387. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to introduce an emergency winter payment to offset the extra cost of disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66779/25]
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
32
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 7 |
| March 2025 | 13 |
| April 2025 | 13 |
| May 2025 | 2 |
| June 2025 | 0 |
| 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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389. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will bring forward a cost-of-disability payment to replace the once-off measures provided for in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66788/25]
26. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Office of Emergency Planning has reviewed plans for responding to heavy snow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60219/25]
44. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Office of Emergency Planning has reviewed plans for responding to flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60218/25]
230. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the work that has been done to ensure tetra access in Connemara in the event of a storm, given that there was no access to 999 calls during Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62511/25]
24. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the Office of Emergency Planning plans to advertise the way in which the public should respond to the various emergencies it deals with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60388/25]
132. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of annual review recently published by the Climate Change Advisory Council (details supplied) that Ireland is not sufficiently resilient to extreme weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60262/25]
89. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commit to developing and implementing a comprehensive resilience and recovery plan now to ensure that rural and agricultural communities are protected when the next major storm occurs (details supplied). [55112/25]
149. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being taken by his Department, in coordination with local authorities and the ESB, to prepare for the impact of storm Amy, including flood defences, emergency response protocols, and the safeguarding of electricity supply in coastal and rural areas. [54143/25]
255. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the new public warning text system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53480/25]
65. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 1329 of 29 July 2025; for an update on the procurement of a cell-based public warning system for use during emergencies; the engagement his Department has had to date with the Department of Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5…
1263. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Office for emergency planning has undertaken a review of emergency response procedures following the damage caused by Storm Éowyn in January 2025; if such a review was undertaken, when was the review undertaken and completed; to provide a list of the Departments, State agencies, local authorities and other entities provided…
1264. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 2006 Framework for Major Emergency Management was reviewed in light of the damage caused by storm Éowyn in January 2025; if so, when the review was undertaken and completed; to provide a list of the Departments, State agencies, local authorities and other entities provided feedback; what was learned from the review; and if …
1299. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the review into the response of the State and State agencies to the impact of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47233/25]
1300. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that have been put in place by his Department to ensure strategic emergency management responses to future storm and severe weather events taking into account the experiences and learnings of winter 2024/2025 and the review into the response by the State and State agencies to the impact of storm Éowyn; and if he will…
1320. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the key lessons identified following recent severe weather events [47969/25]
2649. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been put in place by her Department to ensure strategic emergency management responses to future storm and severe weather events taking into account the experiences and learnings of winter 2024/2025 and the review into the response by the State and State agencies to the impact of storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
1329. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 8 May 2025 and No. 357 of 27 May 2025, if it is the intention of the Public Warning System to advise of potential flood related events, similar to what is currently in operation in other EU jurisdictions; if there is any requirement under the EU Electronic Communications Code Directive to i…
1359. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the status of the public warning system. [42565/25]
357. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 8 May 2025, what constitutes a major emergency or disaster; if there is criteria for such; if any national storm events in the previous five years have been classed as posing significant and imminent threat to human life, property or the environment; and if he will make a statement on t…
231. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the implementation of an emergency text message broadcast system for transmitting public warnings; if it is envisaged that such a system would operate on a mast specific basis to inform of localised events such as flooding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23090/25]
1. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the engagements he has had with the National Emergency Co-ordination Group in the days before, during and after storm Éowyn. [6356/25]
2. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Taoiseach the engagements he had with the National Emergency Co-ordination Group in the days before, during and after storm Éowyn. [6488/25]
3. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach the engagements he had with the National Emergency Co-ordination Group in the days before, during and after storm Éowyn. [6490/25]
4. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the engagements he had with the National Emergency Co-ordination Group in the days before, during and after storm Éowyn. [10820/25]