31. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline the operation of the Enterprise Ireland innovation voucher scheme; the number of vouchers issued and redeemed; the list of institutions who are designated as knowledge providers for the scheme; the point at which an organisation (details supplied) will be added to that list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66838/26]
404. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is currently considering any new measures to support the viability of Ireland’s pub sector in Budget 2027. [65034/26]
390. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the removal of Value Added Tax (VAT) on counselling and psychotherapy services as a targeted mechanism to instantly increase the availability and affordability of therapy; and whether he will consider extending tax relief to counselling and psychotherapy fees to establish true parity of esteem between mental and physical health. [64690/26]
1518. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding allocated to Coillte for the maintenance, upkeep and improvement of Derroura cycle trail, Connemara since 2020; if that funding has been spent on Derroura; where exactly the money has been spent; the reason the track is in such poor condition considering the State investment; and if his Department officials will walk the trail to examine this expenditure and future needs. [64490/26]
1301. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health to clarify the rules surrounding provision of medical supports (details supplied) to those in need and their provision by the HSE to non-medical card patients; and if such equipment when provided to all patients, is returned and reused making it more cost effective for her Department. [65029/26]
1300. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health if there is currently a system that allows prescribers of weight loss medication to identify whether a patient is receiving such medication from multiple prescribing providers; if an online private prescriber can see relevant prescription information issued by other providers; the identity-verification requirements that apply to online prescribing services; and the mechanisms for identifying repeated attempts to obtain medication after one provider has declined to prescribe. [65035/26]
1299. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health in regard to online prescriptions of weight loss medication, what happens when a patient deliberately provides inaccurate information or photographs of their current condition (details supplied); the minimum clinical assessment required before high-dose weight-loss medication is prescribed remotely; and if patients with very low body weight or a history of eating disorders are subject to enhanced safeguards. [65036/26]
1108. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health whether protests outside In-vitro fertilisation and surrogacy clinics fall within the protections for and definition of healthcare facilities, as defined under the Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Act 2024; and whether consideration is being given to such inclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter, [64218/26]
595. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has carried out a review into the mathematics higher level papers 1 and 2 in this year's Leaving Certificate, which was poorly received by students, parents and teachers (details supplied); whether the drop in grades in mathematics in 2026 could be partly answered by the difficulties in the papers; the changes she envisages in preparation for Leaving Certificate 2027; and whether similar changes and difficulties could appear without warning in other subjects. [65236/26]
495. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to revisit the school standardised calendar and have all schools opening and closing on the same dates, beginning and end of year; and if she acknowledges that afterschool care does not start in the main until 1 September which can mean that there can be childcare issues in those first days between school starting and afterschool starting. [64416/26]
178. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware and supportive of the plans for a redeveloped Port in Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64185/26]
1901. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on whether there are electric car charging points at all our national parks; the parks that have fast charging points; whether these chargers are available to the public; if not, whether he has plans to make them available; and if he will make a statement on the matter, [62914/26]
1900. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any of our National Parks charge for visitor parking, if not whether there are plans to charge and to allow reinvestment of such monies generated into environmental works within the parks or within natura or protected areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62916/26]
1786. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to current grant aid available for pipe laying under a group water scheme of €15,000 per home, when this grant cap was last reviewed; whether this grant is the same irrespective of terrain over which the pipe has to be laid; whether he accepts that laying a pipe in granite rock terrain is more expensive than in areas of clay soils without rock outcrop; whether a higher grant might be consider in such areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60240/26]
3441. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts there is an anomaly in that medical card holders have to pay for non-routine blood tests and are advised that if they feel they should not have to pay they should contact the local HSE centre; her views on whether this puts patients in a difficult position with their GPs; her further views on whether clarity is needed on the definition of routine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60577/26]
3376. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health if she plans to establish mental health emergency departments to provide a separate “front door” for those suffering from a crises but are medically fit and do not need treatment in accident and emergency; if she will consider establishing a pilot in one or more hospitals; if she is aware of recent developments in the United Kingdom in this area (details supplied); her views on whether this would reduce pressure on A&Es; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61090/26]
3319. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health whether she has commenced work on a successor to the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026, as outlined in the Programme for Government; if a future strategy will support an improved midwife to birth ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59926/26]
3268. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the progress made by her Department improving access to domestic genetic testing and in particular this case where testing for QT long syndrome is sent to Oxford in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61062/26]
3267. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the funding her Department provides to the Cardiac Risk in the Young Persons (CRYP) Centre, based at Tallaght University Hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61036/26]
2864. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of Tusla funding to charities dealing with child homelessness across each of the six Tusla regions for the past five years; the number of such agencies funded in each region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60513/26]
2277. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total Garda numbers, for Galway by division for each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of retirements in Galway, per year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60361/26]
2222. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration regarding the family reunification visa system whether he acknowledges the concerns of healthcare assistants who work full-time, pay tax, and serve the needs of Irish society but who are refused reunification visas as their income is deemed insufficient under the terms of the scheme; whether he accepts the view that Ireland accepts healthcare labour as essential, but the immigration system often treats family reunification as unaffordable; and his plans to examine the fairness of the thresholds. [60049/26]
1990. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department has any data on the numbers of returned Irish emigrants living here in receipt of a pension from abroad (excluding the United Kingdom) but not in receipt of a State pension (details supplied); the cost of providing these supports to such persons; whether consideration will be made to providing such supports to returned emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60254/26]
