2023. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the current eligibility-checking functionality available to members of the public through MyWelfare.ie; whether this functionality covers all schemes and services administered by his Department or only a sub-set; if there are plans to expand MyWelfare.ie's eligibility-checking functionality to cover the full range of schemes listed on the Department's social welfare schemes and services collection page on gov.ie, last updated 13 August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60239/26]
1991. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to developing a single, unified eligibility-checking tool for the public to identify which schemes and services administered by his Department they may be entitled to, beyond what is currently available on MyWelfare.ie; if his Department has assessed how the current spread of scheme information across platforms and formats represents a barrier to accessing these entitlements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60295/26]
1632. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider an independent review into a charity in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60162/26]
1589. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60158/26]
1119. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the Droichead policy has been equality proofed under the public sector equality and human rights duty in respect of its impact on teachers with caregiving responsibilities, including parents of children with additional needs; the specific accommodations available to such teachers; the metrics in place to monitor whether they are disadvantaged in completing induction and registration requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60018/26]
1118. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the interim arrangements available to post-primary teachers who are unable to complete the Droichead induction process under the policy as currently published and who will remain registered with conditions pending the commencement of the revised Droichead Policy on 1 September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60015/26]
1116. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with the Teaching Council on the introduction of a job-share or part-time pathway for post-primary teachers, equivalent to that available to primary teachers, who may complete the Droichead induction process on a job-share contract or on a part-time contract of no less than 12.5 hours for the duration of the academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60002/26]
1115. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the minimum of 200 hours' teaching employment required of post-primary teachers to complete the Droichead induction process may be aggregated across more than one school and across more than one school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59995/26]
707. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to the statement issued by his Department on 30 July 2026 noting shareholder approval of the cash offer for a bank (details supplied) in respect of which the State voted its 57.5% shareholding in favour, if his Department or the Revenue Commissioners have assessed the application of section 401 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 to the unused trading losses carried forward by the bank upon completion of the transaction; the value of those losses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60171/26]
706. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will set out, in respect of banks (details supplied), the deferred tax asset recognised in each institution's most recently published annual report arising from unused trading losses, together with the corporation tax charge and the corporation tax actually paid as disclosed in each of those reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60170/26]
705. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount of corporation tax paid by the banking sector in each of the years 2019 to 2025, inclusive; and the aggregate amount of unused trading losses carried forward by that sector at the end of the most recent year for which figures are available. [60166/26]
660. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount collected from the bank levy in each year since its introduction; the number of institutions liable to the levy in each such year; the projected yield for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60173/26]
659. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline the current status of section 396C of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 relating to relief from corporation tax for losses of participating institutions; the date on which and the enactment by which that section was amended or repealed; whether his Department has conducted any review of that decision since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60172/26]
658. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount returned to the Exchequer to date from the State's investment in the banking sector, disaggregated by share sales, dividends, guarantee fees, coupon and other payments and the bank levy; the total amount of State support provided to that sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60175/26]
657. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated amount of corporation tax foregone to the Exchequer in each of the years 2019 to 2025 inclusive by reason of the carry forward of trading losses under section 396 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 by institutions which received State support during the banking crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60167/26]
4247. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his plans to modernise the legislation governing burial grounds and to introduce a statutory regulatory framework for crematoria, in view of the age of the existing statutory provisions and the increasing proportion of cremations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57407/26]
4246. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department has carried out or commissioned any assessment of burial ground capacity nationally; the funding available to local authorities for the provision or extension of burial grounds; if he is satisfied that local authorities have sufficient resources to meet future demand for burial spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57406/26]
4245. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of burial grounds operated by each local authority; the estimated remaining capacity in years of burial grounds in each local authority area; the number of new burial grounds or extensions planned or under construction in each local authority area, in tabular form; whether his Department will compile this information from local authorities if it is not held centrally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57405/26]
4186. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students enrolled in higher education at undergraduate level and at postgraduate level respectively, broken down by gender, in each of the academic years 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55710/26]
3923. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health her response to the findings of the Health Information and Quality Authority's readiness assessment for data holders, published in March 2026, on Ireland's preparedness for the secondary use of health data under the European Health Data Space Regulation; the body that will be designated as Ireland's health data access body for secondary use; and the timeline for putting the necessary arrangements in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58159/26]
3922. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of updated low-risk alcohol guidelines, in view of the two reports published by the Health Information and Quality Authority in July 2026 at her Department's request (details supplied); whether the updated guidelines will retain separate thresholds for men and women, in view of the finding that the estimated difference in risk between the sexes was minimal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58158/26]
3921. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the arrangements her Department has put in place to implement Regulation (EU) 2021/2282 on health technology assessment, which has applied to new oncology medicines and advanced therapy medicinal products since January 2025; the body designated to represent Ireland on the Member State Coordination Group on Health Technology Assessment; the additional resources provided to the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and the Health Service Executive for this purpose; the number of Joint Clinical Assessment reports given consideration in Irish reimbursement evaluations to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58156/26]
3920. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department has taken to give effect to Ireland's obligations under Regulation (EU) 2021/2282 on health technology assessment, including the obligation to give due consideration to Joint Clinical Assessment reports in national health technology assessments; the reason no guidance has been issued to marketing authorisation holders on how Joint Clinical Assessments will be considered in the reimbursement process (details supplied) ; whether she will direct that such guidance be published, setting out the process, timelines and the manner in which Joint Clinical Assessment reports will be factored into reimbursement recommendations by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics and the Health Service Executive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58155/26]
