that. I can assure the Deputy that we have taken his comments on board, and Senator Flaherty has also contacted me about this project. However, this is an intensely competitive process and the quality of the applications is superb. The challenge is to transform those applications into delivery
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question that I posed in Question No. 6. I ask the Minister to also outline the funding put in place for the SÍOL programme in the current budget
Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the assurances he can give rural communities regarding the future of the LEADER programme, including its funding levels, allocation timelines and long-term security. [72921/26
forward. The Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, and I met the local development network in late spring to discuss the importance of the programme. We will host a major Presidency rural development conference in Galway in early November and I will use that to platform and showcase
Minister and I fought for and secured as part of our €628 million budget.
As Deputy Ó Súilleabháin knows, under the local enhancement programme we provide small grants for community organisations. The LEP grant will increase by €2 million for next year to assist community groups with what
Sheds Association bears in terms of distribution of money. We are committed to making it easier. The Minister spoke about the LEADER programme with Deputy Ó Snodaigh and the cumbersome burden involved. We must balance the need for distribution of Exchequer funding with accountability and transparency
involve opening a new space in a town or revitalising a derelict property as a community space.
As well as the public realm projects we see under the town and village renewal scheme, we can do building and land acquisition to revitalise a town or village
Louth County Council under the 2026 town and village renewal scheme; the criteria used to assess applications; the expected date for announcing successful projects; and whether additional funding will be considered where the value of eligible applications exceeds the funding available. [72813/26
first policy. We had a good discussion earlier with Deputy Conor McGuinness and Deputy O'Shea about the challenges of those more complex projects, in terms of identifying properties that have become derelict but where ownership issues are contested. It can be very difficult and that is where
place. However, I have met hundreds of women who have spoken about their experience. The Minister may have seen the "Prime Time" investigates programme that talked about women waiting an average of 14 years for diagnosis and treatment. Much more needs to be done. I ask the Minister
with the full teams, all the necessary staff and all the different options open to women. As we saw in that "RTÉ Investigates" programme, even a doctor had to travel abroad to have surgery. That is the extent of it. The Government has a long, long
nationally, with growth in the four regions ranging from 4.5% to 6.9%.
Cancer incidence rates are also increasing annually and are projected to continue to do so, but this does not indicate a uniform increase in demand. Nationally, to the end of August 2026, urgent symptomatic breast referrals
will do in addressing cultural concerns within the National Ambulance Service, which do exist. I am informed that the first meeting of the programme board overseeing this process took place on 1 October, at which the objectives for the first six months were agreed. They include
Brabazon asked the Minister for Health for an update on the proposed new emergency department at Beaumont Hospital; the current status of the project; the funding allocated to date; and the anticipated timeline for the commencement and completion of construction. [72629/26
diabetes. As the Deputy says, that includes people being trained or waiting on insulin pumps and the dose adjustment for normal eating education programmes. These are the impacts and this is a good service that really supports people in an holistic way. We really want to make sure
improvement plans, provide additional clinics, outsource diagnostic activity where appropriate, and review patient pathways to improve efficiency.
The HSE's national cancer control programme monitors performance against all of the different sites and we engage with it. I recently met the new chair to discuss this specific point
from 61% in 2025 to 78% in 2026, we have additional funding into next year. It is a priority for the cancer control programme and the different regions to make sure they reach this important ten-day target. That is what we must do next year
happened. In 2025, over 155,000 assessments were carried out in the public dental service, of which 107,000 were in targeted programmes in schools. There is activity. It is just not necessarily enough and there are people who are not getting access. Another 48,000 attended
that approval, there is a two-week standstill period after which the HSE can formally engage with the preferred developer. Thereafter, a definitive projected timeline for construction and opening of the primary care centre in Gorey will become available. When it is completed, the centre will accommodate
listened to Siobhán Maher from DRIVE this morning, who outlined the supports and resources that are there and available for people. The DRIVE programme brings together law enforcement, health services, social services and community organisations specifically to try to address drug-related intimidation through a co-ordinated
well as the demand and need for us to plan for the future beyond current capacity. That is why there is still a projected 48-bed wing being invested in, which we hope to open soon. There is a clear plan on the part of both
week standstill period, after which the HSE will formally be able to engage with the preferred developer. Thereafter, a definitive projected timeline for the construction and opening of the primary care centre in Gorey will become available
Department last year, is that it is a Department full of committed staff and team members who want to move as many projects forward as possible. I have no doubt they are doing everything in their power to move things forward. I appreciate that there can be frustration
Westmeath.
Deputy Shane Moynihan - to discuss progress on the publication of an emerging preferred route for the Luas for Lucan and overall project delivery timelines.
Deputy Seán Kyne - to discuss budget 2027 provision of funding to increase capacity and frequency on Galway commuter bus routes.
