171. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware that a 23-year-old woman (details supplied) has been sentenced to death in Iran; and if she will engage with her European counterparts to condemn this death sentence. [75098/26]
393. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the current age eligibility rules for the Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) scheme; and if she accepts that children born in January are at a distinct educational disadvantage as they will not be 2 years and 8 months old by the time September comes around. [75102/26]
279. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can guarantee that the Department engage with a school (details supplied) to ensure that the SEN Transport Application is submitted without further delay; and if her Department, the NCSE and the school will work together to ensure that the assessment and transport process does not take too long for the family. [75111/26]
208. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the protections available to investors affected by the insolvency of a company (details supplied); the status of outstanding complaints submitted to the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman concerning advice provided by a company; whether pre liquidation advice and professional indemnity insurance remain available as avenues of redress; how the transfer of (details supplied) regulated client servicing business is supervised by the Central Bank; and which authority is responsible for ensuring that former clients receive adequate support during the liquidation process. [74967/26]
195. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 71103/26, if he can refer the question to the National Transport Authority as Dublin Bus have said that "any requests for the provision of additional routes and services should be directed to the NTA.". [74987/26]
268. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question 69685/26, to outline the specific criteria and weighting applied in the SÍOL selection process; the method which the available Pobal deprivation data was assessed in relation to Darndale; the reason there is no appeals process; and to outline the likelihood and process for additional areas being considered for inclusion in 2027 following Budget 2027. [74742/26]
229. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of children that are currently waiting for an occupational therapist assessment in the HSE Dublin and North East Region; the number of children that are currently waiting for a psychologist assessment in the HSE Dublin and North East Region; and the steps her Department are taking to address this backlog. [74721/26]
189. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health whether funding for UMAAP for 2027 has been secured; the amount allocated; when funding will be confirmed; and whether she will consider putting UMAAP on a multi-annual funding footing. [74551/26]
181. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of occupational therapists and psychologists currently employed by the HSE in the Clontarf, Kilbarrack, Coolock and Coastal Children's Disability Network Teams. [75512/26]
165. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to commit to rescheduling the meeting with an organisation (details supplied) at her earliest opportunity. [74693/26]
41. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will commit to meaningful engagement with trade unions on the concerns they have outlined with respect to a new public service agreement; if he will ensure that this engagement is based on a credible approach to pay based on the cost-of-living challenges identified by the public services unions; and if he will guarantee a genuine negotiation process capable of rebuilding trust and confidence in public service industrial relations. [74840/26]
37. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the position of retired members of private sector pension schemes whose pensions were permanently reduced to meet the 2011 to 2015 pension levy, and whose cumulative losses now substantially exceed the levy amounts attributable to them; if he accepts that a levy described as temporary has had a permanent effect on these pensioners and their surviving spouses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74659/26]
835. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department will take to protect families whose childcare providers do not participate in core funding; whether alternative affordability measures or incentives could be introduced to encourage providers to rejoin the core funding scheme; and if her Department has considered ways in which parents can be protected from substantial fee differences when they have limited practical alternatives for childcare. [73972/26]
687. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm if a different practice previously operated in relation to Gaza resident Palestinian students in 2025 whereby they were not required to provide all documents set out on his Department's website in support of their application, with accommodations being made for the situation in Gaza. [73746/26]
686. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of appeals that have been submitted to refusals of long-stay student visa applications for Gazan resident Palestinian students in 2025. [73745/26]
685. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm the number of appeals received in 2026 in relation to refusals of long-stay student visa applications for Gaza resident Palestinian students; and the anticipated.processing time for such appeals. [73736/26]
684. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to confirm if any visa appeals for Gaza resident Palestinian students have ever been dealt with by email rather than by post; and if so when; and the date. [73738/26]
683. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if visa appeals from Palestinian students (whether currently resident in Gaza or otherwise) have ever previously been expedited prior to October 2026; the timeframe in those cases from appeal to determination; and if those were Government scholars or others. [73743/26]
682. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of refusals of long-stay student visa applications for Gazan resident Palestinian students in 2025. [73744/26]
681. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of long-stay student visa applications for Gazan resident Palestinian students processed in Dublin which were approved in 2026, broken down between students with Government scholarships and those without. [73731/26]
674. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if all long-stay student visa applications for Gazan resident Palestinian students in 2026 were processed in Israel or some were processed in Dublin; and the breakdown in numbers. [73721/26]
673. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of long-stay student visa applications for Gaza resident Palestinian students processed in Israel which were approved in 2026; and the breakdown between students with Government scholarships and those without. [73722/26]
508. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) will have to merge their 5th, and 6th classes due to them being down a teacher; to explain the way in which a new student-teacher ratio of 35:1 meets the Programme for Government's stated objective of 19:1; and if she will engage with the school to ensure that their existing school teacher allocation will remain in place to ensure the needs of all children are met. [74451/26]
482. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case of a person (details supplied) who has not yet been provided with school transport, despite their application for school transport being approved back in January. [73752/26]
675. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the maximum weekly and annual parental fees for each core funding band after the proposed changes announced in Budget 2027. [72950/26]
674. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers that currently fall into bands E and F. [72954/26]
673. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated number and percentage of families who will actually pay €550 or less per month; the average saving per family, rather than the saving calculated from the two maximum fee levels; to clarify if the €550 proposed cap is a monthly cap or is calculated on the basis of four weeks; and to outline the actual saving for a family using a typical full time Dublin crèche offering more than 50 hours per week. [72970/26]
231. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the revised allocation for Vote 27 – International Cooperation for 2026, announced yesterday as €855 million, falls €11.4 million below the Budget 2026 allocation of €866.4 million as published in the Revised Estimates for Public Services; if she will clarify how this reduction aligns with the Government’s stated commitments on Ireland’s international development programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73142/26]
449. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the design team has submitted the tender report in relation to the new school building project for a school (details supplied) to her Department; and if construction is still due to commence in Q4 2026. [72871/26]
441. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider including schools (details supplied) in the first tranche of changes following her Departments primary school survey. [73194/26]
440. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the vetting process for staff in special schools; and to outline the process that takes place if it has been established that there is a recorded TUSLA finding of concern against a particular candidate. [73196/26]
418. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will carry out a review of patronage of national schools in the Killester, Raheny, Clontarf school planning area to ensure that parents’ clear preference for multi-denominational provision is met. [73050/26]
363. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the regulatory protections available to investors where an investment vehicle has entered liquidation and the regulated intermediary that advised on or serviced that investment has also entered liquidation (details supplied); the responsibilities that a regulated intermediary retains for advice provided prior to liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72705/26]
362. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the purpose and regulatory effect of transferring a regulated clientservicing business from a firm in liquidation to another entity (details supplied); the protections available to former clients in relation to professional indemnity insurance and ongoing communication; and which body is responsible for ensuring that affected clients are adequately informed and protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72706/26]
354. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for and updated timeline for the completion of a review (details supplied). [73195/26]
338. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the reason the non-statutory public consultation on the emerging preferred option for the FourNorth project, due to take place in 2026, has now been delayed to the first half of 2027; and if he will ensure that this emerging preferred option is made available to the public as soon as possible. [72577/26]
310. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport to confirm if funding has been allocated to the implementation of Phase 8 of BusConnects as part of Budget 2027; and to outline the timeframe for this phase of BusConnects to be introduced. [72868/26]
918. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding streams for local authorities such as Fingal Country Council to progress an upgrade to Howth library. [72179/26]
803. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the action her Department has taken to crackdown on the sale of high-risk synthetic cannabinoids found in vapes. [71415/26]
549. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on an application to revoke a deportation order by a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an outcome on this application. [72066/26]
448. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the development of the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; when the Bill will come before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if the remediation scheme will cover balcony defects. [72181/26]