655. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number children have received more than one assessment of need within a three-year period, broken down by constituency, in tabular form. [73023/26]
654. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the circumstances that justify a repeat assessment of need; and the way families and schools are informed of the reason. [73024/26]
653. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that information already gathered on a child's assessment of need is shared appropriately and that duplicate requests to schools are avoided. [73025/26]
652. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has considered whether repeat assessments of need are the best use of available resources, given the significant waiting lists for children awaiting assessment and support. [73026/26]
63. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps he has taken to ensure that a section (details supplied) in the Language Impact Statement in the Sustainable Rural and Gaeltacht Housing Draft National Planning Statement which is opposed by most Gaeltacht areas and all language groups, is amended. [72870/26]
41. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if the Government has allocated additional funding for SICAP; and the meaning of 'seeking efficiencies from the workers and organisations that deliver those programmes on the ground'. [72881/26]
417. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional ASD classes or special school places planned for the next school year; and when these will be confirmed. [73031/26]
416. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for children who cannot secure an appropriate placement in an ASD or special school place. [73034/26]
415. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in Waterford that require specialist placements for September 2027. [73027/26]
413. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of suitable places available for ASD and special school places this school year, broken down by constituency, in tabular form. [73030/26]
4. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP, funding for next year will be increased or decreased; and the way in which he expects to maintain the delivery of services under the programme if extra resources are not allocated while current costs increase. [73143/26]
3. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he expects the next iteration of Our Rural Future to be launched; and the way in which the Government intends to ensure that its rural development commitments are supported by adequate resources, measurable actions and clear delivery timelines. [73148/26]
687. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason the Model of Care for Long-COVID has not been updated since 2021; and if this Model of Care can be updated. [71419/26]
686. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a project manager for the dedicated Working Group to review and update the Long-Covid Model of Care has been appointed; and if not, the reason no appointment has be made. [71421/26]
487. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered extending the age limit for domiciliary care allowance from sixteen to eighteen-years-of-age. [71688/26]
486. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the assistance available to children who no longer qualify for domiciliary care allowance upon turning sixteen-years-of-age, yet do not qualify for disability allowance. [71692/26]
445. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to repeal any provision of legislation; or whether he will introduce legislation enabling him to review the scope, prioritisation and progression of individual projects where it appears that there are or will be delays; and to issue directions on priorities and progression. [72109/26]
444. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends on amending the legislation governing the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) to enable CRU to accept complaints made in good faith by residents associations where Uisce Eireann’s services have impacted on elderly or incapacitated members of any such residents association. [72113/26]
270. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school's (details supplied) building project. [71394/26]
85. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he has examined correspondence received by the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht regarding speed signage in Gaeltacht areas that continue to display speed limits in English only; and the steps he will take to overturn the rules laid out by his Department on the matter. [71606/26]
64. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he or his Department will work with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Bus Éireann, Waterford City and County Council and all relevant stakeholders to return the Bus Éireann route 40 service to Grange, County Waterford. [71383/26]
201. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the national standard operating procedure for the Irish Fire Service is that the fire service do not routinely call An Garda Síochána to every report of a fire they receive. [71029/26]
44. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking at EU level to secure increased fishing opportunities and quota allocations for the Irish fishing fleet. [70327/26]
177. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a households (details supplied) income after incapacitated tax credit is applied, is considered assessable income for social housing under the Housing Means Policy 2026. [70740/26]
669. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware of concerns that some people living with Friedreich’s ataxia may face significant delays in accessing a drug (details supplied) despite its reimbursement from 1 October 2026 due to capacity constraints at the Combined Ataxia Clinic at Tallaght University Hospital; the estimated timeframe within which all eligible patients will have commenced treatment; whether additional resources will be provided to support treatment initiation and monitoring; the current waiting time for a Friedreich’s ataxia clinic appointment; and the measures being taken. [70419/26]
402. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection If he will expedite an appeal for working family payment for a person in Waterford (details supplied). [70142/26]
305. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when applicants for the new basic income for the arts scheme can expect to be notified of the outcome of the selection process; and when the first payments are expected to reach successful applicants. [69496/26]
194. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that the new rules proposed in the Language Impact Statement in the Sustainable Rural and Gaeltacht Housing Draft National Planning Statement will significantly reduce the number of Irish speakers allocated new homes in Gaeltacht multi-unit development (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure that this section of the statement, which is opposed by Gaeltacht areas, is amended. [69273/26]
185. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is supportive of community led housing schemes and community land trusts in rural areas. [69239/26]
60. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Government’s position on the United States's embargo against Cuba; the representations made by Ireland through the European Union, the United Nations and in the most recent bilateral engagements with US officials in the past two months. [69237/26]
15. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the mobile maternity unit fundraised for by an organisation (details supplied). [69230/26]
371. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application (details supplied) for the formal education grant under the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025. [68156/26]
183. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration he has given to using changes to USC as a means of reducing the tax burden on workers in preparing Budget 2027; and the way in which this compares with changes to the higher rate of income tax in terms of who would benefit. [68516/26]
146. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will give a commitment that an issue (details supplied) will be specifically considered as part of the Budget process, rather than relying solely on general measures for the hospitality sector. [68517/26]
520. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a level eight (honours) degree (details supplied) is not included in the SUSI student grant scheme 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67810/26]
519. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the manner in which the recruitment of 25 professor positions for the TU sector will be advanced, including the timeline for recruitment; whether there will be a phased approach; whether individual TUs will compete to secure funding for positions, or if each TU has been assigned a number of positions for which they may recruit; if in the case of the latter the allocation by institution, and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67849/26]