3693. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the staffing and funding allocated to Organ Donation Transplant Ireland in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57403/26]
3692. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of deceased organ donors per million population in Ireland in each of the years 2021 to 2025; the way in which this compares with the European Union average, in tabular form; and whether every model 3 and model 4 hospital has designated organ donation personnel in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57402/26]
3691. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of living donor kidney transplants carried out in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; the steps being taken to expand the living donor programme; and the supports available under the living donor expenses reimbursement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57401/26]
3690. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the average weekly price negotiated by the National Treatment Purchase Fund with private and voluntary nursing homes under the nursing homes support scheme in each county, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57400/26]
3478. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the next national survey of food and nutrient intake in children will be carried out (details supplied); whether her Department has considered establishing a continuous national diet and nutrition survey on a rolling annual basis, as operates in the United Kingdom through its National Diet and Nutrition Survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56528/26]
3456. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether national clinical guidance exists on recommended screen time for children by age group; the most recent data held by her Department on problematic social media use among children in Ireland, including from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children Study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56422/26]
3455. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Food Safety Authority of Ireland monitors the consumption of ultra-processed foods in Ireland; the most recent assessment carried out of the health implications of ultra-processed food consumption for the Irish population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56410/26]
3454. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department monitors sales volumes of nicotine pouches in Ireland, in view of reports of an almost five-fold increase in sales of one manufacturer's products between 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56405/26]
3453. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the findings of the European School Survey Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs 2024 in respect of nicotine pouch use among adolescents in Ireland, which her Department previously indicated would be collected as part of that survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56404/26]
3452. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the prevalence of cigarette smoking, e-cigarette use and nicotine pouch use respectively, as recorded by the Healthy Ireland Survey, overall and among persons aged 15 to 24 years, in each of the survey years 2021 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56403/26]
3451. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department or the Food Safety Authority of Ireland holds data on the consumption of high-caffeine energy drinks by children in Ireland; the most recent assessment carried out of the health effects of such drinks on children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56402/26]
3450. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the assessment of public health concerns regarding energy drink consumption by children and young adults which her Department indicated in May 2025 was essential before determining policy measures on restricting sales to children; whether this assessment will be expedited in view of the announcement by the United Kingdom government on 16 July 2026 of a ban on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to under-16s in England from April 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56401/26]
3449. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider introducing a prohibition on the sale of high-caffeine energy drinks to children under 16 yeas-of-age, in view of the announcement by the United Kingdom government on 16 July 2026 that the sale of drinks containing more than 150 milligrams of caffeine per litre to under-16s in England will be banned from April 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56400/26]
3301. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when the review of the pricing system used by the National Treatment Purchase Fund to negotiate prices with private and voluntary nursing homes under the nursing homes support scheme will be published; the reason for the delay beyond the programme for Government commitment to publish it in early 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55714/26]
3300. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the total annual expenditure under the nursing homes support scheme in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55713/26]
3299. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the average weekly price negotiated by the National Treatment Purchase Fund with private and voluntary nursing homes under the nursing homes support scheme; the average weekly cost of care in a public nursing home, in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55712/26]
3298. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the criteria and methodology used by the National Treatment Purchase Fund in negotiating prices with private and voluntary nursing homes under the nursing homes support scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55711/26]
2899. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of the more than 40,000 child wellbeing checks ordered following the death of a child (details supplied) that have been completed to date; the additional social work and administrative resources assigned to Tusla to complete them; whether the completion date of Autumn 2026 indicated by the chief executive of Tusla on 16 July 2026 will be met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57411/26]
2846. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken under the current National Disability Strategy to improve the physical accessibility of public places and institutions for wheelchair users; whether additional targets or funding for accessibility are planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56407/26]
2558. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the volume of horticultural peat imported into Ireland in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; the strategy in place to secure a sustainable supply of growing media for the horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56413/26]
2359. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his response to the findings of the study funded by his Department and published by an organisation (details supplied) in January 2026, which found that most people in Ireland substantially overestimate the scale of immigration and that these misperceptions are strongly associated with negative attitudes and increased vulnerability to misinformation; and the steps his Department is taking to ensure accurate public information on migration is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58160/26]
2302. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of electric scooters seized and the number of fixed charge notices issued in respect of electric scooters in the Cork city and Cork county Garda divisions respectively in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form, in view of reports that seizures in Cork in the first three months of 2026 equalled the total for all of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57409/26]
2301. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the value of assets seized or frozen by the Criminal Assets Bureau arising from operations in each county or Garda division in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57397/26]
2300. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of firearms and offensive weapons offences recorded in each Garda division in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, together with the rate per 10,000 population, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57396/26]
2299. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of controlled drug offences recorded in each Garda division, distinguishing between possession for personal use and possession for sale or supply, together with the rate per 10,000 population, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57395/26]
2298. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of crime incidents recorded by An Garda Síochána in each Garda division, together with the rate per 10,000 population in each division, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57394/26]
2262. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to each Garda division, together with the population of each division, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; the number of Gardaí included in the strength figures for the Cork city division who are assigned to national or regional units rather than to divisional policing duties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56903/26]