Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 17 Mar

What your Dublin Mid-West TDs did this week

Mon, 17 Mar – 23 Mar 2025 · 5 TDs · 1 bill voted on · 103 questions · 0 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-03-19 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 84–69

Voted for 1 Shane Moynihan

Voted against 3 Eoin Ó Broin · Mark Ward · Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Did not vote 1 Emer Higgins

Emer Higgins — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 48 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 48 total

Housing 27 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on its engagement with off-balance sheet borrowing by approved housing bodies (AHBs) for the delivery of social and affordable housing; and to provide an update on his Departments consideration on proposals from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address the impact of gearing on future AHBs' borrowing levels. [12126/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the data his Department has on levels of vacancy and dereliction in each local authority, including numbers of units, entries on the derelict sites register and amounts owed to local authorities for unpaid derelict sites levies; and to provide the most up-to-date information on these issues and other data relating to vacancy and dereliction held by his Department. [11150/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable homes that were stalled awaiting approval from his Department at the start of January 2025, across how many schemes and in which local authority areas. [11151/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the 3,000 social and affordable homes that received Cabinet approval in February that will be delivered in 2025, 2026 and 2027; and to provide a breakdown of the units to be delivered each year, by type and funding stream. [11152/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a supplementary estimate will be brought forward to revise the December 2024 estimate arising from the Cabinet memo allocating €450 million to the delivery of social and affordable housing; if so, when; and the amount allocated to each funding stream for 2025. [11153/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding approval will be provided for all outstanding social and affordable project applications to his Department; and to provide a subsequent costing for these and timeline for delivery. [11154/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable housing schemes granted approval by Cabinet in February 2025 that have been communicated to local authorities and approved housing bodies (AHB), providing a breakdown by AHB/local authority and the number of units in each scheme. [11155/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any capital advance leasing fund (CALF) or cost-rental equity loan (CREL)-funded projects currently under construction have had their staged CALF or CREL payments delayed; and if so, the number, including the total number of units, and for what reason. [11156/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the 2025 social housing tenant-in-situ target, with a breakdown for each local authority area; if a circular communicating this and the new restrictions to the scheme has been issued to local authorities; if not, when it will be circulated; if he will commit to publishing the circular on his Department’s website; and if a risk assessment has been done regarding these new restrictions to determine the number of existing tenant-in-situ applications that may not now proceed due to the new restrictions. [11157/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing tenant-in-situ purchases concluded in 2024, with a breakdown by local authority area, providing an average purchase cost for the total number of such acquisitions and an average for the acquisitions in each local authority area [11158/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for emergency replacement of caravans or mobile homes that have been received by his Department since the recent storm Éowyn; and of these applications, the number that have been approved, rejected or still under consideration, by each local authority area, in tabular form. [11205/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the process of application and assessment for emergency replacement of caravans and mobile homes; the general timeline for the application and assessment process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11206/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department has undertaken since 2017 on each of the eight recommendations from chapter 5 of the Joint Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water Services Report of April 2017 dealing with issues related to water conservation, in tabular form. [12003/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on proposals to address the gearing challenges identified as a threat to future borrowing levels by approved housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12124/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Exchequer funding for the Housing First scheme is separate to the acquisitions funding announced March 2025; the amount of funding allocated to Housing First in 2025; and the reason his Department is preventing approved housing bodies from utilising capital assistance leasing funding for Housing first Acquisitions. [12125/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the provisions in Circular 06/2024 - Arrangements for Social Housing Acquisitions which has resulted in approved housing bodies being unable to access capital advance leasing funding to acquire homes for those experiencing homelessness. [12504/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage about the impact of water consumption by data centres on water supply; his views on the impact of this consumption on water supply during periods when Uisce Éireann is encouraging water conservation; and if he will publish, or request Uisce Éireann to publish, the volume of water consumption by data processing centres, by local authority area. [12591/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will next update the Basic Unit Costs (BUCs) and the Acquisition Cost Guidelines (ACGs) for social housing; if these same measures are applied to affordable housing delivered via cost rental equity loan, CREL and the affordable housing fund, AHF; and if he will give a commitment to make the revised BUCs and ACGs available to Deputies, on publication.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12652/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of developer provided infrastructure projects nationwide that fall outside the scope of circular PL5/14 of November 2014 and the agreed memoranda of understanding in terms of the transfer of water services infrastructure assets within the estates to Uisce Éireann, by local authority area, in tabular form. [12830/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce an amendment to the Planning and Development Act 2024 empowering planning authorities to apply administrative fines to short-term letting platforms such as a company (details supplied) and others where they advertise short-term lets in rent pressure zones that are not in compliance with planning law, as proposed in the Short-term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022, Second Stage of which was passed by Dáil Éireann in May 2022. [13255/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to comment on the ongoing delay in his Department's approvals for social and affordable housing projects funded via SHIP, CAS, CALF, CREL and AHF; to confirm the total number of projects submitted to his Department under each funding stream since September 2024 to date in 2025; the number