706. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the efforts made by the Citizen Information Board to recruit and train new volunteers to the Citizen Information Centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37716/26]
705. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of volunteers registered with the citizens information centres before September 2022 and for each year after September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37715/26]
338. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport the progress being made by his Department in relation to permitting the use of private EV charge points for electric vehicle users without off street driveways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37708/26]
308. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the Celtic Interconnector; the timeline for completion; the planned routes through international and territorial waters; and funding allocated by the Irish and French Governments for completion. [37296/26]
96. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding that has been allocated to research and development in tidal energy under his Departments' remit over the past five years. [33308/26]
266. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his view on reducing the VAT rate for the beauty industry to 12%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31806/26]
88. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the plans his Department has to reverse the trend of increasing levels of poverty amongst older people living alone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31237/26]
72. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on any planned changes to the SAFE registration process for acquiring a Public Services Card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31240/26]
53. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s plans to support those most vulnerable to the energy crisis beyond the fuel allowance extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31241/26]
24. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on his engagement with the Minister for Health on the condition known as long-Covid, and its classification as an occupational illness for healthcare workers. [31239/26]
6. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on child poverty figures and the effectiveness of his Department's measures to reduce child poverty. [31238/26]
81. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for the total amount in tax reliefs given under headings (details supplied) for each year from 2020 to 2026 inclusive, in tabular form. [31217/26]
80. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the breakdown of revenues raised for each year 2020 to date in 2026 or latest data available inclusive under headings (details supplied), in tabular form. [31216/26]
16. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the status of the process for filling the Chief Executive role of the National Oil Reserves Agency (details supplied). [31215/26]
812. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of fixed charged notices issued by the Gardaí each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29779/26]
581. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to releasing the full dataset, or a more detailed breakdown of responses, of the National Primary School Survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30351/26]
580. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used to decide which responses from the National Primary School Survey were included in the reported outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30349/26]
579. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the views of parents whose children currently attend multi-denominational schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30348/26]
578. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the views of parents of early years children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30347/26]
403. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport the measures being taken to tackle mobile phone use by drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31133/26]
312. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when he will respond to EirGrid's proposal to implement pension increases that will include retired and deferred members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30953/26]
444. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated revenues yielded from the taxes adjusted by the Dáil in Financial Resolutions 1, 2, and 3 recently, as in the resolutions for all years to 2025; and the projections from his Department from years 2026 onwards, in tabular form. [28635/26]
275. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the procedures by which external researchers may apply for access to administrative data held by his Department in relation to unemployment and jobseeker payments, including the number of applications or approaches for access received and approved in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27378/26]
274. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will share any research, evaluation, or administrative analysis undertaken by his Department to assess the social, economic, or behavioural impacts of penalty rate reductions or sanctions on jobseeker recipients; if no, such analysis has been conducted to confirm this explicitly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27377/26]
273. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection whether any external academic researchers have been granted access to anonymised or administrative data relating to jobseeker payments or activation measures in the past three years; if not, the policy basis for restricting such access; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27376/26]
272. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection to list all academic or independent research projects on unemployment, jobseeker activation or welfare conditionality that his Department has commissioned, funded or co-funded, formally collaborated on or granted access to administrative data for, in each of the past three years; and to provide the titles of such projects; the institutions involved; the nature of his Department’s engagement in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27375/26]
271. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the research, evaluation, or analysis conducted by his Department in relation to unemployment supports and activation measures in the past three years; and whether any such work has been published or made available for external scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27374/26]
270. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of jobseeker’s payment recipients who have had a reduced rate of payment applied due to penalties or sanctions, broken down by type of penalty, the duration, age group, social welfare office and the total aggregate value of payment reductions arising from such penalties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27373/26]
269. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the evidential or analytical basis used by his Department in designing and applying penalty rate reductions or sanctions within the jobseeker system; whether these measures are informed by empirical research; if so, to provide details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27372/26]
2788. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) in respect of ongoing delays in scheduling critical surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24271/26]
1780. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of cost-rental homes delivered in 2025 in the Dublin City Council area and for Dublin bay south, the breakdown by the type of delivery such as, local authority builds, local authority acquisitions, tenant in-situ, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26100/26]
1705. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his view on whether carers allowances should be disregarded as assessable income for HAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24917/26]
1704. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with local authorities to agree a uniform set of rules for the application of the means assessment for HAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24916/26]
1703. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with Dublin City Council to review their budget shortfall for resurfacing and general road maintenance repairs across the city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24915/26]
1337. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a completion date for the school building projects located at the Roslyn Park site in Sandymount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24919/26]
1336. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the reason a school (details supplied) was not granted DEIS Plus status; the way in which the school can appeal the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24918/26]
853. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport the efforts being taken by his Department to reduce the wait times for driving tests at the Dun Laoghaire test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26699/26]
698. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport the efforts being taken by his Department to advance the establishment of reciprocal driving licence agreements with the United States of America; the specific States the Department has engaged with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24992/26]
347. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who have died in State care provided accommodation under his Department's remit, broken down by accommodation type and cause of death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23143/26]
47. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of officials in his Department in the senior officials group who are attached to international bodies; the time requirements for attendance and engagement of same; and the frequency of attendance for each body over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22865/26]
1311. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reported car thefts in the Dublin metropolitan region, per district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19303/26]
1310. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures his Department is taking to ensure international protection applicants are provided with accommodation so they are not forced to sleep rough, especially if deportation orders have been granted or deportation is pending and appeals are ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19300/26]
1184. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to provide increased funding to the Citizens Information Board to support the expansion of their citizen information services in Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19302/26]