Waterford — week of Mon, 28 Apr

What your Waterford TDs did this week

Mon, 28 Apr – 4 May 2025 · 4 TDs · 6 bills voted on · 155 questions · 9 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024

2025-04-30 · 2 votes · Govt (Justice)

A bill to provide that defamation actions in the High Court shall not be tried with a jury

full description

A bill to provide that defamation actions in the High Court shall not be tried with a jury; to give effect to Directive (EU) 2024/1069 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 on protecting persons who engage in public participation from manifestly unfounded claims or abusive court proceedings (‘Strategic lawsuits against public participation’) in so far as it relates to defamation proceedings; for those and other purposes to amend the Defamation Act 2009; and to provide for related matters.

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 64–86

Voted for 2 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane

Voted against 2 John Cummins · Mary Butler

The motion · motion passed 86–64

Voted for 2 John Cummins · Mary Butler

Voted against 2 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland

2025-04-30 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 85–68

Voted for 2 John Cummins · Mary Butler

Voted against 2 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane

Special Education

2025-04-30 · 1 vote

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 85–68

Voted for 2 John Cummins · Mary Butler

Voted against 2 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane

Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees

2025-04-30 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion failed 67–86

Voted for 2 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane

Voted against 2 John Cummins · Mary Butler

The motion · motion passed 103–49

Voted for 2 John Cummins · Mary Butler

Voted against 2 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework

2025-04-30 · 1 vote

The motion · motion passed 87–66

Voted for 2 John Cummins · Mary Butler

Voted against 2 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-04-29 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 84–70

Voted for 2 John Cummins · Mary Butler

Voted against 2 Conor D McGuinness · David Cullinane

Conor D McGuinness — Sinn Féin 8 votes · 91 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 91 total

