201. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the assessments produced and-or commissioned, to date, by his Department relating to the environmental impact of commercial drone operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25012/25]
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202. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the assessments produced and-or commissioned, to date, by his Department relating to the issues arising for the planning system from the emergence of commercial drone operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25013/25]
203. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the assessments produced and-or commissioned, to date, by his Department relating to the issues arising for local authorities from the emergence of commercial drone operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25014/25]
204. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport if cars owned or operated by beneficiaries of temporary protection are not exempt from NCT testing and certification; the current position in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25021/25]
205. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the locations of the new speed camera detection system on traffic lights, to be introduced this summer. [25039/25]
206. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his responsibilities over the Irish Aviation Authority in relation to the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993; if he will examine a complaint (details supplied) in relation to legal protections for whistleblowers in the IAA on that basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25071/25]
207. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24933/25]
208. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the requirement for State agencies and public bodies to pay residential zoned land tax, in light of concerns that the imposition of these tariffs on publicly owned lands, particularly those designated for long-term or strategic community and public service use, is having an adverse impact on the financial capacity of those agencies to deliv…
209. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of an instalment payment option for those making payments to Revenue for payments such as vehicle registration tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25069/25]
210. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 353 of 25 February 2025, to provide an update on identifying a site for a Garda station in the Castletroy and Annacotty area of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24909/25]
211. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24939/25]
212. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will address the concerns regarding the ongoing closure since November 2024 of the shop at the Clonmacnoise monastic site; if the shop will not be re-opening; if so, if the OPW has plans in place regarding the shop at the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24948/25]
213. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will consider active consultation with the broader community in Lusk regarding the reopening of the Lusk Round Tower and Belfry; if, in particular, he will include the Round Tower and Belfry’s keyholder of 35 years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24992/25]
214. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he can acknowledge receipt of communication on 7 March 2025 from the Invincibles Interment Campaign, which is seeking the reinterment to Glasnevin cemetery of the remains of the Fenians currently buried in the grounds of the now Kilmainham Gaol Museum; and if he will make a statement on the matter…
215. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the steps being taken, or envisaged, to protect the 'rip-off' of copyright by AI tools in areas such as, but not exclusive to, music and the arts generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25003/25]
216. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by his Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24931/25]
217. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider introducing a 24-month postgraduate work permit with a reduced minimum annual remuneration threshold salary in order to assist non-EEA graduates to transition from the stamp 1G visa to the work permit system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25026/25]
218. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the ongoing delay in funding approval for the refurbishment and establishment of ASD classes at a school (details supplied); if this funding will be expedited so that the school can proceed with the necessary preparations for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24907/25]
219. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied); when the project will go to tender; the timeline for the completion of the project; the length of time the school will remain in its temporary location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24926/25]
220. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the number of agencies or quangos established by her Department in each of the past ten years and the cost to the State of funding each one. [24930/25]
221. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the procedure to be followed by a school and the board of management to facilitate the continued employment of a person past their 70th birthday (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24944/25]
222. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding the proposed expansion of an autism class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24951/25]
223. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current position with those over 70 years of age being allowed to drive a school bus; the attempts the Minister has made to change this ruling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24958/25]
224. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth what concrete co-ordination mechanisms are in place between the CDNTs, the NCSE and schools to ensure that parents who have children under assessment for learning disabilities can expect to have an appropriate school place for their child in the upcoming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24965/25]
225. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she is considering expanding the eligibility criteria for SNA allocation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24966/25]