Roderic O'Gorman

149. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport for an update on his Department's work on road safety, funding and new policy as it relates to pedestrian safety and well-being; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68117/25]

150. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport the reviews or checks have been undertaken by the NTA and/or his Department to ensure the implementation by local authorities of l.S. EN 17210:2021 which sets out functional requirements for the accessibility and usability of the built environment. [68118/25]

151. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 4 November 2025, to provide details on meetings between the National Transport Authority to work with An Garda Síochána and Dublin City Council on the deployment of traffic management cameras in the past three months; and to provide dates and locations for the operational sites planned in the near future. [68119/25]

181. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 11 September 2023, if any work has been carried out by his Department on the potential of reducing the VAT rate applied to non-alcoholic beverages in hospitality sector from standard 23% to 13.5% to bring it in line with rate of other non-alcoholic beverages; and if not, if he will commit to further investigating the potential of this measure, particularly given Belgium's recent budgetary proposal to reduce non-alcoholic beverages to a lower VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68144/25]

201. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the way in which public bodies that are commencing design for new buildings for projects in receipt of exchequer funding in excess of €10 million in the case of non-residential buildings, or in excess of €60 million in the case of residential buildings, should produce or procure a validated Whole Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions assessment from 1 September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68120/25]

212. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of preliminary determinations of eligibility letters issued by the NCSE for 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of final determinations made; and the process by which a final determination is made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67307/25]

213. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to update the Department's school planning areas, particularly where significant amounts of development have changed since the school planning areas were last updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67313/25]

308. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the proposals to update regulations on planning exemption, following the consultation in August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67310/25]

309. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the transfer of land from Horse Racing Ireland to the Land Development Agency at Leopardstown Racecourse which is zoned for public housing. [67314/25]

358. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the analysis carried out by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) on behalf of the Minister found that the Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) is having a significant impact on the private rental market; if data supporting this finding will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68115/25]

359. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the findings of the analysis carried out by the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) for the Minister on the impact of the Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) has had on the private rental market will be made available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68116/25]

102. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the report undertaken by the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy regarding pollution in Lady's Island Lake; the measures his Department or agencies related to his Department are undertaking to respond to the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66952/25]

365. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress of the legislation to underpin the apartment defects remediation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66972/25]

426. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on plans to transfer responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 from the Department of Justice; Home Affairs and Migration to the Department of Housing; Local Government and Heritage as promised in the Programme for Government; if this will require primary legislation; the Department which will lead on the drafting of this legislation; and when the draft Bill will go to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66970/25]

87. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Taoiseach whether, in the context of the Government’s child-poverty target of reducing consistent child poverty to 3 percent or less by 2030, the statistic for “children experiencing consistent poverty” as published by the Central Statistics Office (or other measurement body) includes children who are living in emergency accommodation (including family homelessness or temporary emergency housing); if not, the number of such children; and whether there are plans to incorporate them into the measure to ensure the target covers all children in vulnerable housing situations. [61985/25]

162. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans she has to start the process of opening up new primary or secondary schools to serve the Kilternan school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66309/25]

163. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans she has to invest in extending primary schools located in the Kilternan school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66310/25]

164. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans she has to revise the school planning areas in Dublin for secondary schools, particularly those school planning areas that do not have a secondary school such as (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66311/25]

190. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a standardised methodology for calculating both operational and embodied carbon in buildings will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66306/25]

191. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the guidance provided to contracting authorities where the creation or compilation of tender documentation is contracted to an external organisation during the public procurement process. [66307/25]

192. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the guidance provided to contracting authorities on the use of AI in the consideration of tenders during a public procurement process. [66308/25]

193. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans to open a new call of the Urban Regeneration Development Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66312/25]

194. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funds and number of properties they relate to, applied for by each local authority for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [66313/25]

195. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funds and number of properties they relate to, drawn down by each local authority for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [66314/25]

300. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that pharmacists are warning customers that the free blister packing service that they offer will be discontinued soon; her views on this development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66475/25]