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Brendan Smith Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
201. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when the revised criteria for the minor flood mitigation works scheme will be notified to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9101/26]
Brendan Smith Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
202. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total expenditure on the minor flood mitigation works scheme in 2025; the funding allocated for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9102/26]
John Connolly Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
203. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on the proposed regulations governing the use of short-term tourist accommodation, including platforms such as (details supplied) and similar services due to come into effect in May 2026; if specific exemptions are being considered for the offshore islands, given their unique demographic profile and relian…
Emer Currie Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
204. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department is considering any proposals to create a national strategy to attract fully locationless remote jobs to Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8826/26]
Emer Currie Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
205. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department is considering any proposals to create a dedicated unit within his Department, or Stage agencies, to attract fully locationless remote jobs to Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8827/26]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
206. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the value of dual-use goods exported to Israel in 2025 in its entirety; the companies that got licenses, as well as applications that were refused, and who the end users were. [8926/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
207. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update as to whether funding will be allocated to Galway County Council to take ownership of a property (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9017/26]
Thomas Gould Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
208. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether funding provided through Cara Nua for victims of institutional abuse is available for the purchase of a car. [9111/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
209. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 27 January 2026, if she will provide details on the National Youth Sector Reference Group as well as a group comprising representatives from departments and agencies that provide funding to or interact with the youth sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8773/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
210. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 27 January 2026, if she will provide details on progress in drafting an operational action plan to support implementation of the strategy; the timeline for engagement with stakeholders involved in the delivery of these actions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8774/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
211. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 27 January 2026, if she will provide more information on the design of a consultative forum, from 2026 onwards, that will concentrate on the identification of policy priorities, outputs, and outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8775/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
212. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 27 January 2026, her plans to meet with youth organisations, to discuss their priorities and understand the value of their work and the challenges they face; when she intends to get stakeholder input to inform the development of the implementation plan for Opportunities for Youth, the national strategy …
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
213. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if plans have advanced for a new school (details supplied) on the new site offered free of charge to the State, within the town boundaries of Milford; and if she will discuss the unacceptable conditions for the children, teachers and staff at the school with her two predecessors in her role, who both visited the school and witnessed those co…
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
214. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason full post-primary autism classes receive €0 in year-on-year funding, while their primary equivalents receive €4,020 in such funding; if she will commit to equalising this funding, a position supported by the NCSE; if so, in what timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8783/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
215. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will direct the NCSE to provide the number of students in post-primary schools that have a recommendation of requiring a special class place, but do not currently have that place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8784/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
216. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will direct the NCSE to provide specific CPD on how to run post-primary autism classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8785/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
217. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that teachers can choose to not participate in the assessment of needs process, and cannot be compelled to participate, as per a judgment in January 2024 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8786/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
218. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school giving priority enrolment to a post-primary autism special class to students already enrolled in the school who receive their autism diagnosis and/or recommendation of requiring a post-primary autism class placement, and who have all necessary documentation (including diagnostic report and NCSE letter of eligibility), contravene either th…
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
219. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will instruct all schools with special classes to assign a teacher to coordinate said classes and specify a minimum number of administration hours per class for that teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8788/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
220. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide precise data on the number of times section 37a of the Schools Admissions Act 2018 has actually been utilised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8789/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
221. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in fee paying schools; the number of those schools that have special classes; the number of classes they have; if she will also provide the same statistics for public schools, and explain the discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8790/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
222. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in DEIS schools; the number of those schools that have special classes; the number of such classes they have; if she will also provide the same statistics for non-DEIS schools, and the reason for the discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8791/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
223. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will instruct the NCSE to provide a county by county (and by area code in Dublin) breakdown of special class numbers, covering the past five years, and relevant population stats for each county/area, broken down into primary and post-primary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8792/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
224. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department this year has made home tuition conditional on having a psychological report done within the past six months, especially given the potentially years long wait to get such reports; to provide statistics from the past five years of successful home tuition applications as compared to successful applications in this current acad…
Claire Kerrane Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Education
225. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline for all developments in relation to the proposed development at a school (details supplied) since its first proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8796/26]