96. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the re-examination of cigarette litter referred to in Dáil Éireann on 10 June 2026 will formally evaluate existing Irish citizen generated environmental evidence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50130/26]
97. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he is aware that a domain (details supplied) to which his Department's published material refers the public, is no longer operational and that the domain is currently offered for sale by a third party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50136/26]
98. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when his Department became aware that a domain (details supplied) was no longer operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50137/26]
99. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment who was responsible for maintaining a domain (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50138/26]
100. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason a domain (details supplied) was allowed to lapse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50139/26]
101. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the public data, reports, photographs or guidance that were lost when a domain (details supplied) ceased to be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50140/26]
102. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps being taken to restore public access to the data previously available at a domain (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50141/26]
103. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the full operating methodology of the national litter pollution monitoring system will be published, including the sampling frame, the GIS site selection methodology, the calculation of the Litter Pollution Index, the quality assurance and audit protocol, and all changes to the methodology since 1999; and if he will make…
104. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total annual cost of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System since 2015, including the Litter Monitoring Body contract value, Departmental administration, software and GIS costs, and the estimated cost of local authority staff time in conducting, submitting and validating the surveys required annually; and if he will…
105. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the underlying survey level data of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System is published as open data in machine readable form, including GPS data, timestamp, survey type, litter pollution index score, litter categories, causative factors and audit status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50144/26]
106. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether any interactive map of the survey locations or results of the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System is publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50145/26]
107. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System records the brands or producers of littered items; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50146/26]
108. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether members of the public, TidyTowns groups, schools or citizen science platforms are permitted to contribute evidence to the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System; if not, the reason citizens are not able to contribute to a publicly funded environmental monitoring system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
109. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the technologies, university research partnerships or citizen participation his Department or the Litter Monitoring Body has invited or evaluated since 2015 to broaden or modernise data collection under the National Litter Pollution Monitoring System; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50148/26]
110. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department has taken since 2015 to support innovation in citizen science, open data or public participation in environmental monitoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50149/26]
111. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether his Department, or any agency, body, programme, contractor or public funder under his remit, has ever formally evaluated, procured, funded, integrated or corresponded with a platform (details supplied) or its citizen generated litter data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50150/26]
168. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of students who availed of home tuition hours; the total Departmental expenditure on home tuition; the number of teachers engaged in the service in each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50015/26]
169. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students placed on reduced school days in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50016/26]
170. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students with special educational needs enrolled in schools in County Cork in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50017/26]
171. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of special educational needs provision in County Cork, including the number of special education teachers and the total number of special needs assistants for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50018/26]
172. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of suspensions and expulsions recorded in schools in Cork city and county, for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50019/26]
197. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the published assessment criteria for the community heritage grant scheme; the process by which applications are assessed and refused; the review or appeal mechanism available to unsuccessful applicants; and whether, as the Department funding the scheme, he will seek a report from the Heritage Council on how the criteria were…
206. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the State Pension (contributory) and the State pension (non-contributory) respectively, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50065/26]
207. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection his response to the 'at risk of poverty rate' for persons aged 65 years and over, recorded in the Central Statistics Office Survey on Income and Living Conditions 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50066/26]
208. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carers allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 years and over, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50067/26]