687. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 1268 of 10 February 2026, if he will provide an updated table (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13925/26]
165. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the provision of childcare services across Connemara; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13318/26]
133. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the provision of affordable childcare across Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13317/26]
19. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of additional renewable liquid fuel supply that will be needed within the market to meet any additional demand caused by the upcoming renewable heating obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13162/26]
18. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department expects the renewable heating obligation to increase energy prices for the 700,000 homes, mostly in rural Ireland, that use heating oil; if so, if there will be financial supports available to those affected by such an energy price increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13161/26]
1127. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when screening for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a rare genetic condition affecting approximately six babies born in Ireland each year, will be included in the national newborn bloodspot screening programme; if SMA screening will be implemented before the end of March 2026, as cited by a leading paediatric clinician in recent media coverage; the preparations that are currently underway to ensure this timeline is met, given that more than two years have elapsed since the decision was taken to include SMA in the heelprick test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12116/26]
901. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date for publication of the death in custody report from the Office of the Inspector of Prisons, sent to his Department in July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12050/26]
798. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to weaken the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive in Ireland considering his published comments in the aftermath of the recent catastrophic flooding in Enniscorthy, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12083/26]
759. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish the updated planning policy statement on short-term letting as its absence has caused significant levels of confusion and anxiety to owners of short-term lettings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12961/26]
743. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the 2,000 artists who currently avail of the basic income for artists will face a six-month gap in payments; if this is the case, the financial supports his Department is providing for these people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12561/26]
696. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the injustice being experience by students sitting their Leaving Certificate exams in relation to the implementation of Irish-language bonus marks; if she will intervene to ensure that the Department of Education and the State Examinations Commission immediately return to the long-established practice of applying bonus marks in full to all written assessed work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12692/26]
541. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 235 of 29 January, and 983 of 13 January 2026, the status of the research projects that were previously conducted by his Departments’ recently disbanded climate division; if any research projects will be discontinued given the restructuring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12586/26]
483. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the price ceiling for the first home scheme has increased by €25,000, while the help-to-buy scheme price ceiling did not; to review the property price ceilings for the help-to-buy scheme in view of this discrepancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12532/26]
427. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to reports of ICE deportation flights refuelling at Shannon airport, including those deporting Palestinians to the West Bank; if he will commit to ending Ireland’s facilitation of such flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12614/26]
425. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide a salary range that the new CEO of the Shannon Airport Group will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12566/26]
394. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to helicopter emergency medical services being underequipped to safely lift patients; if he will consider introducing appropriate patient moving on handling devices on existing Bristow Ireland, AW 189 helicopters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12228/26]
315. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his officials failed to publish in full all submissions received for the public consultation on the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and conservation measures for the 2026 season that closed on 20 December 2025, in view of declarations made on his Department’s website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12076/26]
314. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway went from a proposed ‘catch and release’ fishery for Atlantic salmon with no harvest in November 2025 to having a harvestable surplus of 1,162 fish in February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12075/26]
313. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department considered scientific advice contained in the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025 as proposed by TEGOS (Technical Expert Group on Salmon) in November, considering the liberalisation of the national rod angling harvest for Atlantic salmon proposed in the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026 recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12074/26]
312. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm the existence of the ‘Inland Fisheries Primary Legislation and Policy Group’ within his Department; the number of staff assigned to this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12072/26]
311. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the date for the publication of the terms of reference for the independent review into Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12070/26]
310. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Department has not listed the Owenriff River (Inverin) No. 140 and the Crumlin River No. 139 situated in the Galway Fishery District No. 9(1), in the proposed Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026, considering that both rivers contain native anadromous salmonids with Atlantic salmon being harvested from the Owenriff River (Inverin) in 2024 as per published data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12069/26]
195. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Defence if her attention has been drawn to reports of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation flights refuelling at Shannon airport, including those deporting Palestinians to the West Bank; if the Irish Defence Forces are providing security at Shannon Airport for ICE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12468/26]
182. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Defence if she will commit to holding a referendum on any changes the Government seeks to make to the triple lock, considering the triple lock is an expression of Irish sovereignty and, under Article 6 of Bunreacht na hÉireann, sovereignty is vested in the people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8695/26]
281. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the expenditure for 2025, and the impact it had on the surplus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11568/26]
3. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to give an update on flood relief schemes; and on the underspend within the allocation to the National Flood Forecasting Warning Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11569/26]
126. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 543 of 4 February 2026, if she will provide the data as requested; and if not, the reason for this. [10508/26]
1268. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an updated version of the table on page 18 of the National Student Accommodation Strategy (2017), that details existing purpose-built student accommodation bedspaces, broken down by cities, for the academic year 2025-2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10211/26]
1267. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an updated version of the table on page 26 of the National Student Accommodation Strategy (2017), that details the actual supply and demand figures for purpose-built student accommodation bedspaces, broken down by cities, in the years 2017, 2019 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10210/26]
977. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason Clifden, County Galway has been left without any ambulance cover on a number of occasions recently (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9227/26]
760. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection further to FOI decision FOI-2026-28668 stating that no documents exist regarding enforcement of PRSI liabilities arising from scope section employment-status decisions, to reconcile this with replies from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of Finance which confirm that PRSI liabilities from misclassification are enforceable and material; the Department of Social Protection has been consulted by Revenue on the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity and related PRSI matters; and manual PRSI records for 2024–2025 are now being created under the Karshan scheme to protect workers’ entitlements; in view of this, to clarify whether any internal briefings, guidance documents, emails, or policy notes were prepared in relation to the enforcement or tracking of PRSI liabilities arising from Scope decisions; if such records now exist or previously existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10144/26]
529. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to meet the Government’s stated commitments to developing youth places and spaces, given the lack of funding the Government have committed to the sector (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9148/26]
528. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of second-level schools introducing individual electronic devices for students because of a new senior cycle curriculum, and the significant financial pressure this places on families; if she will consider implementing a more centralised approach to both the procurement and the provision of digital devices and necessary ICT systems in schools, similar to that which applies for schoolbooks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9146/26]
440. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 15 January 2026, if he considers there to be an inconsistency between the idea that prescriptive approaches can disadvantage candidates, and that a requirement for fixed in-person interviews effectively excludes all overseas candidates unless they can travel at short notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9194/26]
426. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 399–404 of 27 January 2026, whether the Revenue Commissioners obtained any written legal advice of any kind (including internal Revenue legal advice, advice from external counsel or advice from any departmental legal unit) specifically addressing: the compatibility of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity with Articles 107 and 108 TFEU (on State aid); the obligation of prior notification under Article 108(3) TFEU; the principle of sincere cooperation under Article 4(3) TEU; to publish any such advice or if none exists, to confirm explicitly that no written legal advice addressing these EU-law issues was obtained prior to the implementation of the Karshan Disclosure Opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10142/26]
425. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any estimate, internal model or fiscal impact analysis was prepared by the Revenue Commissioners or his Department regarding the cost to the Exchequer of limiting Karshan-related liabilities to the years 2024–2025, instead of applying the Supreme Court judgment retrospectively; if no such estimate was prepared, to explain if the Government considered that this limitation confers a selective fiscal advantage on participating employers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10141/26]
424. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 397–403 of 27 January 2026, to clarify whether Section 851A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 prevents the Revenue Commissioners from providing aggregated and anonymised statistical information (details supplied): and, if such information cannot be provided, to identify the specific statutory provision relied upon to withhold each category of aggregate data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10140/26]
187. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason former Minister for Finance ignored pre-Budget 2026 advice from officials within the Department of Finance, to introduce profitability bands to the bank levy, that would result in a greater amount of money paid by AIB and Bank of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10052/26]
169. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason former Minister for Finance chose to pledge €141.1million to the World Bank in 2025, €10 million more than the World Bank requested, given that the Department’s business case stated that the lower amount of €131.4 million was ‘in keeping with Ireland’s International development policy’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10051/26]
300. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to a recent report from Canada in November 2025 that shows the extent of the failings of a mandatory pretrial disclosure system, and the significant psychological harm caused even by the possibility of disclosure; and to provide the reasoning for legislating for mandatory pretrial disclosure in the Criminal Law and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8810/26]
93. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will advance the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025, for goods and services, with urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8694/26]
1061. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Sláinte an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas maidir leis an gcinneadh chun an tseirbhís teiripe urlabhra a aistriú ó Leitir Mór go dtí an Tulach i gContae na Gaillimhe; cén tionchar a imreoidh an cinneadh sin ar pháistí atá ag freastal ar an tseirbhís sin sa gceantar iargúlta i gConamara; agus an raibh aon comhairliúchán ag a Roinn agus ag Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte leis an bpobal i gCeantar na nOileán maidir leis sin. [7797/26]
1038. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the lack of dental services for persons with disabilities due to overcrowding in Galway University Hospital; the number of patients that have been seen in Galway University Hospital for this service in each of the years, 2023, 2024, and 2025; the number of patients currently on the waiting list for this service as of January 2026; if she has considered offering this service in other regional hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7720/26]
984. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to ensure urgent access to Welireg (belzutifan) for a young adult with von Hippel-Lindau disease; whether compassionate or exceptional access mechanisms are available while national reimbursement processes are ongoing; the safeguards currently in place to protect such patients from avoidable permanent harm during administrative delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7536/26]
736. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on plans to abolish the carers allowance means test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8266/26]
735. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department is putting resources into reviewing existing carers allowance applications given the move towards abolishing the means test for this payment; if his attention has been drawn to the stress that carers experience when they receive letters which indicate that their means are being review and that they may have to make repayments to the Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8265/26]
653. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he would consider increasing the Homeless HAP rate in Galway City and County from 35% to 50% given the high rents in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7736/26]
652. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of HAP tenancies in Galway City and Galway County in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [7735/26]
648. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service have engaged with Lough Corrib trout angling clubs and stakeholders regarding the potential threat of quagga mussels (dreissena rostriformis bugensis) to the lake, considering their very recent colonisation of Lower Lough Erne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7521/26]
647. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider introducing a Bill for Lough Corrib SAC, which mirrors the intentions of the proposed 2023 Private Members’ River Boyne Task Force Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7520/26]