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Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Enrolments
Jennifer Whitmore
328. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education what plans are in place to ensure that all children in the Greystones area that have yet to receive a secondary school place for September 2024 receive one; when parents will be informed of the allocation of places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25337/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Jennifer Whitmore
329. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education to provide details of the site proposed for a new school build (details supplied); the number of students that it will accommodate; the process and timeline for the completion of the build; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25338/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Jennifer Whitmore
330. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education to indicate the level of involvement of the school in the design of a new school build (details supplied); if it will be eligible for the per cent for art scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25339/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Accommodation
Jennifer Whitmore
331. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education to provide details of the interim temporary accommodation being provided for a school (details supplied); the timeline for the delivery of those rooms; if she is aware that some of these rooms will not be wheelchair-accessible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25340/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Jennifer Whitmore
332. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education when construction work will begin on site for the new build of a school (details supplied); the timeline for delivery and completion of this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25341/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Jennifer Whitmore
333. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans in place for the provision of an extra special needs classroom in the Greystones area; when that room will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25342/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Accommodation
Louise O'Reilly
334. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if, given her Department states that "new schools are established by the Department on the basis of identified demographic demand in an area", she is aware of the significant demand in the Swords-Malahide area for a Gaelcholáiste secondary school; how Gaelscoil primary schools in the area, parents, and local community can go about progressing this matter with her Department; and if there is no avenue for them to do so, when such a grassroots process will be established for new school applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25345/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Accommodation
Louise O'Reilly
335. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if, given the Programme for Government and the 20-year strategy for the Irish language stated that a significant emphasis would be placed on Irish language education, she will commit to the establishment a Gaelcholáiste secondary school for the Swords-Malahide area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25347/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
336. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education whether schools (details supplied) have applied to create special education classes or for any other additional special education supports, given the demand within the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25350/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Irish Language
Paul Murphy
337. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the collaborations in place, if any, between third-level institutions and secondary schools to aid the transition of students moving from Irish speaking schools, particularly students from Gaeltacht areas, to third-level studies. [25375/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Curriculum
Sorca Clarke
338. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if Korean is being considered as a Leaving Certificate subject. [25381/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Curriculum
Sorca Clarke
339. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the criteria considered when introducing a foreign language as a Leaving Certificate subject and if there is a threshold in terms of student numbers. [25382/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
340. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education her plans to address the lack of secondary school places for children with special needs in Dublin 7, where there are 11 special needs classes but only 5 at secondary level, meaning that some children may face not being able to continue their education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25383/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Accommodation
Marc MacSharry
341. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if her Department with meet with representatives from the Board of Management of a school (details supplied) as a matter of urgency to progress an application for temporary accommodation which was granted in 2022 and tendered for in March 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25456/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Niamh Smyth
342. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to examine a case (details supplied) and expedite an application with the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25461/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Willie O'Dea
343. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if she will consider making the summer programme compulsory in all special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25467/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Catherine Murphy
344. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25471/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Accommodation
Willie O'Dea
345. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education why there has been a delay of over 3 years for the delivery of the approved extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25486/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Accommodation
Marian Harkin
346. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education for a detailed update and timeline for the provision of additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25503/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Accommodation
Marc MacSharry
347. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if she will direct her Department to expedite an application for additional accommodation for a school which is required urgently (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25505/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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School Transport
Michael Ring
348. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport to siblings (details supplied) could be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25549/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
Éamon Ó Cuív
349. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais céard é líon na scoileanna atá ag teagasc trí Ghaeilge sa Ghaeltacht; ainm gach scoile acu agus líon na múinteoirí i ngach scoil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [25582/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
Éamon Ó Cuív
350. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais céard é líon na scoileanna atá ag teagasc trí Ghaeilge taobh amuigh den Ghaeltacht, ainm gach scoile acu agus líon na múinteoirí i ngach scoil; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [25583/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Teaching Council of Ireland
Éamon Ó Cuív
351. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education her plans, if any, to amend the legislation under which the Teaching Council operates to ensure that they accept and process applications for registration of teachers who were awarded their teaching qualification outside of the state, throughout the year, the reason for the very limited opportunity each year to register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25607/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Richard Boyd Barrett
352. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education what avenues are available for a pupil diagnosed with dyspraxia and dyslexia (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25638/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Data
Carol Nolan
353. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in her Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24679/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Legislative Measures
Carol Nolan
354. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24710/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Artists' Remuneration
Ivana Bacik
355. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports in place for artists reliant on universal basic income after 2025; her views on initial data gathered by way of the six-monthly surveys; how that data is being deployed by her Department; her views on the extension of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24719/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Funding
Verona Murphy
356. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what grant funding, if any, is available for the purpose of renovating a garage beside a dwelling housing into one for commercial use (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24780/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Pleanáil Teanga
Éamon Ó Cuív
357. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén uair a dhéanfar faomhadh ar phlean teanga an Chlocháin, baile seirbhíse Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [24980/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Sports Funding
Pádraig O'Sullivan
358. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount allocated under the last round of the sports capital grant that has yet to be claimed; the amount that has been drawn down vis-à-vis the amount allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25051/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Sports Funding
Alan Dillon
359. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25198/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Programmes
Robert Troy
360. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the application for funding of a group under the cultural capital grant scheme (details supplied). [25203/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Tourism Industry
Paul Murphy
361. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will act in relation to correspondence (details supplied) regarding the mistreatment of staff and racism in the tourism industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25268/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Sport and Recreational Development
Paul Murphy
362. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the Minister will outline her Department's plans to improve funding to grassroots football; if she is aware of the lack of funding for this and that there is on average between 0 and 1 full time coaches per club; if she agrees that there is a need to invest in better facilities, provide more funding for coaches, offer more grants to local teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25377/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Catherine Murphy
363. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25484/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Tourist Accommodation
Fergus O'Dowd
364. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what direct financial supports, if any, are available to encourage people to invest in hostel-type accommodation in vacant units in areas with bed shortages in the tourism sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25517/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Swimming Pools
Bernard Durkan
365. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the extent to which Kildare County Council has continued to promote the case for a swimming pool in Maynooth, County Kildare, as previously indicated; the extent to which any changes have taken place in this regard without adequate consultation with the local support group; to outline the degree to which proposals have been made and by whom to alter the priorities; to now indicate that the local authority, her Department and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage are at one in regard to the provision this important facility in a university town with a student population of almost 20,000 and a local population of more than double that; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25602/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Environmental Policy
Claire Kerrane
366. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will meet with a group (details supplied), as promised in Dáil Éireann recently; and if so, when he will meet the group. [24520/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Animal Welfare
Rose Conway-Walsh
367. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide each local authority that has an animal welfare officer in place; the date from which there has been no welfare officer since 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25442/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Rental Sector
Steven Matthews
368. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the recommendation by the Housing Commission to make rental data and cost publicly available; if this is under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25829/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Housing Schemes
Alan Kelly
369. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the grants available for the upkeep and maintenance of thatched cottages owned by private individuals. [24606/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Departmental Data
Carol Nolan
370. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24673/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Local Government Reform
Mattie McGrath
371. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the duties listed as part of the general service supervisors agreement under the Better Local Government Agreement of 1996; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24683/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Housing Schemes
Thomas Gould
372. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason equity share monetary values in affordable housing have been limited based on density. [24691/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Legislative Measures
Carol Nolan
373. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24705/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Rental Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
374. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of households currently renting a house or flat from a local authority. [24724/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Rental Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
375. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority homes that have been sold to tenants in the past ten, twenty and thirty years. [24725/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Rental Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
376. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage of those currently renting a house or apartment from the local authority, the number that have Irish citizenship. [24726/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Rental Sector
Richard Boyd Barrett
377. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage of those renting a house or apartment from local authority, the number that have non-EU citizenship; and of these, the number that have British citizenship. [24727/24]