Deputy Donna McGettigan
CHICK, identifiers and reconcile attendance against subsidised hours. Many are doing that alongside separate requirements of the early childhood care and education programme and core funding, each with their own administration. I accept and would expect that accountability for public expenditure is essential but we have
In parliamentary questions
Ken O'Flynn
Written
undertaken any analysis since 2015 of the average time taken to complete Environmental Impact Assessment and Appropriate Assessment stages for transport infrastructure projects with an estimated value exceeding €200 million; and if he will publish any such analysis or assessments carried out by his Department. [21170/26
Ken O'Flynn
Written
Minister for Transport the baseline data, benchmarks or performance metrics his Department uses when assessing delays in the delivery of major transport infrastructure projects; and whether those benchmarks include the duration of environmental assessment and planning stages. [21171/26
Ken O'Flynn
Written
Authority are required to report to his Department on the duration of Environmental Impact Assessment and Appropriate Assessment stages for major transport infrastructure projects; if so, the frequency and format of such reporting; and if he will publish the most recent reports received by his Department. [21172/26
Ken O'Flynn
Written
Department maintains a central dataset tracking the duration of the planning, environmental impact assessment, appropriate assessment and judicial review stages for major infrastructure projects funded under the National Development Plan since 2015; if so, to provide the annual average duration of each stage; and if he will make
Ken O'Flynn
Written
Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether a baseline analysis of infrastructure project delivery timelines was undertaken prior to the publication of the Accelerating Infrastructure Action Plan; the evidence or datasets used to support the statement that development
Ken O'Flynn
Written
Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department intends to establish a central reporting framework requiring sponsoring authorities of major infrastructure projects to report delays and additional costs arising from quashing orders or judicial review proceedings affecting environmental impact assessment or appropriate assessment processes
Ken O'Flynn
Written
time-reduction targets will be introduced under the Accelerating Infrastructure Action Plan for the planning, environmental assessment and approval stages of major infrastructure projects; and whether these targets will be published with measurable performance indicators. [21180/26
John Lahart
Written
Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the long-delayed major capital project for a school (details supplied); the reasons for the continued lack of meaningful engagement with the boards of management despite fifteen years of progression attempts; and when her Department
Albert Dolan
Written
Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the status of a building project (details supplied), including its current stage in the Department’s approval process, expected timelines for progression to the next phase, and the anticipated schedule for delivery of the permanent
Johnny Mythen
Written
Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the schools that were awarded funding through the 2026 summer works programme in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21277/26
George Lawlor
Written
Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of projects in Galway City and County which have received funding under the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant for each year since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21119/26
George Lawlor
Written
Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage the progress made in implementing Programme for Government commitments to introduce special development plans for Gaeltacht areas, including housing targets and planning guidelines applicable to Gaeltacht communities in Galway West; and if he will make
Sean Fleming
Written
Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide funding for a project in Laois (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21231/26
Richard Boyd Barrett
Written
Traveller community; if her attention has been drawn to the crisis threatening the loss of over thirty workers and the dismantling of essential programmes for Travellers across the region and the State; if she will acknowledge that this will weaken vital supports, reduce representation and undermine decades
Barry Ward
Written
Children, Disability and Equality the actions she is taking to reduce the cost of childcare in the short-term as the wider project of reaching the commitment of hitting childcare costs of €200 per child, per month, is progressing; and if she will make a statement
Emer Currie
Written
including the likely increase in national childcare scheme subsidies; and the number of childminders likely to come within scope of the regulation, with projections broken down by years. [21082/26
George Lawlor
Written
Health the level of capital investment allocated to health facilities in Galway City and County in each of the past five years; the projects currently at planning, design and construction stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21100/26
George Lawlor
Written
Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Health the progress made on Programme for Government commitments relating to health infrastructure in Galway, including the proposed new elective hospital, expansion of trauma services, and establishment of a surgical hub; and if she will make a statement on the matter
Aidan Farrelly
Written
Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a list of capital works projects under the remit of the Department that received EU funding in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [21285/26
George Lawlor
Written
Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding allocated to projects in County Galway under the town and village renewal scheme in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21128/26
George Lawlor
Written
Lawlor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of remote working hubs supported under the National Hubs Programme in Galway City and County; the level of funding allocated to these hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21131/26
George Lawlor
Written
Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of projects in County Galway supported under the Community Centre Investment Fund; the level of funding allocated to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21132/26
Willie O'Dea
Written
Environment if his attention has been drawn to the new construction waste levy which is leading to significantly increased costs for construction projects at a time of housing shortage and house price inflation; his plans to review this levy or assist the sector in relation to this issue
Erin McGreehan
Written
Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions taken to date to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to use surplus renewable energy to assist households in fuel poverty; the specific milestones achieved; and the timeline for full implementation. [19707/26
Erin McGreehan
Written
Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to allocate a ring fenced fund to cover enabling hardware (smart switches/controllers), installation, communications, and programme administration for households identified as being in energy poverty. [19715/26
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