843. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently engage with Forsa to advert strike action and allow for school secretaries/caretakers to have access to pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45795/25]
857. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason Kerry families were only given 11 days' notice that their children will not receive school bus seats in 2025 despite the fact that they booked and paid for their bus tickets in April (details supplied); if she will secure alternative transport for these students ASAP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45893/25]
937. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently approve requests in correspondence from a representative group (details supplied), to prevent the situation escalating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46388/25]
979. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to give favourable consideration to pension parity, critical illness leave and bereavement leave in respect of school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46649/25]
995. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure to accommodate bus escorts providing an invaluable service to vulnerable young people in society with better pay and conditions and treat them with respect (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46819/25]
1008. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the school transport scheme to allow for payment of school escorts to continue through the summer months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47034/25]
1063. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if certainty will be given to artists, by extending indefinitely the basic income for the arts pilot scheme and support the wider community of artists and give the recognition and financial security (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44580/25]
1072. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of all unused properties, lands and buildings, under the ownership or control of his Department within County Kerry; the length of time they have been idle; the plans in place, if any, for future use; if these unused properties, lands and buildings can be used for affordable and social housing and low cost sites; an…
1119. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine the case of major health and safety issues (details supplied); if action to address these issues will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44583/25]
1123. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if south Kerry in conjunction with an organisation (details supplied) where the organisation has access to lands locally, can be used as a pilot area for the development of cluster type housing and community housing with services in order to provide urgently needed housing in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
1134. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount Kerry County Council paid in coroners fees and expenses during 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; his views on whether these payments should not be the responsibility of the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44902/25]
1135. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount each local authority paid in coroners fees and expenses during 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; his views on whether these payments should not be the responsibility of the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44903/25]
1146. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all unused properties, lands and buildings, under the ownership or control of his Department within County Kerry; the length of time they have been idle; the plans in place, if any, for future use; if these unused properties, lands and buildings can be used for affordable and social housing and low cost site…
1185. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any fast-track or alternative planning mechanisms for urgently needed childcare and preschool services, particularly in rural or underserved areas in Kerry. [45454/25]
1266. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of qualified housing applicants on the housing list in County Kerry in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46652/25]
1267. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless families, adults and children the homeless service deal within County Kerry in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46653/25]
1268. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of qualified housing applicants in County Kerry that were allocated houses in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46654/25]
1269. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable houses constructed or bought in County Kerry and allocated to qualified housing applicants in 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46655/25]
1270. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social and affordable houses that will be constructed or bought in County Kerry in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46656/25]
1273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide funding to ensure the continued preservation of historic sites associated with a person (details supplied) such sites should include the penal chapel where the person was baptised, the old abbey where their parents are buried and the birth place at Carhan, Cahersiveen, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on …
1336. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address as a matter of priority and end the discrimination that currently exists in regard to the fuel allowance payment in respect of senior citizens (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44926/25]
1337. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently investigate a disability allowance application (details supplied); the reason this person is being deprived of their payment; if the information submitted will be accepted and payment issued to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44927/25]
1338. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently review and disability allowance case of a person (details supplied) and take all circumstances into consideration by reinstating the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44931/25]
1342. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a second carers allowance application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44969/25]
1347. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45047/25]