Parliamentary questions

Cabinet Committees

Alan Farrell

7. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach to report on when the new Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will meet. [17840/24]

Primary Care Centres

Alan Farrell

14. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on progress being made to deliver a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19788/24]

Health Services

Alan Farrell

63. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of the Women’s Health Action Plan 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19789/24]

School Meals Programme

Alan Farrell

15. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17836/24]

Agriculture Supports

Alan Farrell

67. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on supports for farmers in light of recent adverse weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17843/24]

Horticulture Sector

Alan Farrell

77. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on his Department's efforts to support the horticulture sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17842/24]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Alan Farrell

8. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice for an update on engagement with local authorities with regard to community CCTV schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17839/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Farrell

21. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice to report on the number of gardaí being recruited, and attesting, in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17838/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Farrell

324. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education for an update on a planning application by a school (details supplied) with Fingal County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18034/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Farrell

325. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the status of the master plan for the new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18035/24]

School Accommodation

Alan Farrell

326. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if her Department is working on plans to enlarge a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18036/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Farrell

327. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education for an update on the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18037/24]

School Enrolments

Alan Farrell

328. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the work her Department has undertaken to assist the primary schools in Portmarnock, County Dublin, with oversubscriptions for 2024-25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18038/24]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

329. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of autism class school places that will be available in Dublin Fingal East for the school year 2024-25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18039/24]

International Protection

Alan Farrell

572. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has approached the Department of Justice to acquire Thornton Hall in north County Dublin to house international protection applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18043/24]

Tax Reliefs

Alan Farrell

222. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 20 March 2024, the reasons the relief on capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax for landowners who have leased their land for the production of solar energy was not extended to landowners who have leased their land for the production of wind energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16305/24]

Inflation Rate

Alan Farrell

10. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance his views on the progress in reducing inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15224/24]

Tax Credits

Alan Farrell

41. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the number of people who have claimed the renters tax credit, in 2023 and 2024 respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15223/24]

Naval Service

Alan Farrell

49. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the operational status of the Naval Service fleet, that is, its deployment readiness, staffing levels, the fitting out of recently acquired vessels from New Zealand; the details of the process for acquiring a multi-role vessel; the status of current recruitment plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13060/24]

Rail Network

Alan Farrell

114. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the acquisition of battery and battery electric trains for Irish Rail; the likely delivery date for the first tranche of this order; the number within this tranche; the phases of delivery for later tranches and their operational date range; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13061/24]