Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (16 October 2024)

Peadar Tóibín:

177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently in prison who have previously served time in prison. [41818/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reviews (10 October 2024)

Catherine Murphy:

201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten years to date; the same of State bodies and agencies under his Department’s aegis; if he published those reviews; the number of recommendations implemented arising from the reviews and same for State bodies and agencies under his aegis; if the capacity review was outsourced; and if so, to whom and at what cost. [40841/24]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (17 October 2024)

Mairead Farrell:

117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if high-speed broadband will be provided at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42134/24]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (16 October 2024)

Neasa Hourigan:

163. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on engagements between officials from her Department and employer and unions representatives of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors regarding their terms and conditions, including pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41880/24]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (16 October 2024)

Thomas Gould:

98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether the independent property protection scheme is available to people living in Blackpool, Cork, who are awaiting flood relief in the wake of storm Babet. [41672/24]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (10 October 2024)

Paul Kehoe:

208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether persons on Fás, CE and Tús schemes will be eligible for the cost-of-living payments announced in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40715/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 October 2024)

Bernard Durkan:

174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he has continued to evaluate rural transport requirements, with a view to bringing transport to persons rather than forcing persons to converge on towns and villages as the population increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42372/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 October 2024)

Brendan Griffin:

67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the new N21 Adare bypass project; the timelines for the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42100/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Consultations (16 October 2024)

Peadar Tóibín:

144. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of consultancy fees incurred by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41792/24]

Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (10 October 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire:

91. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the efforts underway to increase library membership and participation; and to provide an update on membership numbers at local authority libraries, each year over the past five years. [40662/24]

Department of Education and Skills: Official Travel (16 October 2024)

Peadar Tóibín:

123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs associated for her Department in relation to trips abroad taken by Ministers in her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2024. [41748/24]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (10 October 2024)

Brian Stanley:

153. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions that be taken to improve the Flood Risk Management Climate Change Sectoral Adaptation Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40692/24]

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reviews (10 October 2024)

Catherine Murphy:

108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten years to date; the name of State bodies and agencies under his Department’s aegis; if he published those reviews; the number of recommendations implemented arising from the reviews and same for State bodies and agencies under his aegis; if the capacity review was outsourced; and if so, to whom and at what cost. [40838/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (16 October 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan:

63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of the legislation required for speed-limit reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41975/24]

Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising (16 October 2024)

Peadar Tóibín:

7. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [41815/24]

Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (10 October 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh:

225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current mean, maximum and minimum processing times, for the processing of minor applicants for Irish citizenship through naturalised Irish parents since 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40789/24]

Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (10 October 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan:

262. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to increase the number of outpatient paediatric hospital rooms in Cork University Hospital that are fitted with a ceiling track hoist (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40777/24]

Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Cases (16 October 2024)

Peadar Tóibín:

279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases taken against his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; the costs incurred by his/her Department in relation to such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41869/24]

Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (16 October 2024)

Peadar Tóibín:

273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of data breaches experienced by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if a breakdown will be provided on the nature of the breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41735/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft (16 October 2024)

Matt Carthy:

67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 11 September 2023, if he is confident that cluster munitions have not transited sovereign Irish airspace in the period since February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42012/24]