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1413. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) is expected to be given approval to move forward with its plans to establish a special class for children with additional educational needs and increase capacity in four currently undersized mainstream classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25498/26]

1442. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) has been informed that the number of hours sanctioned to the school for supporting pupils with additional learning needs has been cut; if her Department will roll back on this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25809/26]

1548. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the grants available for a community centre to repair parts of their building (details supplied); if no grants are available if emergency funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24230/26]

2152. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if is he aware that 16 Ukrainian persons including seven children currently in accommodation in a facility (details supplied) with children in schools locally and three ; if he will extend this contract until the end of the school year to facilitate the children doing their exams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26488/26]

3049. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health whether oral immunotherapy will be made available for patients who suffer with a sesame allergy through the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25540/26]

3050. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health her Department's position on oral immunotherapy as a food allergy treatment; whether the pilot programme in Cork will be expanded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25541/26]

3051. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the grants available to a parent who currently would be forced abroad to ensure their child with a sesame allergy could receive oral immunotherapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25542/26]

71. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she supports the calls from Colombian President Gustavo Petros for states to invoke Resolution 377, the UN’s uniting for peace mechanism in relation to Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22633/26]

101. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been any diplomatic engagement with Cuba in regard to the US administration’s threats to invade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22635/26]

109. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has engaged with partner EU states, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland regarding the withdrawal from the Ottawa treaty which outlaws anti-personnel mines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22636/26]

150. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement Ireland has had with the Venezuelan government since the removal of former President Maduro; the status of diplomatic affairs between Ireland and Venezuela; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22634/26]

157. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens in Iran; the number who have been in contact seeking consular assistance since the war began; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22637/26]

115. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 858 of 18 March 2026, whether there is any exception for people in receipt of enhanced medical cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22778/26]

260. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to improve the pay and condition for Ireland's veterinary nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22742/26]

236. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding his plans to improve road safety and decrease road deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18667/26]

848. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans her Department has to deliver ASD classes in Malahide for the 2026/2027 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19975/26]

857. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason students will be charged the full cost of leaving certificate fees in June 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20102/26]

858. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a child requires a medical card to be exempt from the leaving certificate fees; or is it sufficient that the parent has one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20103/26]

881. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the remedy that is open to parents, or her Department, to ensure that schools (details supplied) set out in their admission policies the school’s arrangements for students who attend the school without attending religious instruction in the school, as is required under the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20438/26]

1409. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify whether the €12.5 million that was allocated in 2023, from the BAR fund to replace the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU) fleet of 2 X EC-135 helicopters and 1 X Britten-Norman Defender, fixed wing, surveillance aircraft was spent on replacing these aircraft; if not when these aircraft will be replaced; the number of helicopters that are expected to be purchased; and when they will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20949/26]

1943. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to clarify the number of public health nurses in an area (details supplied); to confirm whether this number has decreased in the past five years; if this number will be increased in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19686/26]

2003. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health the criteria for referring patients under the National Treatment Purchase Fund from the public waiting list at Beaumont Hospital for treatment in another hospital given patients are waiting 2 years for treatment currently (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19923/26]

2048. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health when individuals (details supplied) partaking in the Covid-19 evaluation will receive confirmation of the reported private sessions that are due to take place this month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20075/26]

352. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the fact that demand for school places in Portmarnock has beat Government projections by a full year; the emergency solutions she will bring forward to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18039/26]

209. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the passenger manifests for an aircraft for all of the times it landed in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17466/26]