947. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the incentives he plans to introduce to alleviate the tax burden on home support health care assistants as means of addressing the retention crisis in the profession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25764/26]
946. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will recognise that the level of tax paid by home support health care assistants is forcing many such workers to leave the profession; if he will recognise that this is having a detrimental impact on families who depend on such home support services,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25763/26]
635. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if the planned Local Link Waterford service between Dungarvan and Carrick-on-Suir will be delivered this year as initially planned. [24004/26]
634. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport to produce details of each Local Link service planned for rollout in 2026 under the Connecting Ireland, by county, to include route, date approved and proposed service start date, in tabular form. [24003/26]
633. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if Local Link services planned for rollout in 2026 under the Connecting Ireland Plan will be delivered in 2026; and if not, if it is delayed until next year to account for this delay. [24002/26]
629. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport whether the signage indicating a reduction of speed from 100km/hr to 80km/hr on the N25 near Glenmore, between Waterford and Wexford where a static speed camera is situated is adequately visible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23838/26]
628. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the standards for signage for static speed cameras and for speed limit changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23837/26]
511. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the action that will be taken to clear the backlog of applicants to the SEAI warmer homes grant waiting for a surveyor to be allocated; and for applicants waiting for works to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26693/26]
510. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason it can take up to 14 months from date of application to the SEAI warmer homes grant for a surveyor to be allocated, and 24-26 months from date of application for works to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26690/26]
330. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will raise Israel's newly enacted death penalty law, passed on 30 March 2026 formally at the EU Council and the UN Human Rights Council. [26353/26]
310. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions she will take to ensure a child (details supplied) has a place in afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23055/26]
1060. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he will write to the Minister for Transport regarding speed signage in Gaeltacht areas that continue to display speed limits in English only; and if the Minister for Transport will take steps to overturn the rules laid out by the Department on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21397/26]
1059. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the extent of further and higher education and research links between Ireland and Japan; and the way in which those links will be further enhanced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22288/26]
999. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of minor and major treatment areas within the accident and emergency department of University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22287/26]
998. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists based at University Hospital Waterford as of 16 March 2026, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22286/26]
995. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if her Department is examining the expansion of the approved appliances and drugs under the long-term illness scheme in light of ongoing difficulties with the approval request process for pharmacies; the impact these difficulties are having on people with disabilities and other long-term illness card holders who are being required to pay upfront for necessary prescribed items; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22272/26]
994. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if holders of a long-term illness card are entitled to receive blister packs (medication compliance aids) free of charge where they are clinically required; if this entitlement is provided for under the long-term illness scheme or other community drug schemes; the guidance that has been issued by the HSE to pharmacies in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22271/26]
834. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she will take to ensure a child (details supplied) has a place in after-school services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22125/26]
791. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children attending Irish medium pre-schools over the last 25 years, by year, in tabular form. [21387/26]
745. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department considers small and medium-scale abattoirs to be critical rural infrastructure. [21404/26]
744. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contingency planning that exists when a single plant suspension removes processing access for small producers. [21403/26]
743. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department conducted an assessment of regional slaughter capacity in light of organic expansion targets. [21402/26]
742. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he acknowledges that certain regions now have no viable access to certified organic slaughter facilities. [21401/26]
730. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of marked and unmarked Garda vans attached to Waterford-Kilkenny Division as of 18 March 2026, in tabular form. [22290/26]
654. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider extending the vacant property refurbishment grant to cover agricultural buildings and structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22438/26]
653. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage where it stipulates that agricultural buildings and structures are not eligible for the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22437/26]
652. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason agricultural buildings and structures are not eligible for the vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22436/26]
554. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider introducing a new fund to allow Coimisiún na Meán to fund media companies that cater for the Irish diaspora in the United States. [21395/26]
454. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new primary school teachers funded by her Department over the last 15 years, by year, in tabular form. [21393/26]
453. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new post primary school teachers funded by her Department over the last 15 years, by year, in tabular form. [21392/26]
452. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new post primary school teachers registering with the Teaching Council over the last 15 years, by year, in tabular form. [21391/26]
451. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new primary school teachers registering with the Teaching Council over the last 15 years, by year, in tabular form. [21390/26]
450. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students attending Irish medium primary schools over the last 25 years, by year, in tabular form. [21386/26]
449. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students attending Irish medium post primary schools over the last 25 years, by year, in tabular form. [21385/26]
448. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the construction timeline and amount of funding approved for the permanent building recently approved for a school (details supplied). [21384/26]
344. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has calculated the estimated cost of a €5,000 per-vehicle scrappage scheme for private diesel cars registered before 2012. [22289/26]
279. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been brought to the fact that only five of the thirteen daily scheduled services between Waterford and Cork on Bus Éireann’s Route 40 serve Kilmacthomas, County Waterford, that frequently these five stops are not made at all due to ‘ghost buses’ or cancelled services (details supplied); if he will take steps to rectify this issue for Kilmacthomas and ensure that the five scheduled services are consistently delivered on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21459/26]
272. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence the number and percentage of applications from females to join the Permanent Defence Forces at the most recent army cadetship recruitment campaign. [22285/26]
2035. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will implement a plan to support individuals with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, including the development of specialist multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring enhanced and immediate access to givinostat (Duvyzat) and similar treatments. [20014/26]
1982. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if agency workers working as health care assistants who are not employed directly by the HSE will be entitled to basic protections such as sick pay or guaranteed hours (details supplied). [19851/26]
1867. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the per-capita health capital spend in each region in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [19325/26]
1831. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a bus service (details supplied) is facing a reduction of service to only three days a week; if so, the reason for this reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19173/26]
1658. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is obliged, under existing legislation, policy, service level agreements, or national guidelines, to provide funding to agency care companies to ensure that agency care workers receive appropriate medication handling and administration training in order to organise and administer daily medication for clients who are medically competent to make decisions regarding their own medication but are physically unable to manage it themselves; noting that medication handling and administration training is available through HSeLanD; if she will clarify whether the availability of such training on HSeLanD satisfies the HSE's obligations in circumstances where agency staff require funded training time and accreditation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18244/26]
1453. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government is considering adding the dogo argentino breed to the current restricted dog breeds list under the Control of Dogs Regulations 1998. [19735/26]
1330. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to review a D visa application for a person (details supplied [19748/26]
1312. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the Garda numbers per capita in each county, in tabular form. [19328/26]
1054. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes delivered in every county in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [19323/26]
766. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total spend of her Department on new school buildings, renovations and extensions in each county, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [19327/26]