1926. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1736 of 14 April 2026, stating that SOG 5.01a and accompanying training material were due to be issued to Chief Fire Officers before the end of Q2 2026, whether that deadline was met; if not, the reasons for the delay; whether any Chief Fire Officer has received SOG 5.01a or its training material to date; and the revised date by which SOG 5.01a and its training material will be issued to all Chief Fire Officers. [63520/26]
1925. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1015 of 18 March 2026 and No. 1763 14 April 2026, (details supplied) whether a document titled or effectively functioning as national guidance on grid scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) exists; if so, the title, publication or draft date; whether it has been issued to fire authorities, planning authorities or development authorities. [63519/26]
1912. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on a person's application under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63178/26]
1846. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the measures his Department is considering to succeed the cessation of turf cutting compensation schemes as the payment period concludes for many applicants; if a replacement support is being considered; if so, the details of such support or supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62224/26]
2924. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if equine therapy facilities will be developed at the HSE’s Toghermore campus in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61478/26]
3510. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of GMS GP posts vacant in County Galway as of latest date available; the number of practices closed to new patients; the number of retirements and new entrants in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61483/26]
3209. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if additional resources will be made available to implement the care pathway for Huntington’s disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60575/26]
3171. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the supports, including treatment schemes available for women diagnosed with adenomyosis; the measures she is taking to ensure timely treatment for women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60213/26]
3113. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a respite house for children (details supplied) can be open on a seven day a week basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63954/26]
2612. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda graduates allocated to each Garda division in each round of attestation to date in 2026, in tabular form. [63818/26]
2611. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí transferred into the Galway division so far in 2026; and the districts and stations these Gardaí were assigned to as part of these transfers. [63822/26]
2610. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí transferred out of the Galway division to date in 2026; the districts and stations these Gardaí were removed from as part of these transfers; and the division they were transferred to. [63825/26]
2263. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a contract (details supplied) for IPAS accommodation will be renewed; if there has been engagement with the property owners in terms of its future use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60768/26]
2185. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will approve visas for students from Gaza who have been granted scholarships to Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60604/26]
2101. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection the process through which the free travel scheme operates; how are transport operators compensated for providing eligible services for free travel pass holders; how are transport operators in the North of Ireland compensated for providing eligible services for free travel pass holders who also have a senior SmartPass. [63850/26]
2100. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection the total cost of the free travel scheme for the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [63853/26]
2099. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department collects data on the practice of transport operators registered under the free travel scheme charging free travel pass holders booking fees for eligible services, including data such as the value of booking fees applied to free travel pass holders for eligible services; the total annual value of booking fees collected by each registered operator from free travel pass holders; if this data is available, to provide it for the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; if this data is not collected, to provide the rationale for not collecting it. [63842/26]
1587. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department offers funding schemes for local authorities to develop or refurbish parks used for skateboarding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60038/26]
1516. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a letter of intent has been issued for a new school building (details supplied); when a letter of acceptance is expected to be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63722/26]
1446. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she supports the extension of the temporary suspension of the 90-day limit for primary school teachers on career breaks undertaking substitute teaching work for the upcoming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63169/26]
1445. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will issue its decision on whether it will extend the temporary suspension of the 90-day limit for primary school teachers on career breaks undertaking substitute teaching work for the upcoming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63170/26]
1444. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has plans to review the conditions placed on primary school teachers undertaking substitute teaching work while on career break such as the 90-day limit, the 40-day flat rate rule and all other conditions of career breaks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63171/26]
1355. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62859/26]
1333. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction will commence on a new school building (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62668/26]
1331. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which school transport routes are designed; if parents are consulted on route design; if the design process is computerised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62645/26]
1236. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to her replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 414 to 417, inclusive, of 2026, the mechanisms her Department uses to monitor whether schools and Education and Training Boards are complying in practice with the eligibility rules for Contracts of Indefinite Duration set out in Circulars 20/2026 and 21/2026, particularly in cases where a teacher has provided recurring teaching for more than one year but has not been awarded a CID; whether her Department conducts any compliance checks, audits or monitoring of such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61555/26]
