Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 November 2025)

Pa Daly:

475. To ask the Minister for Health the amount the HSE will be paying for the Killarney Community Hospital once the PPP is completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60867/25]

Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 November 2025)

Noel McCarthy:

547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 15 July 2025, when a decision is expected to be reached on a climate action summer works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61932/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (6 November 2025)

Emer Currie:

276. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he intends to establish a register and baby loss certificates for parents who experience loss before 24-weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60882/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (12 November 2025)

Catherine Callaghan:

176. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a predicted timeline on the delivery of reducing the cost of childcare to €200 per month per child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61428/25]

Department of Justice and Equality: Public Procurement Contracts (12 November 2025)

Albert Dolan:

696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category; and the three most common drivers of variation identified, for 2022–2024. [60946/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waterways Issues (12 November 2025)

Shane Moynihan:

620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the supports which have been provided to South Dublin County Council and Fingal County Council to bring the Farmleigh Bridge, Silver Bridge or Guinness Bridge spanning the River Liffey back into use for pedestrians and cyclists. [61513/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (12 November 2025)

Ken O'Flynn:

312. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has assessed the implications for operational stability at the Port of Cork Company following the resignation of its chief operating officer, the third senior executive to leave the organisation in the past 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61524/25]

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

Erin McGreehan:

127. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the actions taken by the HSE to fill the vacancies in the CDNTs in County Louth; the number of children on the waiting list for therapies provided by the CDNTs in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61454/25]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Poultry Sector (13 November 2025)

Matt Carthy:

402. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 731 of 14 October 2025, the date he began to prepare a tender to procure the services of a firm with specialised knowledge of the poultry industry to compile poultry valuation tables to assist with calculating compensation rates; when he expects to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62579/25]

Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (12 November 2025)

Michael Cahill:

1124. To ask the Minister for Health when the new community hospital will be opened in Killarney; when patients will be transferred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62266/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2026 (13 November 2025)

Shane Moynihan:

100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an overview of his Budget 2026 measures to support people seeking employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62065/25]

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

Liam Quaide:

137. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of adults with intellectual disability awaiting residential placement nationally, by county; and the number of people waiting in excess of one year, two years, three years and so on, in tabular form. [61573/25]

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

Seán Fleming:

17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish a new national tourism policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62076/25]

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

Niamh Smyth:

897. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a child (details supplied) is still awaiting an autism assessment alongside accessing occupational therapy and psychological services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62030/25]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (6 November 2025)

Erin McGreehan:

313. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding under the €40 million capital grant scheme for biomethane will be expanded to support small- and medium-scale community-led projects. [60665/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (13 November 2025)

John Brady:

344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to purchase lands for the National Parks and Wildlife Service at the Glen of the Downs to expand the ancient woodland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62708/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (13 November 2025)

William Aird:

217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department is progressing toward the transport sector's emissions reduction targets under the Climate Action Plan; the additional measures being considered to meet 2030 goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62630/25]

Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 November 2025)

Aisling Dempsey:

237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider ensuring that special classes be a mandatory part of every new school build project, with at least one special class sanctioned in parallel with all other accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60751/25]

Department of Health: Mortality Rates (12 November 2025)

Erin McGreehan:

920. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the EuroMOMO z-score for Ireland for each week from the beginning of November 2024 to the end of March 2025, in tabular form; if the table will state the z-score in respect of each week and the number of corresponding recorded deaths; if she will provide the respective figures for the corresponding period in respect of the EuroMOMO zone as a whole; whether excess deaths in Ireland were above or below this average; if she is concerned with the EuroMOMO z-score for Ireland during this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60978/25]

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (6 November 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú:

115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government's retrofitting targets across private housing have been set for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60420/25]