Rural 24 questions
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of people employed by registered charities in the Stat; the number of these workers employed by Section 10, Section 39 and Section 56 bodies, by each type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20056/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has carried out a study on the impact of costs associated with compliance requirements on charities, social enterprises and the wider community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20061/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has carried out a study on the impact of costs associated with energy price increase on charities, social enterprises and the wider community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20062/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of fully completed public online surveys during the consultation process for the new Our Rural Future policy, which closed on 2 April 2025, that were received by his Department. [20190/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department can intervene to assist a rural social enterprise regarding an urgent situation (details supplied). [20651/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department can review a 2021 allocation under the town and village renewal scheme and engage with an organisation (details supplied). [20652/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the average processing time for LEADER programme funding applications in each of the past three years; and if he will outline the measures being taken to improve administrative efficiency and reduce delays. [21882/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of annual allocations and actual expenditure under the LEADER rural development programme for each year since 2020; and if he will comment on any variations or underspend. [21883/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the key performance indicators used to measure the effectiveness of the LEADER programme in rural economic and community development; and if he will publish comparative outcomes for the 2014 to 2020 and 2023 to 2027 programming periods to date. [21884/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proportion of LEADER funding allocated specifically to projects within Gaeltacht areas over the past five years; and if he will assess the impact of the programme on sustaining linguistic and economic development in these communities. [21885/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any independent evaluations of the LEADER programme’s value for money have been commissioned since 2020; if so, to provide the main findings; and if further reviews are planned in the current programme cycle. [21886/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total value of LEADER rural development funding allocated in each of the past ten years, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21887/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total annual allocation to the social inclusion and community activation programme for each of the past five years; and if he will comment on any trends in funding levels over that period. [21888/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of individuals and groups supported under the social inclusion and community activation programme each year since 2020; and if he will provide a breakdown by county. [21889/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the criteria used to assess the performance and impact of SICAP-funded initiatives; and if he will publish the latest programme evaluation findings. [21890/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps being taken to ensure the social inclusion and community activation programme is fully aligned with national anti-poverty and social inclusion strategies over the period 2025 to 2030. [21891/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of local improvement scheme funding allocations, by local authority area, for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21892/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current criteria used to assess applications under the local improvement scheme; and if he will outline any planned changes to eligibility requirements or prioritisation measures for 2025 and beyond. [21893/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of LIS projects completed annually since 2020; and if he will provide details of the average funding awarded per project. [21894/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of eligible local improvement scheme, LIS, applications that remain unfunded in each local authority area as of the latest available date; and if he will outline his plans to address this backlog. [21895/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he accepts that the Our Rural Future rural development strategy failed to adequately prioritise rural housing delivery; the specific measures being taken to address this failure in the next rural development framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21896/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his assessment of the impact of Our Rural Future on rural community safety, policing levels and public service provision in rural areas; and if he will acknowledge the concerns raised by rural communities regarding ongoing deficits in these critical areas. [21897/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which the public consultation process on the successor to Our Rural Future will address shortcomings in the current policy, including issues of rural depopulation, housing, policing and access to essential services; and if he will ensure that the next rural strategy includes binding targets and timelines for delivery. [21898/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will detail the actions taken under Our Rural Future to retain young people in rural areas through job creation and education initiatives; if he will outline whether these efforts have been successful; and if he will indicate how youth retention will be prioritised in the next rural development strategy. [21899/25]
Housing 16 questions
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if increased funding will be provided to county councils to meet the demand under the built heritage investment scheme 2025 as some applicants have been approved but have been placed on a reserve list; and if he will expedite a positive decision on the matter. [18625/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the child homelessness rate in Waterford for the last week in December for the past ten years. [20185/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total monies paid out or committed by his Department to each local authority in respect of building social houses and apartments and home purchase for each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20192/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to increase the funding allocated to local authorities under the national preferential caravan loan scheme for travellers; if he is aware of the waiting lists faced by travellers needing a replacement caravan or mobile home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20212/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to increase the funding allocated to a local authority (details supplied) to ensure that an individual waiting four years for a replacement mobile home under the national preferential caravan loan scheme for travellers is accommodated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20213/25]
