Conor D. McGuinness

856. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the 2025-26 academic year. [19235/25]

908. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) can access a suitable educational setting for the 2025/2026 academic year. [19571/25]

929. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if a child is diagnosed with autism and receives a special class recommendation after the deadline of 19 February 2025, if the child is then not eligible to enter the appropriate education setting the following September for the 2025-2026 school year. [19780/25]

953. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans to ensure students from the Coole Road in Ballysaggart and surrounding area can access a school bus service to a school (details supplied) for the academic year 2025-2026, if her Department will undertake to engage with parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19995/25]

954. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans to engage with parents in Ardmore and surrounding areas whose children attend secondary schools in Dungarvan regarding additional capacity on the route in the form of a second school bus; if she is aware that the lack of capacity on the existing school bus means many parents are paying significant amounts weekly for a private bus service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19996/25]

1153. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if increased funding will be provided to county councils to meet the demand under the built heritage investment scheme 2025 as some applicants have been approved but have been placed on a reserve list; and if he will expedite a positive decision on the matter. [18625/25]

1298. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the child homelessness rate in Waterford for the last week in December for the past ten years. [20185/25]

1299. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total monies paid out or committed by his Department to each local authority in respect of building social houses and apartments and home purchase for each of the years 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20192/25]

1300. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to increase the funding allocated to local authorities under the national preferential caravan loan scheme for travellers; if he is aware of the waiting lists faced by travellers needing a replacement caravan or mobile home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20212/25]

1301. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to increase the funding allocated to a local authority (details supplied) to ensure that an individual waiting four years for a replacement mobile home under the national preferential caravan loan scheme for travellers is accommodated for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20213/25]

1431. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection her Department's plans to review the hot school meals programme with regard to nutritional content and consistency with State-issued public health and dietary advice. [19712/25]

2267. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is the policy of her Department and the HSE that home care workers directly employed by the HSE must retire on reaching 70 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20018/25]

2280. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if it is her intention to deliver pay equality for workers in Section 39 organisations to bring their remuneration in line with their counterparts working in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20057/25]

2281. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if home care workers employed by community and voluntary sector organisations and registered charities will be included in any moves to deliver parity between workers in this sector and their counterparts in the public service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20058/25]

2309. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at University Hospital Waterford in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the nature of future refurbishment works scheduled to be carried out at the hospital over the next 18 months. [20193/25]

2310. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for paediatric ophthalmology services nationwide. [20194/25]

2311. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant orthodontists and specialist orthodontists working within HSE dental services in Waterford for children from 2022 to date in 2025, by location, in tabular form. [20195/25]

2312. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded hydrotherapy pools available for public use; and the locations of these pools, in tabular form. [20196/25]

2313. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have used each of the HSE fertility hubs in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20197/25]

2314. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing funding to the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine Ireland by 50%. [20198/25]

2558. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his view on the application for a new apprenticeship focused on the community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20060/25]

2608. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of people employed by registered charities in the Stat; the number of these workers employed by Section 10, Section 39 and Section 56 bodies, by each type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20056/25]

2609. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has carried out a study on the impact of costs associated with compliance requirements on charities, social enterprises and the wider community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20061/25]

2610. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has carried out a study on the impact of costs associated with energy price increase on charities, social enterprises and the wider community and voluntary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20062/25]

2611. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of fully completed public online surveys during the consultation process for the new Our Rural Future policy, which closed on 2 April 2025, that were received by his Department. [20190/25]