202. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of properties in the possession of the OPW that are currently vacant-disused, setting out the vacancy period, such as, less than six months, less than 12 months, and so on, in tabular form. [38517/25]
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203. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the details for the past three years and the current year funding allocated or paid out for Departmental employees for legal study programmes including EU law in the past three years, detailing the course title, the course provider, the course fees, grade of employee supported, whether course wa…
204. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE staff, by job title, employed by OPW currently working at John F Kennedy Arboretum as of 4 July 2025; the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title, in tabular form; when those vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38598/25]
205. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the …
206. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if an appeal by a person (details supplied) that has been submitted against the decision of his Department not to renew a work permit application has been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38382/25]
207. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the details and the current year funding allocated or paid out for Departmental employees for legal study programmes including EU law in the past three years, detailing the course title, the course provider, the course fees, grade of employee supported, whether course was in person or online and name of the scheme providing the support;…
208. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when he expects a new CEO for Failte Ireland to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38586/25]
209. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38616/25…
210. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware of the planned closure of a company (details supplied) affecting over 70 staff; the action he is taking to address the loss of Irish jobs and the apparent outsourcing to UK-based crews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38640/25]
211. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the stage 3 report of a school extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38331/25]
212. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any initiatives led by her Department that seek to promote outdoor education and improve local biodiversity for an existing school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38356/25]
213. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to advise on the process an author may undertake to get book published for inclusion in primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38371/25]
214. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline, regarding payments requested from parents for children in primary school, if a school may charge a mandatory fee; if the amount being charged in a school (details supplied) is acceptable; if the full fee is not paid, whether the school can withhold group activities like tin-whistle lessons from a child; and if she will make a statement on…
215. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department can mandate schools to allow parents the flexibility of purchasing generic or non-branded school uniforms that comply with a school’s uniform policy; the actions being undertaken to ensure that school uniforms are affordable; whether she has investigated the feasibility of restricting the level of forever chemicals in children’…
216. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools, including their ethos, who have received suppression of special class notices to date in 2025, including the number of these classes, in tabular form per county; to include those which were due to open for the school year 2025/2026, the maximum capacity of each and the financial expenditure incurred to date in relation to these…
217. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the number of Gaelscoileanna that have requested to alter their ethos contrary to the Autism Good Practice Guidance for Schools (details supplied). [38402/25]
218. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in relation to the special education or ASD classes sanctioned in 2024 and 2025, including those who have received suppression notices, the cost of all forms of consultancy fees associated with each individual sanctioned rooms or classes. [38404/25]
219. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all works will be completed at a school (details supplied) for the much-needed school to open in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38410/25]
220. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth where a sanction for a special class has been revoked via a suppression notice, to outline the step by step process, including the key decision makers involved, the engagement with the school, the NCSE and the parents who have enrolled children in these classes for the upcoming school year. [38411/25]
221. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the issue of schools using laptops or electronic devices instead of physical textbooks, whether her Department can mandate schools to allow parents to choose whether they want their child to use physical school books rather than forcing them to purchase a specific device for the child’s schoolwork (details supplied); and if she will make a …
222. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to explain the rationale for redesignating mild general learning disabilities schools, including a school (details supplied), as complex needs schools without consultation with the school community, thus altering the very identity of those schools, and potentially forcing thousands of children with mild learning disabilities into mainstream scho…
223. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the latest status of plans for a new school building for a Gaelscoil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38446/25]
224. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38521/25]
225. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans in terms of the EPSEN report recommendation to bring forward legislation to change the present situation wherein students in special schools cannot legally continue education after their eighteenth birthday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38537/25]
226. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details and the current year funding allocated or paid out for Departmental employees for legal study programmes including EU law in the past three years, detailing the course title, the course provider, the course fees, grade of employee supported, whether course was in person or online and name of the scheme providing the support; if employees r…