850. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of people employed at the University Limerick Hospitals Group on career break, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36144/25]
849. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 13 awaiting dental screening; the length of time they are waiting, by CHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36143/25]
605. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to implement a ban on glyphosate use as has been done in other countries due to increasing research that it is probably carcinogenic to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35277/25]
496. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated list of all email addresses and phone lines for use by Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36142/25]
491. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on a unit set up within his Department by his predecessor to engage with local authorities in relation to the tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36072/25]
490. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline details of an unpublished 2023 directive from his Department to local authorities instructing them to purchase homes with tenants in situ where possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36071/25]
464. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the transfer of responsibility for OMCs from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to his Department will happen before the summer recess; if the regulations concerning sinking funds and service charges will be in place by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35583/25]
453. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if protections will be added for family home bed and breakfasts not to become commercially rateable properties, allowing them to maintain their family home status and be protected in legislation as non-commercial properties for the purpose of local authority rates, as has been the unofficial position since foundation of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35363/25]
441. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35287/25]
440. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to create a tracking system with the land registry to enable applicants to monitor the progress of their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35279/25]
437. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will immediately commence section 31 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, in order to restore rent-setting for local authority housing to a reserved function of elected councillors, as originally intended under the 2009 Act; the reason, in the absence of commencement, each local authority chief executive retains the power to set rents independently—without democratic input—leading to inconsistent policies across the country and a lack of transparency; his views on the recent Galway City Council case, where a proposed 3% rent increase and major reforms to the rent model were presented under executive function without councillor approval; if he will address concerns about these changes being introduced during a time of sustained inflation and hardship for low-income tenants; if the ongoing delay in completing the national rent scheme review still justifies withholding the commencement of section 31 of the 2009 Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35236/25]
432. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on bundles 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the public private partnership social housing projects; whether they will continue as public private partnerships or be dropped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36579/25]
431. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the schedule and timeline for commencement of each section of the Planning and Development Act 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36583/25]
408. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a timeline for construction to begin on a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36145/25]
310. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the protections or supports for the long-standing practice of family home bed and breakfasts that will be contained with the new short-term let legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35362/25]
306. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the short term letting and tourism Bill 2025 will pass through the Oireachtas before the recess in July, in light of the passage of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35242/25]
297. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the new infrastructure unit in his Department has been tasked with preparing an infrastructure priorities list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35753/25]
282. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the application for a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36141/25]
246. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters that have been sanctioned in Limerick in 2025, including a timeline for installation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36140/25]
245. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport for a timeline for the roll out of contactless payment technology in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36139/25]
205. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport the number of bus shelters that will be delivered in 2025, by local authority area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35239/25]
105. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his plans to rework the croí cónaithe (cities) and STAR schemes to allow them to function more effectively for a wider cohort of developers. [35903/25]
99. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the croí cónaithe scheme can be retrospectively applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27551/25]
28. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on PPP delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35897/25]
18. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department made a submission to the EU's consultation on an Affordable Housing Plan for Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35896/25]
14. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding will be released for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35898/25]
3. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the development of the Government’s housing plan; if it will be published before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35894/25]
282. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for a join family visa to be processed for a family where a non-EU citizen is joining their non-EU citizen spouse; if additional staff have been allocated to the visa processing department to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35033/25]
939. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps his Department will take to implement the recommendations of the Sahlberg report on the structure of teacher education in Ireland in respect of the integration of Marino Institute of Education with the Higher Education Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33710/25]
938. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if Marino Institute of Education will be brought under the auspices of the Higher Education Authority like all other ITE providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33709/25]
746. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the current resources and staff allocation to Limerick Palliative Care, including the provision for home care palliative care and residential palliative care; and the current vacancies within this service. [33526/25]
745. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged under 13 awaiting dental screening in CHO3, in tabular form. [33525/25]
744. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine that were on duty within the accident and emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick for each night of the week commencing 9 June 2025. between the hours of 8pm and 8am, in tabular form. [33524/25]
557. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost if the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance increased to €170 for children aged between 4-11 years old and €305 for children aged over 12. [33522/25]
493. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of capital investment in housing in 2024 and 2025 respectively by programme, in tabular form; to outline any additional capital investment in housing carried out by local authorities, the LDA and approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33759/25]
492. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of builders that have signed up to the statutory register under the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, broken down by year since 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33711/25]
483. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of Gas Networks Ireland. [33521/25]
392. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, in light to the popularity of Irish-medium education, she has any plans to increase the number of places offered on the course at Marino Institute of Education given the shortage of teachers applying for positions in Gaeltacht schools and Gaelscoileanna; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33707/25]
391. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, given that core funding for Marino Institute of Education has remained stagnant in 2005, she will review the core funding settlement for the institute with a view to index linking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33706/25]
390. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, given that Marino Institute of Education is a third-level higher education institute and not-for-profit charity funded directly by her Department, consideration will be given to extending the eligibility of free frees to students in the BSc in Early Childhood and BSc in Education Studies course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33705/25]
193. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the US Secretary of State in the past two months. [33520/25]
315. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an application has been submitted by Cork City Council for funding for emergency funding to replace mobile homes/caravans used for Traveller housing damaged during Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33274/25]
313. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the revised national planning framework will be published; if he will guarantee that it will be published before the Dáil summer recess to allow for immediate debate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33269/25]
312. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Government’s new housing plan will be published; if he will guarantee that it will be published before the Dáil summer recess to allow for immediate debate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33268/25]
275. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider applying the refund of fees for PME graduates retrospectively in order that students who graduated prior to 2024 are also eligible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33239/25]
910. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to providing QUIT campaigns with free NRT products to people addicted to vapes and nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32692/25]
909. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the way in which the Government’s legislative response to the rise in vaping intends to be future proofed and cater for novel products such as nicotine pouches; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32691/25]
820. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the total spend on homeless-specific measures by her Department in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32172/25]