125. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí currently assigned to stations in counties Kilkenny and Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12596/25]
90. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the discussions had with local authorities regarding the dezoning of brownfield sites that have previously been zoned for residential development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12580/25]
1935. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a review has been carried out of the eligibility criteria for CLAR with a view to expanding the programme to rural areas which are currently ineligible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12353/25]
1928. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current status of the new Kilkenny Institute of Further Education; the amount of capital envisaged to complete the project and when he hopes to have this college open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12343/25]
1927. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of capital investment allocated to SETU in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12341/25]
1841. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to expand GP services in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12347/25]
1840. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the action she is taking to expand GP services in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12346/25]
1839. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the way it is planned to enhance services at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny; the number of additional nursing staff that have been taken on at the hospital over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12344/25]
1392. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a parent accepts two days per week in a community care facility (because there are only two days available), whether they may later apply and qualify for a split place exemption if they find a place in alternative childcare facility ECCE scheme for the remaining three days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11721/25]
1391. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the rules regarding split place exemptions as part of the ECCE scheme. [11720/25]
1201. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice the number of newly trained Gardaí allocated to stations in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12345/25]
840. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are further plans to reintroduce additional measures to incentivise the activation of increased housing supply and help reduce housing construction costs by the waiving of local authority section 48 development contributions and the refunding of Uisce Éireann water and wastewater connection charges. [11056/25]
803. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of the sports capital grant fund will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12340/25]
734. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education the number of schools offering PE as a Leaving Certificate exam subject per county in the 2024-2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12355/25]
733. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education when she will ensure all schools are provided with free period products to ensure no student is held back due to period poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12349/25]
635. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education if a boundary fence will be erected at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11378/25]
591. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education if there are proposed plans to amalgamate the primary schools in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, to form a co-educational primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11050/25]
440. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance how he plans to expand the role of Ireland’s credit union sector in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12350/25]
405. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to further expand the inheritance thresholds, particularly where it relates to the estates of single individuals; if he will acknowledge that single people with no children are at a disadvantage while estate planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11430/25]
358. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport if additional funding will be provided to expand Local Link services in counties Kilkenny and Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12348/25]
303. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Croí Cónaithe schemes approved in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of grants that have been drawn down, by volume and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10368/25]
276. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a submission by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10406/25]
152. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours provided in Carlow-Kilkenny in 2024; the target in place for such provision in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9869/25]
110. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Graiguenamanagh; the other primary care service developments planned for Carlow and Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9868/25]
754. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the reason buscopan RX has been removed from the general medical scheme/medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9647/25]
580. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to release funding to landowners and local authorities to enable potentially dangerous trees to be made safe and for all trees near power lines and building to be felled and made safe, in view of the number of storms and their impact the country has experienced in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9603/25]
542. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to release funding to landowners and local authorities to enable potentially dangerous trees to be made safe and for all trees near power lines and building to be felled/made safe, in view of the number of storms and their impact the country has experienced in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9569/25]
520. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the proposed timeline to legislate for a shared fraud database as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9371/25]
424. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to introduce the content levy as legislated for in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9721/25]
423. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to publish the research conducted by Coimisiún na Meán into the viability of a content levy. [9720/25]
406. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education the reason school-going children in south Kilkenny, who attend school in New Ross, are not informed until the end of August whether they have been approved for the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9770/25]
405. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education the number of school-going children, primary and post primary, residing in south Kilkenny who currently avail of the school transport scheme; the number waiting to be offered a place on the school transport system; the numbers refused places on the school transport system for the school year 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9769/25]
329. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at Kilkenny Castle in the next 12 months; if these works include a new visitor centre, a lift and a working kitchen; if these works are not included in the schedule, if they are being planned for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9617/25]
318. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance if he had any discussions with civil servants with responsibility for AV tax incentives in respect of the potential to introduce a new regional audiovisual tax credit in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9717/25]
312. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance to address the difficulties homeowners have in obtaining home insurance based on the Eircode they have within a designated flood plain, despite the fact they have no claims for surplus of forty years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9576/25]
309. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance the amount and average value of business lending outstanding by credit unions at the end of December 2023 and the end of December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9432/25]
308. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance the amount, and average value, of business lending outstanding by credit unions at end-2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9431/25]
307. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance the status of the implementation of recommendation 11.2 of the Retail Banking Review in relation to the reduction in the fee for the Central Credit Review. [9390/25]
306. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff in credit unions at end-December 2023 and end-December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9389/25]
305. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance the amount and average value of mortgages outstanding by credit unions at the end of December 2023 and the end of December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9386/25]
291. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to extending the new 8% uplift under the section 481 film tax credit to TV series as many Irish animation studios produce top quality TV work and this extension would benefit the industry across the board. [9722/25]
290. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to introduce a new regional audiovisual tax credit to replace the regional uplift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9718/25]
216. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to review the feasibility of implementing an SMS scam filter to assist in talking fraud, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9370/25]
180. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Taoiseach the number of people on the live register in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in January of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, by age, gender, occupation, nationality and duration, in tabular form. [8841/25]
172. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport the current wait times at driving test centres across the country, with a specific breakdown for counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8893/25]
128. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the extension to the Kilkenny northern ring road. [9408/25]
410. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health for an update on the strategy to develop a suicide prevention intervention for farmers in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8862/25]
409. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health the number of capital projects her Department is engaged in with the HSE; the status of each project, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8860/25]