Parliamentary questions

Educational Disadvantage

Brendan Smith

83. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if there are proposals to extend the current Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4950/23]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

84. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that there are sufficient special school places in Cork city and county for the September 2023 intake; the engagement she has had with the National Council for Special Education in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4808/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

85. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to increase the number of places in secondary schools for young people with autism in County Cork. [4782/23]

Disability Services

Ruairí Ó Murchú

86. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to the use of the rapid prompting method to assist learning for children with autism who are non-verbal in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4387/23]

School Transport

Pauline Tully

87. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the timeframe for the completion of the full review of the school transport scheme; the timeframe for the publication of the review and its recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4556/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Brendan Smith

1. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent visit to Northern Ireland for discussions with the political parties there. [4220/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Brendan Smith

2. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent telephone conversation with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [4221/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Seán Haughey

3. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone conversation with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. [4223/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Bríd Smith

4. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on his most recent engagement with political representatives and groups from Northern Ireland since he returned to Oifig an Taoisigh. [4423/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

5. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he is intending to establish new Cabinet subcommittees. [3075/23]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

6. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he is intending to establish new Cabinet subcommittees. [3078/23]

Cabinet Committees

Cian O'Callaghan

7. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he is intending to establish new Cabinet subcommittees. [4447/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [4087/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

9. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [4379/23]

Ukraine War

Seán Haughey

10. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone conversation with the Ukrainian President. [4222/23]

Ukraine War

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone call with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [4424/23]

Ukraine War

Paul Murphy

12. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent phone call with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [4427/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Richard Boyd Barrett

13. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [3073/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Paul Murphy

14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the World Economic Forum in Davos. [3076/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

35. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he is intending to establish new Cabinet subcommittees. [4380/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Violet-Anne Wynne

1. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Taoiseach when it is expected that the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs will take place. [3275/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Gino Kenny

2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach the proposed running order of the citizens' assemblies. [3413/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Paul McAuliffe

3. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Taoiseach when the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs will take place. [4161/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Aindrias Moynihan

4. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Taoiseach when the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs will take place. [4234/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Ivana Bacik

5. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Citizens’ Assembly on Drugs will take place. [4369/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the proposed running order of citizens’ assemblies. [4415/23]

Citizens' Assembly

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach the proposed running order of citizens’ assemblies. [4418/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

8. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [61817/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with social protection will next meet. [3074/23]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

10. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with social protection will next meet. [3077/23]

Cabinet Committees

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

11. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [4217/23]

Cabinet Committees

Niamh Smyth

12. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [4219/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

13. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [4370/23]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

14. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with social protection will next meet. [4413/23]

Cabinet Committees

Bríd Smith

15. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with immigration and integration will next meet. [4422/23]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with immigration and integration will next meet. [4426/23]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

17. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with immigration and integration will next meet. [4429/23]

Child Poverty

Alan Farrell

18. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach his views on the creation of a new division within his Department focusing on child poverty. [1634/23]

Child Poverty

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

19. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [4218/23]

Child Poverty

Ivana Bacik

20. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the new division in his Department to address child poverty. [4371/23]

Child Poverty

Ruairí Ó Murchú

21. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he is considering the establishment of a new division in his Department to tackle child poverty. [4414/23]

Child Poverty

Richard Boyd Barrett

22. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach his views on the creation of a new division within his Department, focusing on child poverty. [4416/23]

Child Poverty

Paul Murphy

23. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach his views on the creation of a new division within his Department, focusing on child poverty. [4419/23]

Middle East

John Brady

63. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether efforts to further the search for peace in Palestine have been further hampered as a consequence of the inflammatory rhetoric and actions emanating from the newly elected Government in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4613/23]

Ukraine War

Gino Kenny

64. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he intends to make to try to prevent further escalation of the war in Ukraine in his new role as Minister for Foreign Affairs of a neutral country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4515/23]

Passport Services

John Brady

65. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures being put in place to ensure that there will be no unnecessary backlog in the issuing of passports in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4614/23]

Brexit Issues

Matt Shanahan

66. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the ongoing discussions regarding possible changes to the Brexit protocol that can assist the movement of goods between the island of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom. [4793/23]

Passport Services

Richard O'Donoghue

67. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which the Passport Office is prepared for the influx of passport applications for this spring and summer (details supplied). [4615/23]

Middle East

Chris Andrews

68. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the new Israeli Government’s policy of expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank, using the means of ethnic cleansing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2133/23]

