Dublin Mid-West — week of Mon, 8 Sept

Eoin Ó Broin — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 30 questions · 10 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 30 total

Education 10 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action she will take to increase educational initiatives in schools to address the growing number of racially motivated physical and verbal assaults on minority communities across the State. [45149/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a major project for a school (details supplied); if she will provide details on the current status; if there are changes to the design; the arrangements for car parking; the timeframe for completion and opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45151/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if pedestrian safety has been considered in planning for a major project for a school (details supplied); if pedestrian safety measures will be implemented in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45152/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to increase resources for SNA provision at both primary and secondary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45313/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 243 of 26 June 2025, if she will intervene regarding the refusal of an appeal for increased SNA allocation for a school (details supplied); given the sense of need pleaded by the school to ensure adequate provision of education to their pupils. [45314/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider providing transport for children attending a school (details supplied), given that the relocation of the school from Citywest to Newcastle is causing transport issues for families and in light of full subscription in local schools to Citywest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45752/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a replacement school bus transport escort has not been provided to a child (details supplied) given the lengthy period of absence of the current escort; if a new escort will be provided at the earliest opportunity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45829/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that school transport options are being refused to children attending schools that have relocated for the reason that there are other schools deemed closer; if she considers it fair policy to expect parents to transfer their children from one school to another because of decisions by her Department to relocate schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45960/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school bus service will be considered for an area following the relocation of a school (details supplied). [45961/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is correct that parents of children attending a post primary school (details supplied) must purchase school books for home use under the schoolbooks scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46181/25]
Justice 7 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take to address the growing number of racially motivated physical and verbal assaults on minority communities across the State. [45148/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action he will take to increase initiatives to promote integration and combat racism to address the growing number of racially motivated physical and verbal assaults on minority communities across the State. [45150/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the role and powers regarding horses of animal health and welfare liaison inspectors nominated in Garda divisions; if specific statistics are recorded for their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45298/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of delays to the processing of a specific visa type via an embassy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45384/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current processing time for a long stay and join family visas; if his Department plans to publish dates for these visa categories in the same way as other categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46138/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the updated timeframe regarding the processing of an immigration application for a person (details supplied) submitted in 2022, given indicative processing timeframes have already passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46383/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current processing times for a visa type (details supplied); if he is aware of any delays regarding applications for this visa from a country; if efforts are underway to reduce processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46517/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health for an update on the cessation of child developmental checks under the National Healthy Childhood Programme in Dublin mid-west due to staff shortages in the public health nurse network; the areas in the constituency that remain impacted; the actions being taken to ensure a full service; when a full service will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45692/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health regarding the HIQA HTA for reimbursement support for continuous glucose monitoring, if there is a clinical basis for extending reimbursement support only to patients with type1 diabetes mellitus regardless of age who have required insulin from the outset; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46829/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health if access to reimbursement for continuous glucose monitoring will be reconsidered for a person (details supplied) given their initial diagnosis was incorrect; and given their medical team support the application. [46830/25]
Foreign 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will raise with his German counterpart the vicious assault perpetrated by the German police on an Irish citizen protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46606/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position Ireland will take in relation to the European Commission's recommendation for a council decision regarding the opening of negotiations on the amendment of the 2018 agreement in the form of an exchange of letters between the EU and Morocco; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46767/25]
Climate 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of domestic electricity customers in arrears and the average value of the arrears; the number of commercial electricity customers in arrears; the number of domestic gas customers in arrears and the average value of the arrears; the number of commercial gas customers in arrears; the number of domestic electricity customers in arrears for more than 90 days; the number of domestic gas customers in arrears for more than 90 days; the number of domestic electricity disconnections; the number of domestic gas disconnections; the number of domestic electricity customer switches; and the number of non-domestic electricity customer switches for the months of June and July 2025, using the information provided to his Department's Retail Energy Policy and Regulation Division in the monthly market update by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, in tabular form. [46727/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a data centre is considered an "islanded" data centre, if it is powered by gas powered generators off-site connected via a private wire, as was suggested in recent media reports (details supplied). [46729/25]
Housing 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to increase resources for Tailte Éireann, specifically the hiring of further staff to ensure timely processing of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45337/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projected capital assistance scheme underspend for 2025. [46838/25]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions that will be taken to ensure enforcement of current legislation regarding the control and welfare of horses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45280/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the considerations underway regarding an update to legislation on the control and welfare of horses, specifically regarding unnecessary suffering and endangerment to the welfare of horses; if enforceable sanctions will be a priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45281/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to issues in correspondence (details supplied); the actions he will take to restore confidence in structures and governance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44787/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to respond to media reports of data centres located in Ireland being used to "plan deadly airstrikes and shape military operations" by a unit of the Israeli occupying forces against the people of Palestine (details supplied); and to outline whether his department has engaged with the data centre owner on the matter. [46728/25]

New lobbying 10 returns

Threshold · 3 returns Housing
- Threshold's Pre-Budget Submission
- Oireachtas Committee Session
- Threshold's policy priorities
The Psychological Society of Ireland Health
- Joint letter from the PSI and allied professional bodies to TDs outlining concerns re the HSE’s draft Autism Assessment & Intervention Protocol, including Tier 1 assessments, alignment with best practice, and calling for urgent engagement with the HSE.
Simon Communities of Ireland · 2 returns Housing
- Email about developing a Simon Homeless Prevention Bill
- Email to Joint Oireachtas Housing Committee on Solutions Re: Homelessness
Pontis Advisory Limited Housing
- General
Kathleen O'Meara Public Affairs Consultant Health
- Lobbying by the Irish Lung Fibrosis Association for the establishment of a Clinical Care Programme for patients with lung fibrosis and the additional services needed.
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.

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