760. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Lucan that were approached by the National Council for Special Education to open an additional needs class; the number of schools that declined; the reasons given for these refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12622/25]
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761. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education for an update on plans to reform the school transport system, particularly the eligibility criteria and likely timeframe for the implementation of changes. [12639/25]
762. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education to ensure that a child (details supplied) has a place in an autism class or special school as soon as possible as recommended by their local children’s disability network team; the provisions being made to ensure children in the Balgriffin and Belmayne area of north Dublin will have access to a special school in the near future; when additional autism class…
763. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if a rule-circular exists setting a limit of one sensory room per primary school, irrespective of class-school size. [12691/25]
764. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if any rule-circular exists that precludes primary schools receiving more than one sensory room grant in a six-year period; and the time limit of that rule. [12692/25]
765. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) had its application for a sensory room rejected when it is currently adding two autism classes to the school. [12693/25]
766. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) is being penalised and precluded from having a sensory room to accompany the two autism classes currently being built, all because the school hosts a pre-school class with a sensory room for pre-schoolers only in the same building. [12694/25]
767. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will examine the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12730/25]
768. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in north Kildare that expressed an interest in the opening of a specialist class in the last academic year; whether any of those expressions of interests were rejected; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12763/25]
769. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in north Kildare that were approached by the National Council for Special Education to open a specialist class; the number of schools that ultimately declined said offer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12764/25]
770. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if an updated psychological assessment is required for a child diagnosed with autism to be eligible to apply for a school place; if a particular body is required to conduct said assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12765/25]
771. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education to provide guidance for a person who attended a school (details supplied) and who was unable to come forward for redress at the time and who is now in a position to seek redress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12817/25]
772. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the number of National Educational Psychological Service assessments being made available for schools in Dublin mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12843/25]
773. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of her Department and each body under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12916/25]
774. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education to outline the current use of a building (details supplied) in County Tipperary, given the immediate shortage of special school places in south Tipperary if the school could be used for the establishment of a new special school in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12955/25]
775. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of artists deemed eligible for the basic income for the arts scheme (including the 2,000 availing of it) in each of the years 2020-2024, in tabular form. [10636/25]
776. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of writers deemed eligible for the basic income for the arts scheme; and the number of those availing of it in each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [10637/25]
777. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the total remuneration cost of the adjudicating panels for the Arts Council of Ireland literature bursary award (English language) round one, 2024. [10638/25]
778. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will confirm that writers who receive the basic income for artists scheme can also apply for (and if successful, receive) the literature bursaries from the Arts Council of Ireland. [10639/25]
779. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide information on the renewal date of the basic income for the arts scheme that is set to end in August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10760/25]
780. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the delivery of a swimming pool in Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10945/25]
781. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11093/25]
782. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will ensure that in any arrangement made with the Executive in the north regarding the funding of Foras na Gaeilge that the core funding of the community groups and the head organisations will be able to be funded by any additional money provided by either Government, and that any new funding from one Government wi…
783. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén amscála atá leagtha síos ag an Roinn chun maoiniú a fhógairt don chéad timthriall seacht mbliana eile de phleananna teanga i ngach limistéar pleanála teanga Gaeltachta i bhfoirm táblaí; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [11231/25]
784. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Conor D. McGuinness den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an mbeidh maoiniú ar fáil chun Oifigigh Pleanála Teanga a fhostú agus pleananna teanga a chur i bhfeidhm agus coistí stiúrtha agus Oifigigh Pleanála Teanga fós ag fanacht le cinneadh faoin gcéad timthriall seacht mbliana eile de phleananna teanga; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [11232/25]