Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 June 2025)

Natasha Newsome Drennan:

24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to date for each phase of the Waterford to Glenmore road scheme; the amount of funding drawn down to date; and the amount of funding not drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34588/25]

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Contracts (1 July 2025)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh:

903. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his Department, or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract was discontinued during its term and for what reason. [35490/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (2 July 2025)

Sorca Clarke:

215. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current waiting time for children’s therapy services, speech and language, occupational therapy, physiotherapy under the early intervention scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36444/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (2 July 2025)

Matt Carthy:

148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current allowances payable under the mortgage allowance scheme to assist householders who are tenants or tenant purchasers of local authority houses to become owner-occupiers of other dwellings; the date on which those allowances were last amended, if he proposes to increase the allowances under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36591/25]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Wildlife Protection (2 July 2025)

Colm Burke:

195. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of deer management units (DMU’s) nationally; the current number of staff employed in each DMU; the current number of vacancies in each DMU, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36364/25]

Department of Justice and Equality: Middle East (1 July 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett:

602. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in light of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the level of public sympathy for Palestinians in Ireland whether he will expand the Community Sponsorship Programme to help settle Palestinian families in Ireland with community support. [36222/25]

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (1 July 2025)

Alan Kelly:

164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for details of the dates and attendees of all meetings if the Biomethane Implementation Group, which is implementing the national biomethane strategy, chaired by his Department. [35315/25]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (1 July 2025)

Michael Cahill:

290. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on an urgent matter regarding sculptures (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35354/25]

Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (25 June 2025)

Colm Burke:

195. To ask the Minister for Health if she has set a deadline for a design for the elective hospital for Cork in Sarsfield Court, Glanmire, to be finalised; whether she has set a deadline for the project to go to planning stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34698/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (1 July 2025)

Pat Buckley:

530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address the pay disparity affecting regional administrators in the Citizens Information Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35711/25]

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (2 July 2025)

Cathal Crowe:

3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if goods already in transit from the United States to Ireland, such as large and bulky aircraft parts that are being brought into the country via shipping containers, will be subject to the mooted import tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36287/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (26 June 2025)

Alan Kelly:

207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider allocating extra funding for road maintenance to Tipperary County Council this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35113/25]

Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 June 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore:

228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the €50 primary school and €75 post-primary school annual school transport fee to other public transport services, for students who are not eligible for the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35051/25]

Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 July 2025)

Paul McAuliffe:

805. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to recruit additional staff to alleviate lengthy wait times for audiology appointments nationally in Dublin north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35857/25]

Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (2 July 2025)

Conor Sheehan:

287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is recognised as a ‘designated institute’ will it have access to funding streams like other HEIs within the Higher Education Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36354/25]

Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (2 July 2025)

Willie O'Dea:

69. To ask the Minister for Finance if an individual purchasing a home under the incremental purchase scheme from a local authority can avail of the help-to-buy scheme; who ultimately makes the decision in these matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36432/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (1 July 2025)

Holly Cairns:

207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the number and location of helicopters currently used by the coastguard service; the range and on-scene time of each helicopter; and whether each helicopter is certified to carry stretchered patients. [35283/25]

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (1 July 2025)

Pa Daly:

161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to report on the first meeting of the national energy affordability taskforce; the measures actioned as a result of this meeting; when the taskforce will next meet; to report on those who attended the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35237/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Meetings (26 June 2025)

Emer Currie:

307. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the inception meeting held on 9 June 2025 concerning the review of the 2001 planning guidelines for local authorities on early learning and childcare settings; to summarise the key findings discussed; to outline when the next meeting is scheduled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35147/25]

Department of Defence: Departmental Projects (25 June 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl:

15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 19 March 2025, he will set out the steps that have been taken to date to implement the Programme for Government to introduce a new management system for the Curragh Plains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34604/25]