819. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of persons currently on a panel arising from the most recent assistant principal officer recruitment campaign across civil servants; the timeframe for this panel to expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42950/25]
350. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacant posts for dentists, nurses and doctors within the Defence Forces Medical Corps; the timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42951/25]
98. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open a new Irish consulate general office in Auckland, New Zealand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42947/25]
63. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 3 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39688/25]
42. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 4 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39689/25]
241. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the steps he is taking towards the removal of barriers preventing cardiac and stroke patients from returning to work on a phased basis without losing their social welfare entitlements; if he will encourage equal treatment in terms of benefits for people living with other lifelong conditions and disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39816/25]
240. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will seek a reduction in waiting lists of up to two years for cardiac rehabilitation programmes, which reduce death from heart disease by at least 20%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39815/25]
239. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health her plans to alleviate high levels of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder suffered by heart failure patients by increasing access to psychological support which only a fraction of heart failure patients can currently access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39814/25]
238. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will carry out a full assessment of the financial impact of heart failure on patients with recommendations on appropriate actions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39813/25]
201. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a service (details supplied) does not have a single service level agreement with the HSE but rather numerous agreements with individual CHOs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39821/25]
200. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the strategy to ensure services, care and accommodation for disabled people does not move in large measure to the private-for-profit sector as has happened with elder care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39820/25]
182. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of an internal audit investigation into an incident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39826/25]
841. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she agrees that section 38 and section 39 organisations in the disability sector are struggling to cope with massive deficits; if she agrees that in recent years more and more people in need of emergency disability services and accommodations are being referred to the private for profit companies; if her Department has done a comparative analysis between costs arising from providing services via section 38 and section 39 organisations and the private sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39598/25]
840. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in light of the fact that an organisation (details supplied) which provides full time residential care accommodation for 200 people while meeting the respite needs of up to 100 other people with disabilities continues to be funded on an ad hoc basis, if she plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39596/25]
838. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review her demand for redress from a body (details supplied) in light of the fact that the Commission of Inquiry determined that redress does not arise, and the independent negotiator in their report dated 21 March 2025 stated that in respect of the body they had no recommendation to make; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39552/25]
798. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she supports the work of an organisation (details supplied) which as a Section 39 organisation has provided services to people with disabilities in the State for the past sixty two years; if she accepts that the current level of funding is insufficient to meet the needs of the organisation and if this will be addressed in the coming months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39236/25]
781. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the review, which his predecessor committed to have undertaken into the deaths of animals on a farm (details supplied) will be completed; if the report on its completion will be immediately published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38909/25]
758. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of a serious incident that occurred in Cloverhill Prison on the 6 April 2013 where a prison officer suffered a serious injury necessitating substantial spinal surgery (details supplied), if the Minster can confirm that this incident was recorded as an ‘OID’ in records of prison service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39599/25]
647. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people with permanent disabilities and not forming part of the workforce who have had their disability allowance payment reviewed in each of the past five years; the estimated cost of carrying out these reviews; the amount that has been recovered by the State in each of these years as part of this review, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39159/25]
646. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people aged 80 and over who have had their pension entitlements reviewed in each of the past five years; the estimated cost of carrying out these reviews; the amount that has been recovered by the State in each of these years as part of this review, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39158/25]
510. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 425 of 8 July 2025, in light of the fact that the school has not received contact from the Department or has not received approval for essential works, if she is concerned that the school may be forced to re-open in August in circumstances where significant health and safety issues may arise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39597/25]
485. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No.484 of 10 June 2025, if school transport will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39257/25]
472. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of the names, locations, enrolments, teaching staff numbers, and ancillary staff numbers for all primary schools having more than 1,000 pupils on the roll book, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39160/25]
471. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the names, locations, enrolments, teaching staff numbers and ancillary staff numbers for all primary schools having between 750 and 1000 pupils on the roll book, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39151/25]
464. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider documentation (details supplied) requiring completion of a deed of surrender for a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38928/25]
239. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on the benefits for the Irish Defence Forces and international reputation of the country arising from cooperation between individual national defence forces (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38889/25]
238. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if progress has been made in restoring the training officer arrangements that existed between the Irish Defence Forces Cadet School at the Curragh Camp and the Navy of Malta; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38888/25]
134. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the third review of Home Building Finance Ireland, which he published recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39243/25]
107. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance his response to the Central Bank's second Quarterly Bulletin of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39244/25]
116. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the supports available for Gaeltacht host families accommodating students during summer 2025. [38067/25]
90. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on his Department’s work to promote Irish as an official language of the European Union. [38068/25]
57. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37941/25]
42. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with his EU counterparts about the situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37940/25]
152. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address concerns raised about childcare provision in Kilcullen (details supplied); the plans her Department has for investment in the Kilcullen area; the supports her Department has provided to childcare operators in this area to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38245/25]
532. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if capital assistance scheme funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/25]
525. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views regarding the retail planning guidelines; if there is a timeline in place for the review of the guidelines; if he is conscious of the fact that the current guidelines are proving to be an impediment to the maintenance and expansion of a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37452/25]
425. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 25 June 2025, if the application for emergency works will be granted as a matter of urgency given that the necessary documentation has been supplied by the school (details supplied) to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37690/25]
367. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware of the success of a business (details supplied), of the number of employees working in the facility and the number of visitors the facility attracts on an annual basis; the supports his Department is providing to the business to ensure its continued success; if he is aware of the limitations of the current retail planning guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37453/25]
203. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address matters concerning the mysterious deaths of a large number of the farm animals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36593/25]
142. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in respect of those landlords with four properties or fewer, who had intended their properties to be part of a pension arrangement, said landlords are obliged to sell the properties within the tenant in situ scheme, he agrees that there is a risk of tenant n situ arrangements reducing market value of such property and-or limiting availability of such properties to first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36465/25]
141. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in the context of the reform of the private rental sector, he accepts that an unintended consequence of changes could be the departure of landlords who have four properties or fewer from the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36464/25]
136. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will issue a section 28 directive to local authorities to commence the review of their county development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36281/25]
382. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence regarding mild general learning disability designation of schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35864/25]
27. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he intends that the Land Development Agency will support local authorities, the Housing Activation Office and his Department in master planning and infrastructure provision in new towns and districts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35637/25]
25. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his engagement with the Department of Finance on the tax treatment of Land Development Agency cost rental activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35636/25]
68. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the capital investment being made in mental health for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34707/25]
20. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health for a report on Sharing the Vision: A Mental Health Policy for Everyone' Implementation Plan 2025 - 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34708/25]
124. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will urgently assess the impact of their random reviews of means tested payments to the very old and disabled, having regard to the fact that the impact on the vulnerable people involved in terms of stress and anxiety may be far greater than any benefit achieved for the State and may in fact contribute to additional medical or care costs arising in particular cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34645/25]