Questions

338. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 20 May 2025, if she will provide an update specifically for school caretakers, not school secretaries; and the progress made on a survey which was undertaken by her Department to schools regarding caretakers, to ensure a similar improvements in pay and terms and conditions as achieved for Secretaries. [2…

339. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can advise in relation to a school securing the necessary funding for a child who has not received an ASD school placement for September 2025 (details supplied). [27636/25]

340. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school’s application for additional accommodation ahead of the 2025-26 school year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27637/25]

341. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the capacity of the NCSE to provide training to the staff of the 400 new special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27675/25]

342. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the definition of ‘complex needs’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27676/25]

343. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the definition of ‘complex special educational needs’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27677/25]

344. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that there were approximately 13,500 unqualified teachers employed in Irish schools in the 2024/2025 school year, what steps the Government will take to ensure that the most vulnerable children in special schools and special classes will have experienced, fully qualified staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27678/25]

345. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the ongoing review of the reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations scheme, including terms of reference, methodology and indicative timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27680/25]

346. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will increase the threshold for the use of ICT for children with dyslexia in State exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27681/25]

347. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide extra allocated time for children with dyslexia in State exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27682/25]

348. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of survivors of institutional abuse who have been awarded an enhanced medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27690/25]

349. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on whether it is appropriate that the CEO of Fáilte Ireland preside over Bord Fáilte giving contracts to subsidiaries of two organisations (details supplied) given the CEO is a board-member of one of the organisations; the steps he will take in relation to this conflict of interest; and if he will make a…

350. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Dep…

351. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and t…

352. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur a…

353. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what actions have been taken to fill vacant language planning officer roles in Tory and Arranmore island; if a date will be provided for when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27415/25]

354. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans there are for improving national social media regulation in the context of the dismantling of policy teams within technology companies and the rise of foreign interference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27705/25]

355. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for a status update on his policy decision needed (details supplied) for Coimisiún na Meán to implement the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Levy, as provided for under Article 13(2) of the AVMSD (Directive (EU) 2018/1808); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27714/25]

356. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 25 February 2025, his views on whether it is consistent with the aims of the Pathways to Work 2021-2025 strategy, namely that whether on welfare, in employment or a combination of both, a person can be assured of a minimum basic income and a person in employment will always recei…

357. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 8 May 2025, what constitutes a major emergency or disaster; if there is criteria for such; if any national storm events in the previous five years have been classed as posing significant and imminent threat to human life, property or the environment; and if he will make a statement on t…

358. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding the commitment to provide a timeline for publication of the wind energy guidelines 2025; to provide an update; to provide a timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27825/25]

359. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has considered that income limits for social housing eligibility act as a “welfare cliff” (details supplied) that disincentivise eligible individuals from taking up employment or applying for promotion. [26723/25]

360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any engagements with his colleagues in the Department of Social Protection or the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment regarding the impact of social housing income limits on the behaviours of individuals who are on the housing list or preparing to apply for the list; if, in particular, the limits…

361. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline, given that social housing is a key part of the architecture of social protection in Ireland, his views on whether his Department’s approach to social housing income limits is consistent with the aims of the Pathways to Work 2021-2025 strategy; namely, that whether on welfare, in employment or a combination of bo…

362. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any research, completed or ongoing, concerning the impact of social housing income limits on the behaviours of individuals who are on the housing list or preparing to apply for the list; whether, in particular, the limits disincentivise taking up employment or applying for payments to which an individual may …