914. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current number of authorised officers currently available for assisted admissions within the health service for each county, and for each CHO, in tabular form. [32712/25]
913. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current number of authorised officers currently available for assisted admissions within the health service in Waterford city and county; if she considers this an adequate number; the steps she will take to ensure there an adequate number of authorised officers available in Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32711/25]
904. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if HIQA gives advance notice to nursing homes and residential care centres prior to a visit and inspection.. [32631/25]
769. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE community general nurses based in Waterford in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31919/25]
768. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant obstetricians and gynaecologists based at University Hospital Waterford in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [31918/25]
720. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she will take to ensure that the number of preschool places available in Dungarvan and west County Waterford meets the needs of the growing population in the region. [32439/25]
719. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will have access to an appropriate preschool education in their locality. [32438/25]
717. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will receive individual occupational therapy intervention in a timely manner; if her Department will liaise with the parent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32404/25]
676. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE speech and language therapists based at Dungarvan children's disability network team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31925/25]
675. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians based in Waterford north city children's disability network team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31924/25]
674. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists based in Waterford south city children's disability network team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [31923/25]
653. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital works projects funded under the 2025 fishery harbour coastal infrastructure development programme in Dunmore East Fisheries Harbour Centre; and when each of those projects will be completed, in tabular form. [31921/25]
585. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to Waterford/Kilkenny Division as of 9 June 2025. [31922/25]
445. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the additional space promised for a school (details supplied) will be open by September 2025. [32550/25]
444. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth when contact will be made with a school (details supplied) that has been looking for a reply from her Department since January. [32549/25]
443. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) that was granted funding by her Department in December 2024 for additional space needed in September 2025, will finally be contacted by the design team given the school was promised contact in February. [32544/25]
442. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department agreed to provide an autism class for a school in 2023 (details supplied) and then refused funding this April; and when the full amount of funding needed will be provided. [32543/25]
441. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a response will issue to a school (details supplied) that have been denied a SNA without any detail on the reason the decision was reached. [32524/25]
201. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the capital budget allocation for his Department in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [32567/25]
179. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has authorised the use of social media influencers by the Irish Defence Forces for recruitment and communications; and his views on whether there may be conflicts of interest caused by social media accounts advertising careers in the Defence Forces while simultaneously sharing partisan content related to live conflict situations and international politics. [32080/25]
144. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 10 June 2025, when the forthcoming action plan on market diversification, which is being developed jointly by his Department and the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, will be published; and if further clarification will be provided on the specific steps that might be taken to protect the pharmaceutical industry should US tariffs be increased on pharmaceutical products from the EU. [32248/25]
93. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is concerned about the lack of a family resource centre in Dungarvan and that no service is available in west Waterford, south Tipperary or east Cork. [32422/25]
467. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider extending the speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy services schemes and provide opportunities, which are not currently available to all children under the remit of disability within the Department, as outlined in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31376/25]
346. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the situation in a school (details supplied) where a pupil that will enter the school in September requires 2 SNAs but sanction has only been given for 1.5, with the recommendation that .5 be reallocated from another child; if this is the policy of her Department; if she considers this an outworking of the SNA cap; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31555/25]
345. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the instruction her Department is giving schools that do not have enough SNA resources to cater to the needs of their pupils. [31554/25]
344. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department requires schools to assign resources for academic year 2025/26 from their current complement of SNAs irrespective of increased need for SNA resources. [31553/25]
343. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has effectively capped SNAs staffing levels for secondary schools; and if any impact assessment has been taken regarding this measure. [31552/25]
100. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth following her announcement that she will give €65 million in minor works and ICT funding for schools, if she will explain the rationale for providing the same minor works grant to all schools when older buildings need increased funds to be maintained; if older school buildings will receive increased minor works funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30148/25]
83. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total cost of the most recent public recruitment campaign for the naval forces; and the current number of new recruits who have joined the force since the campaign began. [31307/25]
36. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the contact that has been made with the Israeli Government after Irish peacekeepers in southern Lebanon having most recently came under fire from the Israel Defence Forces, IDF, at the end of May, which followed on from attacks by the IDF on Irish diplomats; how the Israeli Government has sanctioned the IDF soldiers involved in firing live ammunition at Irish citizens; and the security guarantees for Irish peacekeepers and diplomats he has demanded from the Israeli Government. [31306/25]
158. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will implement the call in a recent report (details supplied) and provide Government investment for the post office network by providing funding for a strategic investment of €15 million per year for five years. [31111/25]
157. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his plans to stop the closure of post offices in rural Ireland. [31109/25]
132. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth following her announcement of €65 million in minor works and ICT funding for schools, if she will confirm the difference between funding allocated in 2024 and the funding for 2025.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30146/25]
1593. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will undertake their ADHD assessment in a timely manner and if she will engage with the child’s parents on the matter. [30354/25]
1365. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health is she is aware of recognition and registration issues impacting a social worker (details supplied), whose principal social work qualification is from a university in another EU member state, if she will intervene to ameliorate this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29356/25]
1170. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her position on the recognition or otherwise of university-level social worker qualifications from other EU member states by CORU and TUSLA, and if she considers that refusals or delays in recognising such qualifications is hindering the recruitment and retention of social workers. [29355/25]
877. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if any upcoming supports, such as a PRSI rebate, may include businesses that are not paying commercial rates, such as businesses that are renting their workspaces as opposed to those that own their premises. [28984/25]
876. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to the introduce an employer PRSI rebate for small firms or any other plans that might support small and micro-enterprises in rural counties such as Waterford. [28983/25]
741. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to reform commercial rates or any other plans that might support small and micro-enterprises in rural counties such as Waterford. [28982/25]
514. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to increase the number of ASD early intervention preschool classes in Dungarvan County Waterford, given the fact that access and inclusion model support in mainstream preschool may not be appropriate for every child with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29091/25]
513. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if plans are in place to open another ASD early intervention preschool class in Dungarvan, County Waterford, given the demand in the area and the fact that there is only one such class in the area (details supplied), which is full for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29090/25]
194. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 29 May 2025, to ask for clarity on what his definition of 'Israeli security needs' are, in reference to his written reply. [29781/25]
193. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific steps he might consider taking to protect the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland should there be an increase in tariffs on EU pharmaceuticals in the US. [29779/25]
455. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice the steps he will take to ensure that the Legal Aid Board is properly funded and resourced, so as to be able to hire temporary replacement staff in cases where existing staff are on maternity leave. [28470/25]
369. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department will take to fast-track the approval of funding for an outside modular unit to provide an additional special class at a school (details supplied). [28856/25]
203. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he agrees with the comments of an tUachtarán at the recent National Famine Commemoration that the General Assembly of the United Nations should exercise its powers under ‘Uniting for Peace’ to bypass the Security Council and authorise collective action to preserve life in Gaza in the face of Israel’s genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people. [26756/25]
189. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to offset the potential negative impacts of a trade war with the US on the life sciences sector in Ireland, in particular the pharmaceutical industry; and the engagements he has had with workers and employers, and the representatives, in this regard. [26755/25]