Questions

108. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to expand primary school capacity in north Kildare, considering that schools are currently operating considerable waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46369/26]

109. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to expand secondary school capacity in north Kildare, considering that schools are currently operating considerable waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46370/26]

110. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there are contingency plans in place to support the Irish economy and protection of data if one of the transatlantic cables are cut or damaged [46395/26]

111. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to a recent report (details supplied) that was published by University of Galway that analysed eight coastal local authorities and identified 2,279 properties and 570 km of roads at risk of coastal erosion; if his Department are working on a roadmap for an Irish Coastal Change Adaptation Framework…

112. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of derelict sites levy assessed, collected and outstanding within the Fingal County Council administrative area in 2025 and 2026 to date; the number of sites liable for the levy in each year ahead of the planned transfer of responsibility for the collection of the derelict sites levy from local authorities to …

113. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has assessed the potential financial impact on Fingal County Council arising from the transfer of derelict sites levy collection over to the Revenue Commissioners; the estimated amount of derelict sites levy revenue that Fingal County Council would forego under the new arrangements; the alternative funding mechanism…

114. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the forthcoming National Invasive Species Management Strategy for Ireland will give due consideration to the spread of invasive African curly waterweed (lagarosiphon major) and invasive Canadian pondweed (Elodea sp.) in Lough Corrib SAC, County Galway, as referenced in the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Reg…

115. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures he is taking to address the increasing number of people presenting to Kildare County Council as homeless following the introduction of the Residential Tenancies Act 2026 [46371/26]

116. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the recommendations of final report of the Local Democracy Taskforce will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46387/26]

117. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1138 of 9 June 2026, if he will undertake a regulatory impact assessment of the regulation noting that the European Commission's impact assessment of Regulation 2024/900 primarily concerned the regulation of online political advertising, and contained no reference or consideration to the nature of…

118. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the standardised data on emergency accommodation collected from Local Authority housing departments; if the reasons people require emergency accommodation are included; the way in which this is used for the planning of services to prevent homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46405/26]

119. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he has assessed the potential financial impact on Fingal County Council arising from the transfer of derelict sites levy collection over to the Revenue Commissioners; the estimated amount of derelict sites levy revenue that Fingal County Council would forego under the new arrangements; and if he will make a statement o…

120. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he intends any specific short-term financial and career-transition supports; if the Department is putting any in place for workers affected by recent tech-sector layoffs; and the way in which he plans to ensure that these supports are accessible without excessive [46176/26]

121. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the work his Department is doing to reduce the delays in processing jobseeker’s benefit claims for those who are early years educators during the summer holiday months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/26]

122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the latest statistics on the breakdown of the various social welfare payments, including unemployment benefit and unemployment assistance among 'broad nationality groups’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46210/26]

123. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the scale of payments under the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; the equivalent figures for each county in 2020; the expected further increase in the numbers of recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46220/26]

124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm, excluding child benefit, the number of foreign-born nationals and their adult dependents currently in receipt of a weekly, means tested social welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46384/26]

125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of foreign-born parents currently claiming child benefit; the number of children who are the beneficiaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46385/26]

126. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there will be a full independent inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46003/26]

127. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department will ensure that no beneficiary of temporary protection currently residing at a facility (details supplied) is required to leave without a clear alternative accommodation pathway, particularly children settled in local schools, people in local employment, older people and people with disabilities; whether a minimum no…

128. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an application for citizenship will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46051/26]

129. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the staffing levels at the visa office in Beijing and Abu Dhabi; and the number of applications that were received in each of those offices in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [46064/26]

130. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent by An Garda Síochána on purchasing mountain bikes for its fleet in the years of 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [46065/26]

131. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans added to the Garda dog unit fleet in each of the years 2024 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; the number of vehicles withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [46066/26]

132. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has applied, or intends to apply, to the European Commission for a temporary reduction of Ireland's mandatory solidarity contributions under Article 7(6) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1351; if not, the basis on which the Government considers Ireland not to be in a "critical situation" within the meaning of that Article, given curren…