443. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ratio of male to female teachers in primary and secondary schools respectively; the measures he will introduce to increase the number of males training to become primary and secondary school teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71569/25]
382. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Ennis Garda Station, where the value of works was in excess of €40,000 in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71404/25]
381. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Shannon Garda Station, where the value of works was in excess of €40,000 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71403/25]
380. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the nature of refurbishment works that the OPW carried out at Kilrush Garda Station, where the value of works was in excess of €40,000 in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71402/25]
264. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the introduction of an e-bike rental scheme for County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71391/25]
235. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Defence the number of musical shops that applied for the contract to supply the Defence Forces School of Music with musician instruments but were unsuccessful when the contract was last out to tender; when will this contract be next put out to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71406/25]
167. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department's plans to expand Ireland's diplomatic presence across Australia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71396/25]
527. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consider an additional emergency winter payment for disabled people, many of whom are struggling to keep up with costs to warm their homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70982/25]
429. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of plans on universal design for independent living purposes, considering that around 1,300 disabled people live in nursing homes; if he will give assurances that the State support for disabled people can and will ensure independent living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70983/25]
202. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason there are no professors at technological universities (TUs); if his Department will review this; if not, the reasons not to include professors under the remit of TUs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67913/25]
200. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps his Department is taking in relation to the reports that a €17 million business school at University College Cork has been permanently shelved; and for an update on the status of the matter. [67912/25]
199. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps his Department is taking to develop and reform the placement and allocation system for apprentices, ensuring that these are reasonably within a commutable area close to where they live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67911/25]
370. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to ensure that tutors who are long-term employed in Further education (details supplied) and who hold existing contracts of indefinite duration are offered additional hours before new appointments are given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70567/25]
369. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider expanding the free fees initiative for college students studying a four year early childhood education courses at Marino Institute of Education (details supplied) considering it an associated college with Trinity College where students are eligible for the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70543/25]
1101. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of apprentices in the State; and the total number of craft apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69955/25]
1100. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress made on the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021 to 2025; when a new plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69954/25]
1099. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of training centres for apprenticeships across the country, broken down by their name, location and the number of apprenticeships offered, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69953/25]
1098. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of people who have dropped out of apprenticeships in the past five years, broken down by the phase in which they have dropped out, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69952/25]
1097. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address reports that the national apprenticeship office is understaffed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69802/25]
1096. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to improve the application process for apprenticeships similar to the CAO model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69801/25]
1095. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the issue of isolation for apprentices who are in placements away from their support systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69800/25]
1094. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science following his announcement that professorships roles will be part of TU, the number professorships available, by each TU; the percentage of professorships that will be available across all TUs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69799/25]
1093. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to improve the availability of apprenticeships outside Dublin and other larger towns and cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69798/25]
1001. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the care pathway for patients experiencing miscarriage is removed from the maternity unit in UHL and relocated, to ensure those suffering after a miscarriage are not mixing with expectant mothers, which inevitably adds to their trauma and suffering; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69674/25]
828. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the lessons that have been documented and shared from adverse ENT incidents nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69005/25]
827. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE has completed a systematic serious adverse incident investigation process, as required, into any ENT incident in the past 10 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69004/25]
826. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if a root cause analysis been undertaken into serious ENT incidents in the Health Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69003/25]
825. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical indemnity claims for ear nose and throat in each HSE region, in tabular form, for each year from 2020, to date in 2025; if there is an excessively high number in the HSE Mid-West Hospital Region comparative to other regions; if this is a cause of concern, and the actions undertaken, or planned, to resolve this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69002/25]
422. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure that transition year students have a more focused approach to ensure that apprenticeship type placements are encouraged more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69805/25]
421. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure that senior cycle students have the same accessibility to information on apprentices as senior cycle students pursuing CAO options; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69804/25]
420. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure there is better information about apprenticeships by guidance counsellors for senior cycle students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69803/25]
406. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in each county who need a place in an autism class in secondary school for September 2026; the number of school places available to them in each county; her plans to increase the number of places to provide for all children requiring them, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69435/25]
405. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in the Shannon area who need a place in an autism class in secondary school for September 2026; the number of school places available to them in the Shannon area; her plans to increase the number of places to provide for all children requiring them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69434/25]
529. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the action she will take to ensure a person (details supplied) receives the diagnostic testing they need promptly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67352/25]
100. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will investigate allegations of price gouging on airline tickets to the soccer world cup play offs, with flight prices to Prague increased by more than 3.5 times their original cost; the measures he will take to prevent such gouging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67559/25]
790. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to recognise student nurses as essential workers during placement; provide fair financial support or pay for the hours worked to ensure that no student is forced into unsafe levels of combined work simply to survive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65231/25]
196. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the three options outlined by HIQA into urgent and emergency healthcare services in the HSE Midwest region; her plans for their prompt implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64224/25]
151. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the resources that will be made available for the scanning of women with dense breasts, in whom cancer may not be detectable by mammogram; the protocols which would automatically refer such women for follow-up testing after a mammogram; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64319/25]
376. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider measures to improve the parity of esteem for FET level education; if it is possible to introduce higher levels of qualifications, for example level 7, in apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64048/25]
375. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efforts his Department is making to address the low uptake of disabled people doing apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64047/25]
374. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efforts his Department is making to ensure there is more awareness for employers about disability supports for disabled qualified apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64046/25]
373. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progression pathways in place for disabled people who have completed their apprentices and are ready for employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64045/25]
372. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to address the low uptake from employers taking on Traveller apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64044/25]
371. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efforts his Department is making to address the shortage of guidance counsellors at ETBs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64043/25]
370. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efforts his Department is making to address the low uptake from employers taking on disabled people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64041/25]
369. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efforts his Department is making to address the low uptake of suitable apprenticeship places for Travelling women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64040/25]
368. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efforts his Department is making to address the low uptake of apprenticeship places for the Travelling community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64039/25]