Northern Ireland

Fergus O'Dowd

69. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the latest information regarding the Northern Ireland protocol and related negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4400/23]

Ukraine War

Cathal Crowe

71. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he believes the Russian Federation should be designated as a terrorist state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4332/23]

International Relations

Barry Cowen

72. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a report on his recent call with the United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4367/23]

Foreign Conflicts

Willie O'Dea

73. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports calls for a special tribunal to prosecute Russian war crimes in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4334/23]

North-South Implementation Bodies

Michael Moynihan

74. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an overview of the shared island civic society fund he announced on 12 January 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4216/23]

Middle East

John Brady

76. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he proposes to take or is willing to support against Israel following the destruction of aid supplied by the EU and Ireland to Palestine by Israeli forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4406/23]

International Relations

Paul McAuliffe

119. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his reaction to the appointment by the United States of a new special envoy to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4213/23]

Tourism Industry

Imelda Munster

1. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Question No. 1 of 17 November 2022, if she will provide an update on whether the wide range of alternative options being explored by the Government will be made available in time for the reopening of hotels to tourists in summer 2023, and on the engagement carried out by her Department on the senior officials group, including a copy of or details of the concerns she communicated on behalf of the tourism sector to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and any response received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3676/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she is aware of the recent hearings at the budget scrutiny committee about section 481 film credit and the concerns raised by Equity about the failure of producer companies to vindicate the rights of actors, performers, directors and writers in respect of intellectual property and EU directives; the concerns raised by representatives of film crew about the failure of producer companies to vindicate their rights in terms of employment legislation, in particular the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003, and whether she intends to take action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3876/23]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

3. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dáta faoina mbeidh bord nua ceaptha d’Údarás na Gaeltachta; conas a ligeadh do thréimhse an bhoird teacht chun críche gan tús a bheith curtha fiú le ceapadh an bhoird nua agus cé na bearta atá déanta chun a chinntiú nach dtarlóidh a leithéid arís i gcás boird Stáit; agus an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú maidir le dáta an toghcháin atá beartaithe a thabhairt ar ais; cad é an tionchar a bheidh ag an athstruchtúrú sin ar thréimhse oifige an bhoird; agus cén tábhacht a bhaineann le bord a bheith i bhfeidhm go dtí go dtarlaíonn an t-athstruchtúrú sin. [3877/23]

Tourism Industry

Verona Murphy

4. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the proactive measures her Department is taking to address and resolve the current recruitment and retention difficulties of the tourism industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3848/23]

Tourism Funding

Michael Collins

5. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans in place to give relief to the hotel sector at this time with the ongoing energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3880/23]

Gender Balance

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

7. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update in respect of the action plan for sport 2021-2023 and the Government target to have 40% female representation in the board membership of the national governing bodies of sport. [3562/23]

Culture Policy

Catherine Connolly

8. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 17 November 2022, the status of the legacy framework arising from Galway 2020; when the framework will be published; the breakdown of the way that the remaining €1 million from her Department’s commitment to Galway 2020 will be spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3698/23]

Ceisteanna Craolacháin

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

10. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén dáta faoina bhfoilseofar an tuarascáil maidir le stáisiún raidió trí Ghaeilge don aos óg atá geallta don mhí seo i bhfianaise é a bheith geallta roimh dheireadh na bliana seo caite, de réir freagraí atá tugtha aici ar mo chuid ceisteanna parlaiminte go dtí seo. [3671/23]

Film Industry

Richard Boyd Barrett

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her attention has been drawn to issues raised by film crew at the recent Oireachtas Committee on Budgetary Oversight hearings on section 481 tax relief in terms of their vulnerability to blacklisting and failure to vindicate their rights as employees under EU and national law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3722/23]

Sports Funding

Steven Matthews

12. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of sports capital funding will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3062/23]

Sport and Recreational Development

Chris Andrews

13. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures that are being put in place to address the expected increase in participation at a grassroots level in women's football ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup in July 2023 in Australia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2737/23]

Tourism Industry

Bernard Durkan

14. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps she continues to take to ensure that tourism is given every opportunity to develop and grow in the future notwithstanding the future challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3639/23]

Tourism Industry

Alan Dillon

20. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans she has in place to protect Ireland's tourism, given that 55,000 hotel rooms are assigned to Ukrainian refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3629/23]

Sports Funding

Emer Higgins

31. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the awards for the sports capital scheme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2859/23]

Sports Funding

Michael Moynihan

39. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the review of the sports grant will be complete; and when the next round of applications will be opened for same. [3550/23]

