885. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for invalidity pension for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29206/25]
737. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will introduce the regulations dealing with service charges and sinking funds; and if the Housing Agency will have enough resources in 2026 in order that it can commence regulating the OMC sector as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31289/25]
725. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is a payment rate for LDA for QQI levels 1-3; if this is drawn from programme budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28879/25]
237. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to support democracy and human rights in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27200/25]
225. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to Hungary leaving the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27201/25]
123. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the medium-term expenditure framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27743/25]
103. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how he proposes to maintain a balanced and sustainable approach to expenditure policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27742/25]
78. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on income tax revenues to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27859/25]
19. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on corporation tax revenues to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27860/25]
438. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the estates section of his Department has not issued the relevant documents in relation to the estate of a deceased person (details supplied) as the executor is unable to distribute the estate until this matter is finalised; if he will arrange to have it finalised promptly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27669/25]
926. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science where the payment is drawn from for QQI levels 1-3 and 4-6 respectively, having regard to Circular 0027/2011- Payment to Assessors for Locally Devised Assessment, which was issued in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25198/25]
655. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice when will a decision be made on a citizenship application by a person (details supplied). [25264/25]
592. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) to review a decision on carer's allowance. [25259/25]
322. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if extra money has been allocated to the public orthodontic service, and her plans to improve the service. [24964/25]
210. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 25 February 2025, to provide an update on identifying a site for a Garda station in the Castletroy and Annacotty area of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24909/25]
39. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the means by which the newly established housing activation office will in practice work with the new infrastructure division within the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. [24541/25]
131. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an appeal for an invalidity pension (details supplied); if an oral hearing will be scheduled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24819/25]
75. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to clarify when the technical issues with the new employment permit section portal will be resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24673/25]
787. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23213/25]
207. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the plans in place to continue to increase capacity and open more beds at University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24102/25]
174. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the timeframe to increase the number of consultants in emergency medicine by a further 50%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24101/25]
352. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if the training support grant will allow for the funding of driving lessons beyond the initial 12 in order to give individuals the best opportunity to pass the driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22911/25]
195. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the heads of Bill regarding suspension of Defence Forces personnel will be published; when the recommendations of the report by a person (details supplied) will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17688/25]
190. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the proposed increase in defence spending in view of the recent geo-political developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17918/25]
464. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to raise the threshold limits for medical cards, as the present limits have been in existence for many years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22255/25]
285. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to an invalidity pension appeal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22254/25]
175. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the proposal to refurbish a school (details supplied) in Limerick to use for special classes; if she is aware that the recently announced second special class at the school is to be located at the original single special classroom; her plans to deal with this obvious overcrowding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22269/25]
169. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reinstate the previous routes which were available to people, such as teaching assistants already working in education, to allow them to become fully qualified teachers under route 4; and what can be done about the practice of educational institutions preying on the opacity of the teaching council registration system to sell enrolments on courses which do not actually qualify their students for registration under any route. [22108/25]
107. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Finance to consider the inclusion of scoliosis spinal fusion recipients in the disabled drivers and passenger's scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22333/25]
134. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of schools in Limerick and the total number of schools in Clare that are now eligible to receive hot school meals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21539/25]
113. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans any changes to the qualifying criteria for the domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21540/25]
44. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a new mid west regional enterprise plan will be published soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21533/25]
268. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the role of adult educator in Youthreach as outlined in his speech at the recent conference in Wexford (details supplied); if the adult educator grade proposed is to replace the established grade of Youthreach resource person, who have their pre-existing terms and conditions (CL12/03); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21342/25]
73. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if she received correspondence (details supplied); when it is proposed to issue a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21399/25]
59. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs in IDA supported companies in Limerick at the end of March 2025 and the number in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21429/25]
58. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a new mid-west regional enterprise plan will be published soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21428/25]
2423. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the reason the data regulations have yet to be signed off on which would finally enable the formal commencement of a statutory inquiry into the historical licensing and use of sodium valproate in women of child-bearing potential in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20804/25]
2408. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if the BreastCheck and BowelScreen programmes will be extended to the over-70s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20732/25]
2065. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene in the case of a baby (details supplied) with Hirschsprung's disease who is in urgent need of an operation in Crumlin Hospital that should have taken place over two months ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19066/25]
2064. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will give consideration to providing residential rehab centres, which will allow an addict to stay for treatment for a period of three to six months at minimum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19065/25]
1715. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered reviewing and updating the Control of Horses Act 1996 and related enforcement systems to address concerns around equine welfare, public safety and legal oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19841/25]
1551. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to amend section 53 of the Children Act 2001 in relation to an act carried out by a person under the age of 12 years which would be a crime but for section 52 of the Act, as the procedure set out in the Act for how the person committing the act is supposed to be dealt with is extremely vague; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19196/25]
1550. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to amend section 93 of the Children Act 2001 to enable a person who has been convicted of a crime while under the age of 18 to be publicly identified when they reach the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/25]
1492. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when will a decision will be made regarding a carers allowance review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21299/25]
1491. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer’s allowance review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21295/25]
1470. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when carer’s allowance will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20805/25]
1371. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a carer’s benefit (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18503/25]
1134. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if as part of his plans to regulate short-term lets, if there will be a minimum number of licenses given to existing short-term let owners in the cities to enable them to continue the vital hospitality service that they provide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20940/25]