465. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health if the HPRA (Health Product Regulatory Authority) warning system will be inspected and upgraded in light of findings from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States where warnings about adverse events relating to Messenger RNA Covid vaccines were not on alerts. [75302/26]
198. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport given the European Court of Justice ruling on the passenger cap at Dublin airport, when will the independent review of runway use take place taking into consideration professional opinion of the North Runway Technical Group. [75300/26]
560. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of sudden adult death syndrome, by age in each of the years 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, in tabular form. [69751/26]
556. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of sepsis by age for each year 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, presented in tabular form. [69752/26]
545. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of shingles (varicella zoster), by age for each year 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, in tabular form. [69750/26]
417. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Social Protection if a comprehensive review of the social welfare system is to be carried out to ensure capacity for all requirements including migration reforms and to ensure fairness, equity and transparency. [69756/26]
386. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Social Protection if a comprehensive review of the social welfare system is to be carried out to ensure capacity for all requirements including migration reforms and to ensure fairness, equity and transparency. [69755/26]
403. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the communication that is taking place between her Department and the Health Service Executive regarding the regularisation of personalised budgets for persons with disabilities. [69471/26]
359. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to address the situation whereby a carer receiving State pension is only eligible for half rate carers payment. [69470/26]
348. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the housing assistance payment scheme will be extended to include the housing-asset owning parents of persons with additional needs or disabilities. [69468/26]
98. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the housing assistance payment scheme will be extended to include the housing asset-owning parents of persons with additional needs and disabilities. [69734/26]
698. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the examination of the Health Products Regulatory Authority pharmacovigilance processes is being carried out in light of the recent British Medical Journal findings (September 16th 2026) of a faulty algorithm in the US Centre for Disease Control Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System. [68072/26]
690. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health what examination is being carried out into the fourfold increase in neurological conditions since 2019, as referenced by the HSE Chief Clinical Officer, 22nd July 2026 at EU World Neurology Day. [68075/26]
235. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Defence whether the Defence Forces Tribunal has appointed any persons specifically to act as independent investigators, separate from its counsel and solicitors; if so, the number appointed, their professional qualifications, terms of appointment and functions; if none have been appointed, whether the Tribunal’s investigative work is being conducted solely through its legal team (details supplied); whether she has sought or received any assessment of the adequacy of that investigative model; and to provide details of any capacity assessment or assurance received. [68400/26]
234. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Defence whether the Tribunal of Inquiry into Issues Relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces and the Culture Surrounding the Making of Complaints has adopted a formal written procedure for receiving, registering, investigating and determining complaints concerning the tribunal’s own administration, procedures, services, legal team or treatment of persons engaging with it; and the date on which any such procedure was adopted and where it has been published. [68394/26]
233. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Defence where no formal complaints procedure has been adopted by the Defence Forces Tribunal, the procedure by which complaints already received, or received in the future, concerning the Tribunal’s administration, procedures, services, legal team or treatment of complainants and victim-witnesses are to be acknowledged, recorded, independently examined and determined; the person or office responsible for each stage; the standards and time limits applicable; and whether written reasons and an internal or independent review mechanism are available. [68397/26]
232. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Defence whether four members of the legal team originally appointed to the Defence Forces Tribunal (details supplied) ceased to act during the latter part of 2024, whether by resignation, judicial appointment or otherwise; the name, position and date of departure of each person; the reason for each departure insofar as communicated to her or her Department; the period for which each position remained vacant; and the transparent and accountable process used to select and appoint each replacement, including, in particular, the replacement. [68402/26]
466. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the consideration being given to the payment of Housing Assistance Payment to parents or guardians of an adult with a disability, who may own a second property that could be adapted if necessary & lived in by their family member, with appropriately matched additional occupants with a disability, thereby removing them earlier from lengthy Local Authority social housing lists. [68070/26]
631. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the Programme for Government commitment to bring home-based childcare within a regulated and grant-accessible framework. [68073/26]
608. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the expansion of TAMS farm solar grants is being examined to assist reduce agricultural & horticultural cost bases, thereby reducing the cost of food production consumer costs. [68074/26]
279. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department maintains that noise abatement procedures in Ireland are fully consistent with Regulation (EU) No 598/2014 having regard to Commission Decision (EU) 2026/836 of 10 February 2026; and whether Ireland has yet informed the European Commission of its intentions under Article 1(2) of that decision, which requires it to do so before introducing those operating restrictions, and if not, the point in the current process it intends to. [68414/26]
278. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport his response to recommendation 9 of the Joint Committee on Transport's report on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026 (details supplied); if his Department maintains that the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 provides a wholly independent process in accordance with that Regulation; and, if recommended restructuring is not to be undertaken, the reasons the French model is considered unsuitable for adoption in the State. [68426/26]
277. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport to identify, by name and instrument, the "standard European procedures" with which his Department states that Dublin Airport's procedures are in full alignment. [68410/26]
276. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the statutory basis on which the outcome of a review of the competent authority's performance under section 3(9)(a) of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 will inform consideration of the future planning framework for Dublin Airport. [68420/26]
273. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the way in which the aircraft noise competent authority's independence of the airport authority is achieved for the purposes of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 598/2014; and if it is achieved by a functional separation, to identify it, given that its operating costs are recouped from the airport operator and that section 19(1)(b) of the 2019 Act places the noise measuring systems in that operator's hands. [68425/26]
271. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the date on which he appointed a person by notice in writing under section 3(9)(a) of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019; the individual appointed; the terms of reference used; whether the resulting report will be published; and whether it will be furnished before the competent authority issues its regulatory decision on the current application. [68418/26]
270. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport to list the noise abatement procedures in place at Dublin Airport which his Department states are fully consistent with the Environmental Noise Directive and Regulation (EU) No 598/2014, identifying for each the instrument specifying it and the body verifying compliance with it. [68407/26]
269. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport to identify the person, office or body that determined that the flight paths at Dublin Airport are not a factor, part or condition of the planning permission for the North runway; the capacity and date, given that his Department has stated that no record of any such determination exists and that Fingal County Council has identified no such determination. [68427/26]
268. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the number of enforcement notices issued under Part 4 of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019; and the number of applications made to the High Court under that Part, since the commencement of those provisions. [68428/26]
178. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport if he has authority over the National Transport Authority, NTA; and if the NTA is accountable to his Department. [67016/26]
125. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the reason €20 million was spent by Dublin Airport Authority insulating homes in the noise preferential route of the North runway when these homes are not being flown over since August 2023. [67017/26]
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]