481. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special schools across Ireland have outdoor play equipment, broken down by school and by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28947/25]
482. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funds are available for special schools that wish to install an outdoor play area for sensory play; if so, to detail these funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28948/25]
483. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the Government policy for outdoor play facilities for special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28949/25]
675. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of the new building for a school (details supplied), in light of the project now facing its fourth delay, with the estimated start date pushed to May 2026; the reasons for these repeated delays; if she will confirm the immediate steps being taken to ensure that no further delays occur; and if she will make a stateme…
835. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the marine protected area legislation; if this legislation will be a Bill in its own right and not amending legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30088/25]
836. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the conservation measures in place for Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30089/25]
1085. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department proposed to use the Teagasc soil and subsoils map for the implementation of the Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition (GAEC) 2 rather than using the Department-funded new Irish Peat Soils Map; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28986/25]
1286. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown, by county, of the number of children who underwent hip dysplasia surgery at Temple Street and Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospitals between 2010 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29079/25]
1321. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have considered implementing a standard procedure where medical service providers are in direct contact with health insurance providers so that there is no requirement for the patient to contact their health insurance provider to seek a reimbursement for the cost of their medical treatment; and if she will make a statement on th…
1657. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if under-23-year-olds who are living independently but not estranged from their parents can apply for SUSI independently of their parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30101/25]
1671. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the status of the Dormant Accounts Fund; when it will reopen for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28950/25]
166. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with his “like-minded” European counterparts on the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16073/25]
130. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans being made to install a solar farm on Bord na Móna lands that have hosted breeding common cranes in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27552/25]
131. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the environmental considerations that were taken into account when planning to install a solar farm on Bord na Móna lands that have hosted breeding common cranes in recent years; if an environmental impact study was undertaken to ascertain the impact of such a development on this rare breeding pair; and if he will make a …
132. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to share the exact location of planned, and discussed, solar farms on Bord na Móna land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27554/25]
133. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the expected capacity of the planned solar farm on Bord na Móna land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27555/25]
134. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for any planned, and discussed, solar farms on Bord na Móna land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27556/25]
135. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered identifying the site that is currently home to breeding common cranes (Bord na Móna land) as a special protection area in light of the presence, and successful breeding, of this rare indigenous species in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27558/25]
252. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what the consideration price for the land sold in Greystones, for the purposes of the development of the Greystones media campus, was exactly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27224/25]
397. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the protections that exist in legislation, both national and EU, for common cranes, if any; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27557/25]
216. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if Uisce Éireann collects data on the amount of water currently being used by data centres on monthly basis; if his Department is currently developing policy regarding water usage by large energy users such as data centres during times of low supplies such as water conservation orders; and if he will make a statement on t…
217. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of information provided by ESB Networks (details supplied) stating that, in the absence of an adequate policy response, the potential level of data centre demand could significantly impact its ability to accommodate demand connections required to support Government policy targets; and if he will make a stat…
226. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if and when each local authority will be given a specific emissions reduction target, as per the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25360/25]
267. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport to detail the eight key projects within the All-Island Strategic Rail Review that are to be completed by 2030 and by 2035; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25233/25]
268. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport for a timeline on the release of Irish Rail and the NTA’s capacity study for Wicklow; if the NTA has passed this study on to the Department yet for approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25234/25]