411. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current levels of staffing within Tusla; the current number of vacant positions; the total target workforce; and details of any estimate as to required staffing level by the Courts Services. [23234/26]
409. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department intends to review the implementation of the revised assessment of need framework to ensure that no cohort of children is excluded from identification due to the streamlining of assessment processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23138/26]
408. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the training or guidance being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23137/26]
407. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether consideration has been given to the potential for increased reliance on private assessments arising from any restriction in public access to cognitive assessment, and the implications this may have for equity of access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23136/26]
406. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement in children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23135/26]
405. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the safeguards that are in place to prevent under-identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning, particularly in light of evidence that twice-exceptional children are already under-recognised within Irish education and disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23134/26]
404. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has conducted any impact assessment on how the revised model may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23133/26]
403. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which the revised assessment of need framework ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice-exceptional that is, children with both high ability and additional needs such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia, will be appropriately identified within the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23132/26]
402. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the recently revised assessment of need framework limits reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23131/26]
390. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on measures to protect the welfare of urban horses, horses used in sulky racing or for drawing carriages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23329/26]
374. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Guardianship of Infants (Amendment) Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23330/26]
371. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the advice that is being given to Irish immigration officials regarding how to treat a Ukrainian person who has been granted temporary protection in Ireland and who has their temporary protection certificate (yellow paper) but who does not have an Irish residence permit card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23277/26]
370. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average waiting time for a Ukrainian person, in Ireland under the temporary protection directive, to receive an Irish residence permit card once they have applied for it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23276/26]
369. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Irish residence permit cards that have been given to Ukrainians who are in Ireland under the temporary protection directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23275/26]
368. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether an up-to-date Irish residence permit card is necessary in conjunction with a temporary protection certificate (yellow paper) for Ukrainians who have been given temporary protection in Ireland when they are entering the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23274/26]
367. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reports received from the Office of Inspector Prisons since 2020; the date report was received by the Minister; the date the report was published by the Minister; and for any reports not yet published the reason the report was not published, in tabular form. [23237/26]
307. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount funding allocated each year since 2023 to the serviced ready to build (serviced sites for new homes) scheme under the croí cónaithe towns fund, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23216/26]
306. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of funding drawn down by each local authority over the past four years for the ready to build (serviced sites for new homes) scheme under the Croí Cónaithe towns fund, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23215/26]
260. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all the School Completion Programme clusters in the country, outlining total population of school children within each cluster and the number of WTE coordinators and WTE project workers assigned to each cluster, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23279/26]
259. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if staff (coordinators and project workers) for School Completion Programme clusters are allocated according to specific criteria; if so, the criteria that determines the number of staff that each School Completion Programme have assigned to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23278/26]
258. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports her Department is providing for a school (details supplied) as it undertakes the movement of the entire school from its current temporary location back to its permanent building between Wednesday 29 April 2026 and Friday 8 May 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23273/26]
231. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current levels of staffing in the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information; the current number of vacant positions; the total target workforce; and details of any estimate as to required staffing level by the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information. [23239/26]
230. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the current levels of staffing in the Office of the Information Commissioner; the current number of vacant positions; and the total target workforce. [23236/26]
210. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the policy towards the recording of old debts on a credit report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23332/26]
209. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether there is a mechanism for review or clarification of Central Credit Register reporting practices where an individual is unhappy with the inclusion of an entry on their credit report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23331/26]
184. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to ongoing parking situation at MacDonagh Station, Kilkenny where over 20% of the carparking spaces have been unavailable for several months; when the use of these spaces will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23232/26]
167. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs her plans for the Council of Europe during the EU Council presidency; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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166. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland has contributed financially to the European Centre of Excellence for Civilian Crisis Management (CoE); the precise amount; and if anyone from Ireland has been appointed to the CoE. [23257/26]
106. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on diplomatic efforts made by the State in response to legal persecution of LGBTQ+ persons in Senegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22987/26]
99. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the progress of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22986/26]
52. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to granting housing functions to Údarás na Gaeltachta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22990/26]
44. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his plans to support housing for families in Gaeltacht areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22989/26]
36. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the Gaeltacht for an update on the Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22992/26]
22. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the Gaeltacht for an update on the outcome of the public consultation of “Our Rural Future”, including a draft timeline for when this will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22991/26]
135. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the report of the Dublin 15 Schools Task Force will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22939/26]
134. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth which recommendations contained in the report of the Dublin 15 Schools Task Force have already been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22938/26]
133. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding school planning for Knocknacarra County Galway; if consideration is being given to providing a new secondary school for the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22915/26]
996. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on supports available to frontline healthcare workers who contracted long-Covid during the pandemic; if the Government will introduce a new support scheme and formally recognise Covid-19 and Long Covid as an occupational illness for healthcare and social care workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22277/26]
775. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the monitoring procedures undertaken by his Department of the Rásaíocht Con Eireann traceability system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22099/26]
774. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how it is possible that on 1 January 2026, there were 1,997 non-coursing greyhounds whose year of birth was 2021 still in the active status category on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22098/26]
636. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action that has been taken by NPWS to protect habitats and plants within Natura 2000 sites at Lady's Island Lake from ongoing water pollution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22281/26]
635. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the extent of detrimental impacts on bird habitats from ongoing water pollution at Lady’s Island Lake SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22280/26]
620. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he is taking to ensure more balanced regional development and population growth distribution in the term of this Government;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22025/26]
619. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on an implementation plan relating to the Taskforce on Local Democracy; the expected timeline for the publication of the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22024/26]
618. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a detailed breakdown of the costs relating to the temporary work of the Taskforce on Local Democracy and the associated report submitted on 4 March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22023/26]
617. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Taskforce on Local Democracy; the expected timeline for the publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22022/26]
568. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that is available for Pillar Two of the EU Life Strategic Nature Project to advance the implementation of the Birds Directive and the Habitats Directive in relation to Lady's Island Lake SAC and Tacumshin Lake SAC; the proposed actions and timescales relating to the Pillar Two element of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22279/26]
567. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the current status of the EU LIFE Strategic Nature Project led by the NPWS and supported by his Department and Coillte, which is intended to provide a robust evidence base to inform nature conservation measures in Ireland through the development of a bespoke platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22278/26]