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cén uair a fhoilseofar Treoirlínte Pleanála don Ghaeltacht, cén fáth a bhfuil moill ar an gcéanna ó 2021 i leith, cé air a bhfuil an locht don mhoill seo, agus cé na céimeanna práinneacha atá á nglacadh aige chun an bac seo a shárú i bhfianaise ghéarchéim na tithíochta sna ceantair Ghaeltachta. [21907/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the progress of the affordable housing and social housing scheme in Ardmore, County Waterford, including expected timelines for delivery, number of homes and current status of planning and procurement. [21916/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the progress of the mixed affordable purchase, cost rental and social housing scheme at Fairlane, Dungarvan, County Waterford, including current status, projected timelines and breakdown of tenures proposed. [21917/25]
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta sonraí a thabhairt maidir le gach teagmháil agus comhoibriú idir a Roinn féin agus Rannóg na Gaeltachta sa Roinn Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta maidir le ceist ríthábhachtach na tithíochta i gceantair Ghaeltachta. [21918/25]
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta sonraí a thabhairt ar gach comhoibriú agus idirghníomhaíocht idir a Roinn féin agus Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir leis an ngéarchéim tithíochta i gceantair Ghaeltachta, agus cén tacaíocht atá curtha ar fáil don Údarás ar an ábhar seo. [21919/25]
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cén uair a fhoilseofar Treoirlínte Pleanála don Ghaeltacht, cén fáth go bhfuil moill ar an gcéanna ó 2021 i leith, cén fáth go bhfuil an próiseas chomh mall agus cén fhreagracht atá á glacadh chun an mhoill a shárú. [21920/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable purchase units, social housing units, cost rental units and serviced sites delivered in Waterford over the past ten years, or for the duration of each relevant scheme where schemes have been in existence for less than ten years, by local electoral area and by whether delivery was by the local authority or an approved housing body, in tabular form. [21921/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of extant housing assistance payment tenancies at the end of each of the past ten years in Waterford, by local electoral area. [21922/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure on housing assistance payment tenancies in Waterford in each of the past ten years, by local electoral area. [21923/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of rental accommodation scheme properties at the end of each of the past ten years in Waterford, by local electoral area. [21924/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of social housing transfer applications on file at Waterford City and County Council as of the most recent date available, by local electoral area, and by the length of time the transfer request has been active (i.e. under one year, one to three years, three to five years, and over five years). [21925/25]
Health 10 questions
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of her Department and the HSE that home care workers directly employed by the HSE must retire on reaching 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20018/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is her intention to deliver pay equality for workers in Section 39 organisations to bring their remuneration in line with their counterparts working in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20057/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if home care workers employed by community and voluntary sector organisations and registered charities will be included in any moves to deliver parity between workers in this sector and their counterparts in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20058/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the nature of future refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at the hospital over the next 18 months. [20193/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric ophthalmology services nationwide. [20194/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthodontists and specialist orthodontists working within HSE dental services in Waterford for children from 2022 to date in 2025, by location, in tabular form. [20195/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded hydrotherapy pools available for public use; and the locations of these pools, in tabular form. [20196/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have used each of the HSE fertility hubs in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20197/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine Ireland by 50%. [20198/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the engagement by her Department and the HSE regarding the establishment of a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford; and to set out the steps being taken to progress the delivery of this much-needed service. [21937/25]
Transport 7 questions
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation made by his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland for works in respect of the N72 this year; if he will provide details of each individual allocation, in tabular form, including scope, amount and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20051/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation made by his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland for works in respect of the N25 this year; if he will provide details of each individual allocation, in tabular form, including scope, amount and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20052/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation made by his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland for works in respect of the N24 this year; if he will provide details of each individual allocation, in tabular form, including scope, amount and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20053/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation made by his Department and Transport Infrastructure Ireland for works in respect of the R671 and R672 this year; if he will provide details of each individual allocation. in tabular form. including scope, amount and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20054/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport his Department's plans for the N72 Fermoy to Tallow road; and when TII will make an allocation for the badly needed work. [20191/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if the delay in establishing Oireachtas committees has had any impact on the approval of funding for new Local Link bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21953/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if his Department if aware of an application for funding approval for a Local Link bus service between Portlaw and Dungarvan in County Waterford, and the status of this application. [21954/25]
Tourism 7 questions
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na pleananna atá á réiteach ag Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir le pleanáil teanga sna ceantair Ghaeltachta, i bhfianaise mhainneachtain leanúnach an Rialtais dul i ngleic le meath leanúnach úsáid na Gaeilge sna pobail sin. [21900/25]
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an dtabharfaidh sé sonraí iomlána ar an maoiniú a cuireadh ar fáil don phleanáil teanga le deich mbliana anuas, briste síos de réir na limistéar pleanála teanga éagsúla, agus a mhíniú cén fáth a bhfuil easpa comhsheasmhachta agus méaduithe inbhuanaithe ar an gcistiú le feiceáil. [21901/25]
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le pleananna teanga atá i bhfeidhm faoi láthair a athbhreithniú, agus an aontaíonn sé nach bhfuil an Rialtas tar éis luas a chur leis an bpróiseas sin ná tiomantas soiléir a thaispeáint i ndáil leis, rud atá ag déanamh dochar d’fheidhmíocht na bpleananna sin. [21902/25]
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an ndéanfaidh sé a shoiléiriú cén fáth nach bhfuil méadú suntasach déanta ar an gcistiú don phleanáil teanga i bhfianaise na n-éileamh méadaithe agus an lagmhisnigh atá á léiriú ag pobail Ghaeltachta faoin tacaíocht atá ar fáil. [21903/25]
