Written answers
Wednesday, 23 October 2024
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Departmental Strategies
14. To ask the Taoiseach the degree to which he continues to explore opportunities under the shared island heading. [41445/24]
- Departmental Advertising
18. 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. [37629/24]
- Cabinet Committees
19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern Ireland will next meet. [39167/24]
- Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
23. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his visit to the United States and his meeting with President Biden. [41379/24]
- Energy Prices
29. To ask the Taoiseach to provide a breakdown, by fuel source, of the cost of importing energy in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [43510/24]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Consular Services
30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open a new Irish consulate general office in Phuket, Thailand, during 2025. [43366/24]
- Foreign Birth Registration
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43455/24]
- Passport Services
32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Overseas Development Aid
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of overseas development aid drawn down for science capacity building in the past year for which data is available; and if he will...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding Dublin City Council’s pilot programme to bring bin collection services back under public control, if he...
- Grant Payments
35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the grant for technical assessment of homes, provided by the SEAI, is only available if a person purchases...
- Telecommunications Services
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail any supports or schemes open to applications from community centres to connect to broadband. [43428/24]
- Departmental Funding
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding for national home retrofit programmes in each of the years 2016 to 2024, in...
- Electricity Grid
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of caps that apply to the sale by domestic solar into the grid; and if he believes they should be lifted....
- Public Sector Pensions
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his response to issues (details supplied) for retired workers in An Post; the estimated full-year cost of increasing An...
- Departmental Schemes
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current waiting list for persons for the warmer homes scheme under the SEAI; and the measures in place to reduce the...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service
42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any of the Naval Service ships have capabilities for a helicopter landing pad within the ship; and, if not, whether there are plans to have...
- Grazing Rights
43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide the acreage of the Curragh, County Kildare. [43496/24]
- Defence Forces
46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will clarify the working practices of the Curragh Rangers. [43500/24]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Air Services
47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the significant impact that An Bord Pleanála’s draft decision to limit the number of night-time flights at...
- Regional Airports
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the status of the Waterford Airport development proposal, considering the urgent need for a decision...
- Rail Network
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the reopening of the Wexford to Waterford rail line; the current status of necessary repairs to the Barrow Bridge; if it is...
- Tax Code
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to review the policy regarding charging motor tax on blood bikes. [43350/24]
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount TII spent on provision of security personnel onboard the Luas in the years of 2023 and 2024; and the budget allocation for same...
- Rail Network
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all new commuter and intercity carriages coming into the fleet over the next few years will now include an automatic ramp covering the...
- Dublin Airport Authority
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) has reported to him in relation to progress made in identifying potential alternative flight-paths...
- Taxi Licences
55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the concessions on taxi licence extension at the time of Covid can be applied to all taxis registered at the time that the concession...
- Energy Policy
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would consider establishing an alternative fuels stakeholder forum within his Department, whereby industry partners and stakeholders...
- Bus Services
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 17 October 2024, the total funding allocated to Local Link on its own in 2024 and for 2025, in...
- Transport Policy
58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason bikes are now limited on commuter rail services from Naas to Heuston, given that the two spaces currently permitted to be...
- Rail Network
59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the continual issue with Irish Rail in Dublin in relation to late and overcrowded trains, as passengers are cramped and...
- Driver Test
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a case for a driving retest will be reviewed (details supplied) considering the unfortunate circumstances; and if he will make a...
- Taxi Regulations
61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider broadening the remit for taxi drivers to pick wherever vacancy in peak periods; and if consideration will be given to...
- Regional Airports
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of funding allocated to both Cork and Shannon airports in each of the years 2016 to 2024, in tabular form. [43451/24]
- Driver Licences
63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a truck driving licence from New Zealand cannot be directly swapped for a similar Irish driving licence; and if he will make a...
- Driver Test
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if driving tests for those with a New Zealand truck driving licence, who are prevented from swapping them for the Irish equivalent, will...
- Rail Network
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when additional carriages will come on stream for the trains on the Connolly to Sligo railway line; and if there will be reserved seating...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Code
67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he considered making a proposal to discuss ways to alleviate VAT on Sky services for pubs as hospitality providers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Asset Management Agency
69. To ask the Minister for Finance the number, and the location of, each residential property development within the NAMA property portfolio in each local authority, in tabular form; the number...