1235. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos 414 to 417 of 16 June 2026, the number of teachers in each of the past five years who appealed a decision by a school or Education and Training Board not to award them a contract of indefinite duration; the number of such appeals that were successful; the number of successful appeals that resulted in the teacher subsequently being awarded a CID; the principal reasons for decisions not to award a CID being overturned on appeal; if this information is not collected, the reason for not doing so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61562/26]
1233. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 417 of 16 June 2026, the reason no further review or reform of the CID and fixed-term employment arrangements is required given her Department has acknowledged that it does not hold the information necessary to establish the extent to which teachers are working recurring teaching hours on successive temporary or substitute contracts; the evidence or assessment that supports the decision not to undertake a further review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61556/26]
1232. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 414 to 417 of 16 June 2026, the responsibility her Department retains for monitoring compliance by schools and Education and Training Boards with the CID and redeployment arrangements outlined by Department Circulars; the number of investigations, compliance interventions, directions or other actions her Department has undertaken in each of the past five years in response to alleged or identified failures to comply with CID eligibility rules; the outcomes of any such interventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61557/26]
1231. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 414 to 417 of 16 June 2026, the way in which her Department defines a “viable post” for the purposes of Circulars 20/2026 and 21/2026; who determines whether a post is viable; the criteria applied in making that determination; the oversight her Department has of such decisions; the safeguards in place to ensure that recurring teaching requirements are not repeatedly treated as temporary requirements where the teaching work itself continues to exist and a CID-eligible post should be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61558/26]
1230. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 16 June 2026, the number of permanent and CID-holding teachers redeployed in each of the past five school years; the number of permanent teaching vacancies filled through the redeployment process in each year; if her Department records the number of fixed-term, temporary or substitute teachers who taught in schools affected by redeployment and who subsequently were not retained, had their hours reduced or lost access to teaching work as a consequence of the redeployment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61559/26]
1229. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 16 June 2026, if her Department has considered requiring schools and Education and Training Boards to record and report whether temporary, substitute and part-time teaching hours relate to genuine temporary absences, recurring curricular requirements, allocation-based hours, special educational needs or English as an additional language provision, or other continuing teaching requirements; if not, the reason her Department has decided not to collect such information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61561/26]
1228. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 16 June 2026, if her Department has assessed whether the operation of the redeployment arrangements can result in teachers who have accumulated significant service in recurring teaching work repeatedly losing access to that work because of the redeployment of permanent or CID-holding teachers; if so, the findings of that assessment; if not, the reason for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61560/26]
1179. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to families who cannot afford to purchase digital devices for their child attending school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60958/26]
1178. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she intends to reduce costs for families being required by schools to purchase expensive digital technology including laptops and iPads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60952/26]
974. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider designating the south Galway flood relief scheme as critical infrastructure to accelerate its delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63431/26]
738. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown on the total cost of the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme for each of the years 2024 and 2025; the amount budgeted for 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60419/26]
733. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of the total amount of VRT relief, VAT relief, and fuel grants delivered under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60424/26]
513. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport his plans to improve the accessibility of public transport for people who require the use of a wheelchair; his plans to improve the accessibility of bus stops for people who require the use of a wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62732/26]
488. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to address the sharp increase in waiting times for driving tests at Loughrea driving test centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62423/26]
217. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions his Department is undertaking to assist in reducing the administrative load on small businesses having to engage with or register for packaging schemes in other EU countries prompted by the recent EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63325/26]
4254. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if an application to the Community Centre Investment Fund (details supplied) will be approved; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55322/26]
3493. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the waiting lists and average waiting times for each type of cancer treatment at the University Hospital Galway cancer center; and the compliance rate with key performance indicators and standards in this area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56578/26]
3492. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than four months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and for each category, the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, for County Galway as of July 2026 or the latest data available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56577/26]
3491. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of persons and the average wait time on the waiting list for CAMHS in County Galway as of July 2026 or the latest data available; and a breakdown of this waiting list by age category, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56576/26]
3490. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for provision of home help services in County Galway as of July 2026 or the latest data available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56575/26]
3489. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Galway awaiting home help services as of July 2026 or the latest data available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56574/26]
3431. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant consultant posts, by speciality at Galway University Hospital and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [56321/26]
3430. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE suicide crisis assessment nurse posts filled in Galway as of 15 July 2026, in tabular form. [56320/26]