Departmental Schemes

1146. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to outline the process by which nine organisations were added to a wait list following the 2023 open call for the Community Services Programme; the way these organisations were selected; what their inclusion on the wait list means for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14443/26]

1147. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will outline any process by which applicants to the 2023 Community Services Programme who were not successful can receive feedback on their applications from his Department; whether they are able to apply for the 2026 round of funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14444/26…

227. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the measures his Department is implementing and considering to support small transport companies who employ and train young people, given that many small operators are currently paying the full cost of training themselves while lengthy licensing processes significantly delay new drivers entering the workforce; and if he will make a statement…

390. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projects that local authorities have applied for to-date under the Local Biodiversity Action Fund 2026; the breakdown in the details and the cost of those initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13961/26]

613. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2074 of 13 January 2026, to list all written directions, circulars, guidance notes, governance frameworks or performance requirements issued by her Department to the HSE since 2018 concerning the treatment abroad scheme, including prior authorisation governance, escalation rules for high-cost approvals, and…

614. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2074 of 13 January 2026, whether her Department receives any routine dataset or report from the HSE on treatment abroad scheme approvals and expenditure, including the number of applications received, the number approved, the number refused, the average cost per approval and total spend by year since 2018; …

615. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has issued any written requirement to the HSE since 2018 to categorise treatment abroad scheme expenditure by procedure type for departmental governance and cost control purposes; and, if not, to state the reason her Department does not require procedure-level categorisation for Exchequer oversight. [13692/26]

40. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the Government savings and investment strategy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13134/26]

43. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding a timeline for the publication of the Government savings and investment strategy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13137/26]

44. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding the parameters of the review of the Government savings and investment strategy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13138/26]

45. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any stakeholder engagement he proposes as part of the review of the Government savings and investment strategy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13139/26]

306. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home retrofits completed under SEAI schemes in 2025; the statistics on uptake by lower-income households and the barriers identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11940/26]

310. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his Department has not listed the Owenriff River (Inverin) No. 140 and the Crumlin River No. 139 situated in the Galway Fishery District No. 9(1), in the proposed Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2026, considering that both rivers contain native anadromous salmonids wit…

313. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department considered scientific advice contained in the draft Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025 as proposed by TEGOS (Technical Expert Group on Salmon) in November, considering the liberalisation of the national rod angling harvest for Atlantic salmon proposed in the d…

314. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which Lough Corrib SAC in County Galway went from a proposed ‘catch and release’ fishery for Atlantic salmon with no harvest in November 2025 to having a harvestable surplus of 1,162 fish in February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12075/26]

315. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason his officials failed to publish in full all submissions received for the public consultation on the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and conservation measures for the 2026 season that closed on 20 December 2025, in view of declarations made on his Department’s webs…

420. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the number of applications received in the latest round of the wheelchair accessible vehicle grant scheme; if he is aware that only a small number of applicants were successful in receiving a provisional grant offer due to constraints on available funding; his plans to increase funding for wheelchair accessible vehicle gran…

459. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total value of the Irish deposit guarantee scheme fund, broken down by different sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11728/26]

553. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the SBCI loan scheme is scheduled to proceed in March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12534/26]

575. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the number of applications that his Department has received in 2026 under the emergency humanitarian flooding scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12729/26]

576. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the number of applications that his Department has fully processed and paid out in 2026 under the emergency humanitarian flooding scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12730/26]

577. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the number of applications that his Department has received in 2026 and have not yet been paid out under the emergency humanitarian flooding scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12731/26]

578. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the number of applications that his Department has received in 2026 but were rejected under the emergency humanitarian flooding scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12732/26]

579. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the total amount paid out to date in 2026 under the emergency humanitarian flooding scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12733/26]

582. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to commitments made on 10 November 2025 to survivors of the industrial and reformatory school system, the current status of the delivery of the agreed services and supports; the Departments and agencies responsible for implementation; the actions taken to date; the timeline for full delivery. [12026/26]