Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Arts Centres (18 November 2025)

Malcolm Byrne:

202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures in place to support theatres, arts centres and other cultural buildings in transitioning to using renewable sources of energy. [62849/25]

Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (13 November 2025)

Cathal Crowe:

449. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to roll out primary care services in Clare to assess children for autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62434/25]

Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (18 November 2025)

Niamh Smyth:

1051. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence from a local councillor regarding a case (details supplied); if she will address the issues raised in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63215/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (12 November 2025)

Ruth Coppinger:

298. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the agreed 5 per cent increase in CIÉ pensions will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61386/25]

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 Environment, Community and Local Government: Fisheries Protection (12 November 2025)

Mattie McGrath:

258. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will ensure that Inland Fisheries Ireland maintains a catch and release policy for salmon angling on the River Suir for the 2025 season, in light of stakeholder concerns that a full closure would have significant negative consequences for conservation, local angling clubs, tourism, and rural economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62111/25]

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

Conor Sheehan:

553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the Bill to introduce new housing reforms in the private rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62784/25]

Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 November 2025)

John McGuinness:

461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will get a special needs assistant care review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63194/25]

Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Advertising (13 November 2025)

Cathal Crowe:

506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the range of countries in which his Department are currently running a public relations campaign to attract Irish tradespeople to return home; the incentives which will be in place for these persons if they return home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62414/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Education Schemes (18 November 2025)

Joanna Byrne:

708. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the schools across County Louth that operated a breakfast club for the academic school year 2024-2025 ; and the number of children in each school who received meals through each breakfast club, in tabular form. [63041/25]

Department of Health: Health Strategies (18 November 2025)

Pádraig Rice:

1107. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the commitment in the National Sexual Health Strategy 2025-2035 to develop the necessary legislative supports to underpin clinical practice regarding consent and safeguarding, as requested by clinical experts prior to supporting access to free contraception for people under the age of 17 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63632/25]

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

Emer Currie:

489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clinical geneticists, genetic counsellors and genetic resource associates who have been recruited since an initial €2.7 million funding allocation in 2022; the additional number required to meet national demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62603/25]

Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 November 2025)

Charles Ward:

252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) which has four children with additional needs including autism who started in September 2025 will not be given any additional SNA support this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62312/25]

Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 November 2025)

William Aird:

1036. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders currently waiting for dental appointments in County Laois, by age and waiting time, for end of October 2024 and end of October 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63122/25]

Department of Health: Ambulance Service (12 November 2025)

Martin Daly:

1014. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted a review of ambulance response times in rural areas of Roscommon and Galway; the actions being taken to improve emergency response efficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61471/25]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Culture Policy (12 November 2025)

Malcolm Byrne:

576. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on plans to introduce a youth culture card as provided for in the Programme for Government. [61833/25]

Department of Finance: Tax Yield (13 November 2025)

Charles Ward:

225. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of income collected in Donegal through the local property tax each year since it was introduced in 2013, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62346/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (13 November 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett:

349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos.1151 and 1152 of 4 November 2025, to confirm that there is no strategic policy in place at Departmental level to bring down household costs and environmental impact of households benefitting from the additional needs payment for the purchase of white goods, by promoting the purchase of goods with better energy ratings, and approving additional needs payments in respect of those goods, given that they may have a higher upfront cost. [62357/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (19 November 2025)

Darren O'Rourke:

180. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of primary schools in the State that do not currently have access to the free school meal scheme, despite being eligible, by county, in tabular form. [64170/25]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 November 2025)

Erin McGreehan:

869. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the rationale for reducing the payment rate under the national sheep welfare scheme to €11.50 per ewe, despite the prior indication to farmers of a higher expected level of support; and the way in which his Department plans to address the financial shortfall now faced by sheep farmers as a result of this change. [63486/25]