1133. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the inclusion of Carlow and Kilkenny in the defective block scheme; the known number of households affected in each county; if the lab results for each house tested by the UK company will be released on request to the individual households; if he is aware that the lack of decisions by his Department is causing huge difficulties for individuals who want to take legal action to hold suppliers of defective materials to account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60053/25]
429. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the issue whereby people with a travel pass have to pay private bus operators €3.00 each time they book a seat on a bus; if he will respond to correspondence highlighting the issue (details supplied). [60028/25]
782. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an early date for surgery can be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56710/25]
531. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance application will be approved and backdated as soon as possible (details supplied). [57222/25]
524. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if carers allowance will be approved immediately for a person (details supplied). [56924/25]
291. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 1622 of 8 September 2025, if a temporary permission (stamp 1) will be granted including the right to work to an individual who has worked legally in Ireland for many years and whose circumstances have changed, but is still the owner and operator of a business (details supplied), where their input is required daily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56313/25]
357. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of mammograms provided at University Hospital Waterford in each of the past 12-months; the average waiting time for mammograms to be read and for the patients to be informed of the outcome; the number of follow-ups required; the average waiting time for individuals to be informed; the waiting time for treatments thereafter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54547/25]
247. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for long term carers contributions (details supplied) will be expedited. [54469/25]
199. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that the current role of SNA is not diminished in any way and that the behavioural, emotional and sensory needs of the child will remain explicitly recognised in SNA support; if a more flexible rolling review process will be provided so children’s changing needs can be supported in real time; if she will ensure greater transparency around the redeployment scheme and the criteria used; if she will continue to expand the number of SNAs in classrooms and special needs units across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54470/25]
134. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of applicants waiting on tests for a HGV licence in Carlow and Kilkenny currently, and in each of the past 12-months; the number of persons undertaking the course to qualify for the test currently and in each of the past 12-months; the number of HGV driver testers in Carlow and Kilkenny currently and in each of the past 12-months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54546/25]
128. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of applicants waiting on a driving test and the number of driving testers in Carlow and Kilkenny. [54473/25]
480. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if a group (details supplied) will be provided with multi-annual funding commencing with budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52758/25]
479. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if a group (details supplied) will be provided with multi-annual funding commencing with budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52757/25]
984. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the serious delays in completing college phases of apprenticeship (details supplied); the steps being taken to remedy the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51909/25]
841. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will get an assessment for a hip replacement, as he is in a lot of aggravating pain and has no suitable medication to deal with it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51179/25]
354. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he intends to extend the current retirement age for uniformed personnel such as firefighters in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51969/25]
337. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if all Government Departments and agencies that make payments to individuals and businesses that are account holders with banks or credit unions do so using the BIC and IBAN numbers only; if there is any exception to this normal practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51968/25]
336. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases prosecuted by the State relating to the smuggling of coal and other fuels across the Border with Northern Ireland; the value of the fines issued relative to this activity; if total tonnage in respect of coal smuggling has been estimated; if so, the figures for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51967/25]
349. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she has been advised of the HSE/ University Hospital Waterford proposal to discontinue coronial post mortem's at University Hospital Waterford with effect from the 01 January 2026, which if implemented will result in there being no coronial post mortem service in the south east; if the unilateral decision taken by the HSE/University Hospital Waterford will be reversed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51013/25]
347. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 31 January 2025, if she will review the question asked and the response issued by the National Ambulance Service dated 19 January 2024; if a request submitted by a patient’s GP for an ambulance service to transport a seriously ill patient to appointments in a Dublin hospital will be approved as a matter of urgency(details supplied); if she will outline the process by which such urgent requests are dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50997/25]
276. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider creating or extending funding streams through Sport Ireland or other sporting organisations to ensure that amateur athletes in equestrian sport can access grants when competing internationally; if he will introduce specific measures to directly support grassroots equestrian sport; if this will be considered in the context of the sports capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51061/25]
20. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the progress on the extension of the existing bus routes in Kilkenny city to include new housing estates, businesses and schools located in the environs of the city; and the availability of funding for such projects and the process and timeline involved. [50741/25]
19. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the approval by TII of the funding for all of the proposed interim works required on the N24/25; and the details of the communications between his Department, the TII and Kilkenny County Council on the project. [50740/25]
18. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he will set aside €10 million in each of the next four Budgets to go towards the northern extension of the Kilkenny ring road (details supplied); if his Department officials will work proactively with the council to progress the project to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50739/25]
2. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress of plans for the management of the EU Presidency in 2026; if decisions to host events outside Dublin have been made; if so, the locations agreed or those being considered for such events; and if the regions, insofar as is practical, will be showcased in equal measure to promote tourism and inward investment. [50742/25]
643. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a progress report and timeline on the delivery of a new primary care centre at a location (details supplied) which was listed as a priority project in the capital programme two years ago; if the preferred option as expressed by the GPs concerned for the primary care centre to be delivered on a new site at the location is the option being developed by the HSE; if other options are being examined; if she will outline these and provide the rationale for each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50033/25]
634. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied); if speech and language therapy for down syndrome children is funded directly by her Department; if she will allocate funding to DSI on a national or regional basis to allow the organisation to source and pay for the cost of services required for individual down syndrome children; if the funding will be increased for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49978/25]
415. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a claim and medical reports for a person (details supplied) with a view to approving the application, given the person has been in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance for a long period of time and two GPs continue to deem the person unfit for work; if a general practitioner appointed by his Department will examine the applicant; and if not, if an oral hearing will be conducted. [50034/25]
410. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department examined the contributions made by a person (details supplied) when they applied unsuccessfully for a pension. [49833/25]
273. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider an application under the CASWS which was uploaded in error to the emergency works portal and accepted; if the application which was submitted within the timeframe albeit to the incorrect portal will be accepted and processed as the work outlined in the application is urgent. [49723/25]
361. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the businesses or persons that provide private assessments for children referred by the HSE, relative to determining a diagnosis for autism, ADHD, Asperger's, and, other such conditions; the cost of this service and the amounts paid by the HSE in each of the past five years; if the professional qualifications and standards of those providing the assessments have been checked and verified; if all assessments are carried out in person with the parents present or via online meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49453/25]
360. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will cover the cost of providing a splint for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49449/25]
359. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to outline the follow-up care provided for person (details supplied); and if an urgent appointment will be expedited. [49448/25]
348. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a carer's business plan promised by the HSE, Limerick, relative to a person (details supplied) while they resided in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49416/25]
329. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a date for surgery in the department of vascular surgery WUH has been arranged for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [49324/25]
297. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if matters regarding contributions for persons will be clarified (details supplied). [49450/25]
238. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a record of the number of children of school-going age who are not attending primary school or are simply refusing to attend; if a similar record exists for secondary schools; if she will provide the figures available to her Department; the number of applications submitted to her Department for home tuition and the number approved; if the criteria for the approval of home tuition is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49452/25]
225. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school building project being processed by the large scale development section of her Department which is to provide a new building for the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied); if she will outline the steps in this process; the timeline for its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49451/25]
1233. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2527 of 8 September 2025, if an immediate appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); the reason they did not receive the promised appointment as set out in the response to the previous PQ by the HSE; and if she will expedite the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48320/25]
893. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the building of a school (details supplied) will be completed, the reason this school building project is ongoing since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48464/25]
660. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of funding allocated by his Department to each local authority under the housing adaption grant scheme in each of the past five years; if the allocations by his Department were categorised whereby specific amounts were ring fenced for priority 1, 2 and 3, applications; if it is a matter for each local authority to allocate an amount from the overall budget to each priority heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48120/25]