473. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the way in which his Department plans to support Dublin City Council’s passed motion to seek UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage designation for the culture of The Liberties, Dublin 8, to hold and protect the characteristics and memories of our city’s working-class traditions in addition to our industrial, historical and social heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69769/25]
172. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the implementation of objectives (details supplied) under the Protection Pillar 2 of the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (DSGBV)); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68229/25]
415. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of electronic devices collected by An Garda Síochána for technical examination in the course of criminal prosecutions both from suspects and witnesses/complainants; the length of time between collection and when analysis was begun; and when the device was returned to its owner, from 1 January 2020 to 30 November 2025, by district, offence name, by year, in tabular form. [67728/25]
170. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he will accept recommendations made by Dublin City Council to extend the existing boundary for the Living City initiative, as constituents residing at a location one street outside the current boundary (details supplied) have attempted to apply and been rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67707/25]
172. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria for determining which schools will be designated for the DEIS Plus plan; whether two significantly disadvantaged schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66398/25]
685. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to “Coco’s Law”, the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020, the number of prosecutions taken, and number of convictions under this law, by offence name, number of prosecutions taken, number of convictions, average length of sentence and disposition of sentence (whether suspended and so on), by county, and year since the law’s inception to date, in tabular form. [66160/25]
161. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if her Department plans to recommend that visitors from large, populous countries that have recently reduced their vaccination requirements for illnesses such as measles, mumps, rubella, and influenza obtain these vaccinations before visiting Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56730/25]
124. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department plans to keep Irish residents safe and healthy in the face of other large, populous countries which have recently backed away from science-based medicine and disease/virus prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56731/25]
353. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if training is mandated by the HSE for student doctors and nurses to recognise signs of domestic, sexual, gender violence and coercive control in patients and family members; the details of the training; the number which have attended the training per year since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64148/25]
352. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if training is mandated by the HSE for doctors and nurses on existing contracts to recognise signs of domestic, sexual, gender violence and coercive control in patients and family members; the details of the training; the number of times this training is required for an attendee; the number of persons which have attended this training per year since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64147/25]
190. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Transport the reason several Dublin Bus stops were not constructed by the NTA according to BusConnects plans submitted to and approved by An Coimisiún Pleanála (details supplied). [62354/25]
356. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the public outcry from residents in an area (details supplied) which has lost its direct bus route to Dublin city centre, as well as having lost several bus stops in their village; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62029/25]
355. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Transport the status of safety works and reconfiguration of an area (details supplied), where a cyclist died two years ago and a cyclist was injured earlier this week, An Coimisiún Pleanála fast-tracked approval of an upgrade in advance of BusConnects but it is the only canal junction not yet upgraded; the status of the safety audit for the area; for a fourth crossing along the canal; for a narrowing at a nearby housing complex so schoolchildren can cross the road safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62028/25]
1536. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the additional planned legislation for gender pay gap reporting will be brought to the Dáil. [59048/25]
1535. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the new gender pay gap reporting portal for public and private organisations will be fully launched as promised on International Women’s Day 2025, under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021. [59047/25]
590. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an IPA repatriation request (details supplied) will be expedited. [56926/25]
713. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which budget 2026 will affect domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence initiatives; the breakdown of funding for each initiative or group to receive funding, with a description of each initiative or group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55245/25]
68. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether national guidance exists for social housing tenants and applicants fleeing domestic, sexual, and gender violence to another local jurisdiction; whether he is aware that local authority councils are instructing those abuse survivor transfer applicants to return to their original jurisdiction where they may not have a support network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52820/25]
573. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a child (details supplied) is still waiting for an assessment to be carried out or a date for the assessment to be scheduled; the position of the child on the list; the timeframe for the assessment to be completed; and the urgent steps that will be taken to expedite same. [50319/25]
1621. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of convictions relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order, and any incident type with an original CAD incident type of ‘DVSA’; by year, in tabular form. [45757/25]
1620. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of prosecutions initiated relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order, and any incident type with an original CAD incident type of ‘DVSA’; by year, in tabular form. [45756/25]
1619. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of arrests made by An Garda Síochána relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order, and any incident type with an original CAD incident type of ‘DVSA’; by county, by year, in tabular form. [45755/25]
1618. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of emergency phone calls received by An Garda Síochána relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited, to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order and any incident type with an original CAD incident type of ‘DVSA’; by county, by year, in tabular form. [45754/25]
3084. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have attended the adult cochlear outpatient clinic at Beaumont Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43137/25]
3083. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at the Coombe Maternity Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the future refurbishment works that are scheduled to be carried out at this hospital over the next 18 months. [43136/25]
3082. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE specialist periodontists based in CHO7 primary care system in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43135/25]
3081. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the optimum staffing allocation per clinical post in the orthopaedic department at St. James's Hospital; the current status of these posts; and how staffing levels compare to international standards. [43134/25]
3080. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric plastic surgeons based at CHI Temple Street in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [43133/25]
930. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health whether the shingles vaccine will be made available to the public; if so, when (details supplied). [39153/25]
429. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on a project which must be carried out urgently, in consideration of serious issues with PPP bundles and funding which include essential regeneration (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36290/25]
169. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons a child (details supplied) who was referred for an assessment of need (AON) three years ago has still not received an appointment; the specific action she is taking to prioritise long waiting children such as the child concerned, especially given that schools are reporting persistent behavioural issues linked to lack of supports, and the child's family is under severe pressure as a result; if she will provide a binding commitment that the child will be allocated a date for a full AON by the end of July 2025, and that their school-family needs will be fully supported pending completion of the assessment. [34679/25]
1430. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided in the case of a person having difficulty obtaining a medical card (details supplied). [29612/25]
553. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) with a number of serious medical issues has been refused a medical card. [28581/25]
245. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing legislation similar to the United Kingdom’s Awaab’s Law, which sets legal time limits for the remediation of serious health hazards, such as damp and mould in social housing; and if he will respond to the findings of the recent Trinity College Dublin and The Liberties Community Project ‘Respiratory Health Among Residents of Oliver Bond House’ report which identified rates of asthma among the Oliver Bond House population 2.4 times higher than among individuals with addresses in the same vicinity, a situation clearly linked to substandard housing conditions in mid-century social housing complexes across the Dublin City Council area. [25011/25]
87. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Taoiseach with respect to the taskforce for Dublin, if the Liberties area of Dublin 8 is included in the 'Rejuvenating our Capital City Centre' section of the Programme for Government; if elements of this section, including the launch of an urban communities initiative to revitalise disadvantage city areas and consider the appropriate concentration of services in the city centre in particular, will include the Liberties; and the criteria and mechanism by which a community can apply to be included in the 'Rejuvenating Our Capital City Centre' section of the Programme for Government, specifically the urban communities initiative. [17108/25]
66. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the local residents’ opposition to the National Transport Authority’s plans to halt left-turns out of an estate in Dublin (details supplied); if he has been given a petition from the residents outlining their opposition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22654/25]
39. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Transport for evidence of proactive steps being taken to improve the long driving test waiting times at Dublin-area testing centres; and the average waiting times per month from January 2024 through April 2025 inclusive, in tabular form. [22655/25]
505. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the contact details for the office of the chief nursing officer for official purposes, as they do not seem to be readily available. [22433/25]
224. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the date on which the 1924 civil births, 1954 civil marriages, and 1974 civil deaths will be published and when the death register images for 1864-1871 will be published, on a website (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22366/25]
20. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the situation of an Irish citizen abroad (details supplied); to ask whether he and his Department can assist. [22394/25]