1219. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason teachers' personal daily rates were not correctly applied to the 2026 Summer Programme payments; when her Department first became aware of the issue with payments (details supplied); when the outstanding amounts will be paid to affected staff; the measures that will be put in place to prevent this reoccurring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60872/26]
1175. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on her plans to implement changes to the school bus service, following the review published in 2024; whether she accepts that the closest school rule is unfair where a student’s closest school is full and has no place for them; if she plans to implement the proposed changes to this rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61030/26]
1124. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if changes have been made to the SNA allocation to DEIS summer camps/campa samhraidh, in particular those on the islands (details supplied); and if so, the rationale behind this. [60164/26]
182. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has plans to force waste collection companies advertising online and by door to door flyers to provide their permit number in such advertisements; his views that verification online of such permits should be simplified by the National Waste Collection Permit Office; whether he agrees that improper use of a fake permit number should attract stiff penalties and that illegal waste collection impacts legitimate businesses, can damage the environment and cause avoidable expenditure by local authorities on clean ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62437/26]
164. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his attention has been drawn to the growing administrative burden created by packaging Extended Producer Responsibility rules and the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation; whether he agrees that a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro and small businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on other EU markets would be beneficial; whether he agrees that an EU-wide registration or "one-stop shop" rather than separate national registrations is desirable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62036/26]
163. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he is aware of the growing administrative burden created by packaging Extended Producer Responsibility rules and the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation; whether there is a need for proportionate reporting requirements based on the actual quantity of packaging placed on the market; whether he agrees there is a need for 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. [62037/26]
147. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if homes should be grant aided to get to the standard of 12 kVA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60335/26]
3991. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health whether she has had any engagement at European Union (EU) level regarding proposals that will set lower limits on the strength of vitamins and minerals in food supplements in the EU; the evidence that has been presented on the need for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58456/26]
3670. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on healthcare assistant-home support recruitment campaigns, in each county, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if individual counties are not available to provide details by health region. [57300/26]
3669. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have been recruited through the healthcare assistant-home support recruitment campaigns in each county for each year of 2021 to 2026 inclusive, in tabular form; and if individual counties are not available to provide details by health region. [57299/26]
3668. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have been recruited through the healthcare assistant-home support recruitment campaigns in each county in 2026, in tabular form; the number of vacancies that remain for 2026; and if individual counties are not available to provide details by health region. [57298/26]
3488. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the Implementation Action Group 5 process addressing the pay banding and grading structures for senior nursing and midwifery managers, including advanced nurse practitioners and assistant directors of nursing; whether the pay alignment between both will be maintained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56566/26]
3217. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant rheumatologist at Galway University Hospital as of 10 July 2026, for a first appointment, in tabular form. [55235/26]
3216. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE senior pharmacist posts filled at Portiuncula University Hospital as of 10 July 2026, in tabular form. [55234/26]
2019. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Social Protection whether section 68H (2) of the Social Welfare Act 2005 (amended) should be applied for a claim for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57149/26]
2018. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of the legislation in relation to eligibility for benefit payment for 65 year olds (details supplied). [57148/26]
2017. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify the policy rationale for a situation (details supplied) in which delaying a claim for benefit payment could result in eligibility, whereas claiming earlier results in disqualification. [57147/26]
1689. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether there is a common policy in the calculation of council rents across all local authorities; whether carer’s allowance is disregarded in any local authorities; if so, which ones; his views on whether there should be a common policy that it should be disregarded in all local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56571/26]
1588. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether under the croi conaithe scheme, particularly as it applies to Islands, a community council could qualify for the croi conaithe grant to do up a derelict home to rent out to workers or to support a local family in need; if not, if he will consider such a proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54836/26]
1498. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to initiate a formal process to have the Claddagh ring recognised under Ireland's framework for intangible cultural heritage in line with UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55799/26]
1289. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Youth in light of circular 0054/2026 (details supplied) whether she has plans to restore such allowances to post primary teachers under Budget 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57262/26]
751. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in regard to the deemed disposal rule on electronic funds transfer, if he can provide the total revenue take from this tax in tabular form for the years 2021-2025 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56606/26]
750. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in regard to the deemed disposal rule on electronic funds transfer (EFTs) whether our EU partners have more favourable rules, whether he believes this rule is a disincentive to EFT investment and encourages investors into the housing market as an alternative investment, whether he will carry out a review of the deemed disposal rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56605/26]
709. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the length of time the annual capital gains tax personal exemption has been set at €1,270; and whether he has plans to increase it in Budget 2027. [55645/26]
660. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he will consider introducing, in Budget 2027, a permanent 8% Section 481 uplift for productions filming outside the Dublin metropolitan area including Ashford; his views on whether this would increase production capacity by encouraging filming beyond the already constrained Dublin production hub, would support investment in regional jobs, skills, training and infrastructure, enable more indigenous and international productions to film across Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58457/26]
359. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to seek additional funding for the recently closed EV scrappage scheme in Budget 2027, considering the original scheme was fully allocated very quickly after opening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55083/26]
46. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether a child born abroad to a parent with a UK passport (details below) that was raised in Ireland qualifies for an Irish passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55410/26]