Questions

326. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken tot increase the number of specific speech and language classes in primary schools in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23040/25]

327. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measure being taken to increase the number of moderate general learning disability classes in mainstream schools in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23041/25]

328. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is her intention to commence the EPSEN Act; if so, to provide a timeline for its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23045/25]

329. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review an application for a school building project (details supplied); and the reason approval has not yet been granted. [23155/25]

330. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the schools that were included in the 14 pilot projects for the school transport scheme in the 2024-2025 school year; if she will confirm the timeline when the findings of these projects will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23233/25]

331. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a school (details supplied) which requires an urgent extension; if she is aware that the school is seeking a two-storey build as per plans submitted but were refused by her Department despite a school in a similar position within the county being granted approval for a two-storey extension; and if she will make a statement on the…

332. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school building project in Cavan will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23235/25]

333. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the proposed building project in Leitrim (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23236/25]

334. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will lift the cap on the number of primary teacher training places imposed on public universities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23237/25]

335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23753/25]

336. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when NewERA was informed of the problems with the IT project at RTÉ; if he was informed of the issues around the IT project at RTÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23131/25]

337. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to consider devising policies to ensure that day-trip coach tourism originating from Dublin is of more benefit to the destination counties in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21388/25]

338. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether he supports the introduction of a tourism accommodation levy to support the funding of the Dublin City Council taskforce recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12864/25]

339. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his proposals to improve the conditions of workers in the tourism sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21423/25]

340. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of IT projects within his Department, or bodies under its aegis, which have been allocated funds in excess of €1 million in the years 2020 to date; the purpose of any projects; the initial estimate to complete for such projects; the total amount expended to date; the total estimated cost to complete; the est…

341. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23739/25]

342. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding that has been provided to Uisce Éireann in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; where this funding has been allocated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23002/25]

343. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of proposals from each of the local authorities and from the Land Development Agency for housing developments, either social or affordable homes, which are awaiting approval from his Department; the aggregate number of homes involved; and the average turnaround time for approvals. [22916/25]

344. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of IT projects within his Department, or bodies under its aegis, which have been allocated funds in excess of €1 million in the years 2020 to date; the purpose of any projects; the initial estimate to complete for such projects; the total amount expended to date; the total estimated cost to complete; the estimated timef…

345. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the housing scheme available to single people who are over the threshold for social housing but not earning enough for affordable rental; his plans to assist single people in the housing market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22993/25]

346. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person who, following divorce proceedings, no longer resides in the family home but still has their name on the property title, despite having no financial stake in the property, can be considered eligible under the ‘fresh start’ principle when applying for a local authority home loan or an affordable purchase home; and if he w…

347. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date in reviewing the income eligibility limits for social housing, with particular reference to the need to increase income levels for applicants for council housing in areas such as Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23116/25]

348. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the proposals there are to increase the number of affordable housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23117/25]

349. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23740/25]

350. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have accessed the rent supplement for victims of domestic violence in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23001/25]