977. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the fact that the same HIQA inspectors inspect the same nursing homes year-after-year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39513/25]
689. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if funding will be provided to the one million stars project that raises vital awareness and provides education regarding domestic and gender based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38858/25]
688. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason Cuan did not leave underspent funding with a refuge to be utilised in the budget the following year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38857/25]
540. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport how his Department is working with communications companies to ensure improvement in their infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/25]
409. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the regional breakdown of IDA supported FDI investment per region in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38835/25]
395. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the topical issue raised on the 12 June 2025 (details supplied) if he will provide an update on plans to improve infrastructure in Connemara, if satellite phones and generators will be provided to key services such as medical providers in advance of the coming winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39547/25]
392. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the annual savings to the exchequer from restricting retired Taoisigh, Tánaiste, Presidents, Ministers and Ceann Comhairle to a single Oireachtas pension in the years 2021 to 2025. [39209/25]
391. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the cost of increasing the funding for flood defences by 2%, 5% and 10%. [39208/25]
390. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the cost of bringing all public service workers that are currently earning below the new living wage, in line with the current rate. [39207/25]
389. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the cost of increasing the funding of Transparency International by 5%, 10% and 15%. [39206/25]
388. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the cost of funding five staff positions for procurement specialists in the Office of the Ombudsman. [39204/25]
373. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the drivers and passengers with disabilities fuel grant is available to be claimed on fuel bought prior to the vehicle qualifying for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme or for vehicles used by a disabled passenger or driver prior to applying for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39721/25]
344. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 3 July 2025, to clarify if land can still apply to be de-zoned despite the deadline having been 1 April if there were mitigating circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38696/25]
285. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport regarding the RSA’s website, and the significant delays incurred by applicants waiting to be called for a driving test, if he is aware of the practice whereby third parties (apps/companies) offer a service of booking a cancellation for a fee on behalf of applicants, and the difficulties this creates for natural persons applying for a cancellation; and what, in his view, the standard waiting period to be called for a test should be. [38977/25]
230. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the Enhanced Winter 2025 Grid Resilience Plan being developed by the ESB; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39546/25]
229. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated to the Accelerating Renewable Electricity Taskforce - €4 billion between 2021 and 2025; the amount of this which has been drawn down to date; the plans to progress the work of this taskforce beyond 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39545/25]
258. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 954 of 17 June 2025, when a reply can be expected. [38041/25]
940. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta an mbeidh costas Ionad Pobail Mhaigh Chuilinn i gContae na Gaillimhe cuimsithe sa Phlean Forbartha Náisiúnta nua; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [38452/25]
802. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if alternative public treatment options are available for a child (details supplied). [37379/25]
554. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has had any engagement with Galway City and County Council in relation to cost of the damage of storm Éowyn; the level of expenditure used for humanitarian assistance; whether these costs will be provided. [37927/25]
553. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will identify the additional level of funding required by Galway City and County Council as a result of Storm Éowyn, and whether the required additional funding will be provided via the Local Government Fund, must be sourced from their respective budgets or will come from given State funding streams or programmes; and if this source of funding will be identified. [37926/25]
346. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí, Bonneagair, Athchóiriúcháin Seirbhíse Poiblí agus Digitiúcháin an bhféadfadh sé trácht a dhéanamh ar an athbhreithniú ar an bPlean Forbartha Náisiúnta atá ar bun faoi láthair; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [37621/25]
205. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37616/25]
204. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of German military aircraft that have been allowed to use Shannon Airport for training, or other purposes, since 7 October 2023; if he has any concerns given Germany's provision of weapons to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37599/25]
347. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason the continued suspension of the transvaginal tape sling procedure for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women, which is clinically supported procedure, is still unavailable in Ireland more than six years after the pause was implemented; and the options women have now, who have not yet had a family and who have already tried and failed all conservative therapies. [36724/25]
259. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine the case of persons (details supplied); to advise on a land dezoning process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36900/25]
901. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht regarding the sale of a property (details supplied) the price received for the sale of this asset and the terms and conditions of the contract have yet to be publicly disclosed; his views on whether the details of the sale should still be a matter of confidentiality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35208/25]
876. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports in place for societies at third level institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35708/25]
750. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 24 June 2025, if she will clarify that “human application” does not mean the application of such organs/tissue to commercially driven research, and the definition used in the Bill refers to ‘extracorporeal applications’ which could include commercial driven research on ‘extracorporeal technologies’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35558/25]
565. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timelines for the processing of a peace commissioner applications for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35529/25]
483. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of any supports and grants for people of limited means or with disabilities to fix damaged driveways in instances where these fall outside the council’s roads and footpaths remediation works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35907/25]
472. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline Uisce Éireann’s current borrowing limits; its total borrowings; the source of these borrowings, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35725/25]
463. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is the long-term policy of his Department to reclassify further water bodies within Lough Corrib SAC as heavily modified water bodies (HMWBs) under the EU Water Framework Directive in a deliberate manner to undermine the integrity of the SAC for the commercial development of the lake and its tributaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35544/25]
295. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is satisfied that public bodies are compliant with their obligations for disclosing procurement information, in light of the Information Commissioner's ruling (details supplied), if he will be reminding this body of their obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35741/25]
178. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the change in name of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35543/25]
177. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the internal review of the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 will form part of the Western Lakes Management Plan or be treated separately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35542/25]
176. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Inland Fisheries Ireland in conjunction with his Departmental officials are continuing to prepare retrospective appropriate assessment screenings under the EU Habitats Directive for the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 in an attempt to legitimise their provenance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35541/25]
175. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the inland fisheries division of his Department will be a viable entity into the future considering how dysfunctional inland fisheries policies are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35540/25]
174. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials support the conservation of invasive pike (esox lucius) under the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006; if the species is discovered in Lough Inagh, County Galway and Lough Melvin County Leitrim both of which are special areas of conservation protected under the EU Habitats Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35536/25]
173. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of man-hours devoted to preparing the draft the inland fisheries (modernisation and consolidation) Bill by his officials since 2013; if the draft Bill has been subjected to an appropriate assessment under the EU Habitats Directive in addition to a regulatory impact analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35535/25]
42. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports in place for victims of domestic violence to access emergency accommodation in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35820/25]
176. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the supports available for an art house cinema in Galway, following the recent closure of a cinema (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33618/25]
165. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the basic income for the arts scheme; if he plans to extend or amend the scheme when the pilot programme ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33757/25]
110. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the date by which the long-Covid payments for health care workers will cease; her plans in relation to the closure of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33617/25]
74. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she will acknowledge that the exclusion of inflammatory bowel disease IBD from the long-term illness scheme is a policy decision rather than a legal requirement, given that section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 does not list specific qualifying conditions but permits the provision of supports to those with a permanent or long-term illness; if she will commit to initiating a formal review of the outdated list of 16 conditions established over 50 years ago, with a view to including IBD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33946/25]
162. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a license was issued (details supplied) in spite of not all the requirements being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34945/25]