Kildare North — week of Mon, 8 Sept

Aidan Farrelly — Social Democrats 0 votes · 9 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Children 3 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an estimate of the average annual cost of moving individuals from institutional, or congregated, settings to their own homes in the community with the support they need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46009/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare settings that have withdrawn from the core funding scheme and the number that have signed up to core funding scheme, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46372/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date on which she will publish an action plan for the reform of the early education and childcare sector; and if she has been provided with an update on the consultation and-or a draft of the plan to date. [46657/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to increase the income limit for a full tax exemption for tax payers aged over 65, given this has remained at €18,000 for several years, while the State pension has increased by more than €3,000 in the last decade, and other tax bands and credits have increased in the last number of budgets too; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45161/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of sanctions imposed and the nature of same by the Regulator of the National Lottery on the licence holder of national lotteries in the past ten years to 1 September 2025. [44727/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she has taken, and will continue to take, to ensure that non-teaching staff in schools are recognised appropriately and that their rights and entitlements are enhanced to reflect their service to the education system. [46730/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 3 July 2025 if he will provide further details in respect of clarifications sought by his department, outcome of requests and if he will provide an update in respect of the advancement of the project. [46273/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an estimate of the cost of increasing the capital disregard for the jobseeker’s allowance means test from €20,000 to €30,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45330/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the schedule of fixed charge notices and category of same issued in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 issued in respect of road traffic offences to persons not ordinarily resident in this jurisdiction; the vehicles registered outside of this jurisdiction to include country of origin; and the number of fixed charged notices that are outstanding for settlement. [44589/25]

New lobbying 2 returns

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.

James Lawless — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 9 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 9 returns

Irish Federation of University Teachers Education and Training
- Pervasive issue of precarious employment in Higher Education
Social Justice Ireland Budgetary matters
- Letter to all TDs and Senators to bring their attention to the publication of Budget Choices 2026 and Social Welfare Rates: Benchmarking and Indexation
Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Alcohol health information labelling
Trinity College Dublin Students' Union Education and Training
- Student Fees and SUSI reform
Novartis Ireland Limited Health
- Rare diseases conference, as an official event of the Irish EU Presidency
Pontis Advisory Limited Budgetary matters
- The need for adequate capital grant resourcing for high growth potential entrepreneurial projects
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 Education and Training
- Adult Literacy in Ireland

Joe Neville — Fine Gael 0 votes · 2 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Finance the means by which he plans to support the Irish Stock Exchange in line with the Programme for Government commitments, including in the context of recent delisting's from the exchange; and to outline the consultations he has had with the exchange and its ecosystem on future support for the exchange. [46418/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Finance the action he has taken, or is planning to take, to support the future of Ireland's equity capital markets in line with the recommendations of previous reports (details supplied). [46419/25]

New lobbying 4 returns

Irish Self Catering Federation Tourism
- Registration for Short-term legislation Bill (STTL)
FTI Consulting Finance
- Invitation to Mastercard Roundtable
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.

Naoise Ó Cearúil — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 1 question · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 1 total

Education 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a response to a departmental query (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44566/25]

Réada Cronin — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 0 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 4 returns

FTI Consulting Finance
- Invitation to Mastercard Roundtable
Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment - ACE Ireland Environment
- Correspondence with members of the Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy introducing ACE Ireland and highlighting their work to improve recycling processes and practices, and discussing the Programme for Government commitment to provide investment in sorting technology in Ireland’s MRF network.
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.

What your Kildare North TDs did this week

Questions asked 9 total

New lobbying 2 returns

New lobbying 9 returns

Questions asked 2 total

New lobbying 4 returns

Questions asked 1 total

New lobbying 4 returns