360. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a progress update on the 40 actions detailed in Powering Prosperity – Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy which are to be completed by the end of 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7407/25]
389. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education the reason the grant for newly qualified teachers only applies to those who qualified through the Professional Master of Education route and not to those who qualified through the direct route; if she is considering expanding the eligibility criteria to include all newly qualified teachers, given the high cost of living and specific challenges faced by teac…
404. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education the schools in Dublin 2, 4 and 6 that have a live application for funding under the emergency works scheme; the precise nature of the works in each school; the status of each application, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7421/25]
405. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education the schools in Dublin 2, 4 and 6 that form part of her Department’s school building programme; the precise nature of the building project in each school; the status of each project, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7422/25]
435. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a full list of all primary and secondary schools in Dublin bay south, including their full address and Eircode, in tabular form. [7885/25]
465. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the revised and retitled Short Term Letting and Tourism Bill General Scheme will be published; if he agrees with his Departmental ministerial brief that this Bill will be of particular assistance in planning, introducing and collecting an accommodation levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7402/2…
468. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will identify each entity which received funding from the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme, the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme, the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund, by name, address, description of project, funding stream, application status, and total grant provided, located in Dublin2, 4 …
588. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 496 of 18 February 2025, if he can detail the specified medical criteria referred or provide a copy of the criteria upon which the assessment is made; if he can confirm that it is a medical assessor in his Department who determines whether the medical criteria is met in the first instance; if he can confirm wher…
598. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 16 February 2025, if he will confirm that the Department collates certain information in respect of applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7677/25]
699. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a felling licence (details supplied) submitted approximately three to four months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7175/25]
854. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive sanctioned weekend, double assist home help hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7264/25]
935. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health if she will investigate a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7834/25]
986. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the works undertaken by the Mayo Sligo Leitrim Education and Training Board for the refurbishment of a school (details supplied); the progress that has been made in delivering a new apprenticeship training centre at this location; for which craft apprenticeships; and if he will make a statem…
999. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects by name, address and amount located in Dublin 2, 4 and 6 which have received funding from the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7459/25]
19. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the power up grant to businesses that have not been able to avail of the support because of administrative issues; the number of businesses in Dublin 2, Dublin 4, and Dublin 6 that have availed of the grant to date; the total value of this uptake; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
46. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how his Department plans to balance the need for Ireland to be at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) innovation while also developing a policy for responsible AI use; what he considers to be the main obstacles to the implementation of his Department’s AI policy; if he will provide a progress update on his Department’s strate…
96. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline his Department’s strategy to reduce vape-related waste and pollution issues in Dublin; if he will provide metrics to measure the success of this strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6808/25]
108. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the installation and usage of CCTV for litter and waste enforcement purposes in the local authority sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6805/25]
123. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent of Ireland’s bilateral economic relationship with China for each year over the past five years with relevant updated statistics in terms of jobs, exports, imports, companies; the total number of staff, in the embassy of Ireland, Shanghai consulate general of Ireland, Hong Kong Consulate General of Ireland, Enterprise Ireland in…
148. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has reviewed the global study The Military Balance 2025 conducted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies which reveals Ireland is at the bottom of the European table of 38 countries for defence spend as a percentage of GDP; if he has carried out any assessment of our spend as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) given t…
167. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 5 February 2025, if he will ask the NTA to provide a preliminary written view or report on the possible acceleration of planning and design of the extension of the Luas to Poolbeg, in the context of the new Programme for Government’s commitment to review and enhancing the National Development Plan; and if he will…
168. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 5 February 2025, if the NTA will issue a reply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7105/25]
183. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 398 of 5 February 2025, his views in relation to a tourism accommodation levy on short-term stays in paid accommodation in the context of the Dublin Taskforce recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7106/25]
192. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he plans to balance the need for Ireland to be at the forefront of AI innovation while also developing a policy for responsible AI use; what he considers to be the main obstacles to the implementation of his Department’s AI policy; to provide a progress update on his strategy to address these challenges; and if he will make a stat…
222. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 5 February 2025, if the ‘further analysis’ specified will be provided; if she will identify the date this further analysis commenced and was completed; if she will clarify that this further analysis was determinative of the Department’s satisfaction that existing demand can be accommodated in the school planning …