76. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application under the additional accommodation scheme, submitted in May 2025 by a school (details supplied) for the fit-out of a second ASD classroom; the reasons for the delay in issuing confirmation of the grant approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6888/26]
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77. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to abolish the ‘nearest school’ rule for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6897/26]
78. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special school places in each primary and secondary school in Dublin 2, 4 and 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6911/26]
79. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that adequate and safe working and learning conditions are not provided for all members of the school community in a Limerick primary school (details supplied); if she will provide an alternative avenue of funding that would allow essential interim works to proceed, whether through exceptional sanction or as enabling works linked to th…
80. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will take action to ensure there is an appropriate school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6960/26]
81. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a lease agreement is currently in place for the prefabs at a school (details supplied); the cost which has been incurred by her Department since their completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6980/26]
82. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider replacing the prefabs at a school (details supplied), given that the new campus is currently at stage 2a of the architectural design process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6981/26]
83. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of the five cabins on a campus (details supplied); whether a lease is in place for their current use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6982/26]
84. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when An Post pensioners, will receive their delayed since September 2025 payment; the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6699/26]
85. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he will take steps to allow for the pension increase approved by An Post in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6798/26]
86. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the research or evidence he has that demonstrates than an increase in high-cost private rental accommodation will, over time, bring down rents. [6639/26]
87. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new developer provided infrastructure proposal for private residential developments of 40 or less homes will be available for developers; and if the expectation is that the cost of this infrastructure will be passed on to the home buyers at the point of purchase of the homes. [6640/26]
88. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to prohibit the charging of fees for the provision of a reference from a landlord or property management company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6665/26]
89. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider offering interest free loans to local authorities to allow for the installation of solar panels on local authority owned houses whereby the panels would be owned by the local authority, who could use the credit for unused energy sold back to the grid to pay down the loan; and if he will make a statement on the m…
90. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants and amount granted in vacant property refurbishment grants, by county, since the scheme launched to date in 2026, in tabular form. [6713/26]
91. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants and amount granted in vacant above the shop grants, by county, since the scheme launched to date in 2026, in tabular form. [6714/26]
92. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants and amount granted in expert advice grants, by county, since the scheme launched to date in 2026; and the number of additional grant applicants in respect of top-ups and the amount granted over the same time period, in tabular form. [6715/26]
93. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a 2026 allocation for acquisitions to prevent homelessness will be made by his Department to Westmeath County Council. [6751/26]
94. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the price ceiling for the first home scheme has increased by €25,000, while the help-to-buy scheme price ceiling did not; to review the property price ceilings for the help-to-buy scheme in view of this discrepancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6782/26]
95. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether data protection and GDPR considerations have been fully addressed in the development of the proposed rent register; the way in which the identity and personal data of landlords will be protected, particularly in small towns and rural areas with limited rental stock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6915/26]
96. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider allowing local authorities to include attic conversions in their own social housing stock to meet the needs of existing tenants as an alternative to tenants having to apply for transfers to larger homes as their household size increases. [6930/26]
97. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the new Department circular concerning the vacant home grant will be amended to allow companies to apply for the grant, as many small independent retailers are companies that own premises, but are precluded from applying for the scheme for apartments above shops and other similar properties; and if he will make a statement on the…
98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the next steps a school (details supplied) should take to access the hot school meals scheme, once it has agreed contractors and suppliers. [6746/26]
99. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of financial support under the Temporary Protection Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6944/26]
100. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons currently in receipt of financial support under the international protection system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6945/26]