Draft National Planning Statement on Sustainable Rural and Gaeltacht Housing: Discussion
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2026
Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2026
Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2026
177. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of enforcement notices issued by the Revenue Commissioners under the residential zoned land tax, by local authority area and year, in tabular form. [66401/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2026
Joint Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2026
34th Dáil
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
85. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on relations between Egypt and Ireland. [65410/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
1523. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of full-time IT specialists at the grade of higher executive officer based within his Department as of 7 September 2026, in tabular form. [65412/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
1379. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and genetic resource associates that have been recruited into HSE in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [65414/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
1378. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmic surgeons posts filled at University Hospital Waterford as of 9 September 2026; and if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [65413/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
1062. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE speech and language therapists posts, by grade that have been filled within intellectual disability services in CHO5 area as of 9 September 2026, in tabular form. [65411/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
665. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of development plan variations undertaken by local authorities arising from the recent Ministerial request concerning additional land for residential development in respect of which the Office of the Planning Regulator has identified issues, made recommendations or recommended a Ministerial direction; and to provide a breakdown by local authority and the nature of the issue identified, in tabular form. [64189/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
664. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of draft or final Ministerial directions which have arisen from development plan variations undertaken following the recent Ministerial request concerning additional land for residential development; the local authorities concerned; and the reason for each direction and its current status, in tabular form. [64190/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
663. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department assessed, prior to requesting local authorities to undertake development plan variations concerning additional land for residential development, the potential for those variations to conflict with existing development plans, regional spatial and economic strategies, the National Planning Framework or other statutory planning requirements; and, if so, to provide details of that assessment. [64191/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
1448. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for an urgent appointment at the breast clinic at University Hospital Waterford; the average waiting time for a non-urgent appointment; her plans to reduce these waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65771/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
1447. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the criteria needed for a referral for a breast clinic appointment to be classed as urgent at University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65772/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
1321. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the position of a paediatric physiotherapist in Dungarvan primary care centre is vacant; if so, when this vacancy will be filled given west Waterford is without a HSE paediatric physiotherapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65169/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
1223. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be reimbursed under the Cross Border Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64707/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
934. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of stinger courses held for gardaí within Waterford-Kilkenny division in 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of gardaí that participated in each of those courses, in tabular form. [65420/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
922. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department calculated the additional immigration-registration fees that will be paid by lawful residents as a direct result of extending the citizenship residence requirement from five to eight years; and his plans to reduce or waive those fees. [65188/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
558. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to accommodate a small number of concessionary students (details supplied) who did not receive seats for an existing school bus route from Ballymacarbery to Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65047/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 September 2026
301. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers currently employed under PSO routes in Waterford; and the number considered a full cohort. [65416/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 September 2026
2091. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he would expedite a review (details supplied) for working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63518/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 September 2026
1487. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department intends to lift the restriction on job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/27; if her Department is considering refusing the extension; the justification for preventing qualified and experienced teachers from filling substitute vacancies at a time when schools need them while at the same time continuing to allow unqualified students etc to fill these vacancies. [63379/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 September 2026
1120. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options that are available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60026/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 September 2026
984. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he will extend multi-annual funding to all community and voluntary organisations providing essential services on behalf of the State (details supplied). [63882/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 September 2026
577. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the estimated amount it will cost to repair Bus Éireann buses for noise issues from 2025 until completion of work on all buses with these issues; the source of this funding comes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63525/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 September 2026
576. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of Bus Éireann buses that have been repaired for noise issues from 2025 to date; the nature of this work; the number of buses that are yet to be done; the depots with buses with noise issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63523/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 September 2026
575. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the procedure for repairing Bus Éireann buses for noise issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63522/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 September 2026
574. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport to provide a report by the Health and Safety Authority on a complaint (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63521/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 September 2026
568. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the reason the TFI Waterford Bus Red Zone Leap Card does not have daily and weekly fare capping as is available in Dublin and Cork. [63392/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4313. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the value of funding approved under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund and Town Centre First programme for each local authority area since the establishment of each scheme, together with the status of every approved project, in tabular form. [59541/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4309. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the value of LEADER funding approved by each Local Action Group in each of the past ten years, by project category and county, in tabular form. [59450/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4308. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the value of funding approved under the town and village renewal scheme, CLÁR, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, the Community Centre Investment Fund and the Community Recognition Fund for each local authority area, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [59449/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4287. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department is currently preparing or intends to prepare a national strategy to address loneliness and social isolation; the current status of any such work; the anticipated publication date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58133/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4286. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department intends to carry out a feasibility study or impact assessment on the introduction of a voluntary code for bilingual labelling and packaging, as provided for under the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030; whether a lead official has been assigned to progress this commitment; the work that has been undertaken to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58129/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4285. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when decisions will issue to applicants under the Scheme to Support National Organisations for the period 2026 to 2029; the number of applications received; the total value of funding sought; the total funding available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58128/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4284. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the Local Enhancement Programme; the total funding allocated in 2026; the number of applications received, approved and refused,; whether he intends to expand the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58127/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4283. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding allocated to each local authority under the local improvement scheme; the total amount expended; the total amount returned unspent to the Department; and the number of roads approved and completed, in each year from 2020 to 2026 to date, in tabular form,. [58126/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4282. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the Broadband Connection Points initiative, including the number of Broadband Connection Points originally planned, the number currently operational, by county, the number no longer operational, the funding allocated and expended on the initiative to date, and the utilisation levels of each Broadband Connection Point; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58125/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4231. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total Exchequer funding allocated to each technological university and university in each of the past ten years, together with student enrolment numbers, staffing levels and capital investment; and if he will provide the information, in tabular form. [59273/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4104. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS-contracted general practitioners practising in each county in each of the past ten years, together with the number of GMS list closures and new contracts awarded during the same period, in tabular form. [59300/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4093. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting primary care services, by discipline, Community Healthcare Network and length of wait, in tabular form. [59297/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4092. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staffing levels for each grade employed in each HSE health region for each of the past ten years, together with the approved staffing complement, the number of vacant posts and the vacancy rate, in tabular form. [59296/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
4091. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the whole-time equivalent staffing levels in each community mental health team and CAMHS team, together with the approved staffing complement and vacancy rate, broken down by HSE health region; and if she will provide the information in tabular form. [59274/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
3919. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health whether her Department is preparing or intends to prepare a national strategy to address loneliness and social isolation as a public health issue; the engagement that has taken place with other Departments on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58134/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
3835. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health for an update on the planned delivery of Jigsaw youth mental health services in County Waterford, including the expected opening date for a permanent in-person service in Waterford city; the current status of the project; the funding allocated; staffing arrangements; and plans to provide outreach services across County Waterford. [57874/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
3834. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for nursing home support scheme funding who are awaiting placement due to the unavailability of a nursing home bed, by county, in tabular form. [57873/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
3833. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide the sanctioned WTE, filled WTE, vacant WTE, temporary agency WTE and recruitment status for public health nursing services by county, in tabular form. [57872/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
3832. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of theatre sessions cancelled at University Hospital Waterford due to a lack of inpatient bed capacity, by month over the past three years, in tabular form. [57871/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
3831. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who waited more than 12 hours in the emergency department at University Hospital Waterford before admission, by month since January 2022, in tabular form. [57870/26]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 July 2026
3830. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges at University Hospital Waterford by month since January 2022, in tabular form. [57869/26]