO7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56854/25]
695. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for a child to access respite services in each CHO; the way in which these figures have changed since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56853/25]
694. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if private respite providers are being contracted to supplement oversubscribed HSE-run services; and if not, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56852/25]
693. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which funding for respite in each community healthcare organisation has changed over the past five years, with particular reference to CHO7; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56851/25]
692. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the increased disability funding in Budget 2026 will be ring-fenced for children's respite services, including after-school and weekend respite; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56850/25]
691. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the total number of respite hours currently available to children with disabilities in the CHO7 area; the types of respite provided (e.g. in-home, after-school, Saturday, residential, or emergency respite); the number of children currently availing of respite services and those on the waiting list for each category, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56849/25]
143. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland's participation in the Ukraine Recovery Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56945/25]
94. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had about the possibility of utilising €1.87 billion in frozen Russian assets for reparations for the war of aggression against Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56946/25]
204. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Finance if he will address a query relating to deemed disposal (details supplied) and Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56401/25]
213. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families in each county that will benefit from working family payment income thresholds increasing by €60 per week following Budget 2026, in tabular form. [55623/25]
212. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families and of children, in each county that will benefit from the back-to school clothing and footwear allowance extended to two-and three-year-olds following Budget 2026, in tabular form. [55622/25]
211. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families in each county currently receiving the working family payment that will qualify for the fuel allowance following Budget 2026, in tabular form. [55621/25]
88. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding being provided for affordable housing under Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53738/25]
15. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding paid out to date to vacant property refurbishment grant applicants; the number of homes which have been brought back into residential use from vacancy nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53739/25]
550. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the proposed primary care centre at Curlew Road, Drimnagh, Dublin 12, including a timeline for when the project will progress to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52943/25]
213. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider designating a Department between her Department and the Department of Children, Disability and Equality that can establish an independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53565/25]
212. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider establishing an independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53562/25]
465. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a dedicated daytime GP home visit service in the Dublin 12 area, in view of concerns raised by persons regarding the lack of access to such services for elderly and vulnerable individuals during regular daytime hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52893/25]
164. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to include COPD and asthma in the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52353/25]
104. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health for an update on the number of GP posts currently vacant or unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52352/25]
109. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans for a comprehensive review of means tests across the social welfare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50710/25]
106. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the means by which he is enhancing application processes within his Department, and providing additional resources where necessary, to ensure that individuals receive decisions on their applications in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50711/25]
602. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the process to be registered as a dentist with the Irish Dental Council, including the number of applicants that are accepted each year; the criteria to select applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49779/25]
601. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce an independent regulator for dentistry in Ireland that will oversee the registration of dentists, which is currently handled by the Dental Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49778/25]
1163. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the number of care facilities that cater for those with complex mental health needs, including the number of spaces currently available to new patients, as many are forced to travel to the UK for care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47843/25]
2212. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of persons who have been involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act 2001 in each of the past five years whose primary or secondary diagnosis was autism spectrum disorder and severe or profound intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45121/25]
1882. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider amending Ireland’s parental leave legislation to address the disparity faced by one-parent families, whereby children in such households are effectively entitled to only half the parental leave available to children in two-parent households; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44800/25]
1417. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will detail the number of homes that currently qualify for the fuel allowance, in tabular form, on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47082/25]
1408. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers that qualify for the carer’s allowance in the wake of changes to income disregards, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46770/25]
1407. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families and the the number of children that received the newborn baby grant, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46769/25]