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228. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when physical work will start on the new permanent building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36864/25]

229. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when LMETB will start the physical work to develop the new LMETH head office building in Drogheda, as per a decision taken by Government twelve years ago; if approval of a report referred to in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 23 July 2024, has been sanctioned; the date on when this occurred; if the project has been approved to go to tender stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36865/25]

230. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount spent since 2013 on work connected to the planned new LMETB head office building in Drogheda for each accounting year from 2013 to date in 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36866/25]

270. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will implement the terms of a recent Labour Court recommendation to extend the temporary special scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-19 infection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36595/25]

682. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to request that the HSE revisits the way in which a complaint was addressed at a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35278/25]

217. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the specific steps his Department is taking to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into the preparation of Budget 2026; how alignment with the 2030 Agenda is being assessed during the budgetary process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35065/25]

4. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of defence attachés accredited to Ireland, both resident and non-resident; when defence attachés were first accredited to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34690/25]

18. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, in light of the recognised importance of An Garda Síochána's police liaison officer network in embassies abroad, particularly in recent high-profile extradition operations, he is convinced that a similar network of military attachés in embassies of Ireland abroad would be beneficial for the State's security and defence partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34687/25]

19. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the 2015 White Paper on Defence proposal to explore the creation of a military attaché network, a proposal which was recommended for urgent introduction by the Commission on the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34688/25]

20. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason it has taken his Department ten years to explore the creation of the military attaché network, while other Departments and agencies have significantly increased their global presence in embassies of Ireland abroad in the same timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34689/25]

49. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance for the list of those in the media and other stakeholders that receive the Central Bank Quarterly Bulletin in advance of publication; to confirm the rules governing the provision of such reports to media or other stakeholders in advance of publication; how the release of market sensitive information that may be contained in such reports is regulated; if his Department provides official reports in advance to media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34737/25]

79. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide, in the context of teacher supply challenges, a date for the implementation of the Teaching Council's proposed creation of a timebound provision within the revised Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2016 (details supplied); if she is aware of the difficulties being caused to some by the continuing delay in implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34684/25]

415. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of an issue (details supplied) where SNAs moving from part-time roles to permanent staff roles are left without pay for the summer period preceding their first full-time term; if she and her Department have plans to address this anomaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33905/25]

446. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a specific capital support scheme in place to provide financial assistance to schools to maintain and adapt long standing school gymnasia and other sports facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34335/25]

495. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that Louth County Council has had to limit access to housing adaptation grants and related schemes; if there are plans to provide additional resources to Louth County Council and other local authorities to meet demand for such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33788/25]

526. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether a policy change will be considered to provide the Revenue Commissioners with the power to collect levies under the provisions of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 from individuals or businesses with properties on local authority derelict sites registers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33981/25]

237. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance if his Department is aware of concerns around VAT liabilities in an industry (details supplied); if his Department and the Revenue Commissioners have given any consideration to an approach taken to this matter by the national tax authority in another EU Member State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33270/25]

323. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total amount owed in underpayments in terms of the pensions of public servants in respect of the NSSO pension issue review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32320/25]

324. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total amount owed by the State to public service pensioners arising from the NSSO pension issue review; the sums of money and the numbers involved in the form of bands and at intervals of €5,000; when these monies will be able to be recouped by those affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32321/25]

498. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the report of AHB Strategic Forum has been finalised; if has considered its contents; if he will publish the report and its recommendations; if he will outline the proposed next steps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31955/25]

740. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the recruitment of qualified radiographers from third-level institutions in the State who have graduated in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31799/25]

774. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she will give an update on waiting times for under-18s for Orthodontist services in Drogheda and Dundalk and if there are plans in place to reduce waiting times for these services in these areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31935/25]

861. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the issues Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients are having getting timey access to a new drug for the condition (details supplied); if immediate steps will be taken to make this drug available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32396/25]

126. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the difficulties being encountered by students with dyslexia sitting State exams (details supplied); the plans her Department has in place to address these issues and to make appropriate accommodations for such students at exam time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30977/25]

189. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection is he is concerned that recent policy changes outlined in correspondence (details supplied) will impact on projects that depend on community employment, CE, participants to deliver services and supports for communities; if he plans to reduce down the time on which recipients of certain payments must be in receipt of such payments before they can qualify for participation on a CE scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31050/25]