361. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the implementation of the 23 recommendations contained in the Review of the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) published in January 2025; the number of recommendations fully implemented to date; the timeline for the remaining modifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54346/26]
360. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration will be given to extending the RAS pilot to cities outside of Dublin namely Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54343/26]
491. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average processing time for join-family visa applications sponsored by general employment permit holders; the steps being taken by ISD to expedite applications involving minor children separated from a parent working in the Irish care sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52696/26]
490. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider amending the non-EEA family reunification policy to grant immediate family reunification rights to general employment permit holders working in essential healthcare and home care roles, bringing their entitlements into alignment with critical skills employment permit holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52695/26]
489. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department will review the net income thresholds required for non-EEA family reunification, specifically for category C sponsors holding general employment permits in the health and social care sector; if he recognises the systemic barrier created when the State accepts a healthcare assistant's salary as sufficient for an essential work permit but insufficient to sponsor their minor children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52694/26]
118. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct public transport operators to allow dogs on all scheduled bus, rail and light rail services; the steps his Department is taking to standardise pet travel policies across all public transport operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52774/26]
234. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport if the NTA are independently auditing the ledger of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52322/26]
248. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the appointment of the chair of the board and the appointment of the full board for the new hospital in Limerick; if she will commit to the inclusion of a sexual assault treatment unit in the new hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52230/26]
460. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will review the operation of the economic value provisions applied by approved housing bodies in determining rents, particularly in the case of elderly tenants living in social housing funded by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51246/26]
459. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to undertake a review of the approved housing body sector to examine governance, financial sustainability, value-for-money, asset management, rent-setting practices and tenant protections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51245/26]
458. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has examined extending rent pressure zone protections, or introducing equivalent rent increase limits, to approved housing bodies providing social housing under the capital assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51244/26]
457. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the oversight his Department exercises over rent-setting policies of approved housing bodies funded under the capital assistance scheme; whether his Department has the power to intervene where proposed rent increases would cause financial hardship to elderly social housing tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51243/26]
456. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will consider introducing additional statutory protections for older persons living in approved housing body accommodation to ensure that tenants on fixed incomes are not subject to excessive rent increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51242/26]
455. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has received any reports regarding governance or financial concerns relating to a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51241/26]
454. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the proposed rent increases for residents of a facility (details supplied), whereby monthly rents are proposed to increase from approximately €371 to €571, with some individual tenants facing increases of up to 176%; his views on whether such increases are compatible with the objectives of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51240/26]
394. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the next review of the DEIS school programme will take place given that it has been four years since the last extension of the programme which used 2021-2022 Department of Education enrolment databases and 2016 national Census data as represented by the Pobal HP Deprivation Index; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51693/26]
448. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if there are guidelines governing the amount a GP can charge a medical card patient for completing a form (details supplied) [50337/26]
903. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of validated applications submitted by clinicians for Glucagon-like peptide-1, GLP-1, therapies under the drugs payment scheme that were rejected by the primary care reimbursement service, PCRS, system on account of diabetes only automated controls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49596/26]
902. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if the NCPE is evaluating the application of mounjaro and wegovy for severe metabolic and endocrine conditions alongside obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49595/26]
901. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the exceptional patient scheme or discretionary funding for GLP-1 medications for severe, treatment-resistant metabolic disorders, including polycystic ovary syndrome, PCOS, where insulin resistance cannot be managed by metformin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49594/26]
807. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when the current review of the core list of medications under the long-term illness scheme will be completed; the way in which a drug can be put forward for consideration under this review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49053/26]
267. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a list of all commercial and non-commercial State bodies, agencies, and extra-budgetary funds under the aegis of his Department, or whose financial allocations are monitored by his Department, which hold cash reserves or accumulated surpluses exceeding €5 million; the exact total of reserves held by each body as of their most recent audited financial statements; the official policy guidelines governing the retention of significant cash reserves by public bodies instead of capital deployment or return to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48740/26]
201. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to review the operation of local authority affordable housing purchase schemes, specifically the use of lottery-based allocation systems, in view of the fact that these systems are excluding applicants who have been on waiting lists for extended periods; if he plans to issue revised national guidelines to ensure greater transparency, fairness, and priority for long-term applicants in the allocation of affordable purchase homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47821/26]
107. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to ensure transparency in the home-buying process; if he will deal with artificial bidding wars, gazumping and ghost bids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47822/26]
98. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the HAP review will be published and enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47824/26]
84. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to introduce measures to reduce cost-rental rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47823/26]
80. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to tackle dereliction in advance of the introduction of the new derelict property tax; his plans to mandate local authorities to collect the millions in outstanding derelict sites levies; when the Government will introduce its new Compulsory Purchase Order Bill 2025 with streamlined and strengthened CPO powers; if he will consider introducing compulsory sale orders to bring vacant and neglected homes back into the housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48496/26]
255. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the concentration of fluoride added to public drinking water supplies remains within safe limits and is subject to adequate monitoring; if she will provide details of the current permissible fluoride levels and the frequency with which water quality testing is carried out; whether any recent reviews have been undertaken in respect of fluoridation levels in public water supplies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47891/26]
751. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when the review of the 2018 Model of Care is expected to begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47309/26]
750. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of the 110 dedicated eating disorder clinicians from the National Clinical Programme that are working full time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47308/26]
749. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health when the five CAHMS eating disorder teams that are funded but not operational will be in place and operational; the locations in which they will operate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47307/26]
748. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the details of staffing, or WTE, in each CAHMS eating disorder team, specifically the primary role of each unique staff member; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47306/26]
747. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant WTE posts in the CAHMS eating disorder teams, by CHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47305/26]
729. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if she plans to broaden the reimbursement criteria for GLP-1 medications, such as ozempic, under the drugs payment scheme or long-term illness scheme to include patients diagnosed with metabolic disorders, including polycystic metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovary syndrome, where insulin resistance is a core clinical symptom; her views on whether she intends to expand funding beyond restricting it exclusively to those with established Type 2 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47128/26]
468. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the upcoming National Planning Statement on short term lets will be published; if he intends to provide planning exemptions for historic properties that cannot contribute to long-term housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47774/26]
302. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers who have been refused an award of incremental credit from 2020 to 2026 to date for time spent teaching overseas; the reasons for these refusals; the appeal options available to these teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46851/26]
301. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Circular 10/01 amendments to the scheme for the award of incremental credit will be revised, particularly section 8, which refers to private schools within the EU but in practice is being applied to private schools both within and outside the EU. [46850/26]
230. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of homes built under section 33 of the Finance Act 2002 that resulted in the creation of licenses to reside rather than tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46856/26]
229. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of homes that were built under section 33 of the Finance Act 2002; the level of oversight, assessment or enforcement of these conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46855/26]