- Illicit Trade
70. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is aware of the reports that social media platforms may be being used to illegally offer the sale of tobacco products; and what measures are...
- Insurance Coverage
71. To ask the Minister for Finance whether consideration can be given to the introduction of a flood insurance scheme to underwrite flood risk, as is provided for in the UK and which is needed...
- Tax Reliefs
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing the tax relief available on health insurance to 40%, or 40% of €2,000, which would be equal to a credit of...
- Insurance Industry
73. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the publication of the Central Bank’s NCID liability report for the full year of 2023 will take place before the end of the...
- Tax Credits
74. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 9 September 2024, if he could supply updated figures with regard to same. [43575/24]
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Living Wage
75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full-year cost of implementing the national living wage for public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Civil Service
76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to instances in which Departments failed to notify staff coming to the end of a career break of...
- National Development Plan
77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if dates for the mid-term review of the National Development Plan 2021-2030 have been set; if not, when a date is likely to be set; if...
- Waterways Issues
78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding plans to maintain and protect Belmont Weir in west Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43425/24]
- Legislative Process
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the drafting of the River Shannon management agency Bill 2020; the timeline for presenting the general scheme to...
- Departmental Bodies
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Shannon Flood Risk State Agency Co-ordination Working Group held its meetings in 2023 and 2024; the agenda for each meeting; the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Company Liquidations
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the numbers on the incorporation of new retail businesses; the voluntary strike-offs of such businesses; the total...
- Workplace Relations Commission
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he will take to intervene in a case where Cobh Heritage Centre, a State-funded organisation, has refused to pass on a WRC...
- Business Supports
84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the number of businesses that will be eligible for the power up grant announced in budget 2025, in tabular form, by...
- Trade Agreements
85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the Government has given formal notification to the European Commission regarding Ireland's opposition to the EU-Mercosur...
- Departmental Budgets
86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the €300 million in funding announced in June 2024 to drive decarbonisation of manufacturing sectors is to be provided...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the large-scale project for a school (details supplied) under the school building programme; if a letter of acceptance has been...
- Special Educational Needs
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on pages 9 and 10 of Circular 80/2024 (relating to admissions to post-primary special classes) (details supplied); and...
- Schools Amalgamation
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she would consider engaging with schools (details supplied) about moving to one co-educational school as there is demand in the area to do so;...
- School Transport
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a refusal of school bus places and subsequent appeal (details supplied). [43453/24]
- School Equipment
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of the expenditure on ICT in schools since 27 June 2020, on a local authority basis, in tabular form; and if she...
- Special Educational Needs
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a number of schools within the Laois-Offaly constituency have no mainstream ASD units or classrooms at all; the measures she...
- School Facilities
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a plan to provide a wet room at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43503/24]
- Schools Building Projects
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the reason for the long delay in the progress of a promised new school building (details supplied); when this project is...
- School Facilities
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement she has had to date with the various school patrons regarding the use of school buildings when they are not in use by the school;...
- Special Educational Needs
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to guarantee that an applicant (details supplied) will get a school placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43574/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- State Bodies
99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of vacancies, by job title, currently at Coimisiún na Meán; and the estimated full-year costs of filling each...
- Sports Organisations
100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will clarify when an organisation (details supplied) first contacted Sport Ireland to make them aware of the issues that...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Wind Energy Guidelines
104. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address matters regarding wind energy guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43384/24]
- Departmental Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is provision in legislation to enable local authorities to disregard some income from assessment under the housing...
- Arts Centres
106. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an overview of funding allocation, and the fund streams available, to support the Riverbank redevelopment project in...
- Housing Schemes
108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the provision of an affordable housing scheme for the Kildare South constituency; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding
109. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Cork Events Centre proposal; the amount of the funding request that was made and if it was approved [43348/24]
- Housing Provision
110. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social homes delivered in each local authority to date in 2024, and, within that, the number of new...
- Vacant Properties
111. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of social houses refurbished under the voids programme in each local authority to date in 2024, in tabular...
