260. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for a Public Services Card processed at each Intreo centre, branch office and dedicated PPSN and PSC centre in each of the years 2024, 2025 and in the period 1 January 2026 to 1 July 2026, in tabular form. [66050/26]
258. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the offices at which an appointment for Public Services Card registration may be booked online through MyWelfare.ie; the offices at which registration is available on a walk-in basis only; and the number of such appointments booked online in each of the years 2024 and 2025 and in the period 1 January 2026 to 1 July 2026, in tabular form. [66052/26]
257. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff assigned to each Intreo Centre and Branch Office, expressed in whole-time equivalents and broken down by grade, at 31 December 2024, at 31 December 2025 and at 1 July 2026; and the number of vacant posts at each such office at 1 July 2026, in tabular form. [66053/26]
256. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the timetable for the extension of online appointment booking for Public Services Card registration to all offices at which that service is provided; and the criteria applied in determining the order in which offices are brought onto that facility. [66054/26]
255. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of new claims for social welfare payments registered at each Intreo centre and branch office in each of the years 2024, 2025 and in the period 1 January 2026 to 1 July 2026, in tabular form. [66044/26]
254. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseeker signing and certification appointments conducted in person at each Intreo centre and branch office in each of the years 2024, 2025 and in the period 1 January 2026 to 1 July 2026, in tabular form. [66045/26]
253. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications received by the Community Welfare Service for basic supplementary welfare allowance, for additional needs payments and for exceptional needs payments, at each office at which Community Welfare Services are provided, in each of the years 2024, 2025 and in the period 1 January 2026 to 1 July 2026; and the number of such applications awarded in each case, in tabular form. [66047/26]
237. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the departmental review on income thresholds is due to be completed. [66056/26]
204. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the case of (details supplied); and if her officials will investigate the case. [66055/26]
4074. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount allocated to Skillnet Ireland in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026; the accumulated surplus in the National Training Fund at the end of each of those years, in tabular form; the amount allocated in each of those years to networks serving the independent broadcasting sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62056/26]
3867. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years-of-age dispensed an inhaled corticosteroid and formoterol combination inhaler under the general medical services scheme, the drugs payment scheme and the long term illness scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the expenditure incurred by the Health Service Executive on those items in each of those years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63193/26]
3866. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances and the number of in-patient admissions for asthma among children aged 17 years-of-age and under in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by age band, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63194/26]
2923. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of places available and occupied at the Oberstown facility on 1 July for each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; if there are plans to increase capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61565/26]
3865. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the Health Service Executive has costed the provision of maintenance and reliever therapy inhalers free of charge to children with asthma aged 12 to 17 years-of-age; the estimated annual cost; the assumptions on which that estimate is based; whether the measure has been assessed as part of the estimates process for Budget 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63195/26]
3864. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the date on which the list of conditions covered by the long term illness scheme under section 59 of the Health Act 1970 was last amended; whether any review of that list has been undertaken by her Department since that date; whether consideration has been given to the inclusion of asthma; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63196/26]
3863. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health whether the Health Service Executive Medicines Management Programme or the National Clinical Programme for Respiratory has examined the extent to which reimbursement arrangements under the community drug schemes support the use of maintenance and reliever therapy as the preferred treatment for asthma in persons aged 12 years and over, as recommended in clinical guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63197/26]
3558. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of licences issued under section 13 of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 since 2 February 2026, disaggregated by licences in respect of a premises and licences in respect of online sales, and by licence type, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61498/26]
3503. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if the register of licences established under section 23 of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 will be made available for public inspection; the date on which it will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61564/26]
3498. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the 23 recommendations of the National Review of Adult Specialist Cardiac Services; if the three year implementation strategy approved by the HSE has been approved and funded; the position regarding recommendation 20 concerning systematic cholesterol screening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61541/26]
3497. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when the new national cardiovascular health policy committed to in the Programme for Government will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61542/26]
3496. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of licensees holding a licence issued under section 13 of the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023 since 2 February 2026 in respect of online sales who also hold one or more licences in respect of a premises; the distribution of such licensees by number of premises licences held, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61563/26]
3495. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of general practices contracted to deliver the Structured Chronic Disease Management Programme in each year from 2020 to date, in tabular form; the number of practice nurses employed in general practice over the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61535/26]
3494. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she has considered extending the Structured Chronic Disease Management Programme beyond the medical card and GP visit card population, as recommended in the conclusion to the Third Report of the Structured Chronic Disease Management Treatment Programme in General Practice published in January 2025; the estimated full year cost of such an extension; if provision will be made in Budget 2027 for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61536/26]
3493. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she has considered introducing systematic invitation by age cohort for cardiovascular risk assessment, as distinct from the current opportunistic case finding model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61537/26]
