Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Finance: Tax Collection (8 April 2025)

Peadar Tóibín:

360. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in VAT on energy bills in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17147/25]

Department of Finance: Company Law (3 April 2025)

Cormac Devlin:

14. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans any changes to the regulation of companies offering re-mortgage of properties, especially in the context of older citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15820/25]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Teanga Gaeilge (3 April 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh:

119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform cad atá beartaithe aige chun an státsheirbhís a ullmhú leis an dualgas reachtúil maidir le sprioc earcaíochta go mbeidh Gaeilge ag 20% de státseirbhísigh faoi 2030 a chur i ngníomh; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [16049/25]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Projects (10 April 2025)

James Geoghegan:

328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18370/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 April 2025)

Emer Currie:

181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the latest update on the roll out of free public transport for children aged from 5 to 8 years-old; the expected timeline for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16338/25]

Department of Health: Departmental Funding (8 April 2025)

Michael Cahill:

893. To ask the Minister for Health for a detailed progress report in regard to the granting of the initial capital funding approval for a new 108-bed block that will help address the chronic situation in the emergency department at University Hospital Kerry; for a specific timeframe for this major development for the people of Kerry; when will works commence; the projected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16718/25]

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Waiting Lists (3 April 2025)

Catherine Connolly:

306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for audiology appointments and treatment in CHO Areas 6, 7 and 9, broken down by children and adults, in tabular form; the length of time each has been waiting for an appointment; the number of staff vacancies in audiology in each CHO Area; the steps being taken to reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16367/25]

Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 April 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh:

401. To ask the Minister for Health is she aware of problems at St. James’s Hospital accident and emergency with regard to a lack of comfort and care for patients, particularly those undergoing mental health crises, a failure to provide medication and pain relief to patients in severe pain, poor communication and updates to patients and families, unhygienic and unsafe conditions, overcrowding, and long waiting times; if she has discussed these issues with the HSE, with the Health Information and Quality Authority, and with the hospital management; the steps she intends these agencies, the hospital and her Department to take to address the issues; and if she will agree to conduct a thorough investigation into the conditions and treatment at James Hospital accident and emergency department, with a specific focus on mental health care. [18227/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 April 2025)

Brian Stanley:

625. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of the 3,000 social and affordable homes approved by Cabinet that will be delivered in Laois; if they will be delivered in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17039/25]

Department of Health: Organ Donation (8 April 2025)

Alan Kelly:

931. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to increase the number of key organ donation personnel in intensive care units. [16873/25]

Department of Finance: State Assets (8 April 2025)

Pearse Doherty:

358. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Nature and Climate Fund are invested and stored; the projected rate of return from the financial instruments held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17107/25]

Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 April 2025)

Catherine Connolly:

262. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Jadotville community were invited to make submissions when drafting the terms of reference for the tribunal in relation to examining the way in which complaints were made since 1983; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16766/25]

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Projects (8 April 2025)

Aidan Farrelly:

223. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2020; the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000, or of any other capital projects below this that have come to his Department's attention for reasons of overspend or due to the fact that they failed to be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16684/25]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology (3 April 2025)

Grace Boland:

144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a progress report on the Government digital wallet, specifically an update on the timelines for the rollout of a digital driver's licence for Irish motorists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16148/25]

Department of An Taoiseach: Artificial Intelligence (8 April 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh:

53. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the AI Action Summit. [14196/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Irish Sign Language (9 April 2025)

Marie Sherlock:

171. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to address this gap in the near future. [17970/25]

Department of Health: Health Services (8 April 2025)

Paul Murphy:

954. To ask the Minister for Health if oral immunotherapy will be provided by the HSE for those suffering from allergies. [17008/25]

Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 April 2025)

Ivana Bacik:

1049. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public defibrillators in each local authority area; and how those numbers compare to 2020, in tabular form. [17635/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (8 April 2025)

Marie Sherlock:

661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he intends on introducing a temporary measure which would align surrogacy leave to adoptive leave and benefits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16653/25]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (10 April 2025)

Thomas Gould:

86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether consideration has been given for a dumping taskforce to tackle dumping in Cork city. [18098/25]