627. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE cognitive behaviour therapy posts that were actually filled at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49946/25]
626. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologists, by grade that were based within older persons services in Waterford in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [49945/25]
595. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) will receive adequate broadband coverage to ensure that they are able to continue in their present employment. [47712/25]
594. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is aware of the fact that in many rural parts of the State existing broadband providers cannot or will not provide adequate broadband coverage; if his Department will acknowledge that this causes great inconvenience to residents in these areas and affects their mobility to work, particularly those who work from home; and the steps his Department will take to address this situation. [47711/25]
2775. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the initiatives in place to address rural depopulation in areas affected by it; and the way in which success is being measured. [47176/25]
2774. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the way in which his Department is measuring the impact of LEADER projects on rural job creation and enterprise development. [47175/25]
2773. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of CLÁR programme funding since 2015 by county, in tabular form. [47174/25]
2772. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of the funding allocated to community centres under the Community Centres Investment Fund, by county, since 2020, in tabular form. [47173/25]
2771. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of LEADER funding since 2015, by county, and in tabular form. [47172/25]
2749. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason the Summary Report from the Rural Youth Assembly 2024 acknowledges housing as a challenge for young people living in rural areas, but housing recommendations were not included in the delegates' final list of recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44723/25]
2748. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the details of the representatives of fishing communities that were invited to the consultations regarding the next iteration of Our Rural Future. [44721/25]
2525. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a retirement home (details supplied) in Waterford was closed; the reason for its closure; if her Department plans to reopen the facility as a public nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46563/25]
2513. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department will take to ensure that coronial postmortems will continue to be provided in the south-east region (Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow) after 1 January 2026, and if such steps will include the overturning of the HSE decision to withdraw such services from University Hospital Waterford. [46494/25]
2512. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to outline the process and reasoning behind the decision to discontinue coronial postmortems in University Hospital Waterford effective from 1 January 2026. [46493/25]
2511. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the planned discontinuing of coronial postmortems in University Hospital Waterford, effective from 1 January 2026 and that this will mean that no such postmortems can then be carried out in the south-east region from that date. [46492/25]
2208. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her views on whether the number of care workers currently working under the home support scheme is adequate to provide the full number of care hours approved for all recipients of the scheme; the steps she will take to address any such shortfalls identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45093/25]
2207. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently in receipt of the home support scheme in each county, in tabular form. [45092/25]
2206. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of care workers currently working under the home support scheme in each county, in tabular form. [45091/25]
1821. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the share of EMFAF funding that has been allocated to community-led local development projects in coastal areas. [47171/25]
1820. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the strategy for expanding Irish seafood exports into Asian markets; and how smaller producers are supported to participate. [47168/25]
1819. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide details of capital investment in the dredging of fishery harbours for every year since 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47167/25]
1818. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding streams available to support generational renewal in the fishing industry; and the number of young entrants under 30 years of age supported in the past ten years, in tabular form. [47166/25]
1817. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will be arguing at EU level that excess fishing fleet emissions from non-Irish EU boats fishing in Irish waters are contributing to climate change; and that species should be fished by fleets moored closest to those fishing grounds. [47165/25]
1816. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the EU is to reduce climate emissions of national fleets. [47163/25]
1815. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the level of carbon reduction mandated by 2030 for the EU fishing fleet under current EU legislation. [47162/25]
1814. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of appeals to the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board that are currently outstanding; the appeals with the longest waiting times; the average length of time for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47161/25]
1813. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide data on the number of inspections carried out by the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority since 2015, disaggregated by port, and the proportion of inspections resulting in sanctions or penalties, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47160/25]
1812. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he seeks to address the unfair Irish fish quota when Ireland takes over the Presidency of the European Council next year. [47159/25]
1811. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for details of Ireland's priorities at the next EU Fisheries Council negotiations; how his Department is ensuring fair distribution of quotas between large-scale operators and small inshore fishers; and how he plans for Ireland to be given a larger share of quota. [47158/25]
1810. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what consultation was undertaken with coastal and fishing communities before the finalisation of Ireland's EMFAF programme. [47157/25]
1809. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a county-by-county breakdown of fisheries and marine infrastructure spending since 2020, including harbours in Waterford. [47156/25]
1808. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the €156 million allocated to the seafood sector in 2025 will be broken down by programme area, including aquaculture, harbour development, fleet supports and community schemes. [47155/25]
103. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment given the International Court of Justice new advisory opinion (details supplied), and State's obligations under international human rights law, whether he is still undecided on his stance regarding the legal recognition of the right to a healthy environment at the Council of Europe. [44647/25]
94. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the current layout of the Community Benefit Fund relating to ORESS 2.1; and his views on whether it ensures that small-scale fishermen groups and fishing community groups can access funding as easily as larger groups. [47170/25]
18. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any assessment has been carried out of the impact of the EU-Mercosur agreement on Irish seafood exports. [47169/25]
3491. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding figures allocated by each fund under his Department's remit to each county since 2015, in tabular form. [43743/25]
3490. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if any of the recommendations around housing made during the Rural Youth Assembly 2024 have been acted upon.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43739/25]
3489. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of Rural Youth Assemblies that have taken place to date; and to share the summary reports. [43738/25]
3488. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the next Rural Youth Assembly is to take place. [43737/25]
3487. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he has engaged with the Minister for Transport, with regard to the Official Languages Acts, to discuss bilingual signage on speed signage in Gaeltacht areas that continue to display speed limits in English only; and if he will make an effort to overturn the rules laid out by the Department of Transport on the matter; ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43706/25]
3486. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding allocated by his Department for each Gaeltacht area for each year since 2015, in tabular form. [43702/25]
3483. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of engagement and consultation with farming communities for the next iteration of Our Rural Future. [43630/25]
3482. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of engagement and consultation with fishing communities for the next iteration of Our Rural Future. [43629/25]
3481. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason Our Rural Future lacks an independent review process to evaluate its impact, given that the OECD has criticised Ireland for 'monitoring gaps' in rural policy; and if he will commit to a debate in Dáil Éireann on an annual audit of the plan's outcomes. [43628/25]
3480. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of the actions in Our Rural Future explicitly address the unique needs of Gaeltacht communities, given that Irish-language sustainability was a stated priority; and the reason no dedicated funding stream exists for Gaeltacht-specific rural development under this plan. [43627/25]
3479. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a detailed breakdown of the Our Rural Future actions completed to date and detailed reasons for non-completion of actions. [43626/25]
3437. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he met with protesters who marched in Dublin over the issue of housing in the Gaeltacht; and his solutions to provide affordable housing to young Irish speakers in Irish speaking areas. [40796/25]
3436. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the rural proofing model pledged in Our Rural Future; the number of departments that have adopted the model; and if he will commit to statutory backing for the mechanism. [40788/25]
3435. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he is concerned about the decline of rural pubs in the past 20 years, as highlighted by a recent report (details supplied). [40787/25]
3434. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he is concerned about certain rural GAA clubs not being able to field adult and underage teams anymore. [40786/25]