3492. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the population health check model operated in England (details supplied); if any such assessment has examined, the applicability of that model in this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61539/26]
3491. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if a proposal for population-based cardiovascular risk assessment has been submitted to or considered by the National Screening Advisory Committee; the status of any such proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61544/26]
3490. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the proposed Council recommendation on cardiovascular health checks arising from the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan published in December 2025; if this file will be progressed during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union; the steps being taken to align national policy with that plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61546/26]
3489. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if cardiovascular disease prevention and early detection have been considered by the North-South Ministerial Council in the health sector; if any all-island approach to population cardiovascular risk assessment is under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61547/26]
3211. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined population cardiovascular health check programmes operating in other jurisdictions, including the programme in England under which adults aged 40 to 74 are invited for assessment every five years; if any such examination has considered applicability in this State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60550/26]
3210. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the estimated number of adults aged 40 and over who do not hold a medical card, a GP visit card or a health amendment act card, broken down by age cohort and by health region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60547/26]
3208. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on each element of the structured chronic disease management programme, namely the treatment programme, the prevention programme and the opportunistic case finding programme, in each year from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60545/26]
3207. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of patients registered under the chronic disease management prevention programme; the number of assessments completed under the opportunistic case finding programme, in each year since commencement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60540/26]
3206. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the total funding allocated to the STOP-CVD pilot, distinguishing between European Union and Exchequer funding; if the service evaluation will address the cost effectiveness of scaling the model nationally, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60538/26]
3205. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the current status of the STOP-CVD pilot being delivered by the Health Service Executive under the EU joint action on cardiovascular diseases and diabetes; the number of persons screened under the pilot to date; the sites at which it operates; the date on which it is expected to report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60536/26]
2417. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the Garda helicopter fleet; when the helicopters were first purchased; the number operational; the number of Gardaí and specialists assigned, by rank or level; the number of deployments for the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62257/26]
2304. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to advertising by legal and immigration services firms stating that Stamp 0 permission is reckonable for the purposes of naturalisation; if he is satisfied that the guidance published by Immigration Service Delivery, and the online naturalisation residency calculator, which does not include an option for Stamp 0, reflect the operative position; the steps he will take to publish updated guidance on which permissions are reckonable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61449/26]
2300. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána trained in the deployment of tyre deflation devices, by Garda division; the number of such devices held in each division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61465/26]
2299. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of occasions on which tyre deflation devices were deployed by An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61470/26]
2298. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have completed pursuit driving training, by Garda division; whether a member so trained is rostered in each division on each shift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61471/26]
2297. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents recorded by An Garda Síochána of a vehicle being driven against the flow of traffic on a motorway; the number of these incidents involving a stolen vehicle, in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61472/26]
2296. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents of vehicles travelling against the flow of traffic recorded on the national road network in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61474/26]
2295. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for a certificate of naturalisation granted in each of the years 2020 to 2026 to date, in which a period of residence held under Stamp 0 permission was counted as reckonable residence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61434/26]
2279. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the proposed amendments to the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 approved by Government on 26 November 2025, which would exclude residence accrued on certain temporary permissions from reckonable residence, are intended to apply to Stamp 0 permission; the expected timeline for publication of the general scheme and the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61464/26]
2278. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm whether a period of residence in the State held under Stamp 0 permission is reckonable for the purposes of section 16A of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, noting that Stamp 0 is not among the categories of residence excluded by that section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61435/26]
1647. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if any assessment has been carried out by his Department or by Sport Ireland of the relationship between the level of player grants and the retention of senior inter-county players in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62087/26]
1645. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total amount allocated to the Government grant scheme for senior inter-county Gaelic games players in each year from 2016 to 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62074/26]
1644. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of players in receipt of a payment under the Government grant scheme for senior inter-county Gaelic games players in each year from 2016 to date in 2026, disaggregated by Gaelic football, hurling, ladies Gaelic football and camogie, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62075/26]
1643. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the average payment made to male players and to female players under the Government grant scheme for senior inter-county Gaelic games players in each year from 2016 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62076/26]
1642. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total amount paid under the Government grant scheme for senior inter-county Gaelic games players to players in each county in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62077/26]
1641. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the date on which payments under the Government grant scheme for senior inter-county Gaelic games players issued to players in respect of each of the years 2022 to 2025; the expected date of payment in respect of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62079/26]