Roderic O'Gorman

405. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the details of students accessing emergency accommodation at the start of the 2025-2026 academic year and the previous three academic years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56090/25]

406. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the timeline for reimbursement of overpaid student contribution fees to students and their families for 2025-2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56091/25]

407. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to deliver increased access to further and higher education for members of the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56092/25]

408. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for a more equitable lottery system with minimum points for CAO entry to third level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56093/25]

7. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has considered the possibility of initiating an Article 259 TFEU case against Hungary specifically regarding the banning of the Budapest Pride Parade in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55903/25]

246. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department’s Budget 2026 allocation has provided for an increase in the daily expense allowance for children in the international protection system, or any other financial measures to alleviate child poverty amongst children in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56000/25]

276. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has received funding in Budget 2026 for a parent and toddler grant initiative in 2026 through the county and city childcare committees; if she can give an indication of when in 2026 the call for this grant might be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55902/25]

280. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the additional money that has been allocated for Core Funding in 2026; the additional money which has been allocated for Core Funding across the 2026-27 programme year; for a breakdown of what the additional money is for, and the amount of it that is tied to staff pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56001/25]

338. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health for an update on progress regarding the commencement of section 232 of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; if Court Rules have been changed to accommodate this new provision; if there are any legal barriers to its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55904/25]

339. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if funding has been extended to doner-assisted IVF as part of the allocation to her Department in Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55905/25]

340. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if a budget line has been provided for the Assisted Human Reproduction Regulatory Agency as part of her Department’s Budget 2026 allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55906/25]

111. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures his Department or organisations or agencies related to his Department are taking with respect to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate and the Environment report on Lady's Island Lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55025/25]

117. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds currently active on the race management system between 14 August and 24 September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55026/25]

239. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when each of the 12 new BusConnects spine services will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54636/25]

240. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when the B spine BusConnects route will be implemented; if it will be implemented in advance of the infrastructural works on the Blanchardstown to city centre corridor being completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54637/25]

269. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport to outline the consultations his Department, or An Garda Síochána, have had concerning the introduction of a dedicated transport police service, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54189/25]

433. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the lack of school transport options for students at schools (details supplied), particularly as one of these schools is due to move to a new permanent location; if school transport will be supplied for these students in the years before the school moves to its permanent location; if not, if she will request the Department of Transport and NTA to extend the current 139 bus route north to Tyrrelstown and Hollywoodrath in order that students can use a single bus to travel to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54741/25]

569. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the engagement the National Parks and Wildlife Service has had with Dublin City Council regarding a park (details supplied); the barriers remaining to upgrading works taking place in the park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54638/25]

577. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the number of property sales nationwide that are held up due to issues with developer-provided infrastructure for water treatment; if his Department can confirm that approximately 550 developments are affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54738/25]

578. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of issues with the developer-provided infrastructure for water services at a location (details supplied); if he will confirm that these issues are affecting the private sale of property; if his Department can provide commitments for its maintenance to enable the sale of property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54739/25]

611. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the euro amount estimated to be collected by Revenue from residential zoned land tax; the amount of revenue lost to local authorities from the vacant sites levy as a result of its replacement by residential zoned land tax; if his Department plans to compensate local authorities for loss in revenue and costs incurred in the administration of residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55100/25]

612. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the euro amount collected nationwide through the vacant sites levy in 2024 by local authorities (at 7% market value); the euro amount estimated to be raised from the same sites through residential zoned land tax in 2025 by Revenue (at 3% market value), by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55101/25]

685. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the proportion of applications to join An Garda Síochána that are responded to within three months; the current average processing time of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54740/25]

745. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial support which will be made available to farmers for nature restoration in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55102/25]

812. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health that status of the €500,000 put aside in Budget 2025 to fund the HSE for the refurbishment, operation and staffing of existing hydrotherapy pools that are currently closed; if this money was drawn down in 2025 in full or in part; or if it will be drawn down in full or in part by the end of 2025; if there was draw down, which services benefitted from it; if there was no draw down, the reason for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54639/25]