Parliamentary questions

344. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average cost of insurance for special schools on a per pupil basis. [54639/26]

345. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools the ETB arranges IPB insurance for; and the coverage this insurance typically provides. [54640/26]

346. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have IPB insurance; and the coverage this insurance typically provides. [54641/26]

347. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average cost for water on a per pupil basis being paid by public schools. [54643/26]

348. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider altering the guidance to primacy schools regarding making a room or rooms available to afterschool providers; if she will consider making this mandatory for all primary schools in order to assist in increasing the availability of afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54652/…

349. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposals to increase capacity at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54668/26]

350. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a proposed building project for a school (details supplied) will progress to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54669/26]

351. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on a matter (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54354/26]

352. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department provides financial supports or schemes which private businesses developing a sports facility including padel courts can avail of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54302/26]

353. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of EU Presidency policy and administrative officers now employed on temporary contracts across his Department, in Ireland and abroad; if these individuals can apply to internal civil service competitions for these temporary contracts; the plans being developed to retain these individuals once their co…

354. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding all actions in each of the Climate Action Plans 2021 to 2025 under the remit of his Department; to provide a breakdown of the legacy actions remaining, broken down by the year of the climate action plan they were initially included in; and the estimated timelines for completion, in tabular form. [54…

355. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will introduce a programme for the installation of water harvesting devices in as many homes in the State as possible to offset the effects of droughts and floods caused by climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54410/26]

356. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if as part of Budget 2027 he will consider bringing forward a scheme run by the SEAI to increase the number of residential water butts as a water saving measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54762/26]

357. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of SHD applications which were remitted back by the High Court to An Coimisiún Pleanála for consideration and decision which remain undecided; the timeline for decision on these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54304/26]

358. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position on advancing legislation on ReNure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54312/26]

359. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration has been given to establishing a national register of homes affected by defective concrete blocks, including properties that are not eligible for the existing remediation schemes; whether such a register could be used to provide a more accurate picture of the overall scale of the problem;…

360. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether consideration will be given to extending the RAS pilot to cities outside of Dublin namely Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54343/26]

361. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the implementation of the 23 recommendations contained in the Review of the Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) published in January 2025; the number of recommendations fully implemented to date; the timeline for the remaining modifications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […

362. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the full completion of the Cork City Northwest Quarter Regeneration Plan. [54358/26]

363. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for the enactment of Killala Garden; and the plans for residents who remain in homes throughout these phases. [54359/26]

364. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any funding application or feasibility study has been supplied on regeneration in Blackpool, Cork. [54361/26]

365. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Tarry Path regeneration in Mayfield in Cork. [54362/26]

366. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given the regional capacity allocations for solar deployment, the way in which the Regional Renewable Energy Strategy will be implemented at local authority level; the methodology that will be used to decide which allocation is made to each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54382/26]

367. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether properties owned or operated by an approved housing body (AHB), including supported accommodation, rehabilitation centres, and other residential facilities provided by an AHB for housing or care-related purposes, are eligible for assistance under The Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; wh…

368. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to urgently investigate the algae formation on Lough Leane and Muckross Lake, Killarney, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54435/26]