that have been approved, and the local authority, or approved housing bodies, involved formally notified of that approval during the same time period. [13256/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the total delivery of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes in 2024 by local authorities, approved housing bodies and the Land Development Agency; and his views on the low output under these schemes and growing number of people unable to access these properties due to the unaffordable rents and house prices. [13257/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will bring forward amending legislation to ensure homeowners approved for a defective block remediation grant can avail of the most recent Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland square meter costs. [12584/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the introduction of allocations schemes for cost rental developments and income thresholds for single people sharing, as set out in legislation passed by the Oireachtas in November 2024. [12587/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new traveller specific accommodation units delivered in 2024, by local authority area; the average cost per unit in each local authority area; and the total expenditure on the delivery of these new units in 2024. [12586/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the final quarter social and affordable housing figures for 2024, including the full-year figures for social new build, acquisitions, cost rental and affordable purchase. [12585/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the interim funding for multi-unit development defects remediation; the total number of schemes that have applied; the schemes approved; the total number of units involved in each scheme; the moneys approved, allocated and spent to date in 2025; and when works are expected to commence and conclude on each approved project. [12583/25]
Education 6 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the procedures relating to the use of space in school buildings for the provision of ECCE and afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11159/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the reason a new ASD class has not been approved for a school (details supplied); the reason this decision has been taken; if it will be reconsidered given the need for further provision of special education placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11323/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to outline the options available to a person (details supplied) who has been unable to secure a mainstream junior infant placement in schools in their area for the 2025/2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12535/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education how many schools in Dublin mid-west expressed interest in opening a special class in a mainstream school for the years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026; how many of these were refused; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12561/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education how many schools in Dublin mid-west were approached by the NCSE to open a special class in a mainstream school for the school year 2024-2025; how many refusals were received; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12562/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education how many schools in Dublin mid-west have been approached by the NCSE to open a special class in a mainstream school for the coming school year 2025-2026. [12563/25]
Children 4 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a preschool service (details supplied) which has been advised it may have no premises for the 2025/2026 school year and beyond; if there is support and assistance available from her Department to ensure the preschool remains open, given the vital service provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10975/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the intended withdrawal of a childcare facility from the core funding agreement (details supplied); the actions being taken by the Department to ensure this can be avoided given the number of children and families relying on the service and given the commitments to lessen the financial burden of childcare on parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11557/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the support services available to children and young people with autism and their families in Dublin Mid-West, excluding services provided by the CDNT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12076/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay in a CDNT being moved into a primary care centre (details supplied); if the move is still intended; when it is scheduled to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12829/25]
Environment 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the State has entered into arbitration with a company (details supplied), or any other companies under the dispute resolution mechanism within the Energy Charter Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11614/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the basis for the €300 million floating LNG terminal; if the cost includes the cost of constructing a jetty, pipelines, and connection to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12145/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications who hosted and who attended the recent war room exercise reported as ‘Exercise Cathal’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12590/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the public health nurse network in the Dublin mid-west area, to include current staff employed and current staff vacancies, in tabular form. [10614/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will instate a review into the impact of the cessation of developmental checks for all children under the national healthy childhood programme in Dublin mid-west, in order to assess the real consequences of the lack of service provision to all children in the constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10615/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health the options for support available to persons wishing to obtain and train a medical alert assistance dog for emergencies relating to certain medical issues (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11370/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on plans to establish a climate investment clearing house. [10544/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position Ireland intends to take at the European Council regarding the proposed ReArm Europe package from the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12131/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department has had engagement with relevant stakeholders, including those who benefit from cohesion policy programmes, or EU counterparts, regarding proposals within the ReArm Europe package to allow cohesion policy programmes and funding to be used for defence purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12132/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the status of a national data centre policy; whether the Government is in the process of drafting it; when it is likely to be completed; and what the arrangements are for public consultation. [10844/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport the reason for a delay at a driving test centre (details supplied); if he is aware that some applicants have been waiting 20 weeks for a test date; the actions being taken to ensure an efficient service is provided from the location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13219/25]

