Mon, 28 Jul – 3 Aug 2025 · 4 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 79 questions · 1 new lobbying filings
Conor D McGuinness — Sinn Féin
0 votes ·
50 questions ·
1 new lobbying return
Questions asked50 total
Rural18 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made on establishing additional remote work hubs in rural Waterford as promised under Our Rural Future. [43632/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he expects the rural population in Ireland to rise or fall over the next four years. [40784/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he is aware of the demands of protesters in Dublin recently in relation to the depopulation of rural, island and Gaeltacht areas; and his plans to deal with the issues that protesters had regarding the issue. [40785/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he is concerned about certain rural GAA clubs not being able to field adult and underage teams anymore. [40786/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he is concerned about the decline of rural pubs in the past 20 years, as highlighted by a recent report (details supplied). [40787/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on the rural proofing model pledged in Our Rural Future; the number of departments that have adopted the model; and if he will commit to statutory backing for the mechanism. [40788/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he met with protesters who marched in Dublin over the issue of housing in the Gaeltacht; and his solutions to provide affordable housing to young Irish speakers in Irish speaking areas. [40796/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a detailed breakdown of the Our Rural Future actions completed to date and detailed reasons for non-completion of actions. [43626/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of the actions in Our Rural Future explicitly address the unique needs of Gaeltacht communities, given that Irish-language sustainability was a stated priority; and the reason no dedicated funding stream exists for Gaeltacht-specific rural development under this plan. [43627/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason Our Rural Future lacks an independent review process to evaluate its impact, given that the OECD has criticised Ireland for 'monitoring gaps' in rural policy; and if he will commit to a debate in Dáil Éireann on an annual audit of the plan's outcomes. [43628/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of engagement and consultation with fishing communities for the next iteration of Our Rural Future. [43629/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of engagement and consultation with farming communities for the next iteration of Our Rural Future. [43630/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding allocated by his Department for each Gaeltacht area for each year since 2015, in tabular form. [43702/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he has engaged with the Minister for Transport, with regard to the Official Languages Acts, to discuss bilingual signage on speed signage in Gaeltacht areas that continue to display speed limits in English only; and if he will make an effort to overturn the rules laid out by the Department of Transport on the matter; ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43706/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the next Rural Youth Assembly is to take place. [43737/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of Rural Youth Assemblies that have taken place to date; and to share the summary reports. [43738/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if any of the recommendations around housing made during the Rural Youth Assembly 2024 have been acted upon.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43739/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding figures allocated by each fund under his Department's remit to each county since 2015, in tabular form. [43743/25]
Health9 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) who has been refused access to incontinence products by the HSE on the basis of a blanket age threshold; if she will ensure discretion is exercised in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40890/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to set out the current policy governing the provision of incontinence products to children with disabilities; the minimum eligibility age; and whether provision below that age is permitted on the basis of medical need. [40891/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to outline the consultation undertaken with clinicians, families or disability advocates prior to the reported increase in the age threshold for incontinence product provision by the HSE. [40892/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown, by year and CHO area, of the number of children under four who have received incontinence products via the HSE in the past five years. [40893/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health whether she has assessed the additional financial burden on families of children with disabilities arising from limited access to incontinence products; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40894/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to set out the processes available to families to appeal the refusal of incontinence supports for a child with complex or lifelong needs. [40895/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 1 October 2024, if she will clarify the contradiction between the reply with Parliamentary Question No. 1358 of 5 February 2025, which both confirmed that an application for a Jigsaw Youth Mental Health service had been submitted to the HSE in 2022 and resubmitted in 2023, and the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 19 June 2025, which stated that no such application had been received in the past five years; if she will confirm which of these responses is accurate; and if she will provide an explanation for the contradiction. [41304/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 19 June 2025, in light of the apparent contraction in the HSE response, if she will detail all applications made in the past five years with respect to the establishment of a Jigsaw youth mental health service in Waterford, by the date of the application, by whom it was made, how it was received, the consideration given to the application, the outcome, date of decision and the rationale for that decision, in tabular form. [41305/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the cardiac mortality rates by region and by county since 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43708/25]
Justice8 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí in each Waterford Garda station on the last day of January, February, March, April, May and June 2025, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40705/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí for each year from 2014 to date, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40706/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who left the force in each year from 2014 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40707/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who joined the force in each year from 2014 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40708/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of crimes that were recorded where the suspected offenders were on bail in each of the past three years, by county and by category of offence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40710/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of suspected offenders currently on bail for violent offences in County Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40711/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 24 June 2025, the reason the majority of join family visas receive a first instance decision within the 12-month business target, while in 2024 the average processing time for all types of join family visa application was 72-calendar days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41941/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 615 of 24 June 2025, if he plans to reduce the waiting times for first instance decisions on join family visa applications, as such applications receive a first instance decision within the 12-month business target, compared to the average processing time of 72-calendar days for all types of join family visa applications in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41942/25]
Housing5 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the issues identified with the serviced sites scheme, considering only four local authorities have provided for the scheme and no houses have been sold; and his plans to make the scheme a success. [40797/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local councils who provide a serviced sites scheme; the number of sites currently proposed by each local authority; the number of serviced sites being built currently in each local authority; and the number of sites available to purchase in each local authority, in tabular form. [40798/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the issues local authorities are having in providing serviced sites schemes; if he has met with local authorities to discuss the serviced sites scheme; if the scheme is to be enacted to deal with any shortcomings highlighted by the local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40799/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Gaeltacht planning guidelines, which were being finalised in February 2024 will be published. [43703/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant properties in County Waterford that could be repurposed for social housing; and the barriers that prevent their repurposing. [43709/25]
