Louth — week of Mon, 22 Sept

Erin McGreehan — Fianna Fáil 7 votes · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the oversight mechanisms her Department will put in place in relation to the sectoral plans in the new disability strategy. [50189/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the action her Department is taking to address the lack of childcare places in County Louth. [50190/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent on the flu vaccine for each of the last three winter periods; to outline any plans to expand the scope of the flu vaccine for the upcoming winter period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51093/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if she or her Department has updated the plans to ensure greater availability of the flu vaccine this winter for at risk and vulnerable citizens; whether she has engaged with the pharmacist and general practitioner groupings to discuss the planned roll out of the flu vaccine; whether a cost-benefit analysis has been carried out by the Government in relation to the type of vaccines available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51094/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will address the issue of cross-border protection for victims of domestic abuse, where Irish safety orders do not extend to threats or harassment from individuals residing in England; and the steps being taken to improve the enforcement of such orders post-Brexit. [50549/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a new national life sciences strategy. [37448/25]

Ged Nash — Labour Party 7 votes · 15 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 15 total

Public Expenditure 6 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will commit to a more consistent and transparent methodological approach and in terms of the presentation of data in respect of 'Existing Levels of Service' or ELS in relation to the annual budget process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50473/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total carryover cost in 2026 of spending measures implemented in Budget 2025; the breakdown of the individual cost of each if available if his Department has compiled a list of the carry over cost for 2026 at this stage of the Budgetary process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50850/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated total additional cost in 2026 for the implementation of the public sector pay agreement; if the cost for this will come from the allocation for new current spending as outlined in the Summer Economic Statemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50851/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation The estimated cost of maintaining existing levels of service in 2026; the proportion of this that is accounted for by demographics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50852/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has compiled the projected cost of maintaining existing levels of service in 2026 as part of the budgetary process; the breakdown of estimated costs by Government Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50853/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department has approved the necessary resources to be allocated to the Department Justice, Migration and Social Affairs, and subsequently to Cuan, to ensure that agreed pay increases due to workers in ‘Section 40’ organisations in October will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51000/25]
Finance 3 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the reason corporation tax forecasts from his Department have been inaccurate for 13 consecutive years; the reason this has not prompted an independent review of the forecasting models in use in his Department; if he will commission such a review on an urgent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50472/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the total carryover cost in 2026 of taxation measures implemented in Budget 2025; the breakdown of the individual cost of each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50848/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of each taxation measure or provision that will expire at the end of 2025; the projected cost to extend each to the end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50849/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline for the delivery of a statutory instrument (details supplied) relating to timebound provision, enabling eligible teachers who have qualified outside the Republic of Ireland to apply for registration and complete their induction requirement in the Republic of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49800/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools which have applied and been approved for the solar for schools programme since its inception; the cost to the Exchequer involved to date; if new school building designs now incorporate solar panels by default; the average wait time experienced by applicants from the installation of panels to connection to the grid, by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51074/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport when the new Drogheda driving test centre will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50361/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend the MRI service at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital to a seven-day service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49599/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review the 2014 policy and practice document on safeguarding IPAS residents against domestic, sexual and gender based violence and harassment considering the National Standards on Reception 2019 and the current best practice evidence for example, work of the EU Agency for Asylum on sexual and gender based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50561/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm that planning authorities are required to formally consult the HSE on pertinent planning applications that require an environmental impact assessment to be undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50999/25]

Joanna Byrne — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 2 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 2 total

Health 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of the number of assaults reported/recorded against patients at Our Lady Of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for each quarter for each of the years 2023 to 2025, inclusive, in tabular form; the number of these reported/recorded assaults that were investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50367/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of assaults reported/recorded against staff at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, for each quarter for each of the years 2023 to 2025, inclusive; the number of these reported/recorded assaults that were investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50368/25]

Paula Butterly — Fine Gael 7 votes · 2 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 2 total

Social 2 questions
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the rule that prevents widows, widowers and surviving civil partners from receiving illness benefit when they have made sufficient PRSI contributions. [49998/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the policy whereby a person in receipt of the State pension is only entitled to half-rate carer’s allowance, even when continuing to provide full-time care; and if he accepts that this creates an inequity compared to younger carers who are entitled to the full rate. [50003/25]

New lobbying 1 return

National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability Budgetary matters
- Oireachtas Disability Group - Pre-Budget 2026 Campaign

Ruairí Ó Murchú — Sinn Féin 7 votes · 14 questions · 2 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 14 total

Social 4 questions
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2026, if the maximum rate of disability allowance were increased to €258.50 per week; if the maximum rate of State pension (contributory) were increased to €315 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50725/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline any plans there are for work activation and disability access to work, including any improvements or streamlining planned for schemes such as the reasonable accommodation scheme and the wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50111/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the number and types of oral hearings completed by the Appeals Office to date in 2025, in tabular form; to outline whether there are plans to increase the number of oral hearings carried out by the Appeals Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50110/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection the means by which, under the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People, the cost of disability, and an increase in the employment rate among people with disabilities, will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50847/25]
Health 4 questions
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapist posts, by grade that were filled at Ardee health centre in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50726/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on waiting times for cardiac rehabilitation programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50727/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a child to access psychology services via primary care in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50728/25]
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant cardiologist and cardiology registrars attached to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50729/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the means by which, under the national human rights strategy for disabled people, the delivery of therapies and assessments will be achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50191/25]
- 2025-09-23 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement there has been with her Department, Tusla and other stakeholders in relation to two missing children (details supplied), to ensure that best practice exists and is operated in child protection services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50165/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagement there has been with his Department, other Government Departments, State agencies and industry, including pharma, technology and medtech, regarding changes to US tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50113/25]
- 2025-09-25 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of collective notices of redundancy received by the Department from January 2024 to August 2025 from American companies or subsidiaries of US companies operating in the State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50112/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Aiken Barracks, Dundalk in 2024 and to-date in 2025; if any of these capital works projects are still ongoing; when these works will be completed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50730/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-09-24 Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to Louth/Cavan and Monaghan divisional roads policing unit as of 17 September 2025, in tabular form. [50721/25]

New lobbying 2 returns

National Federation of Voluntary Service Providers Supporting People with Intellectual Disability Budgetary matters
- Oireachtas Disability Group - Pre-Budget 2026 Campaign
Christian Aid Ireland EU Affairs
- EU corporate accountability policy

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