Dublin South-Central — week of Mon, 8 Sept

Aengus Ó Snodaigh — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 10 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 10 total

Transport 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport the reason widows and orphans were omitted from the CIÉ regular wage scheme from 1945 until 2003; his views on the assertion by some CIÉ retirees that the omission ensured CIÉ retirees could get the full pension benefit that other public servants had pre-2003; and if any assessment has been made as to the cost of addressing this perceived historic anomaly? [45251/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is planning to deliver an additional town bus for Carlow Town, CW 3; when it will be delivered and operational; the route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46803/25]
Culture 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has designated, or intends to designate, any music festival or arts event as an event of major importance which should be available on free television services in line with his powers under section 162 of the Broadcasting Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44865/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding stream a school (details supplied) can avail off given that the Arts Council does not regard them as a professional arts organisation thus limiting the grants available and the recognition that comes from such Arts Council acknowledgment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45252/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Leanaí, Míchumais agus Comhionannais sonraí a thabhairt maidir le gach naíolann atá ag feidhmiú trí Ghaeilge i nGaeltacht na Gaillimhe, lena n-áirítear líon na leanaí atá ag feitheamh ar spás agus an fhad atá siad ag fanacht, an líon leanaí atá ag freastal orthu cheana féin, agus an líon foirne atá acu, cé acu naíolann poiblí nó príobháideach, chomh maith le eolas ar bith atá ag an Roinn maidir le ganntanas foirne iontu. [46233/25]
- 2025-09-08 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Leanaí, Míchumais agus Comhionannais an raibh aon teagmháil aici leis an Ionad Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh in Indreabhán ó foilsíodh scéalta sna meáin go raibh sé i mbaol dúnadh i mí Eanáir 2024; an bhfuil sí ar an eolas faoi aon ganntanas foirne atá fós le sárú ag an Ionad; agus an bhfuil sé i gceist aici an soláthar ag an naíolann is mó lánGhaeilge sa Ghaeltacht a leathnú trí mhaoiniú nó tacaíochtaí breise a chur ar fáil. [46234/25]
Rural 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta cé mhéad airgid, lena n-áirítear airgead reatha nó eile nach airgead caipitiúil é, de bhuiséad na Roinne Gaeltachta a caitheadh ar Rannóg na nOileán nuair a bhí na hoileáin faoi chúram na Roinne sna blianta seo a leanas 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019. [44739/25]
- 2025-09-08 D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta an raibh aon teagmháil aige leis an Ionad Tacaíochta Teaghlaigh in Indreabhán ó foilsíodh scéalta sna meáin go raibh sé i mbaol dúnadh i mí Eanáir 2024; an bhfuil sé ar an eolas faoi aon ghanntanas foirne atá fós le sárú ag an Ionad; agus an bhfuil sé i gceist aige an soláthar atá ag an naíolann is mó lánGhaeilge sa Ghaeltacht a leathnú trí mhaoiniú nó tacaíochtaí breise a chur ar fáil di. [46291/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the request for help to facilitate the evacuation of a person (details supplied) in Gaza who was assured by the Irish Embassy in Tel Aviv that they would be evacuated; and if he will assure the person and their sponsor in Ireland that they will be evacuated [44570/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will fund and facilitate teachers at post-primary level who are registered via route 3 (further education), who are already teaching Irish as a subject and wish to upskill, and who are accepted into the course, to participate in the postgraduate diploma in Irish for post-primary teachers which is aimed at enhancing the skills of registered post-primary teachers in Irish; and if not, the reason and the opportunities she intends to provide to upskill existing Irish teachers who are deemed unqualified at present, and for route 3 teachers to upskill beyond the unqualified rate of pay. [45882/25]

New lobbying 3 returns

Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) Education and Training
- Decision to transition Synge Street CBS to a Gaelcholáiste
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.

Catherine Ardagh — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 5 questions · 5 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 5 total

Social 3 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families and the the number of children that received the newborn baby grant, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46769/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers that qualify for the carer’s allowance in the wake of changes to income disregards, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46770/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will detail the number of homes that currently qualify for the fuel allowance, in tabular form, on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47082/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider amending Ireland’s parental leave legislation to address the disparity faced by one-parent families, whereby children in such households are effectively entitled to only half the parental leave available to children in two-parent households; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44800/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of persons who have been involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act 2001 in each of the past five years whose primary or secondary diagnosis was autism spectrum disorder and severe or profound intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45121/25]

New lobbying 5 returns

Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) Education and Training
- Decision to transition Synge Street CBS to a Gaelcholáiste
Simon Communities of Ireland Social Protection
- Appearance before Joint Committee on Social Protection
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.
Barnardos Children and Youth Affairs
- Supports for families facing disadvantage

