Parliamentary questions

Passport Services

John Brady

10. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) will be expedited given the applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18295/24]

EU Directives

John Brady

13. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice what plans are in place to deal with the ending of the Temporary Protection Directive in March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9687/24]

Education and Training Provision

John Brady

314. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of staff employed in the delivery of English language classes to IPAS and BOTPs in Ireland, by area, and on a monthly basis, for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17107/24]

Education and Training Provision

John Brady

315. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of IPAS and BOTPs who are receiving English language classes, on an area-by-area and monthly basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17108/24]

Further and Higher Education

John Brady

753. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what current English language support classes are in place for IPAs and BOTPs; how are they being delivered; the cost of same, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16180/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

11. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicants travel date is imminent and the application has passed the target issue date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13564/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

30. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicants travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14699/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

31. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicants travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14700/24]

Special Educational Needs

John Brady

479. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the reason the special education teaching allocation for students who are blind or vision-impaired has been removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14550/24]

Special Educational Needs

John Brady

480. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the reason the special education teaching allocation for students who are blind or vision-impaired has been removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14551/24]

Special Educational Needs

John Brady

481. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education if impact studies have been carried out to determine the effect on students of the decision to reduce special education teaching allocation hours for schools by 30% for students who are blind or vision-impaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14552/24]

Special Educational Needs

John Brady

482. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education if impact studies have been carried out to determine the effect on students of the decision to reduce special education teaching allocation hours for schools by 30% for students who are blind or vision-impaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14553/24]

Emergency Accommodation

John Brady

1140. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is concerned by the duration that children are spending in special emergency arrangements, as outlined in reports in a newspaper (details supplied); if his Department believes there should be the maximum duration any child should spend in such an arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14727/24]

Emergency Accommodation

John Brady

1141. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is concerned by the age range of children residing in special emergency arrangements, as outlined in reports in a newspaper (details supplied); if his Department believes that no child under twelve years of age should be residing in a special emergency arrangement unless in very exceptional circumstances, similar to residential care and if a derogation should be sought in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14728/24]

Emergency Accommodation

John Brady

1142. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department believes that every child in a special emergency arrangement should have an allocated social worker; if he is concerned by reports in a newspaper (details supplied) that suggest this is not the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14729/24]

Education and Training Provision

John Brady

1143. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has investigated or will investigate the access to education for children residing in special emergency arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14730/24]

Emergency Accommodation

John Brady

1144. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has definitive plans and a timeline to end the usage of special emergency arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14731/24]

International Protection

John Brady

1145. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children, both children in mainstream services and separated children seeking international protection have been placed in special emergency arrangements each month over the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14732/24]

International Protection

John Brady

1146. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many separated children seeking international protection are currently taken into care under section 4 of the Child Care Act 1991 compared to those brought into care under other statutory care orders, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14733/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

51. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant's travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11941/24]