256. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the reason a project is now titled the 'Kilkenny Northern Transport Project'; whether its scope extends beyond a ring road link (such as active travel or public transport components); if any change in scope has contributed to the restart at early appraisal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52898/25]
255. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the amounts allocated to the Kilkenny Northern Transport Project in each of the years 2024, 2025 and projected for 2026; the specific deliverables attached to the €200,000 provided in 2025; whether multi-annual funding will be committed to bring the project through options selection, environmental surveys and statutory planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52897/25]
254. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will publish the strategic assessment report, the updated project outline document and any 2024-2025 traffic and junction analyses for the Butts Green area; and to place these documents in the Oireachtas Library and Research Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52896/25]
253. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if the €44 million announced in July 2013 for completion of the Kilkenny ring road was formally allocated, drawn down or ring-fenced; if not, when and why that position changed; and to provide a chronology of Departmental and TII decisions from 2013 to date, including the effect of the 2014 An Bord Pleanála approval and subsequent legal proceedings on project reset; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52895/25]
252. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the Kilkenny Northern Transport Project (formerly the Kilkenny Northern Ring Road Extension), including the stage reached under the infrastructure guidelines/public spending code; the expected timeline and key milestones to complete the options stage and proceed to planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52894/25]
236. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport whether the Kilkenny Northern Transport Project is identified within the current NDP/National Investment Framework; what, if any, indicative capital envelope is provided for the scheme; and whether any previous 2013 era allocation or provision lapsed or was re-profiled. [52900/25]
198. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the staffing benchmarks she is aiming to implement in primary care services for young people where waiting lists across disciplines are in crisis; if she will accordingly suspend the Pay and Numbers Strategy and undertake a comprehensive recruitment drive based on those benchmarks, as well as recruiting additional staff in the short and medium term to help address waiting lists that now far exceed the capacity of a fully staffed service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52503/25]
122. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether the proposed 50-bedroom mental health facility on the grounds of St Stephen’s hospital, Glanmire, is compliant with the UNCRPD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52504/25]
261. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to recent changes in the eligibility criteria for funding of current PhD candidates who commenced their research prior to 1 September 2025; his views on the impact this will have on this cohort of candidates who would have had a reasonable and legitimate expectation of being able to apply for funding given the previous eligibility criteria; whether he is concerned at the potential loss of public-interest research that may not now proceed due to the financial burden; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52165/25]
907. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the plans for additional post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the south west, in line with the programme for Government commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51896/25]
884. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the resource needs of Ukrainian organisations in Ireland working on mental health support; if she will consider multi-annual funding mechanisms to ensure continuity and sustainability of these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51572/25]
843. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase the weekly income threshold/means test for persons applying for a medical card aged over 70 years old, to keep in line with the rising cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51214/25]
701. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 932 of 17 September 2025, if he will list all the domestic and international stakeholders that his Department has engaged since 2022, and continues to engage, in relation to the EU's new chat control legislation, the Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse. [51592/25]
255. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of young persons attending a service (details supplied); and the average number attending on a daily basis. [50948/25]
254. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current staffing levels at a service (details supplied); the catchment area served; if it extends beyond County Cork; and her plans for further investment in staffing levels. [50947/25]
152. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to expand the criteria of the occupational injuries benefit scheme to include healthcare workers suffering with long Covid symptoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50571/25]
149. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend automatic entitlement to the household benefits package, the fuel allowance payment, and the additional needs payment to anyone living with a life-limiting cancer diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50572/25]
125. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the report on benchmarking and indexing working age social protection rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50573/25]
85. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce a cost of disability payment to help address the significant additional costs of having a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50570/25]
164. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the timeline for bringing forward the Health (Adult Safeguarding) Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50534/25]
154. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to amend sections of the Disability Act 2005 as it relates to assessments of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50532/25]
153. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the childcare (amendment) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50531/25]
32. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to reform the Ethics in Public Office legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50533/25]
720. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department will outline the funding streams currently available to Ukrainian-led community organisations to support integration initiatives, including language classes, employment support and cultural exchange projects; and if consideration will be given to developing a ring-fenced fund for migrant-led organisations to strengthen community cohesion and integration at local level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49704/25]
624. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the availability of free HRT products beyond the treatment of menopause symptoms to transgender people as part of gender-affirming healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49933/25]
529. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has assessed the resource needs of Ukrainian organisations in Ireland working on integration, mental health support and community development; if she will consider multi-annual funding mechanisms to ensure continuity and sustainability of these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49705/25]
528. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding status for SOS Kilkenny’s respite services; to outline when the funding that has been promised will be released; the way in which his Department will ensure sustainable, multi-annual funding for specialist respite provision for people with intellectual disabilities in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49703/25]
408. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider funding and resourcing a national umbrella organisation for supported employment, to provide staff training, best practice standards, policy development and coordination between supported employment service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49700/25]
407. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will ensure that the Pathways to Work strategy includes dedicated funding for disability-related transport costs, beyond the free travel scheme, to reflect additional costs faced by persons with disabilities, including those in rural areas, and to provide parity with the Access to Work (NI) scheme, which covers extra approved travel costs for disabled workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49699/25]
379. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to alter the eligibility criteria for the local authority home loan where long-term State benefit payments may only be considered as repayment income where more than 50% of the income source is of an earned nature, to allow two applicants on long-term State benefit payments to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49980/25]
245. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to launch a national employer awareness campaign on supported employment, with associated benefits and financial incentives for employers similar to the Workable NI model, to encourage the recruitment and retention of people with disabilities in line with Government targets under the Comprehensive Employment Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49702/25]
93. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will publish an up-to-date audit of the number and proportion of people with disabilities who are in employment, broken down by sector and region, to allow measurement of progress on closing the disability employment gap, and to provide comparable data to that published in Northern Ireland through NISRA. [49701/25]
1211. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the grade and service location of primary care and secondary mental health posts, within each health region, in occupational therapy, social work, psychology, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy which were vacated in 2023 and 2024 that have yet been submitted for replacement and which have not yet received stage 3 approval, in tabular form. [48156/25]
1210. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on waiting-lists in primary care services for occupational therapy, physiotherapy, psychology, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy in excess of one year, two years, three years and so on, until the longest duration in years, by health region, in tabular form. [48155/25]
1066. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details of her commitment to funding additional residential placements for adults with an intellectual disability over 2025 to 2026, in particular the number of additional placements committed to and the timeframe for their provision, by heath region, in tabular form. [48154/25]
1065. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of adults with an intellectual disability waiting for residential placements nationwide, by health region and the duration of these waits, in tabular form. [48153/25]
1056. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total cost of outsourcing assessments of need in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by Health Region-CHO. [48141/25]
934. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department engaged any external advice on the effects the EU's chat control legislation will have on an individual’s privacy rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48956/25]
933. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department engaged any external advice on the effectiveness of the automated scanning of messages and the feasibility of the technology proposed in relation to the EU's chat control legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48955/25]
932. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of Ireland’s position regarding the EU's new chat control legislation, the Regulation to Prevent and Combat Child Sexual Abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48954/25]
488. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of taxis in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 transporting children to special education placements due to a lack of provision in their locality, broken down by geographical area. [48158/25]
487. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received for the school term 2025-2026 for a special education class, in a mainstream school or a special school; and the number of children who are projected to not be able to access a school place in the community in which they live. [48157/25]
2617. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals an advocacy service (details supplied) has made to the HSE safeguarding and protection teams since 2020. [46990/25]
2616. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals HIQA has made to the HSE safeguarding and protection teams since 2020; if a memorandum of understanding exists between HIQA and the HSE to ensure all relevant safeguarding concerns received by HIQA are referred to the HSE safeguarding and protection teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46989/25]
2615. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for specialist social work posts to assist in the roll out of assisted decision-making legislation; the number of specialist posts in place; the reasons the HSE has not used this funding to provide essential and specialist role in all CHO/acute settings to date; when the HSE plans to recruit and provide these specialist roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46988/25]
2614. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of social workers allocated specifically to older person services in November 2023 and July 2025. [46987/25]
2421. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she ensured a proportionality assessment and public consultation was carried out regarding the set standards of proficiency and criteria for education and training programmes for counsellors and psychotherapists, as published by the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Registration Board of CORU in July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45921/25]
2382. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand the oral immunotherapy programme for children with peanut and tree nut allergies at Cork university hospital to children aged five years and older; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45776/25]