Cian O'Callaghan

2. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the action he has taken to protect public service provision in light of recent levies put on other Departments to make up for overspends in the Department of Education and Youth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40991/26]

6. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on reform of the ethics in public office legislation, given that the review of the statutory framework was completed in December 2022; the reason for the delay in publishing the heads of a Bill; if he expects this Bill to be introduced this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40505/26]

45. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on the former Government Ministers who have yet to begin a payment plan for money owed to the National Shared Service Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40507/26]

74. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an update on the proposed new Garda station at Northern Cross in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40504/26]

230. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has received, or anticipates receiving, a formal information request from the European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport in connection with complaint (details supplied); the steps being taken to ensure his Department’s response accurately and fully reflects its obligations as a prescribed person under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40986/26]

231. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if the designated person for protected disclosures in his Department has issued a formal determination on prima facie evidence submitted in December 2025 and January 2026 in connection with OPDC referral (details supplied); if not, the reasons for the absence of such determination and the timeline for its issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40987/26]

232. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has considered a roll-out of the safe routes to school initiative to all schools as opposed to the onerous grant application; if he has considered the expansion to secondary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40990/26]

328. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding bid her Department submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in advance of budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40963/26]

334. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown by county of children without an appropriate school place for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41082/26]

335. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline as to when the promised SNA circular which will replace 30/2014 will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41083/26]

336. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline as to when the promised SNA redeployment circular will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41084/26]

337. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown, by county and primary/post primary of the number of schools have signed up to the school-based summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41085/26]

338. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown, by county of the number of families have registered for the home-based summer programme; if she can detail the supports that will be made available to those who missed the deadline or who cannot find teachers and SNAs to provide the programme, due to the new portal system and the late release of information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41086/26]

339. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail the reasoning for the difference in pay for teachers and SNAs when providing the same work during home-based summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41087/26]

340. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department will publish a non-technical methodology note explaining how school-place demand is projected using child benefit data, school enrolments, census data, residential development information and GIS analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41088/26]

341. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when school-level data from the 2025 Primary School Survey will be published; the format it will take; the way in which this data will feed into local and national primary school planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41089/26]

342. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the national school capacity/accommodation inventory referred to by the Comptroller and Auditor General; whether it is fully integrated into the Department GIS system; the way in which it is used to decide between expanding existing school capacity and providing new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41090/26]

343. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department provides formal observations or aggregated school-capacity evidence to local authorities when major rezoning proposals or development plan variations could substantially increase child population in a school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41091/26]

344. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding streams available for schools to implement universal design for learning; the amount of funding that was provided in the past five years; if she can confirm what that funding was spent on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41092/26]

345. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to introduce changes to the assessment of needs process to access special education places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41093/26]

346. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to use section 37A of the Education Act 1998 to progress new special education classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41094/26]

347. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number schools which have applied to open new special classes for the 2026-2027 school year; the number of these applications that have been refused;the number of applications that do not yet have a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41095/26]

348. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to roll out the D15 pilot programme to other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41096/26]

349. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the possibility of expanding the schoolbooks scheme to include instruments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41097/26]

394. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will release the details of providing a plebiscite for the change of place names under the Local Government Acts 1946 and 1955; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40989/26]