Weather Events

434. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has assessed the impact of severe weather events, including prolonged rainfall, storms and wind damage, on the horticulture sector since 2023; the estimated financial losses incurred; and the additional supports being considered to improve climate resilience for growers. [54401/26]

561. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE has collected statistics on excess heat related deaths in Ireland due to the heat wave experienced at the end of May 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54654/26]

562. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health her Department’s policy with respect to the collection of data related to heatwave events, in particular, excess mortality due to heat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54655/26]

396. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that the European Space Agency has confirmed that their satellite measurements are showing a sharp surge in sea-surface temperatures across the Pacific, which signals that El Niño is back, if his Department is putting in place mitigation measures to deal with the resulting weather disruption in Ireland,; …

301. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Government is aware of methodological criticisms of rapid weather attribution studies, such as those by the World Weather Attribution group, including biases in climate models regarding natural variability (details supplied) [42567/26]

302. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the extent to which Government communications, climate action plans, or funding decisions rely on rapid attribution studies claiming specific extreme weather events are made 'more likely' by climate change; and if he will provide a list of any such studies referenced in official documents since 2020; and if he will …

303. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on recent assessments that RCP8.5 (or equivalent high-end scenarios like SSP5-8.5) is no longer considered a plausible or realistic baseline for climate projections due to outdated assumptions on coal use and emissions trajectories; to detail which emissions scenarios are now used as the primary basis for …

304. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has commissioned or reviewed independent assessments of the robustness of weather attribution science used to justify climate policies in Ireland; and if he will make such assessments publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42570/26]

305. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he accepts that over-attribution in weather studies and the use of extreme scenarios like RCP8.5 may lead to exaggerated risk assessments; the potential impact this has on economic costs, energy policy, agriculture, and rural communities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42571/26]

306. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to compare the conclusions of rapid attribution studies on recent extreme weather events with longer-term IPCC detection and attribution findings on trends in such events; whether the Government prioritises the former or the latter in domestic policy-making; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42572/26]

307. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will ensure that any future Government statements on climate-related extreme weather events reference fully peer-reviewed studies rather than preliminary rapid attribution reports released directly to the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42573/26]

618. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps the OPW is taking to reduce the risk to property, particularly in the Dundalk area, of adverse weather events; the steps being taken to expedite these capital works in order that they can be completed in the shortest time; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

620. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps his Department is taking for residents in Dundalk who have been impacted by flooding events to lower the risk of future flooding events and improve their access to home insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41583/26]

12. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the engagement he has had to date with a group (details supplied); if his Department is in a position to provide funding for the reimbursement of repaired infrastructure damaged in the wake of storm Babet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40451/26]

446. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for a breakdown of financial support provided under the humanitarian assistance scheme in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; the number of applications made; the number of successful applications; the amount of financial support paid to successful applicants; the amount of financial support denied to unsuccessful appl…

644. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the progress made on a revised Guide for the Rapid Operationalisation of Community Support Centres, based on the experience of its operation over winter 2025-2026, as his Department committed to in their Review of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22394/26]

645. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all community support centres that can be operationalised in the case of extreme weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22395/26]

646. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management's review of all local authority severe weather plans and flood plans, as referenced in his Department’s Review of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22396/26]

647. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the work underway to increase resilience in internal communications systems during extreme weather events, as referenced in his Department’s Review of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22397/26]

648. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding his Department’s work on developing mutual aid agreements with European energy counterparts, as referenced in his Department’s Review of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22398/26]

649. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding TETRA being rolled out to generation sites as an additional contingency in the event of backup communications (Optel) failures, as referenced in his Department’s Review of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22399/26]

650. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding Uisce Éireann's installation of 30 new permanent standby generators and the purchase of mobile generators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22401/26]

651. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on Uisce Éireann's target to facilitate an additional 75 sites for mobile generator connectivity by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22402/26]

199. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Clongriffin apartment residents in Dublin 13 who applied for the emergency response payment scheme for storm Chandra before it closed on 18 February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17400/26]

126. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to make our transport infrastructure resilient to extreme weather events. [15486/26]