Mon, 28 Jul – 3 Aug 2025 · 3 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 95 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Aisling Dempsey — Fianna Fáil
0 votes ·
9 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked9 total
Justice3 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a breakdown of the €950 fee for the certificate of naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41082/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the costs covered by the €950 fee for the certificate of naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41083/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review his Department’s policy to ensure that when Ukrainians are notified of the cessation of their current accommodation contract, that the alternative accommodation they will be offered is identified to them at that point, not at the point of cessation of the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41084/25]
Children3 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the commitments in the Programme for Government that have been commenced in relation to making childcare more affordable for families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42146/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding whether kinship carers with a formal agreement have the same rights as foster carers. [42773/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to give kinship carers without a formal agreement, the same rights as foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42774/25]
Transport2 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Transport the reason Navan is in zone 4 of the Dublin commuter zones, while towns which are a very similar distance from Dublin City Centre, such as Drogheda and Wicklow town, are in zone 3, with cheaper fares. [43198/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Transport the reason Navan is the only large commuter town with high service numbers to be placed in the outermost Dublin commuter zone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43199/25]
Education1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the rollout of the school transport scheme. [43202/25]
Johnny Guirke — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
9 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked9 total
Education4 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in County Meath still without an appropriate school place for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41446/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current average class size, that is, pupil-to-teacher ratio, in primary and post-primary schools in County Meath; the corresponding figures for the latest academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41447/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of classes in Meath that currently exceed 30 pupils; the way in which this proportion compares to national levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41448/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of school transport allocations in County Meath for September 2025; the number of pupils approved for school buses; the number of routes confirmed; the summary of outstanding applications or appeals; the steps being taken by her Department to ensure that all eligible students have safe and reliable transport arrangements in place before term begins; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41449/25]
Health3 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practicing in County Meath; the GP-to-population ratio for the county; how this compares with the national average and with neighbouring counties such as Louth, Kildare, and Westmeath; her Department's assessment of the impact of this disparity on patient access; the specific actions being taken to improve GP coverage in Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41443/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the current number of both unfilled and filled adult multidisciplinary therapy posts in County Meath in 2024 and 2025, by CHO, and by occupation, in tabular form. [41444/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies within Our Lady's Hospital Navan, broken down by specific role and department, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41445/25]
Children2 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the availability of childcare places in Navan for September 2025; the number of available and waitlisted places; how this compares with demand; the steps being taken to expand capacity locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41453/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of current staff vacancies across children's disability network teams in County Meath; the breakdown of these vacancies, by discipline; the typical waiting time for children awaiting CDNT support in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41454/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting lists for cancer screening and cancer treatment at year end in each of the past ten years. [41095/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons screened for cancer in the State in each of the past ten years; the types of cancer screened for; and the annual screening target in each of those years, in tabular form. [41096/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who began chemotherapy treatment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form. [41097/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for eye treatment in each count; and the average waiting length, per county. [41098/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of private and public nursing homes beds are registered in the State for each of the past five years; the number of nursing homes that have opened and closed in each of the past five years; the number of nursing homes places needed in the State at present and for each of the next seven years; and the average cost of a nursing home bed in the public and private sector. [41099/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of babies born with drug or alcohol addictions in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41100/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cancer surgeries carried out in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41101/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents recorded in the health service 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents. [41102/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of adverse incidents recorded in the health service statutory organisations (hospital and community) 2018 to 2025. [41103/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents recorded in each hospital group 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents. [41104/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents that were recorded in each hospital 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents. [41105/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of adverse incidents that were recorded in each CAMHS region 2018 to 2025; and the nature of adverse incidents. [41106/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of health service-related claims that have been lodged with the States Claims Agency for each of the past five years. [41107/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount in compensation that has been paid out by the State as a result of claims lodged against the health service, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, by hospital. [41108/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently clinically discharged from hospital, but who remain in hospital; the number who have been in hospital despite being clinically discharged for over 3 months, for over six months, for over one year and for over two years, by hospital. [41109/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time in each emergency department in the country. [41110/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the single longest length anyone was left waiting in each emergency department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41111/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cases taken against the State regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41112/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons who died in the state in each of the past ten years. [41113/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost of the cyber-attack on the HSE and on her Department in recent years. [41114/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of HSE staff currently absent from work. [41115/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted any analysis to determine the number of cancer diagnosis delayed as a result of the Covid 19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41116/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount paid by each hospital in the State to debt collectors over the past decade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41117/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of cyber security staff recruited by the HSE, in each of the past ten years. [41118/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital appointments cancelled by each hospital in the State, in each of the past ten years. [41119/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have taken legal cases against, or sought compensation from, the HSE, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41120/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to outline the support that meals on wheels services that are not funded by the HSE receives from her Department; if she has considered expanding the inflationary fund for services; and the work that is planned for Budget 2026 to address the viability of community meals on wheels services. [41221/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if an impact assessment has been carried out in relation to the removal of emergency general surgery from the South West Acute Hospital which has a large catchment area in Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim; if she has been in contact with the Department of Health in the North on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41224/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide extra psychiatric capacity at a facility (details supplied), given the fact that people are being sent home for the lack of capacity; and if she will end the practice of sending patients home with serious mental health challenges in taxis. [41254/25]
