116. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including Defence Forces infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Carlow in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33342/26]
52. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including Defence Forces infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Kilkenny in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33458/26]
50. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including Defence Forces infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Carlow in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33341/26]
133. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the measures that are being undertaken to ensure there are more public transport options for rural dwellers in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31280/26]
105. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide funding for increased car parking facilities in Carlow and Muine Bheag train stations in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31281/26]
64. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures that are being explored to ensure that his Departmental budget allocated for the fuel allowance scheme will be sufficient to provide for those in need next winter, in light of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31282/26]
13. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will increase his departmental budget allocation in budget 2027 to those in receipt of the State pension, in response to the increased cost of living as a result of the conflict in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31283/26]
62. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the measures being taken to ensure there are more public transport options for rural dwellers in Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31276/26]
33. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence for an update on the status of Operation Althea; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29086/26]
172. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work being done to ensure the Hereditary Cancer Steering Group includes next generation sequencing testing in its model of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28382/26]
149. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the measures being taken to provide treatments such as skyclarys (omaveloxolone) to patients with Friedrich's ataxia in Carlow and Kilkenny, and across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28381/26]
1629. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the national guidance or methodology planning authorities are required to apply when assessing the indirect visual and setting impacts of utility-scale renewable energy developments on monuments listed on the Record of Monuments and Places under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2004; whether it is considered adequate practice for an applicant's heritage impact assessment to conclude that impacts on a monument of acknowledged high visual sensitivity are negligible (details supplied); whether the National Monuments Service or the Heritage Council is consulted as a statutory consultee on planning applications where the development is located within the Zone of Theoretical Visibility of a Recorded Monument of national significance; whether he is satisfied that the current framework adequately protects the long-term setting of such monuments from incremental industrial-scale development in surrounding lands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23568/26]
1627. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the practical effect the EU (Planning and Development) (Renewable Energy) Regulations 2025, which transposed Renewable Energy Directive III (Directive (EU) 2023/2413) into Irish law, will have on the weight a planning authority is required to give to its own county development plan policies when determining applications designated as RED III development; if the statutory presumption that renewable energy developments are in the overriding public interest as introduced by those regulations effectively requires a planning authority to override or discount its own adopted development plan policies on landscape character, protection of agricultural land and residential amenity; if he is satisfied that the current legislative framework, as transposed, adequately preserves the ability of planning authorities to refuse or materially condition large scale solar farm applications where genuine and evidenced adverse impacts have been demonstrated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23561/26]
1626. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether national planning guidelines specific to utility scale ground mounted solar photovoltaic developments have been, or are proposed to be, issued under the Planning and Development Act 2024; whether the absence of such dedicated guidelines means that planning authorities are currently determining major solar applications without a nationally consistent policy framework; if he considers the variation in policy approaches across County Development Plans for example, where some county plans explicitly resist the loss of productive agricultural land to solar development whilst others contain only general or ambiguous policy objectives to be acceptable in the context of the proper planning and sustainable development of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23560/26]
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Valuation Act 2001 in order to provide that property occupied for the provision of early childhood care and education, where such is provided either otherwise than for profit or subject to Core Funding and caps on all provision at Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE Programme) rates, and property consisting wholly or partly of a building, which is used partly as a dwelling to a significant extent and occupied for childminding services, should not be rateable; and to provide for related matters.
151. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on her ongoing co-operation and collaboration with the Cypriot government, to prepare for the upcoming EU Presidency and to ensure a smooth transition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23058/26]
84. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the measures that she is undertaking to assist Irish citizens living in the Gulf region amidst the ongoing conflict in the Middle East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23059/26]
56. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme will reopen for applications in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23088/26]
33. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if there are plans to increase the overall allocation of funding for CLÁR programmes, in line with the expansion of the areas eligible for CLÁR funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23087/26]
966. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the work that is being done in conjunction with the HSE to address challenges in recruitment and retention affecting clinical practice tutors in radiography; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22063/26]
357. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the scope that is available to allow for the extension of working holiday authorisations for Australian nationals visiting Ireland past the current maximum stay of 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1634/26]
123. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he supports a drive to see the horticulture industry become eligible for Enterprise Ireland funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20938/26]
114. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he could create an exceptional payments scheme within his Department for farmers who lose livestock in flash flooding, akin to the response from his Department to flooding in January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20937/26]
50. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that primary responsibility for drone-related national security lies with An Garda Síochána and his Department, if he is fully confident that an Garda Síochána is fully and properly resourced to provide air defence for the entirety of Ireland’s presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20919/26]
36. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is fully confident that An Garda Síochána, and his Department, are fully and properly prepared to respond to any cyber or hybrid attack or potential attack that may occur during our presidency of the EU Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20920/26]
1914. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the current number of emergency ambulances available to serve Carlow town and county; the measures being taken to address delays and increase ambulance capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19469/26]
262. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the percentage of the €150 million in urban regeneration and development funding circulated to local authorities that has been drawn down to tackle dereliction, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17661/26]
157. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the development of the national centre of excellence for traditional skills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16774/26]
126. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health to expand cancer screening services in Ireland by introducing multigene next generation sequencing to allow for earlier diagnosis and better treatment outcomes for citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17626/26]
97. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the initiatives being undertaken to combat shingles amongst the over-65’s, including a vaccination programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17625/26]
168. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the progress made in implementing the National Counter Disinformation Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16773/26]
204. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the steps being undertaken to introduce an hourly train service between Waterford and Dublin, in line with the Strategic Rail Review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15494/26]
111. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the measures being taken to ease commuter traffic on the M7 from Carlow-Kilkenny to Dublin return; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15493/26]
76. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of unemployment benefits who have faced a reduction in their payments due to non-participation in required training, work experience, or attendance at Department of Social Protection meetings in the years 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15520/26]
17. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made on the introduction of pay-related carers benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15519/26]
357. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the budget allocation for companies to avail of tax credits under research and development for each of the years 2021 to 2025; the amount paid from that budget at the end of each calendar year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13989/26]
356. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of companies that were eligible for tax credits arising from research and development for each of the years 2021 to 2025 inclusive; the number of companies that successfully availed of this support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13988/26]
174. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being taken to increase applications for the SEAI solar PV grant in counties where there has been a notably lower uptake, such as Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14630/26]
153. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports that will be made available to foster families in the south-east to replace the services from an organisation (details supplied), which have recently been withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13260/26]
148. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to increase the early provision of SLT facilities to children in the Down's syndrome community in Carlow and Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13259/26]
43. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the measures taken thus far to secure a tenant or tenants for the fully completed, advanced technology building on the Dublin Road in Carlow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13258/26]
26. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the measures being put in place to grow tourism in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13257/26]
128. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13067/26]
127. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13066/26]
126. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13065/26]