Mark Ward — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 18 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 18 total

Education 5 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the procedures regarding the use of space in school buildings for the provision of ECCE and afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11167/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD classes to be built in the new temporary school building for a school (details supplied); if three ASD classes will be considered given that the permanent location will have four; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11169/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education when enrolment will be open for applicants for the new special school in Griffeen Avenue, Lucan; the process and criteria for new applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11836/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Lucan that expressed an interest in opening an additional needs class in the past five years; the number of these applications that were refused; the reasons given for the refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12621/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Lucan that were approached by the National Council for Special Education to open an additional needs class; the number of schools that declined; the reasons given for these refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12622/25]
Transport 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to open additional driving test centres in South Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10742/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the process for late payments for M50 toll users; if his Department will negotiate leniency for elderly drivers who do not pay on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11184/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if there will be additional train services between Heuston Station and Fonthill, Kishoge and Adamstown stations; if train services will have additional carriages for peak time services due to the increasing population of these areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11210/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount accrued by the HSE in paying interest as a result of late payments to its suppliers, contractors and others in 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11102/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant ophthalmologist hours available at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; the breakdown of public and private hours available for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11106/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if spirovital therapy is available to HSE patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12482/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a pre-school service (details supplied) which has been advised they may have no premises for the 2025/2026 school year and beyond; if there is support and assistance available from her Department to ensure the pre-school remains open given the vital service provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10978/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to comment on the Clondalkin children’s disability network team operating in prefabs on the grounds of a school (details supplied); the reason they are not operating from the new primary health care centre on the Boot Road; when they will move to the primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13289/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the resources that are available to an area that is experiencing high levels of violence and intimidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12735/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí in Dublin metropolitan region west over the past five years; the number of community Gardaí for the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12734/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding opportunities for social enterprises for the circular economy; to outline the application processes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13247/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding opportunities available for a community horse project; to outline the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13248/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the criteria for a community horse project to be included in Pobal funding; the programmes that Pobal can offer for a community horse project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13246/25]

Paul Nicholas Gogarty — Independent 1 vote · 20 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 20 total

