Kildare South — week of Mon, 10 Nov

Fiona O'Loughlin — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Quiet week — no questions filed or new lobbying returns.

Mark Wall — Labour Party 1 vote · 11 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 11 total

Children 5 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will comment on the survey findings by a representative organisation (details supplied) which showed that 80% of childminder services will close; and the actions her Department is taking to address the issue. [61743/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has addressed the IT issue whereby historical fee data was unavailable on the national childcare scheme website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61745/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she and her officials will meet with childminders to listen to the issues impacting the sector. [61744/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans on publishing her Department’s childcare action plan before the end of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61746/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider extending payments to ECCE providers to the month of December given the long duration between the last 2025 payment in November and next payment in January 2026. [61747/25]
Social 4 questions
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider granting a fuel allowance to those that have had an application refused or revoked due to an adult child or family member moving back home. [62019/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of successful domiciliary care allowance applications for the past three years; the number refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62024/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if under the new rules for the rural social scheme, if a person from a rural area with no distinct ties to farming or fishing, but living in the rural area, qualify; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62021/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools who have refused to take up the offer of a hot school meal; the attempts his Department have made to change this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62023/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will outline the actions his Department and the Environmental Protection Agency are taking to address wastewater treatment in Allenwood and Rathangan failing to meet European Union standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61916/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a request for school transport from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62305/25]

Martin Heydon — Fine Gael 1 vote · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Seán Ó Fearghaíl — Fianna Fáil 1 vote · 19 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 19 total

Transport 4 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport the amount of revenue generated through car-parking charges at Heuston Station in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61133/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the serious concerns regarding traffic congestion and the spate of road traffic collisions on the M7 and N7, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61791/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the serious concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the increased number of road accidents/incidents on the R448; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61794/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport If he will address the concerns regarding the recently introduced taxi fixed price model raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62535/25]
Taoiseach 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the programme plan for his Department’s new disability unit for 2025-2027. [48522/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with faith and non-confessional groups to discuss a structured dialogue process. [48523/25]
Defence 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the budget allocation for Defence Forces Equitation School in the years of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61135/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will address the genuine concerns regarding RDF treatment issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62534/25]
Health 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61131/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the capacity of palliative care services within Kildare; the number of WTE staff, by job title, currently working within this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61132/25]
Foreign 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the new Irish Consulate General Offices based in Melbourne and Malaga will be opened; if new locations for these offices have been secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61138/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the serious matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding vehicle importation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61785/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of the €3 billion funding for special education in budget 2026 which will be spent on new measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61136/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is conscious of the fact that despite the phenomenal growth in population in County Kildare the provision of swimming pools , sports facilities and recreation services have not been expanded at the necessary rate to keep pace with this growth; if he is aware that many counties with smaller populations have for example more swimming pool facilities at their disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61130/25]
Housing 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address concerns regarding the vacant homes grant raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61792/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE qualified tree surgeons that are employed by his Department in the years from 2023 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61134/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the issues raised in a document from a Kildare childminding facility outlining their concerns about the childminding sector (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61755/25]
Enterprise 1 question
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will report on the work of Microfinance Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62046/25]
Social 1 question
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the introduction of auto-enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62054/25]

Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh — Sinn Féin 1 vote · 8 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 8 total

Children 3 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason she accounts for the trend of more naíonraí outside the Gaeltacht closing than opening in recent years; the steps she is taking to counter that trend; if she will intervene with emergency funding to save those at risk of closing in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61619/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to increase supply and affordability of childcare in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61620/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of naíonraí closures over the last five years; and the number of closures forecast for next year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62240/25]
Education 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who were granted an exemption from the study of Irish at primary level over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61005/25]
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proportion of religious to non-denominational schools in Kildare; the number of schools successfully reconfigured in Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62639/25]
Further and Higher Education 2 questions
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider making provision for the establishment of a third level course for early years education through the medium of Irish in a Gaeltacht service town to ensure an adequate supply of professionals in the naíonra sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61115/25]
- 2025-11-12 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 2090 of 4 November 2025, the timeline for the establishment of the sectoral working group mentioned; the way in which he plans to measure demand for Irish tertiary education; and if he intends to formulate a rights-based strategic policy on Irish at third level following the programme of work undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61598/25]
Health 1 question
- 2025-11-13 Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the waiting time for an appointment with a primary care psychologist in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62581/25]

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