Departmental Expenditure

272. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total amount of funding his Department or agencies under its aegis have provided to each local authority in each of the past five years and to date in 2025; the total spend in respect of this funding by each local authority in each of those years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34247/25]

575. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department spent on advertising on a social media platform (details supplied) in the years 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33980/25]

608. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount a company (details supplied) has been paid by the Government to date; if the company or an associated company owes money to any State agency or Department; and if so, the amount.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33547/25]

640. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount expended on an annual basis on commercial and charter flights, to include a schedule of ancillary costs in the context of the deportation of persons from the jurisdiction from 2000 to date in 2025; and if he will include a breakdown of the number of flights used for this purpose on annual basis, over t…

690. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is possible for an ACRES payment for 2024 to be paid to farm partnerships instead of individual farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33928/25]

700. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on when a farmer (details supplied) can expect to receive an ACRES payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34446/25]

727. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider greater flexibility for Building Blocks, the only financial support available for childcare facilities, where there is an opportunity for a community to buy an existing premises (not new), therefore bringing life back to a closed building, usually in the heart of a town which is an ideal locati…

300. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the level of funding provided by his Department to the St. Patrick’s Day Festival each year since 2019, in tabular form. [33320/25]

301. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the level of funding provided by his Department to regional St. Patrick’s Day Festivals each year since 2019, by festival, in tabular form (details supplied). [33321/25]

302. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the level of funding provided by his Department to the Dublin Pride Festival each year since 2019, in tabular form. [33322/25]

303. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the level of funding provided by his Department to regional pride festivals each year since 2019, by festival, in tabular form (details supplied). [33323/25]

304. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he plans to make additional funding available to the Dublin Pride Festival and those in other regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33324/25]

137. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of services provided, indicating for which …

138. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Taoiseach the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior to approving these changes. [31950/25]

594. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount spent under the voluntary return scheme in 2024 and to date in 2025, by transport, transit visas and associated costs, and reintegration grants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32035/25]

595. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of individuals and families that received reintegration grants in 2024 and to date in 2025; the total value of payments under each category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32036/25]

596. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average cost per voluntary return in 2024 and to date in 2025, including all associated travel, medical, and reintegration support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32037/25]

643. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position in relation to the proposed State purchase of a hotel (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32696/25]

820. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the total spend on homeless-specific measures by her Department in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32172/25]

854. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for breakdown of agency spend, per job rank/type, in HIQA, for each of the years 2019 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32371/25]

857. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health in relation to treatments paid for under the national treatment purchase fund where an individual received care in a private setting, if an agreed hourly rate is paid to clinicians agreed centrally, or agreed regionally or by provider; and to outline these for different types of treatment - surgical, exploratory and so on - since its inceptio…

963. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for programme expenditure to improve a significant decline and to address the lack of consistency in the numbers of output targets for New Research Ireland-funded PhD positions from 310 in 2023 to 200 in 2024, with a slight increase of 220 in 2025; and if he will make a stat…

964. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for programme expenditure to improve a significant decline and to address the lack of consistency in numbers of output targets for New Research Ireland-funded postdoctoral researchers funded by Research Ireland per annum from 309 in 2023 to 250 in 2024; the reason there is a…

183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior t…

191. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior to a…