Education 6 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education to proactively ensure that a preschool (details supplied) can continue to operate from a location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10866/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the current timescale for opening the third primary school site with planning permission for a 32-classroom building at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11280/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the rationale for applying for planning permission for a new primary school on a site (details supplied); if this confirms that her Department will not be seeking this site for a second-level school as per the flexibility provided by An Bord Pleanála; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11281/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the expected timescale for opening the fourth primary school at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11282/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the interim plans in place to expand a school’s (details supplied) Junior Cycle capacity in advance of the completion of the 32-classroom building on a third named site, earmarked for an eventual doubling of classroom space; if this will involve temporary modular buildings or any type of buildings at the fourth named site; if so, the estimated timescale for such classrooms opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11283/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if the third and fourth primary schools at a location (details supplied) will be designed to facilitate multiple autism classrooms as well as pre-school and after-school capacity for the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11284/25]
Children 6 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that a preschool (details supplied) is being forced to vacate from its current location; if her Department can liaise to ensure that this important facility remains open at this location through whatever creative means necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10867/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proactive steps being taken to provide additional ECCE places in the Lucan and Adamstown area given that four businesses have closed down in recent years and given that a preschool (details supplied) is under threat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10868/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to expedite community-based childcare in the Lucan and Adamstown and Clonburris areas, to supplement existing businesses, given the significant shortage of places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10869/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial supports in place to aid the parents who have children in childcare, when their crèche has withdrawn from the core funding agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10909/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to stop the significant number of withdrawals from the core funding scheme, including several in Dublin Mid-West, which is adding unaffordable cost increases to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11285/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the core funding scheme is being reviewed in light of the significant number of operators withdrawing due to inability to operate solvently, which is adding additional costs to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11286/25]
Public Expenditure 4 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the actions taken by the OPW to date to secure a car park and access to Castletown House from a centre (details supplied), given that the centre is willing to provide use of its own car park at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10870/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW has applied to Kildare County Council for planning permission for a car park for weekday parking on Castletown estate adjacent to and directly beside a centre (details supplied); if not, to confirm that this workaround is being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10871/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the actions the OPW has taken to secure the car park and access to Castletown House from a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10907/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW has applied to Kildare County Council for planning permission for the car park at Castletown House; the OPW’s timescale for the opening of the car park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10908/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests conducted on a listed daily basis at Tallaght driving test centre from 1 September 2024 to 5 March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11278/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving testers currently available for work at Tallaght driving test centre; the number of vacancies that exist; the optimal number operating on any given day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11279/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice when he will announce a new strategic policy committee member; if there is any guarantee that the application of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10910/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice how the citizenship application of a person (details supplied) can be rejected on grounds of a national security threat, when the individual concerned owns an Irish passport and had no issues arise under a personal data request from An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10911/25]

Shane Moynihan — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Education 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the grants and payments made to a company operating special playgroups for autistic children (details supplied) between the years 2000 and 2011; the funding streams under which these were made; the amounts paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12333/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the number of National Educational Psychological Service assessments being made available for schools in Dublin mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12843/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education when a NEPS assessment will be provided for a person (details supplied). [13014/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to improve the availability and supply of Creon (pancreatic enzymes) to Ireland. [10766/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when a treatment in CAMHS will be made available to a child (details supplied). [11358/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the legislative measures in place to prevent the sale of sweets in premises which sell vapes, to ensure the marketing of sweets cannot be used to attract minors to purchase vapes. [12653/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce Report, specifically the recommendation to "Undertake a feasibility study and develop a concept proposal for the development of a National Logistics Hub in the Shannon Estuary, as an input into the preparation of a ‘Regional Freight Strategy‘ for the Limerick/Shannon region"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11696/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport the provision that is made for special parking rights and allowance for passengers with autism, similar to the blue badge issued by an organisation (details supplied). [12336/25]
Finance 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance the position Ireland has taken during the recently completed review of Solvency II in relation to the extension of powers to EIOPA regarding cross-border insurance sales. [10566/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance the position Ireland has taken on the question of making EIOPA subject to parliamentary scrutiny at EU and Member State level. [10567/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress being made on abolishing the means test for carers. [11755/25]
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the means test for carers will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12342/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the scoping carried out with regard to the opening of additional childcare facilities in Adamstown, Lucan. [12570/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the efforts being undertaken to progressively reduce childcare costs, including plans to review core funding to establish a forward planning and delivery unit within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12978/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of active strategic development zones of which his Department is aware, and the number planned over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12646/25]
- 2025-03-20 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans his Department is putting in place for schemes on affordable and cost rental housing which are targeted at single people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12645/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-03-19 Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will meet next. [9171/25]