Mon, 28 Jul – 3 Aug 2025 · 5 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 74 questions · 4 new lobbying filings
Alan Dillon — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.
Dara Calleary — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
0 questions ·
3 new lobbying returns
New lobbying3 returns
One FamilyBudgetary matters
Social Protection policies that impact on lone parents and their children
Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed · 2 returnsEmployment
Minister opened the INOU's annual delegate conference
Letter to Minister Calleary on reduced jobseekers rates
Keira Keogh — Fine Gael
0 votes ·
3 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked3 total
Transport1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of all the greenways in the State over 8km in length; if each route is on publicly owned land or accessible by way of permissive access agreements for each greenway, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41033/25]
Housing1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review into the State’s response to Storm Éowyn. [43117/25]
Rural1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the strategic development plan for the piers on Inishturk, Clare Island and Roonagh pier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43836/25]
Paul Lawless — Aontú
0 votes ·
36 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked36 total
Agriculture16 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current procedure by which afforestation licence applications are referred to the ecology unit; and the average processing times to first response and final decision. [41348/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the mechanisms that exist to ensure active communication between ecology unit staff, the forest service inspectorate, the forester who submitted the application and the landowner throughout the field assessment process. [41349/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of any Service Level Agreement, SLA, or target for maximum review time within the ecology unit; and the proportion of applications exceeding this SLA in each of the past three years. [41350/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to changes that would allow foresters or landowners to participate with consent in site visits or interim discussions so that unsuitable areas can be flagged early, avoiding wasted time and resources. [41351/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total cost of the running the forest service in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [41352/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the administration costs per hectare, by licence type for afforestation, felling, and forest road; the total hectares processed under each licence category; and the average administration cost per hectare for applications that were ultimately approved versus those that were withdrawn or refused, for each of the past three years, in tabular form. [41353/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average processing time for applications under the re-establishment upon successful reconstitution scheme dealing with ash die-back replanting, broken down by application size. [41354/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of hectares approved and replanted under the re-establishment upon successful reconstitution scheme since its inception. [41355/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason applications for re-establishment on already planted land suffer the same lengthy delays as new afforestation applications; and the steps that will be taken to introduce an expedited decision making track for diseased stands. [41356/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of hectares of forestry approved for planting by individual farmers, commercial companies and pension/investment funds; the county-level locations of those plantings; and the percentage share of each category in the overall area planted, for each year from 2014 to 2024, in tabular form. [41838/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications for forestry planting licences received and approved from, farmers and commercial entities that is, companies, funds and pension schemes, in tabular form. [41839/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the comparative breakdown of financial returns per hectare from forestry for individual farmers and commercial entities that is, companies, investment funds and pension schemes, by total grant payments, annual premium receipts and the revenues from timber sales, both before and after tax, based on a standard 30-year rotation plan, for each category, in tabular form. [41840/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the stamp duty rates applied to commercial purchasers of forestry land including timber value and farmers acquiring the same land, in tabular form. [41841/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown or map showing all lands acquired by the Irish Strategic Forestry Fund to date, with hectare totals and purchase prices, in tabular form. [41842/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the Coillte-Gresham House Irish Strategic Forestry Fund arrangement; the total value of State-backed funding committed; the number of hectares of land acquired; and the locations of those land parcels, in tabular form. [41843/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to ensure that State forestry incentives do not disproportionately advantage large investment funds over young or family farmers, in tabular form. [41844/25]
Housing12 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual affordable housing delivery targets for each county and local authority in Ireland for each of the years 2025 to 2028, in tabular form; the rationale behind the allocation of these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41341/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the number of affordable homes delivered in each county and local authority since the introduction of the affordable housing scheme; the details of the types of schemes used (details supplied). [41342/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the actual delivery of affordable homes in each county and local authority against the targets set for the years since the scheme’s inception; and the reason for the significant shortfalls. [41343/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual funding allocated to each local authority for affordable housing delivery since the scheme began; and the projected funding for each of the years 2025 to 2028. [41344/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanisms that are in place to monitor the progress of affordable housing delivery at local authority level; and the way performance is evaluated and reported. [41345/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if demand assessments have been conducted to determine the need for affordable housing in each county and local authority; and if these assessments have influenced target setting. [41346/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the main challenges or barriers faced by local authorities in delivering affordable housing; and the steps being taken to address these issues. [41347/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the income eligibility thresholds for social housing have been increased nationally in the past 20 years; the years those increases occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41438/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the years in which the social housing income bands were changed; and to outline each change. [41439/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the social housing income bands in County Mayo have been increased since 2010; the dates those changes took effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41440/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current income bands or caps that determine eligibility for affordable housing supports under Housing for All. [41441/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list all housing support schemes available to households whose incomes exceed the social housing and fall below affordable housing thresholds. [41442/25]
Health4 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the gestation at delivery of all neonatal deaths and stillbirths following termination of pregnancy recorded in weeks plus days in perinatal death notification forms, which provide data for the annual perinatal mortality national clinical audit, in each of the years from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2024 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41036/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if the HSE and an organisation (details supplied) have come to an agreement on the endometriosis framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41259/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if the drugs scheme minimum payment be dropped from €80 to €40 for widowed partners (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42051/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of home help agencies registered in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42498/25]
