Irish Sign Language

152. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the second report on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 pursuant to Section 10 of that Act; when the report was received from the National Disability Authority; the reasons for any delay in its publication; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69134/26]

Health Services Staff

427. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the share of expenditure spent on agency staff for every section 39 organisation. [68024/26]

Tax Reliefs

296. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if counselling and psychotherapy treatments and services qualify for tax relief for health expenses, where the individual providing that service is qualified to provide the service; if CORU registration is considered for the purposes of being a "registered practitioner"; and if not, if he will consider expanding tax relief for these services. [68027/26]

Health Service Executive

545. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the efforts the HSE have made to deploy HSE owned buildings for the development and relocation of primary care services. [66515/26]

Departmental Programmes

494. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Department funded services; and the number of children cared for by each, for each of the years 2008 to date in 2026. [66508/26]

Culture Policy

332. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to list which of the 36 actions remain outstanding from the Nighttime Economy Taskforce 2021. [66839/26]

34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-24

Deputy Marie Sherlock I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak during statements in advance of World Pharmacists Day. It has been said many times in the Chamber that pharmacists play an extraordinary front-line role in terms of that preventative and community care piece. We know there are over 1,900 community pharmacies across this country. In some ways, they are the unsung heroes of our health system. While there is a lot of focus on our doctors and nurses and other parts of the health