Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (18 November 2025)

Emer Currie:

222. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of submissions received during consultation on Ireland’s social climate plan; the key issues raised in the submissions; and the timeline for finalisation and publication of the plan. [63452/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (13 November 2025)

Edward Timmins:

147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to reintroduce Citizen Information offices in areas where they have been closed in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62213/25]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Irish Language (20 November 2025)

Peadar Tóibín:

39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to encourage people who speak the Irish language to progress within the field of arts. [64063/25]

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Policy (13 November 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú:

70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total amount of money spent on promoting County Louth as a tourist destination to date in 2025; the nature and extent of this promotion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62176/25]

Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 November 2025)

Pádraig Rice:

443. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 817 of 14 October 2025, if radiation therapists have an explicit agreement with respect to incremental credit and agency work (details supplied); if not, the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62382/25]

Department of Health: Departmental Data (18 November 2025)

Pádraig Rice:

1102. To ask the Minister for Health if private health insurance claims at a group of hospitals are audited (details supplied); if these audits are conducted internally or externally and by whom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63608/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 November 2025)

Erin McGreehan:

890. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early learning and childcare providers in County Louth that are in receipt of Core Funding; the proportion of total providers this represents in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62863/25]

Department of Finance: EU Agreements (19 November 2025)

Cathy Bennett:

118. To ask the Minister for Finance the total Irish receipts or projected receipts from the EU Multiannual Financial Framework in the years 2019 to 2027, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64049/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cancer Services (18 November 2025)

Donna McGettigan:

697. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the free travel scheme can be extended to persons with cancer who, due to their condition and treatment, may be able to drive some days and not others, or for an undetermined time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62720/25]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (20 November 2025)

Edward Timmins:

17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the progress of a nationwide audit of sports facilities to address shortages in areas underserved including towns with populations over 1,500, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64605/25]

Department of Finance: Pensions Reform (13 November 2025)

Louise O'Reilly:

228. To ask the Minister for Finance the provisions that have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by his Department will be able to meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62454/25]

Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (19 November 2025)

Matt Carthy:

197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences of students holding an immigration stamp 2 permission that have been found to be in breach of the restrictions on working hours (20 hours per week during term time) for each of the past five years, and in 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64306/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 November 2025)

Ken O'Flynn:

610. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projected annual housing delivery for Cork city and Cork county under the new national plan Delivering Homes, Building Communities; and the expected output for each year to 2030. [63857/25]

Department of Health: Dental Services (18 November 2025)

Brian Stanley:

999. To ask the Minister for Health if the orthodontic section of Tullamore Hospital is currently operating at full capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62959/25]

Department of Health: Departmental Staff (18 November 2025)

Louis O'Hara:

1073. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychologists based at each primary care centre in County Galway; if they are permanent or temporary positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63326/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (20 November 2025)

Shane Moynihan:

491. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to ensuring that all advertised vacancies for clerks of works and building control inspectors are in line with updated qualifications for those roles. [64937/25]

Department of Health: Hospital Staff (13 November 2025)

Barry Heneghan:

481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional consultant posts that have been approved for a hospital (details supplied) in 2023 and to date in 2025, by year, by specialty, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62559/25]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (18 November 2025)

William Aird:

531. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his Department is putting in place to ensure that grant schemes for the arts and culture sector, including performance, visual arts, and international promotion, remain sufficient and accessible in the face of rising operational costs and inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63440/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (18 November 2025)

Barry Ward:

917. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by members of a representative group (details supplied), specifically in relation to centres that operate out of family homes; the actions she will take to engage with this sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63193/25]

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (13 November 2025)

Maeve O'Connell:

26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has had any engagement with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding the changes to the national training fund, and how it may affect businesses. [61623/25]