Finance3 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the growing hardship faced by families in County Mayo and across Ireland whose mortgages have been sold to vulture funds; if he is aware that there are mortgage holders paying between 6.8% up to 8.5% interest on these loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41070/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Finance the measures being considered to support families affected by high-interest loans sold to vulture funds; if the long-term financial impact of such loans is being investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41071/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Finance if vulture funds will be required to disclose the purchase price of these mortgages and justify the interest rates being charged; if access to mortgage switching schemes will be expanded for borrowers who are meeting their repayment obligations; if targeted relief or refinancing options will be introduced for individuals and families caught in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41074/25]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether technical universities, and specifically, TUS Clonmel IT, receive funding to build student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41216/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
35 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
Questions asked35 total
Housing21 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of a group water scheme in County Mayo (details supplied); if he is aware that the scheme is operating over 800 connections; if he is aware that the scheme has made multiple applications for takeover by Uisce Éireann; if he will provide an update on the applications for the takeover of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40822/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person (details supplied) is eligible for the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; the additional supports available to them to rebuild their home which is affected by pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41243/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the position of a person (details supplied); if advice will be provided on whether they are eligible for the enhanced defective concrete block scheme; the additional supports that might be available to them to rebuild their home which is affected by pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42454/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a timeline on his Department’s working group review of engineering qualifications for the local government sector, which began in April 2024 and is now awaiting a decision from him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42738/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Glencorrib Group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43946/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Tooreen Aughamore group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43947/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for the PBKS group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43948/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Nephin Valley group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43949/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Midfield group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43950/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Lough Cumnel group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43951/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Lough Carra group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43952/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Kilmeena group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43953/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Killaturley group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43954/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Killasser group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43955/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Callow Lake group water scheme, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43969/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the recent announcement of NDP investment in water infrastructure, for an update and timeline for the takeover for Fahy group water scheme extension to Deerpark, Aghagower, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43970/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to supply a breakdown of the €140,000 funding, recently announced as part of the NDP investment in water infrastructure, for raw water monitoring and sampling bundle in each of group water schemes in County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43971/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to supply a breakdown of the €1,421,650 funding, recently announced as part of the NDP investment in water infrastructure, for group water schemes in County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43972/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to supply a breakdown of the €2,637,000 funding, recently announced as part of the NDP investment in water infrastructure, for group water schemes in County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43973/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reopen the tenant-in-situ scheme in County Mayo for cases where the tenants are facing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44083/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reopen the tenant-in-situ scheme in County Mayo for cases where the tenants are facing homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44170/25]
Health8 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide information regarding the funding available for the purchase of a generator for a service in Mayo (details supplied). [40824/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if all meals-on-wheels services across the State will be provided with a generator considering the impact of Storm Éowyn on electricity supplies, particularly in the west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40825/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the care pathway for a person who is diagnosed privately in the north of Ireland with endometriosis; the services available in this State; the next steps for a person with such a diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41744/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE dentists and dental nurse posts by grade that are filled at Castlebar Primary Care Centre in each of the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number and grade of current vacancies. [42132/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Mayo University Hospital in each of the years of 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number of current vacancies. [42133/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE physiotherapist posts by grade that are filled at Claremorris Primary Care Centre in each of the years of 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number of current vacancies. [42134/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE occupational therapists posts by grade that are filled at Ballina Primary Care Centre in each of the years of 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number of current vacancies. [42135/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of WTE speech and language therapist posts by grade that are filled at Crossmolina Health Centre in each of the years of 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number of current vacancies. [42136/25]
Enterprise2 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether enterprise support schemes and advisory structures within the aegis of his Department including but not limited to (details supplied) are available to co-operatives, including worker co-operatives, on an equal and non-discriminatory basis; if not, the equivalent supports that are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40929/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he has assessed whether his Department and its agencies' enterprise supports and advisory structures are equally accessible and appropriate for those seeking to establish co-operatives, particularly worker co-operatives; if not, if he will consider commissioning such an assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40930/25]
Public Expenditure1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will outline the procedure for filling Civil Service positions; if that public panels and internal mobility panels are operational; if appointments are made on a rotational basis between the public panel and the mobility panel; what the rotation is between public and mobility panels; if the same procedure for filling vacancies exists across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42161/25]
Education1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to amending a school bus route to accommodate a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41308/25]
Agriculture1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he intends to increase the ceiling rates of compensation for livestock impacted by TB to enable proper alignment with actual valuations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44082/25]
Children1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will undertake a review of the restriction on using first cousin DNA to link with the DNA of babies exhumed from the Tuam mother and baby home site; if she has considered whether there might be recent developments in scientific evidence which would enhance reliability of DNA linking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41331/25]
New lobbying1 return
One FamilyCommunications
Co-signed letter outlining engagement issues civil society orgs are experiencing with Oireachtas Committees