Questions

226. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that some secondary schools are encouraging parents to incur financial debt by requiring the purchase of specific iPads, which cost on average €600; if she is further aware that these schools stipulate the exact make and model, limiting open market choice, and in many cases are directing parents to local credit unions to take out loans…

227. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that despite the Department’s circulars advising schools to reduce the cost of school uniforms by avoiding the use of branded or crested items, many primary and secondary schools continue to require expensive branded uniforms that can only be purchased from a single designated supplier, thereby limiting affordability and competition; a…

228. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when physical work will start on the new permanent building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36864/25]

229. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when LMETB will start the physical work to develop the new LMETH head office building in Drogheda, as per a decision taken by Government twelve years ago; if approval of a report referred to in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 23 July 2024, has been sanctioned; the date on when this occurred; if the project has been approved to go to tender…

230. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount spent since 2013 on work connected to the planned new LMETB head office building in Drogheda for each accounting year from 2013 to date in 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36866/25]

231. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will make it mandatory for those training to become a primary or secondary school teacher to complete one work placement in a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36879/25]

232. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing a new Teaching Council registration pathway to allow Montessori-trained teachers and those who hold recognised qualifications and have strong experience in child-centred education to gain registration, in order to address the shortage of teachers in special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3688…

233. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider changing the criteria of the capitation grant for special schools to consider all school staff or the square meter area of the school premises, in order to provide special school to receive a greater amount under the grant to meet their day-to-day costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36883/25]

234. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider extending the €74 per-pupil allocation under the minor works grant in special schools to also take account of teacher and SNA numbers, in order to better reflect the resource needs of special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36884/25]

235. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will provide funding to a school (details supplied) to provide for a sunken trampoline that was recommended by the occupational therapist and physiotherapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36885/25]

236. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing an assistant principal 1 to all special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36886/25]

237. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider renaming the leave of absence following assault scheme to more appropriately reflect the complex and unintentional nature of incidents in special education settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36887/25]

238. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will allow for special school staff such as caretakers, cleaners and bus escorts to be paid under the online claims system, in order to reduce the administrative burden on schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36888/25]

239. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will allow for special schools to receive a substitute teacher when a teacher takes self-certified sick leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36889/25]

240. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will conduct a review into the school transport requirements from Ballon, County Carlow to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36902/25]

241. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, is included in the primary or post-primary curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36909/25]

242. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reopening a school (details supplied) under new patronage, considering that there is a sufficient demand of children in the area, and the closure of the school is a great loss to the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36957/25]

243. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of State funding allocated to the IRFU; whether he is aware the IRFU is accumulating significant real estate near the Aviva Stadium; and if state funding has been used for this purpose. [36758/25]

244. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will support Waterways Ireland in setting up and operating a CRM system for logging and dealing with queries raised with the organisation, similar to many local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36923/25]

245. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the development levy waiver scheme will be extended for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36691/25]

246. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there will be a redrawing of local electoral area boundaries in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36693/25]

247. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's analysis of the forecast effect on current spending on the HAP and RAS schemes as a result of the Government's proposed reforms to rent pressure zones; the extent to which an expansion of those schemes is likely due to increased rents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36721/25]

248. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any initiatives proposed by his Department that seeks to protect the architectural heritage of Georgian Dublin, and the so-called Georgian core; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36732/25]

249. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the asks of the Irish Georgian Society in relation to the preservation and upkeep of Georgian Dublin; if he would consider meeting with this group to further these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36733/25]

250. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the conservation measures included in the recently published interdepartmental report on the recommendations of the Dublin City Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36734/25]