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John Lahart Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
429. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options available to urban parents for school transport (details supplied); the funding schemes which are available to assist such parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57304/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
430. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding accessibility of Leaving Certificate applied examinations for students who are deaf or hard of hearing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57321/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
431. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for incremental credit (details supplied); if the Teaching Council will accept the documents provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57337/25]
Barry Ward Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
432. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 9 October 2025, and the fourth Topical Issue selected of 9 October, if she has reviewed this issue with regards to the shortfall in ancillary grant funding for a school (details supplied) following the move to paying the school secretary through the Department of Education; the actions she will take to addre…
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
433. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the design stage of each project under her Department, in each county, and year of application submitted, in tabular form. [57346/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
434. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of projects under her Department that are at design stage 2B, and the year of application submitted, in tabular form. [57347/25]
Aisling Dempsey Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
435. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the name and location of UBU-funded youth services, per constituency, and the funding provided to each service in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026; as well as the number of staff and number of young people engaged in the service for each of those years, in tabular form. [57348/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
436. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all the construction-related reports required to progress a school building project (details supplied) advised by her Department in July 2024 to proceed with a new planning application, which should include decarbonisation, have been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57349/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
437. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57363/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
438. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options in place for the provision of education to secondary school students where there is a shortage of teachers for a core curriculum subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57382/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
439. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to concerns (details supplied) that several Leaving Certificate Applied subjects are inaccessible for deaf and hard of hearing students; for details of any plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57400/25]
Mary Butler Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
440. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the timeline for a decision in respect of this badly needed development; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57401/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
441. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote number 26, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [57422/25]
John Clendennen Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
442. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of additional school accommodation projects approved for County Offaly in each of the past ten years, 2015-2025; the date of their completion; if not yet completed, their current status and expected completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57429/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
443. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update in respect of opening the autism class in a school (details supplied). [57431/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Culture
444. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the internet infrastructure will be upgraded in an area (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56587/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Culture
445. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount that has been spent by his Department to conduct tendering processes for public infrastructure projects in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56688/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Culture
446. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when consultation will open for the permanent basic income for the arts scheme; the form that consultation will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56774/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Culture
447. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether artists on the pilot scheme will be eligible to apply for the permanent basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56775/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Culture
448. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the work being done by his Department, and agencies under its remit, to facilitate, in line with the commitment under the Programme for Government, the easier return to Ireland for emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56783/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Culture
449. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 33, including the provisional sub-head and programme level allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57013/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Culture
450. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of the vacant buildings owned by his Department or by agencies under the remit of his Department in Dublin 2, 4, 6, and 6W, including, the address and size in square meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57106/25]
Thomas Gould Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Culture
451. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether there are any funding streams available to young people playing darts on the world stage. [57252/25]
Carol Nolan Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Culture
452. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of all reports, including consultancy reports commissioned by his Department from 1 January 2024 to date in 2025, that could be categorised as not for external publication or marked for internal use only; the cost of each report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57286/25]
Johnny Mythen Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Housing
453. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in view of the recent EPA's report on the ecological collapse of Our Lady's Island Lake (lagoon), a priority area under the EU Habitat Directive, if he will instigate a coordinated response to this report and insure funding is forthcoming to protect and restore this lagoon, as it is of enormous ecological, historical and spiritual…