Cork East — week of Mon, 17 Mar

James O'Connor — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Housing 2 questions
- 2025-03-20 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans for the expansion of the local authority home loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12856/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he will take to increase the availability of affordable housing in east Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12855/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-20 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice if he expects to see an increase in the number of gardaí assigned to stations in the Midleton, Fermoy and Mallow districts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12858/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the initiatives he plans to take regarding defamation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12857/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the terms of reference for the clearing house group on climate investment and for the module on energy transformation; if he will further outline the composition of the group; and the names of the members involved. [11322/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11000/25]

Liam Quaide — Social Democrats 1 vote · 22 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 22 total

Health 7 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide bridging funding for an organisation (details supplied) as they continue to work with the HSE regarding a possible service level agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10896/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the proportion of the €1.48 billion committed to in Budget 2025 for mental health that is dedicated specifically to those under 18 years of age and related child mental health services. [11161/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a timeline on legislation that would add HHC as a Schedule 1 controlled drug to the misuse of drugs legislative framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11188/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to amend the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018 to prohibit marketing of zero-alcohol products that share the same branding, logos and colours as their parent alcoholic counterparts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11428/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to introduce a certificate formally recognising a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11924/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the Evaluation of the Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12041/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres currently under construction within CHO4; when each of these will be opened; the level of service each will provide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12237/25]
Environment 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his engagements with the Commission for Communications Regulation regarding the use of inflation-linked mid-contract price rises by phone and broadband companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11074/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has engaged with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission regarding the use of inflation-linked mid-contract price rises by phone and broadband companies; whether this represents a fair practice towards consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11075/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the use of fracked gas will be allowed to refuel the proposed floating storage and regassification unit as part of the development of a State-led strategic gas emergency reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11266/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the total amount spent by An Garda Síochána on external veterinary services in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [12235/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and vans attached to the Cork county division. [12236/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to provide for a period of paid leave consequent upon miscarriage or for the purposes of availing of reproductive healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11923/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to increase the number of therapists in CDNTs; the current WTE staffing shortage, by CHO area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12234/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the work of his Department to strengthen the State’s ability to detect and sanction breaches of law relating to the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft in Irish sovereign airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13220/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a copy of the plan to restore waiting times for driving tests to ten weeks that was requested by his officials as condition of his Department sanctioning 70 permanent positions for driver testers for the RSA in September 2024; the date by which his Department has requested waiting times to be restored to ten weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13239/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent engagements with the United States Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the cost of refurbishment works to Collins Barracks, Cork, in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [12238/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will include in the Office of Public Works’ Tranche II Pilot the areas of Mogeely and Castlemartyr, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12066/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount of both employer PRSI contributions and employee PRSI contributions owed to the Social Insurance Fund, by company size if such information is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12899/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding supports available to local communities to help maintain and or acquire local wetland areas in order to protect their habitat and ecosystem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11609/25]
Tourism 1 question
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to consider policy measures, up to and including legislation, to encourage businesses in Ireland to use bilingual packaging for their products as a way to promote and increase visibility of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13036/25]

Noel McCarthy — Fine Gael 1 vote · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Finance 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the measures his Department is considering to assist property owners whose premises may have previously been damaged by flooding and who now have difficulty in getting insured; the engagement his Department has had with insurance providers on the matter in the wake of severe weather events; if his Department has considered the establishment of re-insurance schemes for affected households similar to those in other jurisdictions, such as the flood relief scheme that exists in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12569/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the current turnaround period for ROS VAT unregistered refunds to farmers; the efforts his Department is making to improve these turnaround times to prevent cashflow issues for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12571/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Finance the eligibility of those who were previously declared bankrupt to apply for the help-to-buy scheme; if they are not eligible, if his Department is considering any changes in this regard; the current house purchase funding supports available to people in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12651/25]
Agriculture 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment is expected to issue to a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12009/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment is expected to issue to a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12011/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the current actions being taken by his Department with regard to the possible retention of the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12578/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 22 January 2024, to provide an update on the project; the number of landowners being consulted; the details of the rollout of the individual property protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12527/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is considering any changes to the income test for his Department’s humanitarian assistance scheme for households affected by severe weather events; how current income limits were decided upon under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12537/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to outline what mental health supports are available to those affected by flooding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12529/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding the passport application system, the reasoning behind the recent change in policy whereby the notarising of a passport applicant’s driver’s licence must now be undertaken by a solicitor or notary public rather than by a member of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13143/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport regarding the decreasing year on year monthly CSO numbers of driving tests being delivered in County Cork, the efforts being made to reduce waiting times for driving tests in the county; the number of testers employed at the beginning of each respective year from 2021 to 2025 inclusive; the plans to employ additional testers or to open additional testing centres in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13240/25]

Pat Buckley — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 13 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 13 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport the reason the trailhead on a section of greenway (details supplied) is not finished; the reason it is not fully opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11096/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Transport if funding has been increased or decreased to municipal districts in relation to low-cost road safety measures; if additional funding is available for this; and if there is a risk to life in certain circumstances. [11929/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education to intervene urgently in the case of a child (details supplied) to grant a place in an ASD class for September 2025. [10815/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education the assistance her Department will provide to a person (details supplied) in establishing a post-primary moderate autism class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11180/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on planned new social and affordable housing units for east Cork over the next five years, including expected unit size, cost, completion deadline and any additional details. [11587/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on the housing list in east County Cork, by local electoral area. [11588/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost to reinstate a grant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11112/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the introduction of a certificate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11681/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health to expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied) in the department of ophthalmology, South Infirmary Hospital, County Cork, before she loses her sight. [10941/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health for a progress update on the reopening of a respite centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11052/25]
Environment 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to include an area (details supplied) in the intervention (amber) area for fibre broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10651/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Finance the reason ECB interest rate cuts are not being passed onto variable mortgage holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11926/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if consideration will be given to initiating tranche two of the OPW flood protection scheme for Mogeely, Castlemartyr, Killeagh and Rathcormac in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10609/25]

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