326. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the options available to children who have been refused a school place in all local schools when returning to Ireland during the middle of the school year due to lack of capacity locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4842/25]
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327. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are any plans for Údarás na Gaeltachta to be given statutory powers and resources for it to establish a housing section, to enable it to purchase land, obtain planning permission and provide necessary services in order to develop housing for Irish speakers. [4549/25]
328. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if funding will be made available annually to the Department of Rural, Community Development and the Gaeltacht to operate the Gaeltacht housing grants scheme again, pursuant to the Houses (Gaeltacht) (Amendment) Act 2001, to provide support for Irish speakers who would like to build or renovate a house in the Gaeltacht.…
329. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans to develop a Gaeltacht population and housing strategy for each Gaeltacht language planning area with clear, measurable targets to ensure the sustainable growth of the Gaeltacht communities and to ensure an appropriate supply of housing to support that growth. [4552/25]
330. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of the large-scale sport infrastructure fund is due to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3994/25]
331. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of what is required to secure successful funding under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3995/25]
332. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén uair a íocfar duine i gcomhair na hoibre a rinne sí i gcoláiste samhraidh i gContae na Gaillimhe i mbliana (sonraí tugtha). [4016/25]
333. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding given to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2024; and what conditions have been put with the funding each year, in tabular form. [4084/25]
334. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4100/25]
335. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason an application for the sports capital programme by a community centre (details supplied) in October 2024 was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4108/25]
336. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guillotine …
337. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the grants available for students to assist with the costs of going to the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4292/25]
338. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline what happened for the international day of famine commemoration. [4295/25]
339. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4327/25]
340. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount the State has spent on preparation for the 2027 Ryder Cup in each of the years from 2019 to date, in tabular form. [4406/25]
341. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his future plans for the TV licence. [4412/25]
342. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name and amount expended with them, in tabular form. [4482/25]
343. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these functions; the timeframe when such delegated functions will be formally notified to the Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4617/25]
344. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he is aware of the fact that a number of dance students have qualified for the upcoming dance world championships; and if grants will be made available to these students to help alleviate some of the financial burden which comes with travelling for such tournaments. [4704/25]
345. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the planned guidelines on short-term letting, on the introduction of a short-term letting register; his views on the importance of short-term letting for rural and coastal economic development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4715/25]
346. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of businesses established in 2024 in existing rateable premises. [4302/25]
347. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce planning permission for a change of the use of land from a family farm to an industrial agricultural unit, as large investors are buying up land for tax purposes, which is pushing up land prices and pushing families off the farm; and the current system is creating new landlords with large land banks, which is …
348. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will change the law to stop vexatious opposition to farmers’ planning permissions from individuals with no material interest in an area, as currently, a small number of serial objectors, often located many miles from a development, can oppose a planning permission. [3956/25]
349. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is conscious of the substantial progress made by Kildare County Council in utilising the tenant-in-situ purchasing scheme to combat homelessness; if he envisages approving a rolling programme for Kildare and other local authorities to maximise the benefits of the scheme; when fresh approval will issue to proceed with purc…
350. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given the recent storms and the wipeout of electricity supply, if he will allow for chimneys to be built on new homes to allow for the burning of biomass. [3979/25]