937. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the contract between the HSE and a company (details supplied) regarding the provision of imaging scans; if there are caps on the number of public patients that can be taken for scans; if the reason for these caps is due to limited HSE funding or another reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61037/25]
765. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the additional costs incurred by An Garda Síochána for security provided at Shannon Airport due to US military use of Shannon Airport from 2018 to date in 2025. [61626/25]
428. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 6 November 2025, if any of the €35 million penalty paid by a company (details supplied) after it pulled out of a wind farm project will be invested into local communities in Connemara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62038/25]
425. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his attention has been drawn to the OPW’s removal of the searchable Kilmainham Jail 1916 (details supplied) autograph book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61959/25]
327. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the total costs of air traffic control fees, paid by the State on behalf of US military aircraft that transited through Irish airports and Irish air space from 2018 to date in 2025. [61624/25]
267. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the additional costs incurred by the Irish Defence Forces for security provided at Shannon Airport due to US military use of Shannon Airport from 2018 to date in 2025. [61625/25]
143. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the €35 million penalty paid by a company (details supplied) after it pulled out of a wind farm project; and if any of this penalty will be invested into local communities in Connemara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60456/25]
145. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Dlí agus Cirt, Gnóthaí Baile agus Imirce Imirce an féidir le bean a sloinne a athrú go leagan Gaeilge de shloinne a fir céile tar éis pósadh di mura n-úsáideann seisean an leagan Gaeilge é féin, agus más é an leagan galldaithe de shloinne a fir céile atá luaite ar an teastas pósta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [60279/25]
1393. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the legal questions regarding the future licensing of salmonid hatcheries within the jurisdiction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58962/25]
587. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 905 of 19 July 2016, which of the appointees had relevant Garda experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58049/25]
197. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of meetings of the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI)/Angling Advisory Group (AAG) convened since September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58959/25]
196. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the current economic based multi-species recreational freshwater angling model is consistent with Ireland’s legal obligations under the EU Habitats and Water Framework Directives plus the EU Nature Restoration Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58957/25]
195. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials will appoint an organisation (details supplied) as sole administrators for any future national recreational angling fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58956/25]
194. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials will grant an organisation (details supplied) the right to appoint a representative to the Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland in future primary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58955/25]
193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Departments plans to describe an organisation (details supplied) as a consultative body on recreational and competitive angling in future primary legislation or amendments to existing primary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58954/25]
192. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if it is the long term plan of his Departmental officials to introduce a national rod licence dressed up as mandatory angler registration charge for freshwater recreational angling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58953/25]
191. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Department attempted to take legislative control of stock management/invasive pike culls on the great western lakes during 2021, which is an operational matter for Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58952/25]
190. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when he will fulfil the fundamental obligation in the 2025 Programme for Government vis-à-vis the recognition of the great western lakes, including Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway, as salmonid waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58951/25]
189. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reasons for the inaction in publishing the Western Lakes Management Plan, considering that the plan has been proposed since September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58950/25]
134. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total costs of air traffic control fees paid by the State on behalf of US military aircraft that transited through Irish airports and Irish airspace from 1990 to date in 2025; and the additional costs incurred by An Garda Síochána and the Irish Defence Forces for security provided at Shannon Airport due to US military use of Shannon Airport. [58182/25]
60. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to youth programmes in disadvantaged areas, such as the Ballinfoile Youth Activities Project in Galway, that wish to expand their capacity to engage with more children, but are limited by a lack of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55824/25]
669. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the fact that Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) operates a hatchery near Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway under licence from his Department, if IFI notified him of its imminent closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57333/25]
350. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 11, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [57194/25]
312. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the exclusion of cinemas from the recent hospitality VAT reduction from 13.5% to 9%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57220/25]
207. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the recreational fisheries which will be subject to fishing authorisations and catch declarations in the future as per Article 55.4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57334/25]
100. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his attention has been drawn to the absence of updated language planning guidelines; and the timeline for the publication of the draft Gaeltacht planning guidelines. [55823/25]
72. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the national student accommodation strategy, which was due to be updated in 2024, and if he could provide a date for publication of an updated strategy. [55763/25]
46. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the work his Department is carrying out to assist independent students who have become estranged from their families after the age of 18 years, to prove their independence in order that they can access SUSI; if he plans to revise the rules regarding eligibility to be classed as an independent student for SUSI purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55764/25]
252. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the neonicotinoid insecticide acetamiprid will be used in State-owned forestry within the zone of influence of Lough Corrib SAC in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55540/25]
194. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service continues to support the removal of invasive pike from the Owenriff system that straddles two SACs near Oughterard, County Galway in an effort to restore the ecosystem to its natural state, in order for Ireland to be in compliance with Article 6.2 of the EU Habitats Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55545/25]
193. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason risk assessments for only two invasive freshwater fish species (chub and common carp) out of four listed in the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011) have been conducted by the National Biodiversity Data Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55544/25]
22. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Article 55 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009 affects recreational inland fisheries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55552/25]
21. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if it is the intention of his Departmental officials to legislatively take control of stock management (invasive pike culling) operations on Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway as was attempted under Regulation 7 of the 2021 Draft Designated Salmonid Waters Bye-Law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55551/25]
20. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a Departmental policy has been agreed to impose a total catch and release model for recreational salmon angling in the jurisdiction for 2026; and if his officials have considered the adverse implications for all other forms of angling particularly the mandatory use of single and double barbless hooks where salmon reside; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55550/25]
19. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will issue a Section 14 Authorisation under the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959, for the operation of a facility (details supplied) in Autumn 2025 as per standard practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55549/25]
18. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the principal officer of the Inland Fisheries Division within his Department, is on secondment to the Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55548/25]
17. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there have been any resignations from the Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) this calendar year considering that IFI operates under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55546/25]
14. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the recreational fisheries which will be subject to fishing authorisations and catch declarations in the future as per Article 55.4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1224/2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55541/25]
13. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in view of the fact that Inland Fisheries Ireland operates a facility (details supplied) in County Galway under licence from his Department, if Inland Fisheries Ireland notified him of its imminent closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55539/25]
799. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the business case submitted in relation to a school (details supplied) on 19 March 2025; if the funding requested will be provided for in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54553/25]
254. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the grant-based scheme his Department is working on to support disabled drivers and passengers which will replace the primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54782/25]
216. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to advise if social housing rents, including HAP differential rents, are based on a household's gross or net income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54311/25]
30. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the roll-out of local community safety partnerships (LCSPs); the reason that there has been no Joint Policing Committee or LCSP in Galway city for the past 18 months; when this will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53535/25]
24. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average response times to 999 calls; the number of 999 calls which have gone unanswered to date in 2025; the steps his Department is taking to ensure that every 999 call is responded to in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53534/25]
54. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the increasing number of older persons who are falling into homelessness, particularly in Galway; the way in which he will support older persons in accessing secure and affordable housing given that the number of persons reaching pension age in precarious housing situations will only continue to rise with the unaffordability of home ownership; if measures will be given in Budget 2026 to address this aspect of the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53458/25]
49. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the housing schemes in Ros a Mhíl and Eanach Mheáin currently owned by an organisation (details supplied); if funding will be given from his Department to ensure that these homes will be used for social and affordable housing for the Gaeltacht community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53457/25]