110. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15616/26]
105. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15623/26]
88. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15617/26]
74. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15627/26]
27. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence to set out the policy in her Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15612/26]
21. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to set out the policy in his Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15610/26]
6. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out the policy in her Department regarding the use of artificial intelligence; whether AI is used or permitted in drawing up policy documents, speeches, answers to parliamentary questions, press releases or for other official documents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15618/26]
934. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the reason HSE chiropody cards are currently only available to individuals living in Dublin and Kildare; if her Department plans to expand the availability of these cards countrywide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14126/26]
588. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has any plans to review the requirement for newly qualified teachers to have completed the Droichead programme within three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15076/26]
551. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of SNAs currently in place supporting students in mainstream classes in each school in County Louth, as of 1 January 2026, on a school-by-school basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14663/26]
550. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to obtain from the NCSE the names of the individual schools in County Louth that received notice from the NCSE (prior to the announcement by the Minister that the current review of SNA allocation is to be paused), informing them that they would lose SNAs in their mainstream classes in the next school year; the number of SNAs that were scheduled to be lost to each school, as reflected in the correspondence received by each school concerned, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14662/26]
393. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman will confirm, since the 2025 Act came into force, the approach it is now taking in the case of complaints made against regulated financial institutions in cases involving actions taken by institutions relating to joint accounts where the consent of all parties was neither sought or received by such institutions; the number of such cases referred to FSPO under the 2025 Act to date; the number of such cases in which FSPO has upheld such complaints from individual complainants and found against the institution concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15111/26]
392. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has considered introducing a system operating in the UK where members of the public can search online for the properties and/or items that have benefitted from tax breaks such as the exemption to capital acquisitions tax, on the basis of the property or item’s national, scientific, historic or artistic interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14982/26]
391. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has plans to introduce a statutory footing that would allow Revenue to publish a list of properties and/or items that currently benefit from an exemption to capital acquisitions tax on the basis of their national, scientific, historic or artistic interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14981/26]
390. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will publish a list of properties and/or items that currently benefit from an exemption to capital acquisitions tax on the basis of their national, scientific, historic or artistic interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14980/26]
361. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual shortfall to the Exchequer, if Class B beneficiaries had the same exemption thresholds applied to them as Class A beneficiaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14045/26]
360. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated annual shortfall to the Exchequer, if principal private residences of the deceased were made exempt from the payment by beneficiaries of an estate from capital acquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14044/26]
1237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health when screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition affecting approximately six babies born in Ireland each year, will be included in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; if SMA screening will be implemented before the end of March 2026, as cited by a leading paediatric clinician in recent media coverage; the preparations currently underway to ensure this timeline is met, given that more than two years have elapsed since the decision was taken to include SMA in the heelprick test (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12849/26]
797. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to initiate a series of local authority boundary reviews, 11 years after the last set of reviews; if he plans to review the boundary in operation between Louth and Meath, covering the environs of south Drogheda in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12046/26]
500. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will reconvene the Banking Forum; if he will consider a joint initiative with the Minister for Finance in Northern Ireland, to hold a joint banking forum to plan and discuss with relevant stakeholder the future of banking on the Island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12745/26]
499. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he raised the issue of outsourcing and off-shoring of roles in this recent meetings with the CEOs of Bank of Ireland and AIB; if he has concerns about the ability of both pillar banks to address potential cyber issues due to outsourcing and offshoring of roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12744/26]
498. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he as the main shareholder will oppose a sale of PTSB to private equity firm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12743/26]
497. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the State has requested a guarantee from any potential buyer of PTSB that jobs and the branch network will be retained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12742/26]
496. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to confirm that the closed bidding session for PTSB has closed; the number of companies/entities that have expressed an interest in purchasing PTSB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12741/26]
450. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the requirement for the past five years of PRSI contributions to be class A/A1 to qualify for the over-65 benefit payment, discriminates against those who were ill during this qualifying period (details supplied); the number of people who were rejected for the allowance on this basis over the past five years; the saving to the State; if he plans to address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11262/26]
76. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update regarding the management of flooding at Seapoint, Termonfeckin, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11094/26]
2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the accountability measures in the accelerating infrastructure action plan; the way he intends to implement and enforce them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11340/26]
1075. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for oversight of compliance with the Disability Act in CHO 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9671/26]
937. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the ongoing delays in AON assessments nationwide; the plans her Department has to address this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9670/26]
747. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that the assessment form for disability allowance is being found by some families to discriminate against individuals with certain conditions (details supplied); if his Department has plans to address these apparent anomalies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9587/26]
572. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the serious accommodation problems at a Louth school (details supplied); the plans her Department has to address these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9680/26]
157. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to confirm the date on which the expanded living cities initiative will be formally introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10467/26]
159. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to establish with the HSE the number of current vacancies waiting to be filled with the Louth adult intellectual disability services; the grade, groups and categories/roles involved; when the positions will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6712/26]
1027. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of an eircode lottery in relation to the provision of home care (details supplied); and if her Department has plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5842/26]
771. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of cases of criminal penalisation that have been progressed to the courts after consideration by the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions since the relevant provisions came into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6518/26]
561. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of issues surrounding the progress of a school building project in Drogheda (details supplied); the status of the project; the timeline for delivery of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6351/26]
498. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he is aware of the school bus transport issue of a school (details supplied) in Dundalk and the apparent disadvantage for Irish-language schools of her Department’s strictly-applied rules on the minimum number required for school bus provision; if his Department plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5864/26]
475. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department's contract with a hotel (details supplied) for accommodation services which was commenced in February 2024, will not be renewed on expiry in February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5306/26]
474. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of complaints made by residents of a hotel (details supplied) to his Department in relation to their treatment at the accommodation centre in 2024 and 2025 respectively; if he will provide information on the broad nature of the complaints made; the number of complaints where investigations were undertaken, found in favour of the complainant/resident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5305/26]
329. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of PAYE taxpayers who are in receipt of the carers’ allowance and carers’ benefit respectively, who have had their tax credits adjusted arising from the new data-sharing arrangements in place between the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5290/26]
328. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide estimates from the Revenue Commissioner for 2026 in respect of the amount of revenue vis-à-vis adjustments to tax credits impacting on carers allowance and carers benefit claimants respectively, that they estimate will be raised as a result of the new data sharing arrangements in place between Revenue and the Department of Social Protection since 1 January, 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5289/26]
327. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider exempting carers allowance and carer's benefit from income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5288/26]
303. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport to include Drogheda in the Greater Dublin Area for transport planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5304/26]
1044. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she will add inflammatory bowel disease to the list of conditions for inclusion in the long-term illness scheme; if she will describe the criteria deployed under the terms of the Health Act 1970 to include a condition within the ambit of the scheme; if she will agree that the typical experience of patients with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis allows for these conditions to meet the criteria of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4327/26]
286. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence given the pending investment in SONOBOUY technology on the aircraft to help track rogue subsurface vessels around critical undersea cables, if he will outline any retention policies such as recent schemes for military air traffic controllers to ensure we don’t lose key SARO personnel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4151/26]
285. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence given the Air Corps 101 Squadron operate Airbus 295W Maritime Surveillance Aircraft, the number of staff vacancies for radar operators; the actual staffing levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4150/26]
216. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason officials in her Department have ordered the removal of a document from the National Archives (details supplied); if she will provide the details of the process used to arrive at this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3198/26]