- Wildlife Protection
113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government which university has entered into a research agreement with the National Parks and Wildlife Service for studies on bird damage...
- Vacant Properties
117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to end long-term vacancy and dereliction under the urban regeneration development fund; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Schemes
118. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of grants applied for, and drawn down through, Galway County Council under the Croí Cónaithe fund in...
- Defective Building Materials
119. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine the case of a person (details supplied) whose home is affected by mica; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Accommodation
120. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the criteria used to decide the location of emergency accommodation allocated to individuals and families,...
- Waterways Issues
124. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the decision not to accede to the UN Water Convention in light of its ability to enhance Ireland's...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Staff
125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of vacancies, by grade, in her Department at the end of August 2023 and August 2024; the number of staff, by...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an urgent review of an application for domiciliary care allowance can take place in the case of a person (details...
- Departmental Data
132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to departmental correspondence in response to Parliamentary Questions No. 353 of 18 May 2023 and No. 372 of 18 May...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- An Garda Síochána
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a comparison of the Garda personnel resources on the ground in Newbridge versus Portlaoise; and if she will make a...
- Prison Service
134. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the review into the old Cork Prison site. [43334/24]
- An Garda Síochána
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to each protestor removal team within the Dublin metropolitan region, in tabular...
- Control of Firearms
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to a consultation by An Garda Síochána in relation to planned changes to operational...
- Misuse of Drugs
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the progress in implementing the 22 recommendations outlined in the 2022 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice...
- Legislative Measures
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to examine legislation regarding parental alienation and coercive control (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Cross-Border Co-operation
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she and-or her officials and the leadership of An Garda Síochána have had engagements with any of their...
- International Protection
140. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of international protection applications made to date in 2024, by month, in tabular form. [43515/24]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Grazing Rights
143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the numbers of sheep currently being grazed on the Curragh, County Kildare, that are being used to claim EU farm...
- State Bodies
144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title, currently working in the agrifood regulator; the job titles of staff that are currently vacant...
- Agriculture Schemes
145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on a payment to a farmer (details supplied) for a compulsory ACRES course; and if he will make a statement on...
- Food Labelling
146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when PGI status will be approved in respect of a food product (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Greyhound Industry
147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds entered into races in Ireland in 2023; the number of greyhounds entered into the Rásaíocht Con...
- Agriculture Schemes
153. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person in County Kerry (details supplied) is eligible for the TAMS grant as a young farmer; and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a disability services project in County Cork (details supplied) can draw down funding for the costs...
- Equality Issues
155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the implications of the proposed banning and regulation of non-disclosure agreements in employment contracts;...
- Legislative Measures
156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline how the proposed legislation on the preservation of private records will operate; and if he...
- Disabilities Assessments
157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in CHO 5; to provide the details in increments of three...
- Equal Opportunities Employment
159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the urgent steps being taken to address the disproportionate disability employment gap in Ireland as compared...
- Legislative Measures
160. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the planned legislation to preserve privately held records relating to Ireland’s institutional past...
- Emergency Accommodation
161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will extend the temporary accommodation provided to a family (details supplied). [43483/24]
- Disabilities Assessments
162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount allocated to private autism assessors in Westmeath since the beginning of the Government's assessment...
- Disability Services
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm that a ward will not close (details supplied). [43564/24]
- Department of Health
- Home Help Service
167. To ask the Minister for Health when he will introduce home help on a statutory basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43565/24]
- Assisted Human Reproduction
168. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of the setting up and annual running costs of the new Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Authority to support...
- National Maternity Hospital
169. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to the Exchequer of building the new national maternity hospital. [43296/24]
- Medical Records
170. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of the full roll-out of electronic health records across the health service. [43297/24]
- Vaccination Programme
171. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of the existing RSV immunisation programme; the age groups recommended by NIAC-HIQA; and the additional annual cost of expanding...