Transport2 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to reinstate axed rural Bus Éireann routes, in areas such as Waterford, given their role in combating rural isolation. [43631/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he will reconsider plans for Waterford Airport's runway extension. [43707/25]
Public Expenditure2 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason there was no mention of the Gaeltacht in the new NDP document; and the steps he will take to remedy the situation. [43740/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason "the Gaeltacht" was removed from his Department's title in the new NDP document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43741/25]
Education2 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress that has been made on the new build for the Irish-medium secondary school in Waterford city. [43704/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to address the shortage of qualified Irish-language teachers affecting Gaeltacht and Irish language schools. [43705/25]
Agriculture2 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of targets delivered stands at 48% in 2024 in relation to Programme D of his Department’s Section in the Public Service Performance Report 2024 (details supplied); if he will provide information regarding the 23 targets; which targets were met; the targets not met; and the reason targets were not met. [41121/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are available for small-scale farmers and fishermen facing exclusion from direct market supply chains and processors and are forced to sell to middlemen which often eats into their profits and leads to higher prices for consumers. [43633/25]
Social1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans his Department has to make those carers in receipt of a State pension eligible for the full rate of carer’s allowance, rather than the present half rate, if he will acknowledge that many pensioners who are providing care to a family member 24/7 are struggling financially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41409/25]
Further and Higher Education1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding allocated to each HEI and ETB as part of the fund for students with disabilities in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43203/25]
New lobbying1 return
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David Cullinane — Sinn Féin
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29 questions ·
0 new lobbying returns
Questions asked29 total
Health28 questions
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with her counterpart in the North to explore the potential for maximising access to new medicines while ensuring value for money through joint arrangements, such as for gavinostat for which there is a pricing arrangement in the North, but not in this State, but a lack of capacity to issue the treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41088/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capital projects which are at appraisal stage, by region and service division, in tabular form; the year in which each business case was submitted; and the estimated funding requirement for the project. [41261/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of prosecutions brought under the Public Health (Sunbeds) Act 2014 by section.. [43324/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her intentions regarding the regulation or banning of sunbeds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43325/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of engagements she had with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation and the Minister for Finance regarding the revised National Development Plan; the dates of meetings; the subject discussed; the attendees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43354/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that €9.2 billion in capital funding will be sufficient to deliver the new maternity hospital, four elective hospitals, 3,000 hospital beds, and extensive digitalisation in addition to maintenance and minor projects; the basis on which €9.2 billion was chosen for health; the division of that €9.2 billion across programmes; how she intends to ensure equitable regional distribution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43355/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been provided for elective hospitals as part of revised NDP allocations. [43757/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for the acute inpatient bed plan as part of revised NDP allocations; and the total current and capital cost of the bed plan. [43758/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for outstanding contractual commitments, by project, at July 2025 including the new children's and maternity hospitals as part of revised NDP allocations. [43759/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for regulatory and patient safety standards including risk management, HIQA compliance, maintenance works, and equipment replacement as part of revised NDP allocations.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43760/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for digital transformation as part of revised NDP allocations. [43761/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for climate action as part of revised NDP allocations. [43762/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for surgical hubs as part of revised NDP allocations. [43763/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for upgrading trauma centres as part of revised NDP allocations. [43764/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount provided for major projects, by project, as part of revised NDP allocations. [43765/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she expects to receive the Nayagam review or an interim report; and when it will be published. [43845/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she expects to receive the urgent and emergency care review from HIQA; and when it will be published. [43846/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of screening laboratory inspections which have taken place since 1 January 2018, by individual laboratory, in tabular form; the location of each laboratory; the dates of each inspection; the details of each inspection report; and the current standard operating procedure for slide screening used by each of the currently contracted laboratories. [43933/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of visits, if any, by the HSE, National Screening Service, or her Department to any laboratory or parent company thereof, which is contracted for screening services, whether for clinical or corporate purposes; the number of participants, by role and organisation; the destination; the duration; the breakdown of costs; the services rendered by those laboratories which were visited, if any; and the number of slides processed, in tabular form. [43934/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current staffing complement of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory, by discipline and grade, in tabular form; and the required staffing to fully repatriate screening services. [43935/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current and planned processing capacity of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory for HPV testing and for cytological slide screening; and the cost to screen a sample in the NCSL. [43936/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current plan and timeline for scaling up domestic cervical screening through the National Cervical Screening Laboratory and other State laboratories. [43937/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current cost to screen a sample through cytology under the existing contracts; and the equivalent cost per slide in 2018. [43938/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a woman can request a review from CervicalCheck where they later develop cancer pursuant to Part 5 of the Patient Safety Act 2023. [43939/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if official guidelines have been issued or published regarding Part 5 reviews under the Patient Safety Act 2023. [43940/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are any restrictions on which smears reported under the National Screening Programme can be reviewed under the terms of Part 5 of the Patient Safety Act 2023. [43941/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason her diaries have not been published for any dates since September 2022; and if she will publish the remaining diaries to date. [43980/25]
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason her diaries from 2019, 2020 and 2021 held by her Department were lost due to a cyber-attack which impacted the Health Service Executive in May 2021. [43981/25]
Children1 question
2025-07-29Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need overdue for completion at the end of quarter 2 2025, by area, in tabular form; and the mean time to issuing a service statement in 2025 to date. [43785/25]
John Cummins — Fine Gael
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Mary Butler — Fianna Fáil
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