1111. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who will be seeking secondary level special education provision in the east-central, Cork network in September 2025; and the number and location of available school places. [42240/25]
480. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the role that local authorities will have in implementing the new National Human Rights Disability Strategy; if the local authorities will be resourced to implement actions included in the strategy at local level; the method by which local authorities will co-ordinate local level delivery of the strategy with national level target; whether each local authority will be required to develop a process of consultation, co-design and co-delivery of the strategy with people with disabilities; if so, how will they be supported in doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40285/25]
370. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current funding levels of the housing adaptation grant, the disabled persons grant and the improvements works in lieu schemes for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [40287/25]
995. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the details of recruitment to the primary care child and adolescent services of the Dublin north west integrated health area from January 2023 to July 2025 for the disciplines of occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and psychology; the date each post was advertised; the contract type that is, temporary or permanent; the grade of post that is, staff, senior or principal; if the post was accepted or not; if the post was delayed from being filled or eliminated by the Pay and Numbers Strategy; the staffing provision for each discipline at the end of each year from 2022; and the population size served by the Dublin north west HSE catchment. [39644/25]
814. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason no planned places were delivered in 2023 or 2024, despite the Action Plan for Disability Services aiming for 900 places to be delivered by 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39048/25]
813. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new residential places provided for priority one placements and planned places for persons with disabilities delivered from 2021 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and in respect of the year, the national service plan target, the number of priority one places provided, the number of planned places provided, and the total number of places provided. [39047/25]
374. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Finance if houses that were only partially built but never occupied or suitable for occupation and have sat idle for a number of years qualify for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39734/25]
810. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health when the HSE plans to complete a full health technology assessment in relation to EYLEA (aflibercept) given this was recommended by an NCPE Rapid Review assessment report in December 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37421/25]
569. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 601 of 24 June 2025, if he will provide a timeline for the completion of the report on benchmarking and indexing working-age social protection payments; the timeline needed to consider the matter, in light of the substantial time that has passed since the undertaking was given to carry out this process; when he intends to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37413/25]
522. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to revise the income eligibility limit for affordable cost rental in County Cork to match the household income limit that applies in Dublin, given the comparable cost of living and price of houses in both areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37428/25]
139. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to reduce the student contribution fee over the lifetime of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37637/25]
97. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the schemes in place to support the creation and enhancement of hedgerows and other linear and connective landscape features of value to wildlife; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35769/25]
527. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons his Department does not recognise civil partnerships registered in Northern Ireland between 16 May 2016 and 12 January 2020 for social welfare purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35693/25]
37. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the project within his Department to review and update wildlife legislation, specifically in relation to protecting hedgerows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35770/25]
63. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her recruitment plans to address the waiting-list crisis in child and adolescent primary care psychology services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34665/25]
27. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of people under the care of the Midleton, Youghal and Cobh and Glenville adult mental health teams who have been transferred to continuing care settings or high-support hostels since the Owenacurra Centre took in its last resident in February 2021; and the name and locations of those services. [34664/25]
740. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to enact legislation to include socio-economic disadvantage as a ground for discrimination under equality legislation, particularly in light of a report (details supplied) which showed that one of the highest categories of discrimination was on the basis of socio-economic background; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34531/25]
675. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on making a national programme to reduce the risk of re-offending mandatory for sexual offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34518/25]
611. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the progression of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; his plans to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to enact legislation to update licensing laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33589/25]
609. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visit family/friend visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 6-8 weeks; the number of visas processed which exceeded the target processing time in 2024; the number of tourist visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 12 weeks; the number of visas processed which exceeded the target processing time in 2024; the number of join family (category B) visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 12 months; and the number of visas processed which exceeded the target processing time in 2024. [33576/25]
603. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update in relation to MESL 2025; the steps that are necessary to ensure that Ireland's obligations under the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals are met regarding providing everyone with an income that allows them to live with dignity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34536/25]
602. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on his Department's examination of the concept of income adequacy as a lever to take people out of consistent poverty in the context that our social protection payments are not linked to the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34534/25]
601. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on progress on completing and publishing the study on benchmarking and indexing working-age social protection payments committed to in the Mid-Term Review of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34532/25]
373. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the National Council for Special Education accept clinical diagnosing of autism in assessment reports completed by counselling psychologists. [34542/25]
265. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his plans to develop a new scheme to support people with disabilities to access personal transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34153/25]
263. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport his views on the recommendation from an organisation (details supplied) to increase the uptake of battery electric vehicles, by introducing grants of up to €10,000 for lower income households, particularly in areas with limited access to public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34109/25]
201. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to bring some of the high-level meetings during Ireland's EU presidency to east Cork to ensure County Cork benefits from the profile the presidency brings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33870/25]
181. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach his plans to address the fact that data in relation to many marginalised groups such as Travellers and Roma, migrants, disabled people, and homeless people is not included in the annual CSO Survey on Income and Living Conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34533/25]
166. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if any additional funding will be provided for the expansion of Local Link services in County Cork in the upcoming budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34080/25]
138. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport his plans to expand rural bus services in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34079/25]
425. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by regional health area, of primary care child and adolescent service waiting-lists for occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech and language therapy and psychology; for a breakdown, in years and months, for those young people waiting over 52 weeks; and the longest wait time for each discipline in each regional health area. [33455/25]
424. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the expected wait-time for parliamentary questions replies to be returned by the HSE to TDs. [33453/25]
419. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of psychology training placements funded by her Department for the coming college term from September 2025; and their allocation to each training course in educational, counselling and clinical psychology. [33412/25]
418. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the National Council for Special Education accept clinical diagnosing of autism in assessment reports completed by counselling psychologists. [33411/25]
417. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she has sought advice on the compliance of a proposed 50-bed set of bungalows for mental health residential services on the grounds of Saint Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Person with a Disability; and from whom she received this advice. [33396/25]
416. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of hotel accommodation for former residents of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton since the building was vacated on October 2023, until the expected end of this arrangement; for an update on works to a house for three residents in O'Dwyer's Road, Midleton; the date the property was purchased; and the date that renovation works began on the property. [33395/25]
415. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the number of HSE staff who had to take in excess of three months’ leave from work after sustaining assaults during the course of their work duties for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and to provide any additional information that may be available, such as the breakdown of professions affected, occurrences in mental health services and physical health services and disability services and community and hospital services. [33391/25]
414. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the number of reported assaults on HSE staff during the course of their work duties for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and to provide any additional information that may be available, such as the breakdown of professions affected, occurrences in mental health services and physical health services and disability services and community and hospital services. [33390/25]
381. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for a projected start date to construction works on a replacement facility for the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton. [33389/25]
359. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of under-65s residing in nursing-homes; to provide any additional information regarding these cohorts, such as the number with an intellectual disability and the number with an acquired brain-injury; and their reasons for being in nursing-home care. [33454/25]
323. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the number of staff employed in Waterford city and County Council to address vacancy and dereliction; the population size served by the local authority area of Waterford city and county; the number of vacant or derelict properties in the local authority area issued with compulsory purchase orders in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the amount of derelict site levies collected. [33459/25]
322. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff employed in Limerick city and County Council to address vacancy and dereliction; the population size served by the local authority area of Limerick city and county; the number of vacant or derelict properties in the local authority area issued with compulsory purchase orders in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the amount of derelict site levies collected. [33458/25]
321. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the number of staff employed in Cork County Council to address vacancy and dereliction; the population size served by the local authority area of Cork county; the number of vacant or derelict properties in the local authority area issued with compulsory purchase orders in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and the amount of derelict site levies collected. [33457/25]
290. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a breakdown of new special school provision for the 2025-2026 school term, and for the expected locations nationally of this provision. [33400/25]