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first county hedgerow survey in 2010, which has been replicated by a number of other councils over the years. Recently other projects, such as the Sliabh Beagh PEACEPLUS nature peatland recovery and the hen harrier management programme, have been great initiatives coming out of Monaghan. Farmers across this

Interest Bill 2009 enacted by Fianna Fáil when it crashed the economy. Such an emergency act must also provide for a massive construction programme for affordable and social housing on public land by local authorities, and local authorities must be funded to carry out this programme

social homes were added to the social housing stock and more than 15,271 homes were brought back into use under the voids programme. Local authorities are delivering affordable homes, with funding approved of almost €691 million from the Affordable Housing Fund to support the delivery of over … housing in 2026. Since the launch of cost rental in 2021, approximately €2.25 billion in Exchequer funding has been approved for cost-rental projects. Beyond my Department, significant funding is also being provided from the State's Housing Finance Agency. The lowering of VAT on new apartments

Budget 2026 provided an increased budget for the TB programme, with a record €157 million allocated for this reason in 2026. This will allow the TB programme to focus on driving down the disease through the implementation of measures laid out in my new bovine TB action plan

reduce the impact of known high-risk animals in spreading bovine TB. The aim of the action plan is to reset the TB programme by putting in place measures necessary to tackle the current disease situation. On 13 April, a number of changes were introduced to animal testing … animal movement requirements under the bovine TB programme to reduce the transmission of bovine TB from cattle to cattle. I recognise that this is a big change farmers and is the first real manifestation they are seeing of the new plan in action. I thank in particular

change that happened with this Government, which was laid out in the programme for Government, is that all of the various elements of dog control have been centralised from previously being across three Departments, including in the former Department of Rural and Community Development. The programme for Government

According to Department of Transport guidelines, Tipperary County Council should treat 5% of the road network or 295 km under the road improvement programme annually and another 5% under the road maintenance programme. That is a total of 590 km. In the past five years, the council

measures that people in Saggart have been calling for is high-visibility policing. I welcome the recent announcement of the high-visibility programme in parts of Dublin and across the country, but residents of Saggart were extremely disappointed that they were not included in this programme. I submitted

grown significantly, with the former by more than a third and the budget by more than 64%. We have seen several significant capital projects completed with the relocation of the ophthalmology outpatient department from CUH to South Infirmary in 2022. However, there is clearly a need for those … developments and projects that were expected. On foot of Deputy Burke raising this today, I will engage with the Minister who will work with him closely on this

existing controls and legal obligations governing these sectors. For this Government, it is about ensuring that we can maximise funds from European programmes, such as the forthcoming European competitiveness fund. It is about ensuring Ireland benefits from this. Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland must be able to engage … someone else will. These amendments in the Bill provide the clarity that is required for agencies to participate fully and appropriately in these programmes, supporting Irish researchers, supporting small to medium enterprises right throughout our country, and also ensuring the multinational firms that want to collaborate with

Acts 1981 and 2003. The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage supports fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central training programme, issuing guidance on operational and other related matters, and providing capital funding support for equipment and priority infrastructural projects. Engagement with staff-side associations

Ireland, ensuring all premises in the country are covered by a gigabit network no later than 2028. It is the largest infrastructural project in rural Ireland since rural electrification, spanning 96% of Ireland's landmass. The NBP is delivering high-speed broadband to over 1.1 million people … challenging targets. Deployment momentum is strong and the main infrastructure build is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2026, bringing the project in ahead of schedule and running under budget. In addition, commercial deployments have also advanced strongly, with the latest figures released from the regulator

school campus in Carrigtwohill. To give the Dáil a bit of insight in respect of this, this was the largest single school project ever undertaken by the State. It involved the construction of three schools on the one campus, a large secondary school in addition to two primary … alongside the then Minister for education, Deputy Norma Foley. After a very difficult two-year battle, we finally secured funding to advance the project, which was a long-running, difficult challenge. There is excellent school management and a fantastic principal in situ. I am very lucky to have

been campaigning to get her Bill passed, looking for sanctions on trade with the illegally occupied Palestinian territories. The Government promised in the programme for Government it would be implemented but it still has not implemented it. We will probably talk about it more. However, despite the commitments … that Bill. Many of us frankly have doubts that it has any intention of passing it at all despite the promise in the programme for Government that it would do so. Our Bill is saying that under the Genocide Convention, the Rome Statute against apartheid, international law generally

International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, IHRA, definition of antisemitism. It was one of the first things the Government did, as a Government, from its programme for Government. We do not talk about it much because I think people want to forget the fact this Government adopted it. What … horizon compared to what we can actually do here and now. There is no reason the Minister cannot pursue a twintrack programme on this. Look at what you can do with your European colleagues while you implement legislation here to sanction Israel. That is what we should

basis. The Minister of State believes this. Its arrogance is typified by the statement that 81% of farmers have signed up to a project that does not have planning permission or an abstraction licence. Imagine that. Hundreds of millions of euro paid out, along with a 25% payment … those landowners. I criticised the IFA and ICMSA for doing those kinds of seedy deal before the planning permission for the project had even been granted. This is what goes on in this country. What about the hundreds of landowners who have not signed

