Dublin Bay South — week of Mon, 10 Nov

Eoin Hayes — Social Democrats 1 vote · 24 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 24 total

Social 7 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection his position on benchmarking social welfare rates against average earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61042/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection his position on introducing a basic Income for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61043/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the position on supporting persons with disabilities who want to work to find and retain employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61044/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection when his Department will establish, and make publicly available, the administration fees and charges being imposed as a part of auto-enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62261/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the specific support his Department has available, or is planning to make available, to those who are due to lose their incomes as a result of the receivership of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62250/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the assessment his Department has done of the impact of the transition to the TCA for the State contributory pension across different income levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62248/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection his position on the process for self-employed people to gain access to jobseeker's allowance or benefit when their income declines or halts for extended periods of time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62249/25]
Finance 6 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance his policy proposals to broaden the tax base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61046/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance for any assessment of the rent tax credit commissioned by his Department and its effectiveness in supporting low-income tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61047/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the monitoring measures his Department will take in assessing the ongoing impact of the new VAT reduction on new apartment sales from 13.5 % to 9 %; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61048/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the monitoring measures his Department will take in assessing the ongoing impact of the residential development stamp duty refund scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61049/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the monitoring measures his Department will take in assessing the ongoing impact of the enhanced corporation tax deduction for apartment construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61050/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the position on a Europe-wide debt warehousing strategy for the debt accrued due to the Covid-19 pandemic; to report on any discussions he has had at Eurogroup level on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61051/25]
Education 3 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual funding for youth services in Dublin City across all Departments from 2000, or latest available data to 2025 or most recent available data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62007/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will report on his meetings with survivors of the industrial and reformatory school system and their requests for a Health (Amendment) Act 2021, HAA, card and contributory pension. [61052/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will share any report or costings commissioned by her Department on granting survivors of the industrial and reformatory school system a Health (Amendment) Act 2021, HAA, card and contributory pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61053/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a breakdown of the number of labour market access permission applications made and granted since 2015, or latest data available; the number of LMA5 forms returned during that period, on an annual basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61056/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the average processing time for labour market access permission applications for each year since 2015, or latest data available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61057/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health her views on including spinal muscular atrophy in the national newborn screening programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61040/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Health her views on the rise of both childhood and adult obesity, the policies of her Department and Government plans to reduce obesity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61041/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for the introduction of paid surrogacy leave, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62247/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of all overseas aid projects and funding amounts allocated in 2024 and in 2025, or the latest data available, by country, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61055/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position on the levy on disposable cups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61045/25]
Public Expenditure 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation far a breakdown of all the costs associated with the departmental reorganisations across the Government in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61054/25]

Ivana Bacik — Labour Party 1 vote · 6 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 6 total

Health 3 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the implementation of a report concerning the upgrading of radiotherapy services provided by the St. Luke’s network and radiotherapy services in general (details supplied). [61076/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health her views on the need to provide additional supports to persons attempting to quit vaping; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61568/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if she will allocate additional funds to the mental health budget. [61569/25]
Justice 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 23 September 2025, if he will address specific concerns raised (details supplied). [61077/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the work reported to be undertaken by his Department on the issue of pet theft; the evidence-based recommendations he is seeking for an amendment to criminal legislation; the nature of the collaborative work his officials are doing; if that relates also to the work of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61252/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice, migration and social affairs will next meet. [56901/25]

James Geoghegan — Fine Gael 1 vote · 7 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 7 total

Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice, migration and social affairs will next meet. [59728/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on disability will next meet [61553/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will highlight any work she is doing to improve supports and protections offered to parents whose crèche withdraws from core funding; the level of support provided to these parents each year since the scheme’s establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61555/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to extend the national childcare scheme to childminders working in the family home, with sensible regulations that fit homebased care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61556/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps he is taking to implement the Competitiveness and Productivity Action Plan goal of improved and more targeted funding for the adoption of AI and digital tools under the enterprise pillar of the new National Digital and AI Strategy; the metrics his Department will use to measure the success of these policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61891/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the powers he plans to grant to the new National AI Office; the way in which he plans to structure engagement between the office and industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61890/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if the blood test department in St Vincent’s Hospital is going to close; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61969/25]

Jim O'Callaghan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 1 new lobbying return

New lobbying 1 return

Irish Refugee Council Justice and Equality
- Letter to Minister for Justice about unaccommodated international protection applicants.

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