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén fáth nach raibh ábhar ríthábhachtach cosúil le soláthar tithíochta lárnach i bpleananna teanga go dtí seo, agus an dtabharfaidh sé gealltanas soiléir go gceartófar é sin i ngach plean amach anseo. [21904/25]
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán sonraí iomlána a thabhairt ar aon chruinnithe, comhfhreagras nó idirghníomhaíochtaí idir Rannóg na Gaeltachta dá Roinn féin agus an Roinn Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta maidir le soláthar tithíochta i gceantair Ghaeltachta, agus an dtabharfaidh sé míniú ar an bhfáth nach bhfuil dul chun cinn suntasach déanta ar an gceist ríthábhachtach seo. [21905/25]
- 2025-05-01 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán sonraí a thabhairt ar gach teagmháil idir Rannóg na Gaeltachta agus na húdaráis áitiúla maidir le ceist na tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht, agus an n-aithníonn sé go bhfuil mainneachtain ó thaobh comhordú agus gníomh idir an Roinn agus na húdaráis áitiúla ag cur bac ar fhorbairt pobail Ghaeltachta. [21906/25]
Children 7 questions
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need, including the duration of their wait times, by county; and the measures being taken to address these delays. [21926/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason, despite the statutory requirement under the Disability Act 2005 for assessments of need to be completed within six months, only a small percentage were completed within this timeframe in recent years; and the actions that are being taken to improve compliance. [21927/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason behind the significant increase in overdue assessments of need in certain counties over the past year; and the specific interventions that are planned to address this surge. [21928/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail the impact of the High Court ruling in March 2022 on the HSE’s assessment processes; and the way in which this has influenced the current backlog in assessments of need. [21929/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide information on the allocation and utilization of funds spent in recent years to address waiting lists for assessments of need, including outcomes achieved and any plans for additional funding. [21930/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to address the disparities in waiting times for assessments of need across different counties, particularly in areas with the highest numbers of overdue assessments outside Dublin. [21931/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the engagement by her Department and Tusla with local stakeholders regarding the establishment of a family resource centre in Dungarvan, County Waterford; and to confirm the plans that are in place to support and advance this project. [21938/25]
Agriculture 6 questions
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the ongoing delays in the issuing of ACRES scheme payments; the number of participants currently awaiting payment; and the steps being taken to expedite processing. [21908/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a detailed update on preparations underway for the next round of fisheries quota negotiations, including stakeholder engagement, key priorities for Ireland and concerns raised by the sector. [21909/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will initiate a full review of the funding, performance and regulatory oversight of the local authority marine infrastructure scheme; and if he will set out the issues identified by his Department with regard to project delivery and funding allocation under the scheme. [21910/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail all applications made by Waterford City and County Council under the local authority marine infrastructure scheme over the past ten years, indicating the year of application, project title, funding sought, outcome (approved or not approved), and the amount granted were successful, in tabular form. [21911/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sea-fisheries protection inspections (boardings of vessels) undertaken over the past five years, by the country of registration of the vessel, in tabular form. [21912/25]
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions brought before the courts by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority over the past five years, by the country of registration of the vessel involved, in tabular form. [21915/25]
Foreign 5 questions
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned that Israeli activity in Gaza and the northern part of the West Bank forms a new wave of ethnic cleansing and land-grabbing; if he will condemn this illegal activity; the steps he will take to address it internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20096/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the definition of antisemitism given by an organisation (details supplied) was accepted by the Government in January of this year. [20186/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade who lobbied the Government to implement an organisation's definition of antisemitism (details supplied), both within Ireland and externally. [20187/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade who in Government decided that the definition of antisemitism given by an organisation (details supplied) was to be adopted. [20188/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names and positions of elected and or unelected officials who signed off on the decision to implement a definition (details supplied). [20189/25]
Education 5 questions
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the 2025-26 academic year. [19235/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the 2025/2026 academic year. [19571/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if a child is diagnosed with autism and receives a special class recommendation after the deadline of 19 February 2025, if the child is then not eligible to enter the appropriate education setting the following September for the 2025-2026 school year. [19780/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans to ensure students from the Coole Road in Ballysaggart and surrounding area can access a school bus service to a school (details supplied) for the academic year 2025-2026, if her Department will undertake to engage with parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19995/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans to engage with parents in Ardmore and surrounding areas whose children attend secondary schools in Dungarvan regarding additional capacity on the route in the form of a second school bus; if she is aware that the lack of capacity on the existing school bus means many parents are paying significant amounts weekly for a private bus service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19996/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the grow digital voucher schemes offered by his Department through local enterprise offices are available to social enterprises and community and voluntary sector organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20059/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection her Department's plans to review the hot school meals programme with regard to nutritional content and consistency with State-issued public health and dietary advice. [19712/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-04-29 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his view on the application for a new apprenticeship focused on the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20060/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-05-01 Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Naval Service reserve; the actions being taken to support recruitment and retention; and to set out the strategy to maintain and expand the reserve’s role in national maritime security. [21939/25]