Sports Funding

Joe Carey

51. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the sports capital grants programme will be reopened for applications; the proposed timetable for the processing of these applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3611/23]

Sports Funding

James O'Connor

54. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has details on future plans for the sports capital funding; if she will provide a timeline if possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3617/23]

Sports Funding

Chris Andrews

73. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will address the current status of opening of the next round of the sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2738/23]

Sports Funding

Fergus O'Dowd

75. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expected timeline for the opening of the next round of the sports capital grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3507/23]

Housing Schemes

Eoin Ó Broin

81. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost-rental homes delivered through the cost-rental equity loan in 2022; the number of cost-rental homes delivered by the Land Development Agency in 2022; and the number of affordable purchase homes delivered through the Affordable Housing Fund in 2022. [3842/23]

Housing Provision

Ivana Bacik

82. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on the slow-down in the construction of social housing, and on the implications of this slowing-down for renters reliant on the housing assistance payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3749/23]

Defective Building Materials

Eoin Ó Broin

83. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the regulations for and the opening of the enhanced defective concrete block redress scheme. [3597/23]

Housing Provision

Cian O'Callaghan

84. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage why his Department failed to spend its 2022 capital allocation for new build housing; the action he will take to ensure this does not happen in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3828/23]

Housing Provision

Catherine Connolly

85. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Question No. 89 of 30 November 2022 and Question No. 60 of 28 September 2022, if he has received the report in respect of 2021 and 2022 to date from the Galway social housing task force; if so, if he will provide a copy of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3857/23]

Homeless Persons Supports

Richard Boyd Barrett

86. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to extend the moratorium on certain evictions after 31 March 2022; the other measures he will put in place to stop the flow of people into homelessness; if those measures will include an increase in the number of Part V property bought, allowing councils and approved housing bodies, AHBs, to buy homes where people have a notice to quit and would be eligible for cost rental, and accelerating the programme to bring vacant homes back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3875/23]

Vacant Properties

Pádraig O'Sullivan

87. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people who have applied for the vacant property refurbishment grant; if he plans any more changes to the terms and conditions of the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3427/23]

Defective Building Materials

Willie O'Dea

88. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the scheme for the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes, the procedures that are in place if a homeowner wants to undertake remediation works but other homeowners in a housing complex do not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3534/23]

Vacant Properties

David Stanton

96. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the overall amount available in 2022 and 2023 for the vacant properties refurbishment grant as part of the Croí Cónaithe towns fund; the amount made available for each local authority; the amount drawn down to date by each local authority; the number of applications per local authority completed; the further number being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2853/23]

Defective Building Materials

Paul Murphy

101. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a detailed timeline for the completion of works under the defects scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3657/23]

Defective Building Materials

Seán Haughey

103. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the proposed approach to support remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3518/23]

Vacant Properties

Jim O'Callaghan

108. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a report on the operation of the Croí Cónaithe scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3559/23]

Defective Building Materials

Paul Murphy

114. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the developments to be covered by the defects scheme and an approximate timeline on when each development will be remediated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3658/23]

Vacant Properties

Brendan Griffin

132. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the levels of take-up to date on the various Croí Cónaithe strands in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3663/23]

Defective Building Materials

Jackie Cahill

138. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of financial support that will be available under the scheme for the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes; if homeowners who have done remediation works will be entitled to retrospective financial support under the scheme for the remediation of defects in apartments and duplexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3675/23]

Vacant Properties

Aindrias Moynihan

157. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number for each Cork local authority of Croí Cónaithe applicants, in tabular form; the number of approved applicants; if they are vacant or derelict properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3401/23]

Defective Building Materials

Rose Conway-Walsh

158. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the recently announced Celtic tiger building defects redress scheme will apply retrospectively; if the same terms will be extended to homeowners in County Mayo and other counties effected by mica and pyrite; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3718/23]

Vacant Properties

Alan Farrell

159. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the Croí Cónaithe vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3545/23]

Defective Building Materials

James Lawless

161. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the person or body that will be eligible for financial support with remediation works in apartments and duplexes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3711/23]

Defective Building Materials

Michael Ring

220. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if homes in rural Ireland will be included in his recently announced proposals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3762/23]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [60870/22]

Cabinet Committees

Ivana Bacik

2. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [60876/22]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

3. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the committee that deals with education will next meet. [3407/23]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

4. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the committee that deals with education will next meet. [3409/23]

Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements

Alan Farrell

5. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach if he will report on recent engagements with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. [60873/22]