know, in planning voluntary rules mean nothing. When a community in east or west Clare is being consulted about a wind turbine project that will affect its area for years to come, it deserves to know the process meets a proper recognised standard, not whatever the developer decides … simple. Will the Government consider introducing a national legal standard for community engagement in planning, policy decisions and grant funding? Will projects have to show that engagement was meaningful before planning permission or final approval is granted? Right now, we are spending public money on consultation that communities

country that is first to bring in every type of new regulation, we are behind with many of the critical infrastructure projects that are needed. Even when it comes to the basic local improvement scheme, LIS, we are way behind in Kerry, with some 560 to 570 roads … waiting for so long. There are judicial reviews, analysing and scrutinising and we are paying environmental objectors money each year to object to projects. That is the actual truth of it. You could not build a hen house now anywhere without some fella putting in an objection

delays. It could happen within a matter of days. Indeed, if the Minister has made a designation, it is not as if the project just stalls in its entirety until the designation order is ratified by the Houses of the Oireachtas. There is still work that … project. I wish to press the amendment

about €100,000 coming from central government, but we need more. Either way, we need a commitment to ensure that this repair project can begin and end as soon as possible. This is not the large-scale sport infrastructure fund, LSSIF, or the sports capital programme. It would

higher education and research. Other Ministers or Ministers of State are invited to participate as required. The committee oversees the implementation of programme for Government commitments relating to sustainable economic and employment growth, trade competitiveness and productivity, innovation, the national digital strategy and pensions. As with all policy … transport options including public transport, active travel, roads, maritime and aviation. Approximately €10 billion of this will be used for public transport projects with a further €2 billion from the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund specifically to start construction on MetroLink. There will be greater opportunities to attract

Government in 2025. It meets quarterly in advance of regular European Council meetings, and as required. Its role is to oversee implementation of programme for Government commitments in relation to the European Union, including preparation for Ireland’s Presidency in the second half of this year, and international … situation in the Middle East, including the impact on energy prices, Ukraine and economic competitiveness. On the last of these, leaders agreed a programme of work to be completed in the period ahead that will be central to Ireland’s Presidency of the Council in the second half

understanding of the client who they are seeing. We see this also in the delivery of services such as the national clinical programme for suicide ideation and self-harm where experienced and skilled nurses work in our emergency departments to respond in real time and provide support … nursing workforce. Our commitment to this is reflected in our approach to workforce planning. All recent graduates, as I said, of psychiatric nursing programmes have been offered posts within our health service. This is a clear statement of the value placed on mental health nursing and the recognition

student strategy and explain how that is going to work. Part of that is the extension of what was a TU, accommodation programme across the traditional universities and what we are calling the higher education institutions student accommodation programme, HSAP. That has been up and running now since

provision. Two new veterinary schools are being provided now, one in ATU and one in SETU, with 40 students in each. The SETU programme will be supported by the Glassworks site in Waterford, but also through Teagasc's Kildalton College, which operates a working farm. That reflects international … received a significant boost with the opinion of reasonable assurance from the Veterinary Council of Ireland inspection of the bachelor of veterinary medicine programme. What that opinion of reasonable assurance means is that the regulatory body has now said that it is satisfied that this course passes muster

Transport the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49102/26

will provide an update in respect of bringing Spencer Dock train station back into use; the amount expended to date on the project; the annual cost of securing the site and building since 2020 to date; and the date on which it is expected to be operational [49118/26

will provide an update in respect of new access to the outer platforms at Connolly station; the amount expended to date on the project; and the date on which the access route is expected to be operational. [49119/26

Minister for Transport if he will provide the most up to date schedule of costs in respect of the delivery of the Metrolink project. [49187/26

Finance the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49093/26

Digitalisation the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48785/26

Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his officials have engaged with the Department of Transport in respect of public service obligation funding and/or projects; the number of new and or existing PSO routes that cannot be operated due to a lack of funding that have been identified

Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has considered establishing a central Government delivery unit or implementation office with responsibility for monitoring major State projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49563/26

Employment the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49091/26

Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the project of a particular school (details supplied) compares against the criteria for the sectoral investment plan of the NDP. [48763/26

Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48786/26

Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a new school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48787/26

Youth the reason special needs assistant support is no longer being provided as part of the school-based DEIS literacy and numeracy summer programme; the way in which this decision aligns with her Department's commitment to inclusive education; and if she will make a statement

Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure the projects in Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Longford run under the STEM inclusion funding from the EU can continue, after the funding from the EU has ceased. [48801/26

update on the current status of the proposed new extension building for a national school (details supplied); the current stage of the project; to advise of any delays or issues impacting delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48913/26

Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49046/26

Youth the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across her Department, by project, year and value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49090/26

Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of adding an additional week of immersion in the Gaeltacht to the programme for trainee teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49132/26

Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the new build capital project for a school (details supplied) including a date when a contractor will be appointed; the date when construction will commence; and the contingency plans that will

Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the Summer Programme supports available to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49229/26

Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to achieve the Programme for Government commitment of a pupil–teacher ratio of 19:1. [49426/26

Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on when a school building project (details supplied) will proceed, given the impending expiry of planning permission. [49427/26

Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline of payments for the summer programme. [49571/26

Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional support will be provided for the Summer Programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49614/26

Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the additional accommodation project for a school (details supplied). [49833/26