Justice24 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who have died in direct provision in each year since it was established; and if a breakdown will be provided of the ages of those who died. [41128/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of persons currently in prison in the State; and the number of prisoners currently serving time who previously served time for a separate offence in the past. [41129/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of children admitted to women’s refuges in each county in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; and the total national figure for each year. [41130/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of knives seized by gardaí in each county in the State in each of the past five years, and to date in 2025. [41131/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons reported missing in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; the number of whom are children, by county. [41132/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of active missing persons cases in each county in the State. [41133/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons arrested for the offence of fraud in each county in the State, in the past year. [41134/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who reported the theft of their family pet to the Garda in each of the past five years, by county. [41135/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who have been assaulted while on active duty in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41136/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the properties purchased by the State to accommodate asylum seekers and refugees; the number purchased; the number currently in use and the number that are empty. [41137/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times gardaí were called to the scenes of domestic violence, in each county, in each of the past five years. [41141/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deaths of prisoners in the State, in each of the past ten years. [41142/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons arrested for sexual assault, in each county in the State, in each of the past five years. [41143/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons arrested for attempts or threats of murder in each of the past ten years. [41144/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of instances of human trafficking reported to Gardaí, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41145/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners who escaped from prisons in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41185/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people granted leave to remain in the last five years, broken down by originating country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41218/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visas that have been issued to non-naturalised parents of children born in Ireland over the last five years; the number of those visas that have been extended; and the number of those visas that have resulted in applications to remain, broken down by country of origin, in tabular form. [41219/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the occupancy rates of modular homes built for Ukrainian refugees since their completion on each site; the number that have been vacant by month; and the plans in place to use any vacant units for homeless Irish persons, in tabular form. [41220/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people with Irish citizenship currently living in IPAS accommodation for each of the past five years; and the cost of this in the same time period. [41250/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people given Irish citizenship after living in Ireland for less than five years, for each of the past ten years. [41251/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people in IPAS accommodation in receipt of free accommodation who are working and earning an income, for each of the past five years. [41252/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the cause of death of all those who died in prison, on temporary release from prison and who were unlawfully at large from prison in the past ten years. [41688/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of those who have been released early from prison who were serving a sentence for a violent crime; and the nature of the crimes of those who have been released early over the past five years. [41689/25]
Children9 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of legal cases taken against Tusla, in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41122/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children or young people either in State care, or previously known to child protection services, who have died in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, by cause of death, in tabular form. [41123/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of unborn children placed on the child protection notification system in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41124/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of reports of child sexual abuse made to Tusla, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; the number made by children themselves; the number by medical professionals, parents, managers of direct provision centres and teachers, in tabular form. [41125/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of unaccompanied minors currently in State care. [41126/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality regarding the 96,666 child protection and welfare referrals received by Tusla in 2024, the number that were subsequently assessed as unfounded or not requiring further action; and the number of these that were repeat or multiple referrals relating to the same child. [41197/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide, for each calendar year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive, and for the period January to June 2025, the number of children who were returned by Tusla to the care of their birth parents after spending time in State care. [41198/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a matter raised by this Deputy during Topical Issues in the Dáil chamber on Thursday 10 July 2025, and if she will commit to establishing an independent review of the case in question. [41200/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe for a review of a case by Tusla (details supplied). [41326/25]
Social5 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 629 of 17 July 2025, the reason he issued a hard copy response to the representation to this Deputy rather than to the individual who made the representation; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no hard copy has been received by this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41035/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of money paid to fraudulent applicants by his Department, in each of the past ten years; and the amount which has been recouped by his Department in each of those years. [41147/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who applied for job seeker's allowance or job seeker's benefit who listed their previous employment as farming in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41148/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the social welfare payments available without habitual residence as a stipulation. [41489/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 16 July 2025, if he will intervene in relation to the matter; if he will instruct all State and semi-State bodies to investigate whether any of their workers have been affected by these issues; and if he will address these workers issues given this is denying the rights and privileges they were given by the article in question. [42325/25]
Housing3 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for the vacant property refurbishment grant in each month since it was established; the number approved, granted, refused and rejected; the number for which a decision is pending; and if he will detail how much money has been paid out under the scheme to date. [41211/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to scams which have emerged across the country where websites and bad actors advertise private rental properties and take large online deposits from prospective tenants for properties which actually do not exist. [41212/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people who do not have habitual residency in Ireland but are currently on the housing waiting list, or are in receipt of HAP, or have been allocated a local authority house. [41253/25]
Transport2 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of people who have currently been waiting either more than three, six and nine months for an NCT test, in each test centre in the State, in tabular form. [41149/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will detail the ten longest lengths of time anybody has been waiting for an NCT test, of those currently waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41150/25]
Foreign1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons who applied for passports, or passport renewals, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; and the number of passports issued in each of those years, in tabular form. [41215/25]
Defence1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the mechanisms that are in place to support veteran groups of the Defence Forces situated in the North, particularly around commemorations and acts of remembrance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41217/25]
Finance1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the amount that has been collected in the NORA levy, excise duty, carbon tax, and VAT on fuel, in the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [41151/25]
Agriculture1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine by how much the Government intends to reduce the national herd; within what timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41152/25]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who applied for the SUSI grant on the grounds that they were estranged from their parents, in each of the past ten years. [41146/25]