347. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport when the National Transport Authority will install a bus stop on the R125 (details supplied) in County Meath to enable workers to get to their workplace and persons with disabilities to enjoy their local community amenities and businesses, using public transport. [60113/26]
2334. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the efforts being made to work with airlines, taxi and bus regulatory authorities here and in Northern Ireland, to share passenger information for arriving migrants, in order to properly plan for services across international protection, housing, healthcare, community policing and education and to arrange the timely return of those with no demonstrably valid reason to remain in either the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland. [57678/26]
1053. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the formal collaborative processes that exist between his Department and the Department of Social Protection, to best match people on jobseeker’s payment with employers making applications for employment permits, across GEP, CSEP and trusted partner applications. [57677/26]
398. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport if any application for retention permission has been made by Daa plc, or by any other party, in respect of the departure routes or flight paths operated from runways 10R/28L and 10L/28R at Dublin Airport since January 2016, other than the application the subject of An Coimisiún Pleanála reference ABP-314485-22 (details supplied); if so, the applicant, reference and current status of each such application; and if no such application has been made, if he will confirm same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55552/26]
397. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the date on which an application was made (details supplied); the planning authority or other body to which it was made; its planning register or An Coimisiún Pleanála reference; the development or operations to which it relates; the current status of that application; whether that application is the relevant-action application made by DAA plc the subject of An Coimisiún Pleanála reference ABP-314485-22, the infrastructure application made by DAA plc to Fingal County Council (planning reference F23A/0781), or a separate application; and if it is a separate application, the reference of that separate application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55551/26]
393. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport if an application for retention permission has been made by DAA plc, or by any other party, in respect of the departure routes or flight paths operated from runways 10R/28L and 10L/28R at Dublin Airport since January 2016, other than the application the subject of An Coimisiún Pleanála reference ABP-314485-22 (details supplied); if so, the applicant, reference and current status of each such application; and if no such application has been made, if he will so confirm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55500/26]
392. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport further to his statement during the Second Stage debate on the Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026 on 23 June 2026 (details supplied); if he will identify the retention application to which he referred; the name of the applicant; the date on which the application was made; the planning authority or other body to which it was made and its planning register or An Coimisiún Pleanála reference; the development or operations to which it relates; the current status of that application; whether that application is the relevant-action application made by DAA plc the subject of An Coimisiún Pleanála reference ABP-314485-22, the infrastructure application made by DAA plc to Fingal County Council (planning reference F23A/0781), or a separate application; and if it is a separate application, the reference of that separate application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55499/26]
560. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the differentiating factors between long-Covid and vaccine adverse events; the process of evaluation of differentiation is carried out, by data sources, public consultation and any other relevant metrics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54651/26]
375. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which chief executives and directors of services are accountable to him in the event of budget over spending, projects deviating from original scope and the common good not being upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54650/26]
713. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of conditions (details supplied) per annum from 2015 to 2019 and 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52726/26]
478. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the number of cases of cancers (details supplied) in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52610/26]
251. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the results of the flight paths review carried out by the DAA and AirNav (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52611/26]
250. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the accountability the National Transport Authority has to him in the event of lack of supply of fleet to Bus Éireann, when spare fleet exists in storage by Dublin Bus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52609/26]
253. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the Departmental analysis of vitamin and mineral supplements that is being carried out to determine recommended daily amounts vis-à-vis the "typical" nutrition content of Irish diets, in advance of any European Union limit setting of nutrients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52320/26]
125. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 17 June 2026, the homeless prevention supports referred to; the percentage of the €513.5 million in current funding of local authorities that is allocated to each "homeless prevention support", detailing the amount to Meath County Council; whether particular prevention supports are referenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52109/26]
124. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status and plans for the recently purchased lands at Dowth Hall, Dowth, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52105/26]
72. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner applies S.I. No. 367/2020, Prescribed Persons for the bodies responsible for safeguarding and not S.I. No. 233/2025, aligning them with the primary Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52108/26]
71. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider the introduction of free access to OPW sites to people with disabilities and children under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52107/26]
51. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport to provide the safety reports on the 28R and 28L runways at Dublin Airport; the analysis of dependant-mode operation of said runways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52106/26]
50. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the review of flight paths at Dublin Airport as stated in Dáil Éireann on 23 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52104/26]
341. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of the application of Louth Meath Education Board for funding to deliver the permanent Dunboyne College of Further Education & Training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48337/26]
318. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the delivery of supports to patients with long-Covid and/or associated conditions; the analysis that has taken place to differentiate long-Covid from possible gene therapy adverse events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48338/26]
153. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the funding available for the various stages of the delivery of the railway to Navan, County Meath; the plans and funding to provide a feeder bus service to the M3 Parkway from the surrounding towns, to serve the MSD Dunboyne campus and encourage commuter transport mode shift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48336/26]
152. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport to publish the safety data for the departure routes off the North Runway at Dublin Airport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48335/26]
151. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the reason the National Transport Authority does not sanction new fleets for Bus Éireann routes 103 and 109, given that service cancellations on these routes are due to fleet age, state of repair or lack of replacement vehicles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48334/26]
173. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason children with disabilities requiring push chairs to enable inclusion in family and school activities or outings are being refused access to same by Children's Disability Network Teams on grounds of restraint; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46406/26]
159. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding stream his Department provides to enable children of farming families access equine assisted therapies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46407/26]
118. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the standardised data on emergency accommodation collected from Local Authority housing departments; if the reasons people require emergency accommodation are included; the way in which this is used for the planning of services to prevent homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46405/26]
61. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the data gathering and forward planning associated with work permit applications that is carried out by his Departments and local authorities in order to co-ordinate geographical location of employers and local capacity availability in the areas of housing, school places, general practitioner availability and public transport provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46049/26]
57. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the review of compensation paid to education and training board members and nominees to interview boards for teaching posts in community and comprehensive schools, who are not in public sector employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46048/26]
41. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the financial commitment and timeline of drawdown for the delivery of the recently announced Navan rail line. [40207/26]
476. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health if information (details supplied) in relation to a series of matters regarding the policy, clinical and financial rationale for restricting access to long-acting injectable buprenorphine will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33481/26]
165. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the analysis of an organisation (details supplied) of surplus grid energy that has taken place; if there is a proposal to make free surplus energy available to targeted customers in energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33507/26]
158. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the information his Department has received from the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority (ANCA) on the number of enforcement actions taken since ANCA's establishment under the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019; and whether he is satisfied that ANCA, which is embedded within Fingal County Council and funded by a levy paid by the airport operator under section 5 of the 2019 Act, meets the independence requirements of Article 3(2) of EU Regulation 598/2014. [32405/26]
252. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether he agrees with the position, stated by the managing director of Dublin Airport (a DAA plc employee) to the Joint Committee on Transport on 24 March 2026, that ‘there is no such thing as planning permission for flight paths’; whether he considers that position consistent with Council Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (details supplied); if he does not agree with DAA's position, to state on the basis his Department has continued to rely on DAA's position in its dealings with the Oireachtas and in the preparation of the Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31827/26]
251. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware that Fingal County Council issued a warning letter to DAA PLC in September 2022 in respect of the Runway 28R Standard Instrument Departure routes; that more than 180 weeks have now elapsed without Fingal issuing an enforcement notice or proceeding under section 160 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31825/26]
250. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether he is aware that the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority formally requested noise data from DAA plc in April 2024 for the purpose of the noise assessment required under Regulation (EU) 598/2014; that daa did not supply the requested data until November 2025, a delay of approximately 19 months; that the delay extended past An Coimisiún Pleanála's decision of 16 July 2025 granting daa's Relevant Action application (ABP-314485-22) with revised conditions, such that the data was not supplied until approximately four months after the Board's decision, and approximately three months before the European Commission's decision C(2026) 919 of 10 February 2026 finding Ireland's process for the adoption of noise-related operating restrictions at Dublin Airport non-compliant with Regulation (EU) 598/2014; that section 9(10)(a) of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 empowers ANCA to direct the airport authority to provide information; whether any statutory or regulatory provision has been identified to the Minister, by DAA, ANCA, or any other body under his remit, as the basis on which the supply of noise data to the statutory regulator was lawfully conditional on the status of the Relevant Action; whether his Department has at any point enquired into the reasons for the 19-month delay; whether he recalls a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31824/26]
249. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the number of noise complaints referred by the DAA plc to AirNav Ireland in 2024 and in 2025 that received a substantive response from AirNav Ireland to the affected resident; the median time between referral by DAA and substantive response by AirNav that has been in each of those years; whether he is aware that residents who receive DAA's template response stating "The flight event will be shared to AirNav, our air navigation service provider, for further investigation" report receiving no further communication from AirNav Ireland or DAA in respect of the referred event; whether his Department has at any point enquired of AirNav Ireland on the operation of this referral process; and whether he considers a referral process in which the receiving body does not substantively respond to the affected resident consistent with Article 5 of the Aarhus Convention (collection and dissemination of environmental information) and the requirement that public authorities make environmental information "effectively accessible"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31822/26]
248. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the body that in his view, bears responsibility for ensuring that the departure routes from Dublin Airport's Runway 28R comply with the 2007 Environmental Impact Statement on which planning permission was granted under An Bord Pleanála reference PL06F.217429 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31820/26]
247. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport if he will review matters raised (details supplied) regarding flight routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31818/26]
246. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has had any communication with affected residents or their representatives since August 2022 regarding referred complaints concerning the Runway 28R Standard Instrument Departure to Fingal County Council; whether he is aware that Fingal County Council has stated, including in the course of correspondence with the Office of the Ombudsman, that it lacks technical expertise in flight path matters; whether he is aware that the Aircraft Noise Competent Authority has confirmed it monitors for noise compliance only and does not monitor planning compliance with the 2007 Environmental Impact Statement; whether he is aware that Freedom of Information decision TRA-FOI-2026-0086 of 9 April 2026 confirmed under section 15(1)(a) that the Department holds no records of any aviation qualifications among its staff, has conducted no periodic expertise review of the kind recommended by Safety Recommendation IRLD2021029 of the 2021 Air Accident Investigation Unit Report on Rescue 116, and holds no terms of reference, findings, or actions taken in respect of such a review; whether he is aware that his Department's Assistant Secretary for Aviation confirmed to the Joint Committee on Transport on 4 March 2026 that "daa are the owners of the data" (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31817/26]
244. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department intends to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes. [31350/26]
243. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model. [31349/26]
242. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; the consideration that has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment; and the implications this may have for equity of access. [31348/26]
241. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has conducted any impact assessment on how the revised model may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; the safeguards in place to prevent under-identification of such children, particularly in light of evidence that twice-exceptional children are already under-recognised within Irish education and disability services.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31347/26]
240. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the revised framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice exceptional that is, children with both high ability and additional needs such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia will be appropriately identified within the system. [31346/26]
239. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected. [31345/26]
558. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the reason drug companies indemnified are if vaccines are presented to the public as being safe and effective. [29492/26]
554. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the reason drug companies are indemnified if vaccines are presented to the public as being safe and effective. [29477/26]
553. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the consideration and/or scoping of a health literacy initiative that is being undertaken to ensure better health outcomes for patients and enabling the future resourcing of novel drug therapies. [29476/26]