126. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education considering that the adjustments made in response to the pandemic may create challenges for current Leaving Certificate candidates competing against students from previous years, if she will consider measures such as aligning the grading of non-2025 applicants with the adjustments made for this year's candidates for the CAO application process. [18081/25]
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127. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education the assurances she will provide to ensure a fair and balanced assessment system that accurately reflects the hard work of the class of 2025. [18082/25]
128. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education if she will review the policy on incremental credit for post-primary teachers with overseas experience in private schools, given that such experience is recognised for primary teachers but not at post-primary level (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18087/25]
129. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will introduce a new policy on the regulation of a company (details supplied) and other online platforms to reduce the number of homes currently available for short-term let and not available for long-term letting as a way of improving supply of rental properties to those that need them; and if he will make a statem…
130. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhféadfaidh sé soiléiriú a thabhairt maidir leis an moill atá curtha ag a Roinn ar fhoilsiú na tuairisce is déanaí maidir le ról Údarás na Gaeltachta i soláthar tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht agus maidir leis na féidearthachtaí a bhaineann leis sin. [17877/25]
131. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na céimeanna atá glactha ag an Roinn le dhá bhliain anuas chun cumhachtaí breise a bhronnadh ar Údarás na Gaeltachta chun roinnt freagrachtaí maidir le soláthar suíomhanna do thithíocht shóisialta agus inacmhainne a chur ar fáil le linn na géarchéime tithíochta atá sa tír. [17878/25]
132. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na comhráite a bhí ann idir é féin agus an tAire Tithíochta maidir le ceist an tsoláthair tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht agus leis an ról a bheidh ag an Údarás sa cheist seo amach anseo. [17879/25]
133. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cad iad na comhráite a bhí ann idir é féin agus Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir le ceist an tsoláthair tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht agus leis an ról a bheidh ag an Údarás sa cheist seo amach anseo. [17880/25]
134. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the 1921 Census of Ireland will be released to the public in order to assist the many thousands of people involved in family history research. [17881/25]
135. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will consider the inclusion of a club (details supplied) on the list for the large scale sport infrastructure fund; if the club is included on the reserve list; the other grants or schemes that would be available to the club to renovate and modernise an old Catholic church which it has recently purchased for us…
136. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans for the basic income for artists; the amount of funding that was allocated for the scheme in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/25]
137. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the grant allocated to a club (details supplied) will be received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17659/25]
138. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has had or if he will have consultations with local authorities about the development of a national strategy for the provision of public swimming pools; his views on whether the sharing of designs and the possibility of joint tendering could lead to the more economic provision of public swimming facilities as …
139. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will consider the establishment of a US president's trail in Ireland to highlight and promote the historical connections between the United States and Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17806/25]
140. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will engage with Tourism Ireland officials, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials, US Embassy officials and other stakeholders (details supplied) to discuss the possible establishment of a US president's trail in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17807/25]
141. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will engage with tourism bodies, both in Ireland and Northern Ireland, regarding the potential benefits of a US president's trail in Ireland; and if he will provide details of any possible discussions or proposals. [17809/25]
142. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide details on sports capital grants planned for 2025 onwards for Dublin 2, 4, 6, 6W, and 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17847/25]
143. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to address this gap i…
144. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is necessary to apply for planning permission in circumstances where a wind turbine is dismantled and removed from a wind farm and it is intended to instal a replacement wind turbine at the same location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17736/25]
145. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the ready-to-build scheme, outlining how many serviced sites are currently available per local authority for purchase, and how many are expected to come on stream in 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17656/25]
146. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta cén líon fóirne ar fud na n-údarás áitiúil a bhfuil an Ghaeilge ar a gcumas acu, agus an bhféadfaidh sé miondealú a thabhairt de réir údarás áitiúil. [17678/25]
147. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the car park at Glenveagh National Park, Donegal was last resurfaced or remarked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/25]
148. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned at the declining number of habitable thatched houses in the State; if he accepts that the cost of thatching together with the difficulty in securing affordable insurance presents particular difficulties for residents in these classic homes; if he further accepts that the level of grant aid available for retha…
149. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action that has been taken to allow for plebiscites to change placenames; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17803/25]
150. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budgetary provision he is making to enable the unit in the Housing Agency tasked to regulate owners’ management companies (OMCs) commence its work on an administrative basis in the first quarter of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17810/25]