Questions

1520. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if any financial support has been provided to businesses whose primary activity is the retail of vaping products, e-cigarettes or nicotine inhaling products under the town and village renewal scheme, the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, or any related scheme administered by local authorities on behalf of his Depa…

1521. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his Department’s policy regarding the national Gaeltacht gallery; the funding awarded to the national Gaeltacht gallery in Gaoth Dobhair over the past five years; if there have been changes to the funding provided to the gallery; and if so, the reason for this. [64743/26]

1522. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the details of any contracts in place between his Department and agencies under his remit with a company (details supplied) known to have provided material support to the IDF in Gaza, which the Government considers to be guilty of genocide, since 2023. [64861/26]

1523. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of full-time IT specialists at the grade of higher executive officer based within his Department as of 7 September 2026, in tabular form. [65412/26]

1524. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht in cases in which a building under his control is not wheelchair accessible, the reason for this; his plans to remedy this; and the timeline for measures to be completed. [65353/26]

1525. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if there is any avenue available for community groups who had broadband supplied through the WIFI4EU programme to have the service expanded to cover additional parts of their facilities. [65372/26]

1526. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the wheelchair accessibility of all buildings under his control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65323/26]

1527. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided through the Community Services Programme in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 areas in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [65569/26]

1528. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided to date under the New Communities Funding for Volunteer Centres broken down by year and county. [65776/26]

1529. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his views on the merits of creating a multiannual fund for the volunteer sector under the New Communities Funding for Volunteer Centres. [65775/26]

1530. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any engagement he has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to their asks to continue funding under the New Communities Funding for Volunteer Centres. [65774/26]

1. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department. [59572/26]

2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach to confirm both in percentage and in clear monetary terms the value of the ‘levy’ on his Department's expenditure, that was required to be communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation on or before the deadline of 17 July 2026, (details supplied). [60665/26]

3. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Taoiseach the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising; the proportion this is of his Department's advertising budget. [60917/26]

4. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the number that were refused on original decision; the number for which reviews were sought and the number of those reviews whereby the original decision was amended; the number for which subsequent appeals were submitted; and the number of t…

5. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach to report on progress to meet his commitments under the National Human Rights Strategy for disabled people; the measures taken since the strategy was introduced; the key metrics identified to measure progress. [60737/26]

6. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the measures to promote engagement of organisations from outside the border counties in the shared island initiative. [61373/26]

7. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 286 of 16 July and No. 14 of 28 July 2026, to report on the work of the “working group to evolve the evidence base on the potential costs of compliance arising for the State from established EU energy and climate targets”; the membership of the working group; the dates on which this group met since its inception; the minutes of these meeting…

8. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants; and the number of entries recorded on each such register since January 2025. [61840/26]

9. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach the sum of the shared island fund drawn down to date, in tabular form. [62637/26]

10. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the total cost to date to the State of the Moriarty Tribunal; and the breakdown of those costs. [62730/26]

11. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the total expenditure by his Department and agencies on translation and interpretation services in each of the past five years. [62950/26]

12. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in his Department in each of the past five years. [62991/26]

13. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026. [63363/26]

14. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in each agency or regulatory body under his Department’s remit who were considered to be public service personnel in June 2016 and in June 2026. [63467/26]