New lobbying 1 return

Waterford & South Tipperary Community Youth Service Children and Youth Affairs
- This was a political briefing organised by Youth Work Ireland

David Cullinane — Sinn Féin 8 votes · 64 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 64 total

Health 56 questions
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she and her Department received the completed national review of cardiac services; the reason the review has still not been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18689/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure access to care for medical card holders who have an entitlement to dental treatment as provided for under the dental treatment services scheme; if there are plans to improve or replace the scheme to ensure access for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18690/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the sections of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024, which provide for retrospective declaration of parentage through a parental order, have not yet been commenced; if she will commence these sections before July 2025; if not, the reasons therefor; if she accepts that any delay in commencing these sections of the 2024 Act is traumatic for parents seeking parental orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18691/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that the delay in delivering free HRT to women is unacceptable; the steps she has taken to deliver on commitments given; if she further accepts that failure in this areas does not rest with pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18692/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will commence the human tissue Act 2024 in full; the status of each section; if it has been commenced; if regulations have been prepared, as necessary; when she will commence sections relating to retention and disposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19043/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to continue and extend the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19164/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the delivery of 24/7 interventional cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford; the additional WTE requirement for same; the existing WTE and headcount, and the basis on which the positions are filled whether permanent, temporary, contract, or vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19396/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has any concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of Sláintecare, and concerns raised by clinicians and parents regarding nutritional value; if she has or will have any discussions with the Minister for Social Protection on the matter; if she will seek a review of the scheme from a health perspective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19693/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Tullamore Regional Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20262/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in County Roscommon in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20263/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children that presented to the emergency department of Sligo University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form. [20264/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE ear, nose and throat registrars at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20265/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health If she will outline the recent capital investment made in Roscommon University Hospital; the planned investment in the next two years, covering both buildings and additional equipment for diagnostics and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20266/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in the emergency department of Tallaght University Hospital. [20267/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when public IVF services will be available for same-sex couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20743/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she intends to index medical card income thresholds to annual social welfare increases to prevent the loss of medical card access for low-income individuals with disabilities. [21418/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for each March of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationwide and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older. [21510/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission an emergency department for each March of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationwide and, by location, in tabular form; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75. [21511/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for each March of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [21512/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average patient experience time to admission via an emergency department for all patients for Quarter 1 of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationwide and for each location, in tabular form; and the average for all patients and for patients aged 75 or older. [21513/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and percentage of patients who were waiting 0-6 hours, 0-9 hours, 9-24 hours, and 24+ hours for admission an emergency department for Quarter 1 of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, nationwide and, by location, in tabular form; and the number and percentage for all patients and patients aged over 75. [21514/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left an emergency department without being seen for Quarter 1 of each year 2019-2024, inclusive, by hospital, in tabular form. [21515/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for each March of each year 2022-2024, inclusive by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [21516/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations, by appointment type, for Quarter 1 of each year 2022-2024, inclusive, by hospital group and hospital, in tabular form. [21517/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for each March for each year 2019-2024, inclusive, at each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; and the number of bed days lost and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [21518/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, at each location, in tabular form; the number of delayed discharges and the number as a percentage of all discharges; the number of bed days lost; and the number as a percentage of all bed days available for the period. [21519/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for each March for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21520/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of clinical status 1 ECHO and clinical status 1 DELTA incidents responded to by a patient-carrying vehicle in 18 minutes and 59 seconds or less for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, nationally and by ambulance region in a direct comparison, in tabular form; the average length of such response times nationally and by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21521/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews who are ready and mobile to receive another call within 20 minutes of patient handover for each emergency department and each hospital for each month in 2024 and in 2025 to date, in tabular form. [21522/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for March of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21523/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community healthcare waiting lists, for each care service, for quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown by length of wait and by age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21524/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer for quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [21525/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are receiving less than their full allocation of home support hours at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025. [21526/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on home support waiting lists for a carer for March of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and the breakdown by length of wait. [21527/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for each March for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21552/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for each March for each year 2019 to 2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form. [21553/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital, by hospital group, for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form; the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21554/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health for each model 3 and model 4 hospital, the number of days that full capacity protocols have been active, for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024 to date, inclusive, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21555/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for each March for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [21556/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for each March for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [21557/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients at HSE facilities for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [21558/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against staff at HSE facilities for quarter 1 for each year 2019 to 2024, inclusive, in tabular form. [21559/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of March each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in a direct comparison, in tabular form. [21560/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of March each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in a direct comparison, in tabular form. [21561/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024 and 2025, in a direct comparison, in tabular form. [21563/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on waiting lists for Jigsaw by CHO and length of wait at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024, and 2025, in a direct comparison, in tabular form. [21564/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on diagnostic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2022-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21562/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists on the dental treatment services scheme at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2019-2024, by LHO, in tabular form; the number of dentists who submitted claims and the total number of claims in quarter 1 of each year and each full year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21572/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children on HSE dental and orthodontic waiting lists at the end of quarter 1 for each year 2019-2024, broken down by standard waiting times, by area, in tabular form. [21573/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of adults and children, and separately the number of special care patients, adult and children, who are on dental surgery waiting lists at the end of March 2019, 2023, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown by waiting timeband and by county; the number on waiting lists for dental surgery under general anaesthesia; and the median waiting time for each. [21577/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, both nationally/statewide and broken down for each HSE location, by direct comparison, in tabular form. [21578/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE, both nationally/statewide and broken down for each HSE location, on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm, for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, by direct comparison, in tabular form. [21579/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the HSE on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, in direct comparison, in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm; and the time period for payments to each firm. [21580/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the each of the section 38 voluntary hospitals on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, by direct comparison, in tabular form (details supplied). [21581/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by the each of the section 38 voluntary hospitals on agency staffing and on private recruitment firms paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm, for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, by direct comparison, in tabular form (details supplied). [21582/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend by each of the section 38 voluntary hospitals on management consultants and external professional services, by type, for quarter 1 of each year, 2019-2025, by direct comparison in tabular form; the amount paid to each individual firm and the time period for payments to each firm (details supplied). [21583/25]
Children 5 questions
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children's disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21546/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people on disability service waiting lists for each service type, excluding children's disability network teams, at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024, and 2025 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21547/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need at the end of quarter 1 of each year 2019, 2024, and 2025 in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; the number of estimated PTAs waiting for a complete AON, in tabular form as reported in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026: Disability Services for Children and Young People. [21548/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on disability service waiting lists for children's disability networks teams, by CHO/CDNT at the end of March each year 2019, 2024, and 2025, in tabular form; the average length of wait; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21549/25]
- 2025-04-30 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need at the end of March each year 2019, 2024, and 2025 in tabular form; the number overdue for completion; the number of estimated PTAs waiting for a complete AON, in tabular form as reported in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026: Disability Services for Children and Young People. [21551/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she has concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of Sláintecare, and concerns raised by clinicians and parents regarding nutritional value; if he has considered a review of the scheme from a health perspective; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19695/25]
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that an autism class previously sanctioned at a school (details supplied) will be permitted and resourced to open in September this year; if she realises that the NCSE and her Department are holding up the opening of a much-needed autism class at a school which is willing, which is supported in this by its patron, which has the space, and which previously had sanction as a result of delays on her Department’s end in approving an emergency works application, which was not addressed until January 2025 despite the application being submitted in May 2023; if she will ensure that the original sanction is upheld and that the class is allowed to open without further obstruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20586/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-04-29 Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of Sláintecare, and concerns raised by clinicians and parents regarding nutritional value; if he has considered a review of the scheme from a health perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19696/25]

