1319. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE general dental surgeons posts filled at Shantalla health centre Galway as of 7 September 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65168/26]
1318. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists posts filled at St Francis Primary Care Centre, Galway as of 7 September 2026; if she will provide the same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65165/26]
441. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the percentage of the OPW capital budget that has been spent in the first eight months of 2026; if he will provide the same figures for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65162/26]
256. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the high cost of public transport between Galway and Limerick; there are plans to develop a faster, express bus services between Galway and Limerick for commuters; if work is being carried out to increase the TaxSaver benefits of commuting along this route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65076/26]
126. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the difficulty small businesses are facing to comply with packaging obligations that differ in each EU member state they export to; if his Department is working on a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro and small businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on other EU markets; if he is aware of work being done to achieve an EU-wide registration (details supplied); the measures to prevent authorised-representative and administrative costs becoming disproportionate to the environmental liability involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65171/26]
79. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the printing of passport cards; the average current processing time for passport card applications; the number of passport cards that have been printed in each month of 2026 to date; and if she will provide advice on an application for a passport card for an individual (details supplied). [64741/26]
1896. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify the guidelines for local authorities to acquire properties outside of the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61139/26]
1761. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the updated wind energy guidelines will be published; the reasons for the delay in publishing such guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59967/26]
3309. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the provision of public services for people with auditory processing disorder (APD); to provide an update on funding approved in 2023 for development of an APD service; to provide an update whether the proposal for the multidisciplinary team has been revisited in the light of changes to recruitment controls; the timeline for a publicly funded APD assessment and support pathway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59859/26]
2697. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the review (details supplied)of his Department's governance of the Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund, sent to the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts in November 2025, and specifically on the implementation of its recommendation to increase the share of the fund ring-fenced for welfare purposes; the number of equine fatalities related to the 2026 Galway Races Summer Festival; if his Department attaches any reporting or publication conditions to HRI's funding in respect of equine fatalities; if not, whether it intends to do so; and to make a statement on the matter. [60806/26]
2019. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated additional cost of making the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance universal, such that the means-test is removed and all children are eligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60789/26]
1008. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023, which empowers him to "designate" an "organisation" to act for consumers in a class action to enforce consumer law; if he has designated this position to any organisation; if any organisation has requested to be designated and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60757/26]
652. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 824 of 28 July 2026, to provide a full list of all of Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's (ISIF) investments impacted by its divestment programmes and excluded investments from the Fund, as referenced; the value of each investment and the date that ISIF’s holdings in each investment was sold, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59748/26]
448. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on proposed salary increases agreed by his Department for CEOs of transport bodies in years two and three of their contracts, including the CEOs of Córas Iompair Éireann, Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61997/26]
4304. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number and value of tenders for an educational building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58950/26]
4257. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to its request for such proposals, with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55542/26]
4183. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55537/26]
4054. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the Primary Health Centre in Spiddal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58952/26]
3806. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she is considering developing a national clinical pathway for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND); if such a pathway could include equitable access to multidisciplinary care, improved access to rehabilitation services, consideration of financial supports for those living with disabling FND; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57844/26]
3280. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the efficiency and reform proposals her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to its request for such proposals with a deadline of 17 July 2026; the impact these spending cuts will have on public services within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55538/26]
3268. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she has given consideration to allocating additional funding to the NAS to provide an ambulance for Inis Oírr; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55488/26]
3198. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of an extra WTE consultant colorectal surgeon for the regional endometriosis services in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55210/26]
3197. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE community ophthalmic physicians posts filled within CHO2 community services as of 13 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55209/26]
3196. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an additional Dual Diagnosis Day Programme in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55208/26]
2775. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the efficiency and reform proposals that her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55529/26]
2758. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE speech and language therapists attached to Central Galway and Galway City East Children's Disability Network Team as of 13 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55207/26]
2757. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists attached to Galway City West Children's Disability Network Team as of 13 July 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55206/26]
2502. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55528/26]
2494. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date on which a recent mass mortality event of farmed salmon took place at a location (details supplied); the number of the five licenced sites in Kilkieran Bay which were affected; the number of farmed salmon that died in total at the five farm sites; the reason for the mass mortalities; the way in which the mass mortalities were disposed of; the number of employees that were made redundant as a result of the mortality event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55236/26]
2188. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55540/26]
1957. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55543/26]
1617. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55539/26]
1490. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55531/26]
1170. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efficiency and reform proposals that her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55533/26]
976. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55534/26]
906. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether consideration has been given to the application of an expenditure control levy across Government departments to address the Government recognized structural funding deficits in the higher education sector, including those identified in Funding the Future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57475/26]
905. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details of the rate of expenditure control levy applied across all Government departments; the estimated value of the levy in each case, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57474/26]
885. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his attention has been drawn to the lack of meaningful competition within the OPW event infrastructure framework in the context of delivering infrastructure for approximately 270 events as part of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union (details supplied); if he is satisfied that genuine competition still exists under this framework; if the framework was reviewed following the closure of a company (details supplied); if the OPW assessed whether the current delivery model continues to provide value for money and complies with public procurement principles; if the OPW intend to refresh or re-tender the framework in light of these significant market changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56156/26]
874. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the impact of the “efficiency and reform proposals” that he has requested from each Government department on public services; to provide detail on where public service delivery will be impacted as a result of these spending cuts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55557/26]
873. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to publish the “efficiency and reform proposals” which his Department requested from each Government department, and were due to be submitted on 17 July 2026, with immediate effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55556/26]
872. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details on vote groups where current spending is above planned spending at this point in the year; to provide figures on the amount these vote groups are overspending by, both as a percentage and as a nominal figure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55555/26]
871. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55541/26]
870. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department are still committed to ending the process of using Supplementary Estimates to cover Government overspends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55527/26]
869. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 544 and 619 of 30 June 2026, the way in which the forecasted overspends of the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration will be accommodated for within the Government's fiscal rules; if Supplementary Estimates will be used to cover these overspends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55526/26]
868. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding a national procurement strategy, which was due to be published earlier this year; an explanation for the delay of this strategy; and a date for the publication of the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55523/26]
824. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to NTMA's annual report for 2025 which shows that the value of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund's (ISIF) holdings in a military technology company (details supplied) increased from €950,000 in December 2024 to €3.4 million in December 2025; the justification for the Irish State profiting from a company that is facilitating genocide in Gaza; if he will require NTMA to introduce ethical investment criteria to the ISIF, similar to that which exists for the Your Future Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59079/26]
701. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55535/26]
396. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55545/26]
260. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Defence the efficiency and reform proposals that her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to its request for such proposals with a deadline of 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55532/26]
243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the money from the Sceirde Wind Project has been recouped by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58953/26]