Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Health: Health Service Executive (26 June 2025)

Noel McCarthy:

39. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34535/25]

Department of Health: Ambulance Service (1 July 2025)

Claire Kerrane:

751. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a policy (details supplied) has been in place for Ennis and Nenagh since 17 August 2023 to protect the rapid response vehicle (RRV) and ensure where an ambulance personnel is not at work, that the advanced paramedic is not taken off the RRV and this policy is not in place in Roscommon, which is also without an emergency unit, as Ennis and Nenagh are; the reason Roscommon is being treated differently; and if this policy will be implemented to ensure protection of the same vital RRV in Roscommon, just as important as Ennis and Nenagh. [35561/25]

Department of Health: Dental Services (1 July 2025)

Pat Buckley:

787. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm the number of registered dentists in the Cork East constituency. [35694/25]

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

Barry Ward:

224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to cases whereby school teachers are forced to give up jobs due to being unable to afford accommodation in Dublin; if she has considered supporting the provision of dedicated housing for teachers and other front-line workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35022/25]

Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (2 July 2025)

Colm Burke:

178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeframe for processing of Irish citizenship applications via Irish association, in particular those who submitted additional requested documentation as per the new guidelines published by his Department in April 2025, taking into account that no timeframe has been given and many applicants have been waiting over five years for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36382/25]

Department of Health: Clinical Trials (26 June 2025)

Shane Moynihan:

55. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase clinical trials and better support clinicians, researchers and staff to focus on clinical trial activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34618/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 July 2025)

Albert Dolan:

29. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of the equalisation fund each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35549/25]

Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 July 2025)

John Brady:

337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school which will be losing a teacher due to being one pupil short (details supplied) will be allowed keep their current staff numbers, as losing a teacher will result in a multi-grade class of 39 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35300/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Compulsory Purchase Orders (3 July 2025)

Thomas Gould:

262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of CPO applications made in each county to date in 2025, in tabular form. [36912/25]

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 Health: Health Service Executive (1 July 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí:

691. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35330/25]

Department of Justice and Equality: Cyber Security Bill (26 June 2025)

Cathal Crowe:

279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that the National Cyber Security Bill 2024 makes reference, on page 11, to “a university within the meaning of the University Act, 1997” and that this does not reflect the fact that Ireland now has several technological universities and that the Cyber Security Bill may, as a result, need to be accordingly amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35085/25]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sport and Recreational Development (26 June 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan:

190. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the implementation of the national swimming strategy; how he hopes it will address the shortage of pools and waiting lists for classes in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34976/25]

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Litter Pollution (2 July 2025)

Maeve O'Connell:

16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department would consider the creation of a dedicated app to highlight the locations of public bins across Dublin to reduce littering. [36436/25]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (2 July 2025)

Paul Lawless:

151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people who received successful HAS 2 award payments for Storm Bert and Storm Éowyn, in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36284/25]

Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 June 2025)

Mairéad Farrell:

110. To ask the Minister for Health the date by which the long-Covid payments for health care workers will cease; her plans in relation to the closure of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33617/25]

Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 July 2025)

Pat Buckley:

391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in the east Cork constituency on a waiting list for a school place in special schools, for 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36019/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (1 July 2025)

Danny Healy-Rae:

474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant residential properties in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35736/25]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reviews (26 June 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue:

146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to receive and publish the report on the independent review of the night-time economy pilots (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34878/25]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (26 June 2025)

Conor McGuinness:

184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to expand, extend and retain the basic income for the arts scheme as a permanent support for artists and their work. [34826/25]