236. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Defence if she will provide the full cost of the be emergency ready information booklet; to include a breakdown of consultancy used; and the design cost, print cost and dissemination costs by media and/or postage campaign delivery. [68586/26]
Topics / Emergency Planning
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEmergency Planning
79 questions from 32 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 29 September 2026.
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54 written, 25 oral
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| July 2025 | 2 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 6 |
| October 2025 | 4 |
| November 2025 | 8 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 2 |
| March 2026 | 1 |
| April 2026 | 2 |
| May 2026 | 2 |
| June 2026 | 2 |
| July 2026 | 3 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 9 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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244. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Defence the membership of the Government task force on emergency planning; and how often the task force has met in 2025 and in 2026, in tabular form. [68839/26]
478. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which communities will be informed, in an emergency situation, of where to find their nearest community support centre and local centres set up to provide support in the event of extreme weather emergencies. [68845/26]
479. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that has been allocated to the Community Support Centre programme, that is local centres set up to provide support in the event of extreme weather emergencies since the publication of the Review of storm Éowyn. [68844/26]
480. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the 400 planned Community Support Centres, local centres set up to provide support in the event of extreme weather emergencies, that have been fitted with generator connections. [68843/26]
483. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a county-by-county breakdown of community support centres and local centres set up to provide support in the event of extreme weather emergencies, categorised by those planned, those under development, and those operational. [68842/26]
986. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider the creation of a strategic 90-day food reserve similar to the NORA model for fuel; his views on whether recent climate related disruption in the area of food production coupled with Ireland's reliance on imports for both food and livestock production that it is prudent to explore the feasability of such an approac…
1000. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if his Department have considered establishing a strategic food reserve in light of the risks posed by climate change; if his Department will carry out a public assessment of Ireland's food import dependency and supply chain vulnerability; and if he will make a statemen…
259. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Defence for an update on the rollout of the emergency preparedness booklet being sent out to all households; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62531/26]
343. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Transport whether a dedicated emergency response fund exists to support local authorities where isolated infrastructure failures, including road collapses, bridge damage, drainage failures or other unforeseen events, require immediate intervention outside the normal roads programme; the amount allocated under such a fund in each of the past five years by local authority;…
629. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Transport whether a dedicated emergency funding scheme exists to support local authorities in carrying out urgent or emergency repairs to damaged road and bridge infrastructure; the funding allocated under such a scheme in each of the past five years, by local authority in Connaught; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59031/26]
630. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications for emergency funding relating to regional and local road infrastructure received from Galway County Council in each of the past five years; the number approved; the value of each application and approval; the average processing time for such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59032/26]
701. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the provisions in place at University Hospital Galway to provide for the occasion of an extraordinary regional emergency that required a response of significant medical intervention among a sizable proportion of the general population; if the plans for such occasion could be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47055/26]
108. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the benefits of the new national Cell Broadcast Public Warning System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44507/26]
301. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Defence for an update on the rollout of the emergency preparedness booklet being sent out to all households; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34563/26]
24. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 2 October 2025, to provide an update on the procurement of a cell based public warning system for use during public emergencies, such as in times of flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31762/26]
375. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a schedule of EU-funded projects undertaken by his Department from 2020 to date in 2026 in the areas of risk, emergency planning, crisis management; and/or were coordinated by his Department, or in which it participated. [31742/26]
207. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the efforts undertaken since Storm Éowyn to increase the resilience of the State's emergency communications infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17180/26]
164. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to criticisms of plans related to the progression of the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill 2025 (details supplied); the actions he will take to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21033/26]
149. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he has implemented a public warning system to send mass alerts to the public in the case of natural disasters such as floods, as required by Article 110 of the European Electronic Communication Code; to explain his choice of technology to deliver this warning system; and whether any tests of the system have yet been carried …
209. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Defence to report on the taskforce that considers the so-called Exercise Cathal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12369/26]
159. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 2 October 2025, the progress made to date for the procurement of a cell based emergency public warning system; the number of meetings his Department has had to date with the office of emergency planning in the Department of Defence in relation to the development of such a system; when he expe…
279. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the Government's overall coordination of emergency response to Storm Bram, including communications with local authorities in Longford and Westmeath. [72624/25]
629. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he is aware there are no pathways for professional advancement for emergency service personnel that can be undertaken alongside full-time work in the field (details supplied); and his plans to address this. [71235/25]
370. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the locations of the new emergency community centres for severe weather response will be published, the locations of each centre within each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67100/25]