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Wed, 8 May 2024
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Just Transition
Neasa Hourigan
88. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a timeline for when he will bring the Just Transition Taskforce's final report and recommendations forward for consideration by the Government; when the Just Transition Commission will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20680/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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National Transport Authority
Neasa Hourigan
118. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport to provide NTA surveys of passengers at Dublin Airport 2016 and 2022 (details supplied), including a legend for the codes used in these spreadsheets; and to provide data on landside origins/destinations of passenger trips to and/or from Dublin Airport based on data NTA has collected in respect of 2016 and 2022. [20336/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Ports Policy
Neasa Hourigan
176. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a ship, the Sarah M, certified by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping and seeking to head towards Greenore, County Louth; whether he is assured this vessel will not port and engage in export, which would be in contravention of sanctions placed upon Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20454/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Childcare Services
Neasa Hourigan
423. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the work of the early learning and childcare stakeholder forum, particularly their work on issues around staff recruitment and retention within the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20108/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Foreign Policy
Neasa Hourigan
111. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the engagement his Department has had with the German Government regarding the suppression of the use of the Irish language at public events in Germany; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20048/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Research and Development
Neasa Hourigan
153. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 355 of 25 April 2024, the total expenditure in the form of grants or relief given to social enterprises for research and innovation in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20102/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Electric Vehicles
Neasa Hourigan
106. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline who has responsibility for the planning, choosing of locations, management and maintenance of the national on-street EV charging network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19605/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Electric Vehicles
Neasa Hourigan
107. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the number of on-street EV charging stations per capita that his Department is aiming to see in place over the next decade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19606/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Electric Vehicles
Neasa Hourigan
108. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the contract tender and procurement policy around the provision of on-street EV charging stations for State and private operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19607/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Electric Vehicles
Neasa Hourigan
109. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the amount in funding that was utilised under the public charge point scheme; the number of councils that applied; the number of points installed under the same scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19608/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Small and Medium Enterprises
Neasa Hourigan
133. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total expenditure in the form of grants or relief given to small and medium enterprises for research and innovation in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19619/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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State Examinations
Neasa Hourigan
141. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the response of her Department to the March 2024 ruling on the legal access of students with visual impairment to the junior certificate exam; if she will outline the provisions her Department will make to vindicate the judgement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19579/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Neasa Hourigan
145. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education the number of new places for children with special educational needs that has been secured for the 2024/2025 school year following the package announced in Budget 2024 for special needs education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19609/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Schools Administration
Neasa Hourigan
322. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education her Department’s views on whether the guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours prohibits the provision of sibling hour and afterschool facilities at a school building (details supplied) as per the decision of the board of management at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19248/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Schools Administration
Neasa Hourigan
323. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if the Governance Manual for Primary Schools 2023-2027 in anyway prohibits the use of primary schools for sibling hour and/or afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19249/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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School Management
Neasa Hourigan
324. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the obligations on patron bodies of national schools to have in place formal complaints procedures for parents to question boards of management acting under their patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19250/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Schools Administration
Neasa Hourigan
325. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if forthcoming updated guidelines on the use of school buildings will take into consideration the difficulty parents face in accessing childcare by encouraging schools to facilitate sibling hour and after-school providers, through access to school space after school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19251/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Schools Administration
Neasa Hourigan
326. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if schools can be encouraged to facilitate after-school care for junior classes who finish earlier than senior classes by allowing use of classrooms for that hour by childcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19252/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Neasa Hourigan
402. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the role of the National Parks and Wildlife Service in ensuring the protection of the old Irish goat, which, according to reports (details supplied), is being hunted for sport and on the verge of extinction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19082/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Departmental Bodies
Neasa Hourigan
431. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average time in 2023 for Táilte Éireann to resolve applications to correct mapping errors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19535/24]