1554. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice his plans to retain the court services in Mall House in Youghal, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19231/25]
1498. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on his Department’s involvement in the inaugural Time and Sync Forum; his Department’s position on ending biannual clock changes, otherwise referred to as daylight saving time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21143/25]
1459. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the current policy with respect to the cessation of the widows or widowers contributory pension when an individual in receipt of the widows or widowers contributory pension reaches 66 years of age and qualifies for their own State pension; whether an individual must transfer solely to the contributory State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20488/25]
1413. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the process by which his Department will contact all those aged 70 years or over in receipt of free travel; the way they will receive a FREE TRAVEL COMPANION PUBLIC SERVICES CARD; if his Department has commenced same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19261/25]
1412. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a report on the inspections which took place in 2024 of schools participating in the Hot Schools Meals Programme; if he will provide a representative sample of lunches provided, with an ingredient and preparation method breakdown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19236/25]
1184. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a currently unserviced wastewater treatment plant in Rooskagh Valley, Shanagarry, County Cork, for which local residents have been informed is no longer fit for purpose and is close to operational failure with the potential to trigger a serious public health and environmental incident; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18990/25]
1151. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the duties he intends to delegate to the Strategic Housing Activation Office within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18554/25]
1054. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to establish a post-primary special school in the Youghal area of County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21046/25]
780. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education the status of the additional accommodation project for a school (details supplied); whether her Department has assessed the schools application for extra temporary accommodation while the new permanent classrooms are being built; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18743/25]
476. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 237 of 20 March 2025, when he will publish the detailed plan to restore waiting times for driving tests to ten weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20221/25]
475. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address the long driving test wait times in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20220/25]
367. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to reopen the Midleton to Youghal railway line in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18717/25]
241. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether his Department has assessed the effects of US trade tariffs on the economic viability of developing a floating storage and regasification unit for use as a gas emergency reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18505/25]
203. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates which a person (details supplied) served as Government Envoy to the US Congress on the Undocumented; the achievements of the Envoy on behalf of Government while in this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19219/25]
420. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the HSE’s plans for the former dispensary building in Ballynoe, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18341/25]
174. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice when the Register of Prohibited Publications will be updated to reflect the current legal position regarding the sale and distribution of publications that relate to abortion, specifically Abortion Internationally, banned in 1983; Abortion: Our Struggle for Control, banned in 1983; and Abortion: Right or Wrong, published in 1942; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17655/25]
13. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings the special envoy to the United States of America has had since his appointment; the date and locations of meetings; the travel costs incurred as a consequence of these meetings; and the resources available to the envoy from his Department. [17797/25]
1079. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to help mitigate the impact on the distribution of college places offered to applicants sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2025 of changes to the grading system between those who will sit the Leaving Certificate in 2025 compared to those who sat the Leaving Certificate in years previous; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17492/25]
930. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the number of residents accommodated by the HSE in a property acquired for residential mental health service use in (details supplied); and the opening date of that service. [16850/25]
929. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of legal costs for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 incurred by the state arising from the defence of cases taken by members of the public against the HSE on issues of alleged medical negligence or other forms of alleged service failure; the number of cases upheld by the courts; and the numbers of cases settled out of court. [16849/25]
928. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the cost to date of hotel accommodation for former residents of (details supplied) since the premises was vacated in October 2023; a breakdown of work completed on a property on (details supplied) for some of the former residents; the commencement date for those works; a time-frame for their completion; and the purchase date of that property. [16848/25]
927. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total cost of agency healthcare staff for the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 by CHO, Regional Health Area and by discipline, in tabular form. [16847/25]
922. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the primary care psychology staffing levels, by grade of psychologist, and per population size, served in each integrated health area of the Dublin and Midlands Regional Health Area, as of March 1 2025. [16842/25]
921. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the primary care psychology staffing levels, by grade of psychologist, and per population size, served in each integrated health area of the West and North West Regional Health Area, as of March 1 2025. [16841/25]
920. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the primary care psychology staffing levels, by grade of psychologist, and per population size, served in each integrated health area of the Dublin and North East Regional Health Area, as of March 1 2025. [16840/25]
919. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health for the primary care psychology staffing levels, by grade of psychologist, and per population size, served in each integrated health area of the South West Regional Health Area, as of March 1 2025. [16839/25]
918. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the Dublin and Midlands Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and as part of this data, the longest wait-time in years and months, as of March 1st 2025. [16838/25]
917. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the South West Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and as part of this data, the longest wait-time in years and months, as of March 1st 2025. [16837/25]
916. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the West and North West Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and as part of this data, the longest wait-time in years and months, as of March 1 2025. [16836/25]
915. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the psychology waiting-list numbers and exact wait-times, in months and years, for children and adolescents in each integrated health area of the Dublin and North East Regional Health Area primary care services, in tabular form, to also include numbers of years waiting for young people waiting more than twelve months; and as part of this data, the longest wait-time, in years and months, as of March 1 2025. [16835/25]
826. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the report submitted to her Department in relation to talks with Catholic bodies and the Church of Ireland concerning their contribution towards financial redress for mother-and-baby home survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17116/25]
543. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide school caretakers with access to the single public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17462/25]
217. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach the participants at the first meeting of the Strategic Economic Advisory Panel which took place during his recent visit to Washington DC. [16610/25]
149. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the design of the tranche II flood relief schemes for County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16089/25]
137. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Liam Quaide den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán conas atá sé i gceist aige tacú le gealltanas fostaíochta fiche faoin gcéad laistigh d’Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú), 2021 chun a chinntiú go gcuirfear seirbhísí ar fáil i nGaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [16183/25]
122. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education if she plans on establishing a citizens’ assembly on the future of education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16174/25]
871. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of social media videos posted on his Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [15741/25]
838. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15263/25]
813. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [15743/25]
802. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE on independent and privately run mental health services, outside the Irish State, from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [15699/25]
801. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to expand access to naloxone for frontline health workers in order to help reduce drug deaths; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15684/25]
800. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will continue its safer nightlife programme ahead of summer 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15678/25]
798. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to action the recommendations of the citizens’ assembly on drug use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15650/25]
736. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she or Ministers of State from her Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15258/25]
698. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists at Cork University Hospital for CT, MRI and ultrasound scans, in each quarter from 2022, to date in 2025; and the average time each patient spends on the waiting list in respect of the same. [15015/25]
691. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15652/25]
672. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage of social media videos posted on her Department's social media accounts that included closed captioning or subtitling and Irish sign language translations between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, inclusive. [15742/25]