1075. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early years services, excluding child minders, which have signed up to the core funding partnership from September 2025 to September 2026. [48254/25]
2508. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the total amount spent by the State on advertising campaigns related to abortion provision, by year in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; by category, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46460/25]
1327. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider waiving the means test on foster care families (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44606/25]
1064. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will expedite the approval process for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44717/25]
2587. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if doctors are required to record the number of abortions they provide through fully remote consultations; if records are kept of the reason an in-person consultation was not done; the safeguards that were put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41019/25]
2586. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 855 of 8 July 2025, the number of early abortions provided through fully remote consultations, in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/25]
1501. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the proposed extension to the duration of planning permission applies to one-off rural house planning applications coming towards the end of planning permission, as well as large developments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41996/25]
550. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of reimbursement claims submitted and reimbursed (PCRS), per month, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy by GPs, from January to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40438/25]
658. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied) refused retirement benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39472/25]
82. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for a breakdown of the total funding awarded and the number of jobs supported through the LEADER programme in the west Cork LEADER footprint area under the current CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38529/25]
855. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if her Department will undertake further independent research into abortion provision through remote consultations, in light of a report in a newspaper (details supplied) on 1 July 2025 on the lack of regulation of telemedicine, and the HSE's more recent position since the 2021 review that telemedicine abortion can make it more difficult to identify coercion or abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37676/25]
854. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the arrangements that exist to ensure that healthcare professionals who do not wish to participate in abortions can exercise freedom of conscience in this regard during their training as doctors, nurses and midwives and or pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37675/25]
337. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies (details supplied) in Ireland have failed to file their annual return by four years or more, as of 3 July 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37820/25]
336. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies (details supplied) in Ireland have failed to file their annual return by three years or more, as of 3 July 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37819/25]
335. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies (details supplied) in Ireland have failed to file their annual return by two years or more, as of 3 July 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37818/25]
313. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Finance to outline, given the difficulties with getting school bus drivers, the reason those willing to drive the school bus and who may have a small pension face a Revenue bill during the summer months when they have to draw down jobseeker’s allowance for seven weeks (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37687/25]
77. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if plans are in place for a designated respite hospital in County Cork (details supplied); and if not, the reason. [35008/25]
72. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to end the disparity in funding between private and public nursing homes and thus protect the viability of all private and voluntary nursing homes (details supplied).
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871. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE mental health facility at Perrot House, Coolnagarrane, Skibbereen is closing (details supplied). [34295/25]
796. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs reimbursed (PCRS), per month, for first and second consultations for terminations of pregnancy, from January to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33884/25]
360. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a document (details supplied); where said guidelines can be accessed or, in the event that the guidelines do not yet exist, if her Department intends to establish a guideline document for Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31056/25]
323. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Transport the status of several driving test applications (details supplied); when these people will receive a date to sit their tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29577/25]
646. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health her response to recent data showing over 4,200 children on CAMHS waiting lists, with over 620 waiting longer than one year; and the policy changes that she intends to pursue. [26907/25]
645. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered creating a statutory right to timely mental health care for children under 18 years of age. [26906/25]
644. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the support her Department provides for children and families who are unable to access CAMHS; and whether these are monitored for adequacy. [26905/25]
643. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that current mental health service provision for children is compliant with the State’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. [26904/25]
642. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any assessment of the long-term developmental, educational, and economic impacts of prolonged delays in accessing CAMHS. [26903/25]
641. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the community-based mental health supports available to children waiting over 12 months for CAMHS appointments; and if these are standardised across the State. [26900/25]
640. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in CAMHS west Cork Dunmanway, including the number of funded but unfilled positions. [26899/25]
639. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if her Department has examined the potential fiscal savings from eliminating CAMHS waiting lists through investment in early intervention services. [26898/25]
638. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce a national triage timeframe target for CAMHS referrals, such as a maximum of 12 weeks from referral to assessment. [26897/25]
637. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the percentage of CAMHS referrals currently being accepted for assessment and treatment, by area; and her plans to address the high rate of rejected referrals. [26896/25]
636. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the average daily cost of a bed at CAMHS inpatient units, for example, Éist Linn, Linn Dara and Merlin Park; and the total cost per admission. [26895/25]
635. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the comparative cost to the State of early CAMHS intervention versus crisis-driven responses including accident and emergency visits, ambulance callouts, Garda involvement, and inpatient psychiatric care [26894/25]
634. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently on CAMHS waiting lists, by area; and the number who have been waiting longer than 12 months in each area. [26893/25]
530. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department's engagement with the Department of Health regarding delays in CAMHS access and the impact on the welfare of vulnerable children. [26902/25]
67. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proposals to address the estimated 4,000 roads that remain outstanding under the local improvement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26586/25]