896. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the high tech medication repatha will continue to be provided by way of prescription through St. Lukes Hospital, Kilkenny, to patients that are already on the drug prescribed while under the care of the retired consultant (details supplied); if it is the responsibility of St. Lukes, Kilkenny, to resolve the problem and issue a prescription to a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38905/25]
663. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department can address queries in respect of the contributions, benefits and entitlements of persons (details supplied). [39578/25]
662. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the case of carers allowance payments for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [39576/25]
661. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if the pension entitlements of two persons (details supplied) will be examined to ensure that both are in receipt of their full benefit; and if their contribution history will be provided. [39570/25]
628. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for the State pension (contributory) in the name of a person (details supplied);and if their years as a homemaker and foster carer will be considered. [38917/25]
627. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a disability appeal in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [38906/25]
626. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if supplementary welfare payments will be restored in the case of a person (details supplied); if the arrears will be paid; and if an application for disability allowance will be approved. [38894/25]
459. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application under the summer works scheme (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [38892/25]
651. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of candidates from the 2022/2023 recruitment campaign that are still waiting to be called for training in Templemore; if the candidates from the 2024 campaign have commenced training; if so, the number involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37603/25]
595. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for sickness benefits in the name of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37609/25]
580. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the State pension being paid to a person (details supplied) ceased without notification; if the payment will be reinstated; and if arrears will be paid. [37494/25]
421. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application for emergency works relative to health and safety in the name of a school (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [37598/25]
560. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for illness benefit in the name of a person (details supplied). [33603/25]
559. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an appeal against the decision to refuse disability allowance in the name of a person (details supplied) will be expedited and approved given the applicant contends that her means were incorrectly assessed. [33601/25]
298. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance whether the recommendations contained in the report on the review of the fund sector, published last year, have been considered by him or the Government; if the several recommendations around changing the tax regime will be implemented; the cost to the exchequer of abolition of the 1% stamp duty, the reduction of the LAET from 41% to 33% and the abolition of the eight-year deemed disposal rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33715/25]
688. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the action she is taking to provide full-time early learning and care services for children under six years of age in Carlow and Kilkenny; if she is aware that the Kilkenny childcare committee have confirmed that currently there are no available childcare places for families seeking full day care; if she will consider funding community childcare centres in a central location in Kilkenny city when buildings used currently for educational purposes are vacated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32008/25]
554. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of an illness benefit claim for a person (details supplied). [32024/25]
324. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that a new principal will be appointed to a school (details supplied), as the principal retired on the 15 May 2025; if concessionary posts have been lost to the school because of the amalgamation date of the 15 May 2025 being agreed; if the service records and holiday entitlements of each member of staff continues to be available to each staff member to avoid any error in the approval of leave and payments due; if it is the case that staff must apply individually for their service records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31337/25]
1548. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to previous Parliamentary Questions on this issue, the status of the HSE pension entitlements of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30117/25]
952. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a fuel allowance application will be approved for a person (details supplied); and if the details of their outgoings and financial difficulties provided as part of their appeal will be considered. [30449/25]
945. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a record of insurance contributions made by a person (details supplied); if these contributions qualify them for carer's benefit; and the benefits available to this client as a stay-at-home parent since 2018 and carer for their two children (15 and 12 years old) that are in receipt of domiciliary care allowance. [30224/25]
871. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the documents proposing the review of the 2019 wind energy and development guidelines and the outcomes of the analysis to date, with all relevant working papers, will be published; the cost to date in developing these guidelines; if the process is near completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30917/25]
853. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the planning development charges imposed by county councils on successful applicants for one off houses will be suspended for a period to encourage the construction of homes and to reduce the costs involved; if a nominal flat once off charge will be considered; if an analysis of the impact of these charges will be undertaken to determine their effect on the decision of applicants to construct or not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30534/25]
691. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has purchased a property (details supplied); and if the purchase is complete. [30624/25]
413. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has purchased a property (details supplied); and if the purchase is complete. [30625/25]
225. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of the tender documents issued in February 2023; the name of the entity that won the contract, and the cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29455/25]
584. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will ban the use of hexahydrocannabinol vapes in Ireland; if she will outline her plan to regulate or ban vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26759/25]
418. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has provided, as requested, the record of contributions made by a person (details supplied); if she qualifies for credits as a homemaker; if she will qualify as an adult dependent on her husband's contributory pension in June 2025. [26808/25]
282. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is in receipt of their full State pension. [26485/25]
281. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for widow’s pension will be approved for a person (details supplied). [26484/25]
183. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if an unused Garda barracks that is a listed building will be disposed of to a local community group (details supplied). [26482/25]
166. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to arrange for a meeting room to be made available in a facility (details supplied), for use by local organised groups whose members are recovering from major life changing health issues, such as acquired brain injury or stroke; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26162/25]
880. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the status of a public consultation process relative to establishing a master plan for the development of community facilities on the land owned by the HSE at Lacken, Dublin Road, Kilkenny; the number of submissions made; if a draft report is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25926/25]
878. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide adequate funding for the current services and supports available to those with an acquired brain injury, including the funding of an organisation (details supplied); the amount of funding allocated in each of the past five years to the organisation; her plans to add to the services currently available; if each CHO area will be funded to support directly the groups of individuals already established to assist each other in recovery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25905/25]
779. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a replacement set of special footwear prescribed for a person (details supplied) can be provided immediately. [25127/25]
511. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will outline his plans for the implementation of the AVMS levy; how the collection of the levy will operate and how the funds will be dispersed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25220/25]
259. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the case of a person (details supplied) can be reviewed and his preserved pension processed. [25594/25]
255. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the policy of the Defence Forces relative to granting transfers on compassionate grounds where a member has an immediate requirement to be stationed close to home for family reasons; the number of such applications being processed currently; the number of such applications made in each of the past five years; the number approved; the number of serving members that have taken long-term compassionate leave in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25129/25]
218. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied with the sampling, testing and oversight of the quality of diesel available in Ireland; if a totally independent agency is needed similar to other EU member States to monitor on a real-time basis the quality and consistency of all tanker loads and batches of diesel available in the State; if he is aware that the inconsistency in the quality of diesel is causing mechanical and operational problems for hauliers; if the EU directive on fuel quality has been transposed into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25237/25]
337. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24940/25]
335. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24935/25]