- Hospital Charges
172. To ask the Minister for Health to list all publicly funded hospitals that do not offer free public car parking or have a cap of €10 or less per day; [43299/24]
- Hospital Staff
173. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of fully implementing the recommendations of the National Taskforce on the Non-Consultant Hospital Doctor. [43300/24]
- Healthcare Policy
174. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of funding the extension of free contraception to all women; and the age groups to which this would apply. [43301/24]
- Health Strategies
175. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of fully funding the remaining recommendations in the national maternity strategy. [43302/24]
- Hospital Facilities
177. To ask the Minister for Health the projected cost of delivering the 3,000 additional hospital beds, as outlined in a report (details supplied). [43304/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
178. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of each of the elective hospitals that has been proposed. [43305/24]
- Cancer Services
180. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the existing clinical recommendations in respect of bowel screening, that is, what ages should we be screening and what age groups we are screening;...
- Primary Care Centres
183. To ask the Minister for Health to list the name and location of all primary care clinics that have opened since this Government took office; and the capital and current costs associated with...
- General Practitioner Services
184. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of extending free GP care to all those aged 12 years and under, and to all those aged 15 years and under. [43311/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
185. To ask the Minister for Health if a payment will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43314/24]
- Disabilities Assessments
186. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be made for a person (details supplied) for an ADHD assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43317/24]
- Health Services Staff
187. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on matters affecting retired members of the medical science profession (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43339/24]
- Mental Health Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff dedicated to developing the CAMHS action plan; their grades; the percentage of their workload dedicated to this; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Staff
189. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in his Department dedicated to working with CAMHS; their grades; the percentage of their workload dedicated to this; and if he will make a...
- Hospital Appointments Status
190. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43395/24]
- Nursing Homes
191. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 1 October 2024, if any commitment was ever given to allowing current residents at a nursing home (details...
- Disability Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding funding for the workable solutions pilot, an occupational therapy vocational rehabilitation service, which secured Sláintecare...
- Dental Services
193. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who is waiting for braces in Kerry will be called. [43406/24]
- Health Strategies
194. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 756 of 18 September 2024, to provide an update on the new Sláintecare implementation strategy; if the updated...
- Home Care Packages
195. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people approved for the provision of home care in CHO 5; the number of those people who have received home care provision; the number of those...
- Insurance Coverage
197. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons availing of private health insurance, by age group (details supplied). [43416/24]
- Hospital Staff
198. To ask the Minister for Health when various vacancies will be filled in Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar (details supplied). [43427/24]
- Defibrillators Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which a business can access funding for a defibrillator (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43460/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
200. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money spent on the initial design process for the community nursing unit in Cashel; the overall spend incurred in professional fees involved in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
201. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 627 of 27 February 2024 and 1904 of 9 September 2024, the current status of the HSE survey to measure the prevalence of...
- Hospital Procedures
202. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have undergone spinal surgeries abroad since an agreement was reached with facilities in other jurisdictions; the number of...
- Parental Leave
203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a claim for parental leave for a person (details supplied), and ensure suitable leave is approved as a necessity in this case. [43476/24]
- Healthcare Policy
204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider allowing the long-term illness scheme to cover all patients with a stoma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43482/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
205. To ask the Minister for Health having been made aware that the HSE is installing incorrect flooring and fittings in a day care centre (details supplied), and additionally faults with the...
- Health Services Staff
210. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 19 September 2024, if section 39 organisations that tender to the HSE will be included in the Workplace Relations...
- Healthcare Policy
211. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 8 February 2024, to provide an update on the development of a new model of care for gender healthcare, and an...
- Alcohol Advertising
212. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restrict the advertising of zero-alcohol products that brand share, that is, have the same branding, logos and colours as their full-strength...
- Department of Education and Skills
- State Bodies
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pay and other benefits, including any loyalty payment or bonuses or other benefit in kind, of each CEO of any State agency or State board...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Voluntary Sector
214. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update in respect of the development of a national funding platform; if she has engaged external consultants in...
- Social Enterprise Sector
215. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of the 2024 actions contained in the Trading for Impact: National Social Enterprise Policy 2024-2027 that have commenced to...
- Departmental Funding
216. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for a funding allocation comparison for public realm infrastructure between Portlaoise and Newbridge for 2020 to 2023 and to date in...
- Control of Dogs
224. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the considerations made since on the measures to consider whether exemptions can be made to the leashing and muzzling requirements for...
