2314. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine Ireland by 50%. [20198/25]
2313. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have used each of the HSE fertility hubs in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20197/25]
2312. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded hydrotherapy pools available for public use; and the locations of these pools, in tabular form. [20196/25]
2311. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthodontists and specialist orthodontists working within HSE dental services in Waterford for children from 2022 to date in 2025, by location, in tabular form. [20195/25]
2310. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric ophthalmology services nationwide. [20194/25]
2309. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the nature of future refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at the hospital over the next 18 months. [20193/25]
2281. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if home care workers employed by community and voluntary sector organisations and registered charities will be included in any moves to deliver parity between workers in this sector and their counterparts in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20058/25]
2280. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is her intention to deliver pay equality for workers in Section 39 organisations to bring their remuneration in line with their counterparts working in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20057/25]
2267. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of her Department and the HSE that home care workers directly employed by the HSE must retire on reaching 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20018/25]
1431. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection her Department's plans to review the hot school meals programme with regard to nutritional content and consistency with State-issued public health and dietary advice. [19712/25]
1301. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to increase the funding allocated to a local authority (details supplied) to ensure that an individual waiting four years for a replacement mobile home under the national preferential caravan loan scheme for travellers is accommodated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20213/25]
1300. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to increase the funding allocated to local authorities under the national preferential caravan loan scheme for travellers; if he is aware of the waiting lists faced by travellers needing a replacement caravan or mobile home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20212/25]
1299. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total monies paid out or committed by his Department to each local authority in respect of building social houses and apartments and home purchase for each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20192/25]
1298. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the child homelessness rate in Waterford for the last week in December for the past ten years. [20185/25]
1153. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if increased funding will be provided to county councils to meet the demand under the built heritage investment scheme 2025 as some applicants have been approved but have been placed on a reserve list; and if he will expedite a positive decision on the matter. [18625/25]
954. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans to engage with parents in Ardmore and surrounding areas whose children attend secondary schools in Dungarvan regarding additional capacity on the route in the form of a second school bus; if she is aware that the lack of capacity on the existing school bus means many parents are paying significant amounts weekly for a private bus service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19996/25]
953. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans to ensure students from the Coole Road in Ballysaggart and surrounding area can access a school bus service to a school (details supplied) for the academic year 2025-2026, if her Department will undertake to engage with parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19995/25]
929. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if a child is diagnosed with autism and receives a special class recommendation after the deadline of 19 February 2025, if the child is then not eligible to enter the appropriate education setting the following September for the 2025-2026 school year. [19780/25]
908. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the 2025/2026 academic year. [19571/25]
856. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the 2025-26 academic year. [19235/25]
725. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the grow digital voucher schemes offered by his Department through local enterprise offices are available to social enterprises and community and voluntary sector organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20059/25]
474. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport his Department's plans for the N72 Fermoy to Tallow road; and when TII will make an allocation for the badly needed work. [20191/25]
462. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation made by his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland for works in respect of the R671 and R672 this year; if he will provide details of each individual allocation. in tabular form. including scope, amount and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20054/25]
461. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation made by his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland for works in respect of the N24 this year; if he will provide details of each individual allocation, in tabular form, including scope, amount and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20053/25]
460. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation made by his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland for works in respect of the N25 this year; if he will provide details of each individual allocation, in tabular form, including scope, amount and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20052/25]
459. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation made by his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland for works in respect of the N72 this year; if he will provide details of each individual allocation, in tabular form, including scope, amount and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20051/25]
218. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names and positions of elected and or unelected officials who signed off on the decision to implement a definition (details supplied). [20189/25]
217. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade who in Government decided that the definition of antisemitism given by an organisation (details supplied) was to be adopted. [20188/25]
216. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade who lobbied the Government to implement an organisation's definition of antisemitism (details supplied), both within Ireland and externally. [20187/25]
215. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the definition of antisemitism given by an organisation (details supplied) was accepted by the Government in January of this year. [20186/25]
214. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned that Israeli activity in Gaza and the northern part of the West Bank forms a new wave of ethnic cleansing and land-grabbing; if he will condemn this illegal activity; the steps he will take to address it internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20096/25]
100. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding to the establishment of a democratic school in Waterford. [17724/25]
99. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education her Department’s approach to supporting democratic schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17723/25]
11. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that Israel is illegally withholding significant tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority, which it controls as a result of its ongoing illegal occupation; if the Government has raised this issue directly with Israel or at international fora; if the State will press for the release of this revenue to the Palestinian Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17699/25]
549. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education when her Department will reply to a school (details supplied) which wants to confirm a timeline with her Department with respect to a planned school extension which is urgently required, and to which it has not received a response since February 2025. [17469/25]
548. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education when her Department will make a determination regarding plans for the new school building at a school (details supplied) which have been with her Department since 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17467/25]
547. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education how she will remedy the issue of rising insurance premiums for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17466/25]
432. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education when her Department will reply to a school (details supplied) which wants to confirm a timeline with her Department with respect to a planned school extension which is urgently required, and to which it has not received a response since February 2025. [17468/25]
431. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education when her Department will reply to a school (details supplied) which wants to confirm a timeline with her Department with respect to a planned school extension which is urgently required, and to which it has not received a response since February 2025. [17468/25]
310. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the total monies paid out or committed by her Department to each local authority in respect of building social houses and apartments; and home purchase for each year 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16398/25]
243. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the numbers currently in HAP accommodation in each local authority, in tabular form and broken down by number of bedrooms approved. [16397/25]
242. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the numbers approved for social housing supports in each local authority, broken down by number of bedrooms approved, in tabular form. [16396/25]
241. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address the housing crisis as it impacts one-person households; if his Department will ensure one-person households can avail of the tenant-in-situ scheme; if he will allow housing authorities allocate suitable two-bed properties to qualifying one-person households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16395/25]
238. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total monies paid out or committed by his Department under the HAP scheme in each local authority in respect for each year 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16399/25]
184. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport when he will make a decision to provide State funding for the runway extension at Waterford Airport; the factors that remain under consideration by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16394/25]
238. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a pilot scheme for a limited hand line bass fishery similar to that in place in France and Britain. [16225/25]
237. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider introducing a scheme to decommission remaining salmon licences on a voluntary, last offer basis. [16224/25]
30. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend the regulations of his Department's funding scheme for local authority ports and harbours to include the costs of preparatory work, such as assessment and licensing work, which in the case of dredging can often cost more than the physical work; if he has been briefed on the current situation in Cé Heilbhic in An Rinn, Contae Phort Láirge, where lives and livelihoods are at risk due to the inability of vessels, including the lifeboat and local fishing fleet, to use the harbour at low water; if he will commit to working with all stakeholders to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3893/25]