Departmental Funding

573. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth based on annual accounts, FSSU returns, ETB accounts or any other financial data available to her Department, the aggregate amount spent by recognised post-primary schools in each year from 2019 to 2025 on governance-related items, including board expenses, travel and subsistence, audit and accountancy, legal and professional fees, …

574. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of expenditure incurred by Education and Training Boards in each year from 2019 to 2025, and projected for 2026, in supporting the governance of ETB post-primary schools, including board of management administration, induction, training, policy support, compliance, appeals, legal advice, secretarial support, meeting admin…

603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether schools receiving ICT grant funding under the Digital Strategy for Schools are required to demonstrate that reasonable measures are in place to support students whose families cannot afford personal digital devices [39732/26]

656. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has the power or discretion to fund a capital project allocation to a local authority backed project without match funding from that local authority. [40262/26]

751. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the upcoming funding opportunities available to a service (details supplied). [39430/26]

954. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether the existing core funding model is fit-for-purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38889/26]

955. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether the core funding model is suitable for childcare centres based in Dublin and other areas where rent is significantly higher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38890/26]

956. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any review of the core funding model to allow for significant discrepancies in operation costs for childcare centres based in Dublin and other areas where rent is significantly higher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38891/26]

957. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any review of the core funding model that would allow for greater flexibility to account for specific circumstances in cases whereby the existing model is forcing providers to leave the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38892/26]

1029. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rationale for funding cuts to the issue of foetal alcohol syndrome this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40044/26]

1104. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the budget received by each hospital and community health organisation in 2024 and 2025 for non-emergency patient transport services; the reason that some areas and hospital groups do not receive a budget for hospital transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38727/26]

100. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken by his Department to alleviate the burden of community services programme funding recipients being required to provide fully audited accounts on an annual basis. [38218/26]

109. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the projects funded in County Louth by his Department in 2025; the corresponding funding allocation given to each project in County Louth in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38262/26]

120. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht in relation to the LEADER programme, the measures that have been funded for climate change mitigation and adaptation; the funding allocated to LEADER in budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37330/26]

133. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline whether his Department intends to extend supports similar to the recent funding provided to men’s sheds to sister sheds groups; to indicate the way in which the Department assesses community demand and eligibility for such supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38371/…

381. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) is facing imminent closure due to a lack of core funding; the immediate actions being taken by her Department or the HSE to prevent the cessation of these services, given that liquidation proceedings are due to commence on 5 June 2026; and if she will approve an emergency, time-limited fu…

268. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that Galway City Council has indicated a commitment of €10,000 in match funding to support an organisation (details supplied), subject to State backing; if she will support the unlocking of this funding through Departmental or HSE intervention; and if this opportunity is being actively progressed as part of efforts to prevent t…

283. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to CDNTs in CHO 9 in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38192/26]

284. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to CDNTs in CHO 9 per year from 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38194/26]

553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ICT-related funding streams provided to post-primary schools, including digital strategy and technology grants, and to clarify whether such funding may be used to provide devices directly to students who cannot afford compulsory laptop costs. [37800/26]

554. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the oversight and enforcement mechanisms that exist to regulate school policies which impose compulsory laptop purchases on parents, including where parents are directed to a single supplier; and the actions available to the Department where such policies cause financial hardship. [37801/26]

558. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth in respect of funding provided to post-primary schools under the Digital Strategy for Schools and associated ICT and technology grant schemes, the checks and oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that such funding is being used to support student access to digital learning, including the provision of laptops or devices for studen…

561. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she is aware of the financial pressures faced by students and families arising from the cost of participating in extracurricular activities, including school sports, competitions and travel; whether additional funding or targeted supports are being considered to assist schools in reducing these costs and ensuring that al…

784. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will provide the necessary funding to increase the number of specialist food detection dogs to be deployed at ports and airports nationwide. [36836/26]

905. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to disability in 2026 with the subcategory allocated to respite, home support, P.A. hours and so on, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37251/26]