Parliamentary questions

Office of Public Works

Bernard Durkan

222. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of any agreement, tacit, inferred, implied or otherwise which might prevent the Office of Public Works for asserting its rights to travel to and from Castletown House, Celbridge, County Kildare; if he will endeavour to ensure that the access previously enjoyed under contract from the N4 to the car park leading to Castletown House is restored (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25406/24]

Special Educational Needs

Bernard Durkan

269. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education when a place in an ASD unit can be facilitated in the case of the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24694/24]

Schools Building Projects

Bernard Durkan

318. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 9 May 2024, if clarity can be provided on when it is expected that the design phase is expected to complete in respect of a school (details supplied); if clarity can also be provided on how it is intended to support the school from September 2025, as there will be no space available on the grounds of the current site to expand, and space outside of the school for the yard will have to cater for over 140 children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25259/24]

Swimming Pools

Bernard Durkan

365. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which Kildare County Council has continued to promote the case for a swimming pool in Maynooth, County Kildare, as previously indicated; the extent to which any changes have taken place in this regard without adequate consultation with the local support group; to outline the degree to which proposals have been made and by whom to alter the priorities; to now indicate that the local authority, her Department and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are at one in regard to the provision this important facility in a university town with a student population of almost 20,000 and a local population of more than double that; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25602/24]

Immigration Status

Bernard Durkan

544. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the current and expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently on a stamp 2 visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24959/24]

Citizenship Applications

Bernard Durkan

557. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the progress to date in the application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when the application is due to be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25331/24]

Disability Services

Bernard Durkan

651. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to indicate if residential care can be facilitated as soon as possible in the case of (details supplied), who both have moderate intellectual disabilities and whose case is known to the HSE; if an update can be provided in respect of their case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25253/24]

Childcare Services

Bernard Durkan

654. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when ECCE funding will issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25299/24]

Vaccination Programme

Bernard Durkan

702. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's request to HIQA to carry out a health technology assessment examining the cost benefits of an enhanced vaccine for the over-65s; when the formal consultation with interested stakeholders will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24750/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Bernard Durkan

736. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if and when an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24923/24]

Tobacco Control Measures

Bernard Durkan

737. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to regulate for the over-labelling of non-Irish health warnings on vaping products, which is fuelling a grey market in such products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/24]

Healthcare Infrastructure Provision

Bernard Durkan

884. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Health the extent of the discussions that have taken place in regard to the provision of primary care centres in Leixlip and Maynooth, County Kildare; the extent to which discussions have taken place with statutory or other bodies with a view to addressing the need for modern primary care centres in both towns; if any other discussions took place which might have the effect of changing priorities; if any proposals or agreements have been made which might impact the schedule and arising therefrom the imminent provision of the centres in question or if changes have been made without consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25601/24]

Tourism Promotion

Bernard Durkan

41. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she continues to take to ensure that tourism is given every opportunity to develop and grow in the future notwithstanding the future challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24345/24]

Sports Funding

Bernard Durkan

50. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the degree to which she expects to be in a position to continue to assist the sporting sector given the increased importance of sporting activity in terms of health and well-being; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24346/24]

Housing Policy

Bernard Durkan

113. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider emergency housing measures to increase the supply of housing to those counties particularly affected by the threat of homelessness; if he will take steps to address these increasing housing needs in order to ensure that homelessness does not become an endemic and that families including parents and children have an option to avail of in the event of finding themselves homeless arising from eviction, or through the ongoing increasing demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24347/24]

Housing Policy

Bernard Durkan

114. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the extent to which he can avail of modern housing production methods to facilitate the provision of supply of homes to the market in addition to those already in hand in order to address the increasing demand arising from the termination of tenancies or other factors which might make it difficult or even impossible for families to provide housing by other means such as purchase or rental through the local authorities; if he can identify those counties currently trying to face this challenge with a view to increasing the supply within months rather than years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24348/24]

Passport Services

Bernard Durkan

138. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24533/24]

Primary Medical Certificates

Bernard Durkan

161. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Finance when a review to an entitlement to a primary medical certificate will be undertaken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24555/24]

Tourism Promotion

Bernard Durkan

174. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which she and her Department are engaged in the promotion of Irish culture at home and abroad, perhaps targeting the tourism and education sectors in particular, thereby creating a new awareness at home and abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24534/24]

Irish Language

Bernard Durkan

175. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which she and her Department continue to promote and develop the use of the Irish language in all Gaeltacht areas throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24535/24]