175. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding mechanism his Department has in place to assist schools that require to purchase land in order to create a safe parking space for school drop-offs and pick-ups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66451/25]
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176. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for school building projects in areas of rapid population growth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66476/25]
177. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for expanding digital learning infrastructure in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66477/25]
178. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students currently supported by reading schools or specialist classes for severe dyslexia, by region and by local authority area, in tabular form; the projected future demand for such provision; the planned timeline for expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66490/25]
179. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason that school children in areas (details supplied) were not picked up for school by school transport on several dates in September and October, with no notice and leaving children on the side of the road without a way to school, if the Minister will seek an explanation for this and provide reassurance that this will not happen again; and i…
180. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on a new school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66548/25]
181. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); her views on whether on the appropriateness of same; if action can be taken in the short-to-medium term to mitigate this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66551/25]
182. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs waiting for an appropriate school place a month after schools returned from the summer holidays, on a county-by-county basis, in tabular form, for the years 2022 to 2025 date, inclusive. [66618/25]
183. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the increased capitation grant for primary and post-primary schools announced in Budget 2026 will come into effect. [66619/25]
184. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a large waiting list for a school (details supplied) where these children are in the catchment area and there is no other school in the town, if the Minister will ask her Department to engage with the school principal to offer all necessary supports; if the school's ASA application can be fast-tracked to meet need; and if she wil…
185. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will assist with the emergency provision of a boiler for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66635/25]
186. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used in assessing eligibility for ill health early retirement in the case of a teacher employed by her Department; the person or body that makes this decision (details supplied); the level at which the decision is made; the person or body that is consulted in relation to same; the precedents for this benefit being awarded; the number of…
187. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason it is not possible for National Broadband Ireland (NBI) to show flexibility in switching Eircodes on their system (details supplied) in order to fulfil their mandate for the provision of broadband. [66305/25]
188. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the Telecommunications Response and Resilience Group (T-RRG), chaired by his Department will initiate a plan to ensure telecommunications poles are protected in future storms by identifying dangerous trees and initiating a tree cutting plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66515/25]
189. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the Telecommunications Response and Resilience Group (T-RRG) has identified measures to ensure that there are no future extended losses of connectivity for vulnerable people using a health monitoring/pendant alarm, as happened after storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66516/25]
190. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a standardised methodology for calculating both operational and embodied carbon in buildings will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66306/25]
191. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the guidance provided to contracting authorities where the creation or compilation of tender documentation is contracted to an external organisation during the public procurement process. [66307/25]
192. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the guidance provided to contracting authorities on the use of AI in the consideration of tenders during a public procurement process. [66308/25]
193. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans to open a new call of the Urban Regeneration Development Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66312/25]
194. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funds and number of properties they relate to, applied for by each local authority for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [66313/25]
195. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funds and number of properties they relate to, drawn down by each local authority for the tenant-in-situ scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [66314/25]
196. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social homes which have been delivered in Laois since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66320/25]
197. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline details of new affordable housing schemes being supported by his Department; to provide details of submissions received from Laois County Council for the development of such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66321/25]
198. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties in each county that have been completed under the vacant and derelict homes grants; the number of properties in each county that have been supported by these grants that are now registered with the RTB, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66322/25]
199. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications from County Laois under the Historic Structures Fund 2026; the total value of grant-aid awarded; the supports available to ensure rural historic properties in County Laois can access the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66323/25]