Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Education and Skills: Arts Funding (13 November 2025)

Paul Murphy:

291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of places which will be available in the permanent basic income for the arts scheme; when the positions will commence; and when the application process will be available. [62307/25]

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Functions (12 November 2025)

Malcolm Byrne:

248. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the level of foresight or future planning that operates within his Department; who is responsible for long-term planning; the input these individuals or teams have into Departmental policy and practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61656/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (18 November 2025)

Malcolm Byrne:

597. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving his Department and/or agencies within the aegis of his Department for each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63624/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (12 November 2025)

Paul Murphy:

888. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting for an assessment of needs in the HSE CHO9 area; and the breakdown of the number of children waiting on same in Dublin northwest (details supplied). [61679/25]

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (13 November 2025)

Pearse Doherty:

31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on supports for remote working and remote working hubs in Donegal as a measure to address regional imbalance; whether additional supports will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62293/25]

Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 November 2025)

Paul Lawless:

1111. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being put in place to address the difficulties faced by patients in securing access to local GP services following the retirement of their GP, particularly in areas experiencing population growth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63668/25]

Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 November 2025)

John Paul O'Shea:

1070. To ask the Minister for Health if operating theatre capacity for orthopaedic surgery in Cork hospitals is currently being fully utilised; if not, the reasons why; whether staff shortages or bed pressures are contributing to under-use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61826/25]

Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 November 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh:

355. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent psychologists, by grade posts that were actually filled within CHO2 primary care psychology services from 2023 to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64201/25]

Department of Justice and Equality: Inspector of Prisons (12 November 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman:

702. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a list of all reports from the office of inspector of prisons that he has received since 2020, listing the date received and the date published; the reason for publishing it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60996/25]

Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (12 November 2025)

Emer Currie:

927. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on her Department's efforts to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to publish a national policy on adult safeguarding for the health and social care sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61008/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (18 November 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan:

92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the current contract for the toll in Watergrasshill, County Cork is due to expire; the engagement that has taken place with regard to extending the contract; the amount raised via toll roads nationwide since 2020 to date; the way in which the income was allocated; if further information can be provided on expenditure, by year and, by road, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63174/25]

Department of Health: Departmental Funding (18 November 2025)

Sorca Clarke:

1097. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding provided for adult ADHD services since 2021, by year; whether additional funding will be provided to meet current demand; and the long-term plans in place to ensure sustainable staffing and service delivery across all catchment areas. [63596/25]

Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 November 2025)

John McGuinness:

916. To ask the Minister for Health if an early date for surgery will be arranged for a person (details supplied). [60964/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Parental Leave (12 November 2025)

William Aird:

875. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider increasing the number of days for parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61514/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (13 November 2025)

Michael Cahill:

195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to urgently address the extremely dangerous condition of footpaths and streets in Cahersiveen town, County Kerry; if he will accept that this is by far the most dangerous section of roadway and footpath passing through any town throughout the entire country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62508/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (12 November 2025)

William Aird:

692. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps his Department is taking to increase participation in the Activation and Family Support Programme, the Community Employment Programme, and other training and reskilling initiatives; the number of persons who have been assisted into employment to date in 2025; the way in which his Department is targeting supports to long-term unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62227/25]

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

John Connolly:

55. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the State's efforts to develop industrial enterprise on the former Defence Forces firing range lands at Oranmore, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62173/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 November 2025)

Sinéad Gibney:

86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason pre-1992 former employees of a company (details supplied) who were made redundant and not offered options with regards to their pension entitlements in the 1990s, are not entitled to compensation for same, in accordance with EU Directive 2008/94/EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62259/25]

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (13 November 2025)

William Aird:

64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the recent closure of a factory (details supplied); the engagement his Department and the IDA have had with the company prior to the announcement; the supports being put in place for the workers affected; the steps being taken to secure alternative employment or investment for the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62202/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Cúram agus Oideachas na Luath-Óige (12 November 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh:

110. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality cén cur chuige atá maidir le naíonraí agus naíscoileanna Gaeilge a bhunú, agus ansin tacaíocht fanacht ar an bhfód. [61328/25]