66. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of plans to open a speech and language class in Connemara, in order that families living in Connemara are not required to travel long distances to access a class; the details of analysis carried out by her Department, or bodies under the aegis of her Department, in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57645/25]
46. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the status of the development of Ireland's collective bargaining action plan; if the plan is on track to be completed and published by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57528/25]
45. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to increase the cap on the statutory redundancy payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57527/25]
626. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to take a judicial review in relation to the determination of 12 September 2025 by the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board in the case AP1/2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56622/25]
625. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce legislation to strengthen salmon farm licence regulations and enforcement, particularly in light of the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board determination of 12 September 2025 in the case AP1/2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56621/25]
599. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons deported to Afghanistan in each of the years since 2021 and to date in 2025, by gender, and whether the person was an adult or a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56978/25]
598. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders issued to Afghan citizens in each of the years since 2021 and to date in 2025, by gender and whether the orders were issued to an adult or a child, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56977/25]
597. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications received to the 2025 Humanitarian Admission Programme; the number of applications that have been approved; the number refused; the number of persons who have arrived in Ireland to date in 2025 under the programme; his plans to increase the number of spaces on the programme beyond the promised 50, given the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, and in particular the deepening women's rights crisis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56976/25]
596. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of the path to Irish citizenship for persons who arrived in Ireland under the Afghan Admission Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56975/25]
595. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the supports in place to assist persons who arrived in Ireland under the Afghan Admissions Programme; if their sponsor can no longer financially support them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56974/25]
594. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of approvals issued under the Afghan Admissions Programme; the number of persons that have arrived in Ireland to-date in 2025 under the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56973/25]
214. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which his Department intends to ensure that national co-financing for the EU Social Climate Fund is directed towards new or scaled-up measures targeting energy poverty, building renovation, and clean mobility for low-income households and vulnerable transport users, in line with the Social Climate Fund Regulation; and if he will outline how duplication or double-funding with existing schemes such as the Climate Action Fund and SEAI programmes will be avoided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56752/25]
213. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Budget 2026 makes provision for Ireland’s required national co-financing contribution (estimated at approximately €220 million) to match the €663 million in EU funding available to Ireland under the Social Climate Fund from 2026; under which Vote or Departmental subhead this national contribution will be allocated; if he will report on the way in which this funding will support the implementation of Ireland’s Social Climate Plan and measures targeting vulnerable households and transport users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56751/25]
201. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his recent engagement at EU level with regard to suspending the EU Israel Association Agreement; if he will push for full suspension of the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57191/25]
673. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who are in the international protection application process who were directly contacted by email in relation to voluntary return policy announcement made on 29 September 2025; and the number who are from the Occupied Palestinian Territories and who received such communication. [54556/25]
49. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of additional refuge units delivered to-date under the zero tolerance strategy; the locations of same; to provide an update on the delivery of the promised refuge units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54231/25]
18. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 1082 of 10 June 2025, the number of international protection applicants who have not been offered accommodation on arrival, by month, from May 2025 to-date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54232/25]
269. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he has taken to ensure the collection of data on the number of families and individuals accessing domestic violence refuges nationally. [54001/25]
268. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of domestic/gender/sexual-based violent incidents reported to An Garda Síochána in each division of the Dublin Metropolitan Region for the years 2018 to 2024, and the latest figures for 2025. [54002/25]
266. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of return orders issued under section 51A of the International Protection Act 2015 (as amended) in total and individually to the United Kingdom. [53986/25]
265. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the international protection child payment will be introduced. [53985/25]
264. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who are in the international protection application process who were directly contacted by email in relation to voluntary return further to the policy announcement made on 29 September 2025. [53984/25]
263. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide details of the rough sleeper verification process by which an international protection applicant not offered accommodation would receive an offer of accommodation. [53983/25]
262. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of international protection applicants who have not been offered accommodation on arrival in each month, to date in 2025. [53982/25]
261. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the policy of not offering accommodation to international protection applications will cease. [53981/25]
260. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who are in the international protection application process who were directly contacted by email in relation to voluntary return further to the policy announcement made on 29 September 2025 and who are an unaccompanied minor, received a vulnerability assessment, and the number of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Afghanistan who have received such communication. [53969/25]
237. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he has taken to reduce the number families made homeless because of domestic/sexual/gender-based abuse. [53989/25]
96. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage cad é stádas na dtreoirlínte pleanála don Ghaeltacht; cén uair a fhoilseofar na treoirlínte; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [53905/25]
81. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the rural housing guidelines; the timeline for publication of the guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53905/25]
147. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the total bed capacity of a community nursing unit in Carraroe (details supplied); the number of beds currently in use in the unit; the number of beds currently closed in the unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52338/25]
99. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of the promised new primary care centre on Inisbofin, following the transfer of land on which the airstrip is located from the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht in October 2024; the timeline for the delivery of the primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52337/25]
80. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if her Department’s review of the development control plan and strategic assessment report for the University Hospital Galway campus has been completed to date; if not, the expected timeline for the review to be completed and the documents returned to the HSE; the details of the enabling works underway; the details of any further enabling works planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52567/25]
26. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the development of a permanent successor scheme to the basic income for the arts pilot; his plans to publish the cost benefit analysis paper; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52574/25]
8. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on his Department’s engagement with Galway City Council regarding the next steps for the Pálás cinema in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52575/25]
125. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders which have been signed in respect of persons who have been refused International Protection in 2025; the number of persons who have been refused international protection and who left the State independently after being issued a deportation order, as well as those who were escorted from the State by the Garda National Immigration Bureau in 2025; the number of persons who were refused International Protection and who departed the State by way of voluntary return without being issued a deportation order in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52310/25]
124. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of S.56 family reunification cases that have been open for longer than two years, by nationality and number of beneficiaries included on applications, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52309/25]
123. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to explain the 'final immigration checks' of a S56 family reunification application; who carries out these checks; the average processing time of these checks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52308/25]
121. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current processing time for family reunification applications under S.56 International Protection Act; the FTE staffing levels of the family reunification unit in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52255/25]
993. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the membership of the Trading for Impact Stakeholder Engagement Group; the terms of reference of the group; the details of the meetings of the group to date, and the dates of same; the date of the next meeting of the group; when the minutes of meetings will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51196/25]
395. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the status of the action plan on collective bargaining; the timeline for the completion of the action plan; the timeline for the publication of the action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52042/25]
294. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport when the identified park and ride sites for Galway will be operational; the progress to-date on getting them up and running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51864/25]
119. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport further to Question No. 137 of 24 June 2025, the progress to date on the roll-out of light rail for Galway, following the publication of the feasibility study on 30 October 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51778/25]
99. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for a status update on the development of the Galway metropolitan area transport strategy; the timeline for the completion of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51768/25]
145. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to publish the report of the Interdepartmental Working Group which reviewed the system of means test for carer's payments; the timeline for the publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50760/25]
130. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection pursuant to the Programme for Government commitment to introduce a permanent cost of disability payment, the timeline for the introduction of the payment; the details of the planned payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50759/25]
29. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 22 of 19 June 2025, the status of the preparation of the Second National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights; if the plan has been finalised; the timeline for publication of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50785/25]
18. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number and value of dual-use export licence applications, in respect of end-users in Israel, approved by his Department by quarter to date in 2025; the number refused in each quarter to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50786/25]