Questions

326. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide funding for energy-efficiency upgrades in older school buildings, including many small rural schools where energy costs are disproportionately high; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67145/25]

327. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are delays in the emergency works scheme affecting small rural schools; the average decision timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67146/25]

328. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in Dublin Bay North awaiting a special school place for the school year beginning in September 2025, with comparative figures for September 2021, September 2022, September 2023 and September 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67165/25]

329. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in Dublin Bay North awaiting an autism school place for the school year beginning in September 2025, with comparative figures for September 2021, September 2022, September 2023 and September 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67166/25]

330. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of sanctioned autism classes in Dublin Bay North that are scheduled to open for the start of the school term in September 2025, with comparative figures for September 2021, September 2022, September 2023 and September 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67167/25]

331. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to progress the long-awaited school extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67180/25]

332. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the introduction of the new leaving cert curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67188/25]

333. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address the longstanding issue of pension entitlements for school secretaries and caretakers who have shown extraordinary patience and deserve a just and long-overdue resolution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67195/25]

334. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department and NCSE will engage fully with the parents of child (details supplied) in relation to a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67211/25]

335. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the school project (details supplied) and if she will engage with the school on the works as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67212/25]

336. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 280 of 10 November 2025, the reason for the delay in preparing a large scale recruitment campaign for the education therapy support service by the National Council for Special Education; the contingency plan if recruitment is unsuccessful; the interim supports that will be put in place for children later in the …

337. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of insurance for personal injury and third-party property damage for all public primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67304/25]

338. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding streams available for a festival (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66761/25]

339. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport following the recent announcement of €2 million to fund detailed designs and ongoing maintenance, if he will confirm that when the new Buncrana leisure centre project is ready to go to tender, his Department will provide the funding to build and complete this long-delayed important community amenity for the people of Inishowen,…

340. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the provision his Department has made to prioritise arts provision for Irish-language speakers in Gaeltacht service towns outside the Gaeltacht and Irish language networks, designated under the Gaeltacht Act 2012; if he will make particular reference to the funding conditions required of recipients of Arts Council funding in r…

341. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the work of the Department towards protecting children when using online media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66853/25]

342. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to list all funding schemes, grant programmes and any other financial supports that are currently administered by his Department and its agencies; the expected launch and closing dates for applications for each scheme in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66939/25]

343. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the progress in emission reduction targets in areas that are the responsibility of his Department; which measures are particularly successful and which measures are underperforming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67044/25]

344. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has engaged with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) or any other group representing retired An Post employees in the past five years; and if he will provide the dates and purpose of such engagements. [67073/25]

345. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of inspections, audits, or enforcement actions carried out by the Property Services Regulatory Authority in the past five years where estate agents failed to complete anti-money-laundering checks during property sales; and the outcome of each action. [67074/25]

346. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the procedures his Department requires the Property Services Regulatory Authority to follow when an estate agent completes a property sale without verifying the identity and address of the client as required under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010; and the timeline for each step in this process…

347. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps he will take to strengthen oversight of estate agents who handle property sales, in light of recent reports of a sale completed without the required anti-money-laundering documentation; and the measures he plans to introduce to protect the integrity of the property market. [67076/25]

348. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has assessed the impact on small and medium-sized enterprises of recent and proposed increases in local authority commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67128/25]

349. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is engaging with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure that local authority funding pressures do not unduly increase costs for small businesses through higher commercial rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67129/25]

350. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has undertaken, or will undertake, a whole-of-Government review of local authority funding pressures, including roads, housing, climate adaptation and other statutory functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67134/25]