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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: EU Funding (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under his Department and at agencies under his aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56457/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Funding (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under his Department and at agencies under his aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56454/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Budget 2026 (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 311. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the allocation for new measures in Budget 2026, by heading (a,b,c etc). [56205/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Funding (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under his Department and at agencies under his aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56442/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Budget 2026 (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 319. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality of the additional 35,000 children anticipated to be supported in 2026 by the national childcare scheme, the portion which results from changes to our population size and demographic composition; the portion which results from new measures in Budget 2026 to shrink the number of children on waiting lists; the associated financial...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 320. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the first and full-year cost, in terms of additional core funding required, to deliver on the €295 per week maximum fee cap for childcare that was introduced by Government; and if a separate funding stream that is not core funding is being employed to specify same. [56110/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 324. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the first and full-year cost, in terms of additional core funding required, to deliver on the €295 per week maximum fee cap for childcare that was introduced by Government; and if a separate funding stream that is not core funding is being employed, to specify same. [56135/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Budget 2026 (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 321. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding allocated to her Department in Budget 2026 for the purpose of reducing the maximum fee cap from its current level of €295 per week. [56111/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Budget 2026 (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 325. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding allocated to her Department in Budget 2026 for the purpose of reducing the maximum fee cap from its current level of €295 per week. [56136/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: EU Funding (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 328. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under her Department and at agencies under her aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56443/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Funding (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 396. To ask the Minister for Health the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under her Department and at agencies under her aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56452/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under his Department and at agencies under his aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56451/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Funding (16 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 417. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under his Department and at agencies under his aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56456/25]

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: There is a real crisis for people living in unsafe homes with defective concrete blocks. That crisis is far from over, despite what the Government may think. People are still living in fear every time there is a red weather warning, forced to watch as cracks spread and walls shift, as their home crumbles right around them. The Ulster University study summed it up best when it described it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Fáilte chuig an gcoiste. What is the current playing field? We hear a lot about the militarisation of Europe and whether hard-pressed Irish taxpayers are contributing towards the funding of the militarisation of Europe, particularly as we are a neutral state. Currently, is Irish taxpayers' money being used to subsidise the European arms industry in any fashion, particularly through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Yes, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: To clarify, Ms Dinka is saying that Irish taxpayers' money is going in to fund the militarisation of the European Union. Am I not right in saying that ASAP has a €500 million budget and some of that is to buy munitions? This is not just research and development, it is weapons is it not? The name of the programme refers to ammunition production. Are Irish taxpayers funding the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: Thanks for the clarity. Am I right in saying - and steer me if I am wrong on this - that Irish taxpayers are funding the production of munitions in Europe but not necessarily the sale of them? We are just funding more bullets, more munitions and more armaments of work in Europe. Is that what is happening at the minute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (15 Oct 2025)

Pearse Doherty: I will return to the fact that there are no audits but the aims of this programme is to stimulate the production of munitions. Explosives have got €124 million of a budget, powder has a projected portfolio of €248 million and shells has €90 million. Is not the answer to the question that the Irish taxpayers are funding the production of munitions in Europe not clear as...