Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (10 July 2025)

Colm Burke:

77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the level of humanitarian support to Gaza in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38282/25]

Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (10 July 2025)

Barry Ward:

212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any initiatives led by her Department that seek to promote outdoor education and improve local biodiversity for an existing school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38356/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 July 2025)

Robert Troy:

88. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any grant or funding opportunities through his Department towards the purchase of a mobile home where a family cannot provide accommodation through other means. [37994/25]

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Enterprise Sector (10 July 2025)

Ryan O'Meara:

113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the Programme for Government commitment to explore ways to better support social enterprise organisations. [37766/25]

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 July 2025)

Barry Ward:

32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 448 of 10 June 2025, the position regarding the review of errors made under the increased cost of business grant and Power Up grant; to provide a timeline for when businesses will receive their payment if they were originally miscategorised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37993/25]

Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 July 2025)

Paul Lawless:

345. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a medical appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38445/25]

Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (9 July 2025)

David Cullinane:

223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days on which full capacity protocols were active for each statutory and section 38 hospital for the first 6 months of each year 2023-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [38184/25]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (10 July 2025)

Sinéad Gibney:

193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given authorisation to the transportation of military personnel and equipment through Irish airspace and or the use of Shannon airport by US armed forces with Israel as a stated final destination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38637/25]

Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (16 July 2025)

Darren O'Rourke:

88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reinstating the allowance for teaching in Irish for teachers working in Irish-medium schools. [39856/25]

Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (9 July 2025)

David Cullinane:

205. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on management consultancy and external professional services in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the amount paid to each provider for each year of the relevant period. [38142/25]

Department of Health: Cancer Services (10 July 2025)

Sorca Clarke:

346. To ask the Minister for Health if she can outline the reason allogeneic stem cell transplantation for paediatric cancer patients is not currently available at CHI at Crumlin under the National Children’s Cancer Service; when this service will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38447/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (16 July 2025)

Pa Daly:

219. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children as of 1 June 2025 or latest date available, that were awaiting a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005, for each local health office area, in tabular form. [40050/25]

Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 July 2025)

Sorca Clarke:

321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in the Kerry mental health team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38345/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (10 July 2025)

Niamh Smyth:

311. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review a referral for an autism assessment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38606/25]

Department of Health: Nursing Homes (16 July 2025)

Pa Daly:

262. To ask the Minister for Health the number of closure notices issued by the Health Information and Quality Authority relating to nursing homes, for each nursing home, for each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [39969/25]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 July 2025)

Richard Boyd Barrett:

94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether he will legislate to ensure that there is an obligation on landlords and letting agents to inform tenants of any overpayments they may have made. [38047/25]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (9 July 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl:

152. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address concerns raised about childcare provision in Kilcullen (details supplied); the plans her Department has for investment in the Kilcullen area; the supports her Department has provided to childcare operators in this area to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38245/25]

Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 July 2025)

Albert Dolan:

231. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant ophthalmologists based at Galway University Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in tabular form. [39759/25]

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (10 July 2025)

Ruth Coppinger:

24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his Department’s policy in relation to searching foreign military aircraft on Irish soil; if he intends to review the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38252/25]

Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 July 2025)

Alan Kelly:

108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí that have attested from the Garda College from 2020 to 1 July 2025, and the station they were initially assigned to, by year, number of Gardaí attested and location of initial Garda station, in tabular form. [37976/25]