445. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of request by school (details supplied) for a modular unit to accommodate a special class as an interim measure while the new build proceeds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73469/25]
446. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73470/25]
447. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding meeting request from principal regarding outstanding remedial works (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73471/25]
448. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the timeline for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73472/25]
449. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the timeline for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73473/25]
450. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the assessment process of an application for additional school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73474/25]
451. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the national roll out of the single application system for special education classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73475/25]
452. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the climate action summer works scheme application submitted by a school (details supplied), specifically relating to the urgent need to replace pupil toilet facilities located outside the classrooms; if she will review the school’s application as a matter of priority, given the health, safety and infrastructural co…
453. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the funding and resource supports available to a school (details supplied) in light of the significant infrastructural, demographic and pedagogical challenges faced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73480/25]
454. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria currently used to determine DEIS status for primary schools; if she will review the eligibility of a school (details supplied) for DEIS designation, given that over 85% of pupils do not speak English at home, the school’s enrolment of 44 nationalities, and its high levels of transience linked to the local hospitality sector; and if she…
455. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that no primary school in the Killarney area currently has DEIS status, despite significant levels of socio-economic need among families, many of whom are employed in minimum-wage hospitality work; if she will examine this anomaly, with a view to expanding DEIS supports to Killarney schools; and if she will make a statement on the m…
456. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the recent loss of two full-time English-as-an-Additional-Language teaching posts and one full-time SNA post at a school (details supplied); if she will review the allocation model in cases where the vast majority of pupils do not speak English at home; if she will restore appropriate supports to meet the significant language-le…
457. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional supports, teaching resources and staffing allocations available to schools where more than 80% of pupils are non-native English speakers; if she will consider targeted interventions for schools such as one in County Kerry (details supplied), where the absence of such supports creates barriers to learning; and if she will make a state…
458. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will accept an invitation to visit a school (details supplied) to see firsthand the challenges relating to infrastructure, language support, staffing and funding raised by the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73485/25]
562. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the plans there are to significantly increase Garda recruitment and make a career in policing more attractive to the younger generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73464/25]
652. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to expedite a fair deal appeal (details supplied) as this family cannot afford the costs of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73409/25]
662. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to put a system in place whereby any incremental rise in the old-age pension is matched by a similar rise in the qualifying income for the medical card, as it cannot be allowed to continue that any rise in the old-age pension, the right to which has been earned over a lifetime, should be the cause of disqualifying a person close to the threshold from being enti…
141. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if the walkway/cycleway connecting Killarney with the Gap of Dunloe can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72675/25]
169. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if the design of the proposed Killarney to Farranfore bypass will include the re-location of the Iarnród Éireann railway station in Farranfore, closer to Kerry Airport, presently 1.4km apart, to facilitate ease of transfer of passengers who wish to use both facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73260/25]
179. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to increase the inheritance tax threshold from €400,000 to €500,000 to account for increased asset values in both Agriculture and residential homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72973/25]
345. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farm payment can be urgently processed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72594/25]
373. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will increase the qualifying income limits for a medical card in respect of senior citizens (over 70), as these limits have not been increased in years and are totally out of line with the cost of living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72676/25]
374. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will introduce a scheme to cover the costs associated with blister packs, as the majority of senior citizens simply cannot afford this payment and are already struggling with the cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72677/25]
375. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if assistance can be provided to a patient in long-term care who urgently requires dental treatment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72682/25]
379. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to issue a report (details supplied) on the North Kerry CAMHS Lookback Review without any further delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72748/25]