Questions

226. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education based on her Department's survey of schools, the total amount spent nationally under the schoolbook grant on workbooks for each of the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 and school years; the total number of workbooks procured nationally for each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16439/25]

227. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department will not enable a DEIS band 1 primary school in Offaly to retain its mainstream teacher; if she will consider her Department's actions in this matter and permit the school to retain its teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16446/25]

228. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the number of new special schools and special classes that have been sanctioned in Dublin bay north for the 2025-2026 school year; if all of these will be open and operational by September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16467/25]

229. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) was not previously awarded DEIS status, given that DEIS status was already secured by the town’s two other secondary schools; when DEIS status will be awarded to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16476/25]

230. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on the basic income for artists scheme; when he intends undertaking a review of this scheme, as provided for in the programme for Government; his plans to extend or expand the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16360/25]

231. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his plans to make funding available to support the development of amateur theatre and amateur musical theatre here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16361/25]

232. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on whether ten weeks’ notice for the town that’s hosting the National Day of Famine Remembrance is acceptable given the amount of preparation that must be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16372/25]

233. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether provisions within the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 relating to the advertisement or display of harmful online content apply to the advertisement of weapons of war or munitions, including through the solicitation of donations to purchase such items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…

234. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial supports his Department provides for development of hockey pitch facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16455/25]

235. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to the basic income for the arts pilot programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16475/25]

236. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the additional immediate steps Tourism Ireland will take to deal with the 30% reduction in tourist numbers arriving into Ireland during February 2025 compared with February 2024. [16499/25]

237. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are capital funding streams available or planned to support the adaptive reuse of old or protected buildings for agricultural purposes, such as farm buildings or rural enterprise, in a way that preserves architectural heritage and supports rural economic activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16348/25]

238. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total monies paid out or committed by his Department under the HAP scheme in each local authority in respect for each year 2014 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16399/25]

239. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide further details on the Programme for Government commitment to earmark certain cost rental units for key local workers; the criteria by which these will be chosen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16344/25]

240. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to change the current procedure for obtaining from the Revenue Commissioners a “Statement of liability“ to show proof of income, and to replace it with a simplified method of the applicant supplying their PPS number and date of birth, due to the current online process proving impossible for many applicants who are not online; and …

241. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to address the housing crisis as it impacts one-person households; if his Department will ensure one-person households can avail of the tenant-in-situ scheme; if he will allow housing authorities allocate suitable two-bed properties to qualifying one-person households; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…

242. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the numbers approved for social housing supports in each local authority, broken down by number of bedrooms approved, in tabular form. [16396/25]

243. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the numbers currently in HAP accommodation in each local authority, in tabular form and broken down by number of bedrooms approved. [16397/25]

244. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to explain the relationship between the €111 million capital funding for social and affordable housing announced on 31 March and the €450 million capital funding approved for social and affordable housing by Cabinet on 18 February 2025; for a breakdown of the €111 million, by funding stream, including SHIP, CALF, CAS, CREL and AHF;…

245. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the €325 million capital funding for social housing acquisitions announced by the Minister on 31 March, by local authority area, in tabular form; and to confirm that this funding is additional to the funding detailed in the revised estimate for public services published by the Department of Finance on 19 D…

246. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated estimate for sub heads A4, A7, A11, A236 and A31 following the announcement of an additional €436 million in capital funding for social and affordable housing announced on 31 March 2025. [16422/25]

247. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a copy of the circular on social housing acquisitions issued to local authorities alongside the capital allocations for acquisitions announced on 31 March 2025. [16423/25]

248. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital funding his Department provided to Laois County Council for the purchase of fire applicants and or emergency equipment for Laois Fire Services in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [16430/25]

249. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the €325 million for social housing acquisitions announced on 31 March 2025 is additional to the €1.867 billion allocated to A4 SHIP, A7 CAS and A11 CALF in the revised estimates published by the Department of Finance on 19 December 2024; and if not, if this is the amount from within the revised estimates as published in Decembe…

250. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital funding for housing available to Cavan County Council for this year’s house building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16443/25]