Dáil Éireann
Written answers
Some recent written answers
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (7 October 2025)
- Pádraig O'Sullivan:
313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total value of the vacant site levy since its inception, per annum, in tabular form; if he is content it is having the desired impact since constituted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38579/25]
- Department of Finance: Departmental Expenditure (14 October 2025)
- Albert Dolan:
367. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department and each body under its aegis discloses expenditure on external consultancy and adviser fees, by category (details supplied) in their annual report and or financial statements for each accounting year; if they provide direct web links to the most recent publications where these Section 1.5 disclosures are set out for his Department and for each aegis body; and if they provide the total consultancy and adviser fees by the Section 1.5 categories for each of the past five years for his Department and for each aegis body, respectively; and the internal controls that are in place to ensure that these category-level disclosures are made annually and that procurement of such services complies with applicable competitive tendering rules, in tabular form. [55366/25]
- Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (9 October 2025)
- Alan Kelly:
278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the complete breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme, by Garda district within the Dublin region for the past three years, in tabular form. [54513/25]
- Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 October 2025)
- Gary Gannon:
443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of probationary Gardaí allocated to each Garda station, in each county, by division, in tabular form. [53651/25]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (14 October 2025)
- Alan Kelly:
735. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to regulate sulky racing. [54898/25]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (7 October 2025)
- Ruth Coppinger:
489. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1721 of 8 September 2025, the number of non-coursing greyhounds active on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Race Management System on 13 June 2025 and not the twelve months previously (details supplied), by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53379/25]
- Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 October 2025)
- Emer Currie:
59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new infrastructure development plan is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53503/25]
- Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (14 October 2025)
- Paul Lawless:
863. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds allocated to Mayo University Hospital in each year from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form, to include any changes in bed capacity over the period; and to specify whether the hospital's acute bed capacity has increased, decreased or remained static year on year. [54947/25]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Consultations (9 October 2025)
- Mattie McGrath:
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of occasions on which the services of a specialist consultant in ecology, ornithology, hydrology, hydrogeology, or environmental science, respectively, were engaged by An Bord Pleanála in 2024. [54342/25]
- Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (7 October 2025)
- Seán Ó Fearghaíl:
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the position of a school (details supplied) will be considered having regard to the fact the school, when requested, opened a special ASD class four years ago on the specific understanding that additional accommodation would be provided; the reason the proposed extension has not yet been approved to go to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53342/25]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (9 October 2025)
- Michael Cahill:
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when full telephone and broadband reception will be available at Dromid, Waterville, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54449/25]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (14 October 2025)
- Peadar Tóibín:
157. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a series of matters in relation to safeguards for veterans in the Joint Framework announcement (details supplied) will be clarified. [54753/25]
- Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (7 October 2025)
- Michael Murphy:
582. To ask the Minister for Health if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied), with spina bifida and autism, whose occupational therapist recommended and fitted her for a specialised car seat to ensure her safety during travel, but whose application for HSE funding for this equipment has been refused; if she will outline the policy and criteria used by the HSE in respect of funding essential specialist equipment for children with complex needs; and if she will make provision in this case given the particular safety concerns and the family’s financial circumstances. [53042/25]
- Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 October 2025)
- Michael Healy-Rae:
873. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1161 of 17 September 2025, if Ireland has a stockpile or contingency plan for essential medicines unavailable here (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55111/25]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (14 October 2025)
- Frank Feighan:
660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will issue a statement to person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54918/25]
- Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (9 October 2025)
- Roderic O'Gorman:
71. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is his or the Government’s intention to apply the border procedure under the Migration and Asylum Pact to families with children requesting international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54188/25]
- Department of Finance: Tax Data (14 October 2025)
- Jennifer Whitmore:
370. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the expansion of his Department’s green building methodology from a tax perspective to include all six EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities based on the EU Green Budgeting Reference Framework and the OECD Green Budgeting Framework, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Q4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55494/25]
- Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 October 2025)
- Ruairí Ó Murchú:
78. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the president of the European Commission. [48849/25]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 October 2025)
- Grace Boland:
565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a review of utility infrastructure deficits in rural towns and villages; the way in which these deficits are currently limiting the delivery of rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54600/25]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (14 October 2025)
- Carol Nolan:
614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support the continuation of the rates subvention paid to Offaly County Council on foot of the closure of the Shannonbridge power station beyond 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55146/25]