Galway West — week of Mon, 10 Nov

Catherine Connolly — Independent 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Hildegarde Naughton — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

John Connolly — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 17 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 17 total

Health 6 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for an update on the appointment of the design teams for the development of the new bed blocks at Galway University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62523/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for the number of approved wholetime equivalent consultants in emergency medicine at University Hospital Galway; the number of said approved positions currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62524/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health to outline the resources provided to the Traveller counselling service in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62526/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health to outline the resources provided to a service (details supplied) in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62527/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health to outline the resources provided to a service (details supplied) in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62528/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health to outline the resources provided to the Traveller mental health initiative in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62529/25]
Children 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress within her Department towards the development of a new programme of acquisition and fitout of State-led early learning and childcare services, to increase places to meet demand for affordable, accessible, high quality early learning and childcare that is not otherwise being delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61522/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality of the efforts underway within her Department to increase the provision of special care placements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61523/25]
Enterprise 2 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on efforts by his Department to encourage greater collective bargaining coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62174/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the State's efforts to develop industrial enterprise on the former Defence Forces firing range lands at Oranmore, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62173/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection to present the number of payments made in each county under the humanitarian assistance scheme following storm Éowyn last year; the number of applications declined; the number of applications for which a decision is yet to be made; the total amount paid out, the average payment made per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62171/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families currently in receipt of the working family payment; the number of recipients per family size; the average payment made per family, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62172/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the development of the new vehicle adaptation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62525/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the approved enhancement works for the N59 Road between Bunakill and Claremount, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62530/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy John Connolly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on justice, migration and social affairs will next meet. [46877/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the Stage 1 review meeting will be held for the development of a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62521/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-11-13 Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications nationally, under tranche 2 of ACRES; that have withdrawn their applications to date; the number of remaining participants in the scheme on each island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62522/25]

Mairéad Farrell — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 12 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 12 total

Public Expenditure 4 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his attention has been drawn to the OPW’s removal of the searchable Kilmainham Jail 1916 (details supplied) autograph book; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61959/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 6 November 2025, if any of the €35 million penalty paid by a company (details supplied) after it pulled out of a wind farm project will be invested into local communities in Connemara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62038/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the work that has been done to ensure tetra access in Connemara in the event of a storm, given that there was no access to 999 calls during Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62511/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the work which is being done on Dún Chonchúir on Inis Meáin since the wall has fallen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62322/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the contract between the HSE and a company (details supplied) regarding the provision of imaging scans; if there are caps on the number of public patients that can be taken for scans; if the reason for these caps is due to limited HSE funding or another reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61037/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the plans which are in place to support persons with long-Covid when the long-Covid payment ends in December 2025; if she plans to continue with the payment past December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61360/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the funding available for community groups to install defibrillators in their area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61361/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider a provision to allow individuals in exceptional circumstance applying for a means tested payment to be assessed without their partner's income, in particular in cases of domestic abuse where a person may be trying to save money to leave their partner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62243/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if he intends on updating the amount of time a person in receipt of disability allowance can spend outside the State within a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62242/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the additional costs incurred by the Irish Defence Forces for security provided at Shannon Airport due to US military use of Shannon Airport from 2018 to date in 2025. [61625/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport the total costs of air traffic control fees, paid by the State on behalf of US military aircraft that transited through Irish airports and Irish air space from 2018 to date in 2025. [61624/25]
Justice 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the additional costs incurred by An Garda Síochána for security provided at Shannon Airport due to US military use of Shannon Airport from 2018 to date in 2025. [61626/25]

Noel Grealish — Independent 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Seán Kyne — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

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