Weather Events

1092. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the engagements he has had with mobile phone operators since storm Éowyn this year to ensure that critical telecommunication infrastructure remains operational during and after damaging storms as many communities faced mobile phone coverage outages in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; to provide a list of operators he h…

1265. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagements he has had with water network operators since storm Éowyn this year to ensure that critical water infrastructure remains operational during and after damaging storms as many communities faced extensive outages in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46621…

1317. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total cost of storm damage repairs funded through local authorities in each county over the past three years; the funding allocations provided by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47516/25]

1318. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in view of the recent experience during Storm Éowyn, if a scheme will be established to provide GAA clubs, schools or community centres with emergency generator points; if an assessment of need will be conducted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47526/25]

1326. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of claims made and paid out under the humanitarian assistance scheme for Storm Éowyn; the average payment; the amounts paid for example less than €500, €1000, €1,500, €2,000 and so on, in tabular form; the total amount paid to date; and the number of claims refused wholly or partially; and if he will make a state…

1833. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made regarding the reduction of severe weather impacts on critical infrastructure and essential services through the introduction of tree corridors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47234/25]

1839. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals that will be finalised in respect of the provision of financial support for farmers who have incurred serious financial losses due to damage to forestry caused by storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47337/25]

1851. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the recent engagements he and his Department have had on formulating an extreme weather event financial scheme for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47423/25]

1601. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the review into the State’s response to Storm Éowyn. [43117/25]

2217. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the recent engagements he and his Department have had on formulating an extreme weather event financial scheme for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43297/25]

3273. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE collect statistics on the number of heat-wave related deaths per year; if not, the reason therefor and if they do, could the number of deaths per year from 2010 (or the year these statistics were first collected) to 2024 be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44263/25]

73. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to develop an extreme weather event assistance scheme for community organisations and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40777/25]

157. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the position as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to develop an extreme weather event assistance scheme for homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39954/25]

195. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to develop an extreme weather event assistance scheme for farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40704/25]

395. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the topical issue raised on the 12 June 2025 (details supplied) if he will provide an update on plans to improve infrastructure in Connemara, if satellite phones and generators will be provided to key services such as medical providers in advance of the coming …

266. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the communication he has had with ESB following storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30681/25]

267. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions he has sought from ESB following storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30682/25]

188. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach the days on which employees of his Department were advised to work from home due to weather warnings. [25441/25]

525. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the progress on the publication of the report on the State's response to Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25086/25]

27. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the creation of an extreme weather event assistance scheme relevant to the business sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21630/25]

323. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the estimated extra non-budgeted cost to ESB Networks and Eirgrid of the damage caused by storms and other weather related events since September 2024; the extra charge that would have to be levied on customers to recoup these costs over a three year period; whether it is his intention to introduce a measu…

324. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that are been taken to ensure that the damage caused by falling trees and branches to both electrical and communications infrastructure is minimised in the event of future storms; whether it is intended to include the local authorities in a co-ordinated approach to this issue; and if he will make…

121. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in light of the disruption to the TETRA national communication network from storm Éowyn, the steps he will take to ensure similar disruption does not recur in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12023/25]

187. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide an update on the review for a humanitarian assistance application for a person (details supplied) as the refusal states that they were without power for less than 48 hours, when in fact they had no power for eight days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15882/25]

188. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue for a humanitarian assistance scheme application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15898/25]