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| TD | Party |
|---|---|
 Naoise Ó Cearúil | Fianna Fáil |
 Réada Cronin | Sinn Féin |
 Aidan Farrelly | Social Democrats |
 James Lawless | Fianna Fáil |
 Joe Neville | Fine Gael |
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has assessed the neutrality and national-security implications of hosting data processing for foreign defence or intelligence bodies on Irish soil, including under the US CLOUD…
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the National Cyber Security Centre or other State bodies are told who the end tenants of large data centres are; if he will clarify whether there is any mechanism to block tenancy by foreign state…
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of babies that have been born to mothers in custody in Dochas Centre and Limerick Prison in 2025 and to date in 2026; and the protocols and supports in place for mothers and babies in…
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the costs of charter flights deporting failed international protection applicants in 2025 and to date in 2026; the destination of each flight; the number of deported people on each flight; the number…
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered statutory conditions, on planning permissions or grid and gas connections for data centres, that prohibit their use for military or intelligence purposes by any foreign state…
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether planning applicants for strategic-scale developments such as large data centres must disclose existing put and call options, or agreements for sale, under which the…
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether sectoral nominees to local authority Strategic Policy Committees must make declarations of interest under Part 15 of the Local Government Act 2001; and whether those…
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will clarify whether a transfer of shares in an Irish company that holds planning permission for a large data centre to an entity controlled from outside the EU would require notification under…
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the assessments the State makes of the ultimate beneficial owners, creditors and lien-holders of foreign entities that acquire Irish data-centre projects after permission is granted.
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of US troops transiting through Shannon Airport in each of the first nine months of 2026; and the corresponding total for the first nine months of 2025.
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Aidan Farrelly
Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the measures his Department and Shannon airport have put in place to prevent any further unlawful incursions by persons on the airport campus, airside and non-airside, in 2025 and to date in 2026.
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Réada Cronin
Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the CRU monitors supplier margins; if it has the powers it needs to make sure prices come down when wholesale costs do.
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Réada Cronin
Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will support the Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Standing Charges) Bill 2026, which would give the CRU power over standing charges.
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Joe Neville
Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for when the three school campus project in Celbridge will move from Stage 2a to Stage 2b.
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Joe Neville
Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date the next tranche of the NDP roll out of new school buildings will be announced; and the amount of funding allocated to her Department in Budget 2027 for this.
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Naoise Ó Cearúil
Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proportion of the additional school building and capital investment funding announced in Budget 2027 is expected to support school accommodation projects in rapidly growing constituencies such as Kildare…
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Joe Neville
Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department will create an annual published scorecard of every National Development Project over €100 million to ensure transparency and accountability.
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Naoise Ó Cearúil
Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his assessment of the factors contributing to capital expenditure running below profile in 2026 as outlined in August's Fiscal Monitor; and the implications…
Joe Neville
Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount of underspend projected from the 2026 capital budget allocated which will be spilled over in 2027.
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Naoise Ó Cearúil
Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures being used to assess progress towards the targets contained in the Digital Public Services Plan, including the objectives of making all key…
Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate ›
Joe Neville
I appreciate the Minister of State being here today on behalf of the Minister and the Department of education in relation to the matter. To give a bit of context, St. Patrick's National School in Celbridge, along with St. Raphael's Special School and Celbridge Community School…
Joe Neville
The reason we are here today is to start a process of getting answers. That is an important and significant step. I want to begin the debate with the families who have joined us here today. Within every element of Mr. Farrell's report, there are children and families who have…
Aidan Farrelly
When is this Government going to take road safety seriously? In a week when we saw the Road Safety Authority, RSA, perform a U-turn on a shambolic plan to introduce breathalysers in pubs, we know that the start reality is that our roads have become a much more dangerous place to…
Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions ›
Naoise Ó Cearúil
Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which schools in Kildare North will benefit from the additional investment in special education from budget 2027, particularly in relation to the provision of special classes, special education teachers…
Aidan Farrelly
I thank the witnesses for their flexibility and thank colleagues for staying here this morning. I reflect on having been a parent through the implementation and roll-out of this scheme and I echo what some colleagues have said this morning in terms of supporting the intent behind…
Joe Neville
Okay, good. On the school meals themselves, will Mr. McKeon just explain to me how it works? At the very start of a class period there are about 30 kids - we take it that there are 30 kids in the class - and all of them put up their hand, having filled in the form saying they…