New lobbying 3 returns

Coeliac Society Of Ireland Food
- VAT Treatment of Gluten-Free Bread
Cavendish Consulting Economic Development and Industry
- An introduction to Boots Ireland
Waterford & South Tipperary Community Youth Service Children and Youth Affairs
- This was a political briefing organised by Youth Work Ireland

John Cummins — Fine Gael 8 votes · 0 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 3 returns

Mark Colgan Housing
- Dun Laoghaire Rathdown dezoned a 5.24 acre site at Our Lady's Grove, Goatstown Road, Dublin 14 during the adoption of the DLRCC 2022 - 2028 Development Plan. The lands had previously been zoned residential.
Irish Planning Institute Development and Zoning
- Meeting with Minister of State Cummins on Planning Issues
Galway Traveller Movement Housing
- Galway City Council stopped managing electricity for Cul Tra and Carrowbrowne halting sites since 28th March after abruptly transferring payment responsibility to vulnerable families despite managing supply for 15 and 28 years respectively.

Mary Butler — Fianna Fáil 8 votes · 0 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 2 returns

Social Justice Ireland Public Expenditure and Reform
- Letter with a copy of Social Justice Matters 2025 sent with a request for a meeting.
Óglaigh Náisiúnta na hÉireann / Organisation of National Ex-Service Personnel Housing
- Lobbied on behalf of homeless / struggling veterans of the Defence Forces regarding services