Jen Cummins — Social Democrats 0 votes · 26 questions · 7 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 26 total

Education 7 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure that non-EU teachers on stamp G1 visas who are fully qualified post-primary teachers and are registered with the Teaching Council are not prohibited from entering the school workforce as teachers due to the position advertised via the Public Appointments Service rather than JobsIreland.ie which does not fulfil the labour market needs test requirement for a 28-day advertisement on JobsIreland.ie; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44938/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process for teachers that are qualified abroad to get a teaching post in Ireland. [46011/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to broaden the ability for more people to become teachers within Ireland, to address the teacher shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46012/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the teacher shortages in secondary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46013/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the teacher shortages in primary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46014/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the teacher shortages in special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46015/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who do not have an appropriate school place for the September 2025 school year, by constituency, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46186/25]
Children 6 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to ensure that all affected people in receipt of a medical card as part of the mother and baby homes and county homes redress scheme are given the HAA card and to change the current version; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44703/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to ensure that creches adhere to the cap on childcare fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46016/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to support childcare providers in the administrative burden in accessing Government funding in the national childcare scheme. [46017/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers that have left the national childcare scheme since the announcement of the childcare fee cap, in tabular form. [46018/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers in Dublin south central that have left the national childcare scheme since the announcement of the childcare fee cap, in tabular form. [46019/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality is she aware of the reason a company (details supplied) withdrew from Government funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46020/25]
Justice 4 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to address the delays of processing immigration applications, in particular the stamp 4 visa under the Turkish Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44691/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delays in issuing visas, particularly for those travelling from South Africa; and his plans to address the long wait times. [44743/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the delays in issuing stamp 4 visas under the Ankara Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44744/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the processing for tourist visas from South Africa are experiencing substantial delays; his plan to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46010/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health to insist that HSE staff are fully informed of the services that the HAA card provides to avoid ongoing issues of accessing help for affected people in receipt of a medical card as part of the mother and baby homes and county homes redress scheme when they ring the HSE highlighting difficulties accessing services. [44704/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health to clarify if under the free HRT scheme transgender people who require HRT can also avail of it for free when prescribed by a doctor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46028/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health for the status of the regaining of pedestrian access behind the rialto Luas stop which has been closed due to the construction of the new children's hospital. [46033/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection for his plans to increase pay for regional administrators in line with the increase received by local administrators of citizens' information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46029/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Social Protection his plan to allow JI participants to qualify for the fuel allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46031/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Transport for the percentage of appeals granted by the Dublin Street Parking Services and the NTA, in tabular form. [46032/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to include public sector workers during the permit process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44939/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when Councils will receive funding for the tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46065/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to expand the amount of biomedical science degrees that are accredited with relevant professional bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46030/25]

New lobbying 7 returns

Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) · 2 returns Education and Training
- Decision to transition Synge Street CBS to a Gaelcholáiste
- Senior Cycle Redevelopment
Inclusion Ireland Budgetary matters
- We contacted Deputies Quaide, Cummins, O'Callaghan, and Rice in their respective capacities as the Social Democrats' disability, finance, social protection, education, and health spokespeople, to invite them to a briefing of Inclusion Ireland's Pre-Budget Submission's priorities, along with a fully copy of the document for their consideration.
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.
National Adult Literacy Agency · 2 returns Education and Training
- Adult Literacy in Ireland
- Adult Literacy in Ireland

Máire Devine — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 6 questions · 5 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Justice 5 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of emergency phone calls received by An Garda Síochána relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited, to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order and any incident type with an original CAD incident type of ‘DVSA’; by county, by year, in tabular form. [45754/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of arrests made by An Garda Síochána relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order, and any incident type with an original CAD incident type of ‘DVSA’; by county, by year, in tabular form. [45755/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of prosecutions initiated relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order, and any incident type with an original CAD incident type of ‘DVSA’; by year, in tabular form. [45756/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the total number of convictions relating to domestic, sexual, and gender based violence in 2022, 2023, and 2024, including but not limited to coercive control, breach of interim barring order, breach of protection order, breach of barring order, breach of safety order, breach of emergency barring order, and any incident type with an original CAD incident type of ‘DVSA’; by year, in tabular form. [45757/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration [45758/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Health if a response will issue in relation to an ADHD diagnosis (details supplied). [45105/25]

New lobbying 5 returns

Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI) Education and Training
- Decision to transition Synge Street CBS to a Gaelcholáiste
Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Alcohol health information labelling
CyberSafeIreland Children and Youth Affairs
- Children's online safety
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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