Parliamentary questions

Irish Language

Dara Calleary

245. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education when she expects to publish the policy on Irish medium education outside the Gaeltacht; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7406/24]

Special Educational Needs

Steven Matthews

246. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding the lack of special education needs classes and supports in a school (details supplied); if the school can be assessed for the viability of establishing these services within its existing school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7408/24]

Irish Language

Michael Lowry

247. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education regarding the recommendations of the Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community, specifically those pertaining to the exemption from Irish for dyslexic children and young people, if she is aware of the disappointment of The Dyslexia Association of Ireland that their points and views/recommendations which they presented to the Committee on 12 October 2022 have not been sufficiently taken into account in the Committee’s report or its recommendations; if she will confirm why the recommendations of The Dyslexia Association of Ireland were not adequately considered; if the views of The Dyslexia Association of Ireland will be fully taken into account before making any final decision regarding the new policy for the allocation of exemptions from Irish for dyslexic children and young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7416/24]

School Staff

Seán Canney

248. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education when the remaining ten retired school secretaries will receive their pay arrears which are outstanding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7420/24]

School Accommodation

Seán Canney

249. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will be approved for an additional mainstream classroom which is required for the next school year commencing September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7422/24]

Flexible Work Practices

John Paul Phelan

250. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 23 January 2024, whether she believes it is desirable or appropriate for principals or deputy principals to work from home, given their responsibility for enforcing school policies on a day-to-day basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7431/24]

Departmental Staff

Réada Cronin

251. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether there is a single project manager appointed in her Department for each school building or renovation; who oversees all aspects of same and accounts to the Minister at regular intervals by order; if not, if she will create such appointments or roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7441/24]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

252. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether the tender review process for a school (details supplied) was concluded on 18 January 2024 with a construction firm appointed to finish the job; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7442/24]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

253. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the cost to the State so far of the school building (details supplied); to outline any security or ancillary costs separately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7443/24]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

254. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the cost to date of the modular classrooms and other accommodation on the site of a school (details supplied) including the delay to the completion of the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7444/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

255. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the criteria for allocating SNA support to students in second level educational settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7445/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

256. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if her Department has considered sanctioning the opening of a new reading school or new reading classes attached to mainstream schools in the Dublin mid-west area given the oversubscription for reading schools in Dublin for the 2024/2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7446/24]

Home Schooling

Catherine Murphy

257. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and second level aged students that avail of home tuition in lieu of being offered a school place on a county-by-county basis. [7452/24]

School Funding

Róisín Shortall

258. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding a preschool (details supplied) in Dublin 11; when the preschool in question can expect a resolution to this funding issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7453/24]

School Funding

Niamh Smyth

259. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education for an update on the IT funding for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7464/24]

Special Educational Needs

Johnny Guirke

260. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education to indicate the availability, location and number of places in ASD units in primary schools in County Meath for the 2024-2025 academic year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7465/24]

Special Educational Needs

Johnny Guirke

261. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education to indicate the availability, location and number of places in ASD units in primary schools in County Westmeath for the 2024-2025 academic year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7466/24]

Special Educational Needs

Johnny Guirke

262. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education the number of offers of funding that have been sent out for schools to install new ASD units in primary schools in County Meath for the 2024-2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7467/24]

Special Educational Needs

Johnny Guirke

263. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education the number of offers of funding that have been sent out for schools to install new ASD units in primary schools in County Westmeath for the 2024-2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7468/24]

School Accommodation

Cathal Crowe

264. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when an application for additional accommodation made by a school (details supplied) will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7469/24]

Departmental Strategies

Michael Healy-Rae

265. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7481/24]

Grant Payments

Jennifer Whitmore

266. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education when payments of the exceptional no service interim grant will be paid; when refunds to parents who paid for the school ticket but did not receive it will be paid; the process for issuing refunds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7495/24]

School Funding

Paul McAuliffe

267. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of delays to payments (details supplied). [7524/24]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

268. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to report on what schools in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area provide properly serviced reading classes for dyslexic children, and if there are any upcoming plans to provide properly serviced reading classrooms for dyslexic children in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7525/24]

Schools Building Projects

Louise O'Reilly

269. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 342 and 343 of 20 September 2023, if she has made a decision on the Stage 2B planning report received by her Department in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she can share an update on the progression of the project. [7540/24]

Special Educational Needs

Dara Calleary

270. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that the current assessment of need process sufficiently caters for students with severe visual impairment; what accommodations are to be made for severely visually impaired students when completing the test; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7559/24]

Special Educational Needs

Dara Calleary

271. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education how many visiting teachers there currently are nationwide for students with visual impairments; if these visiting teachers are appropriately trained in new digital technologies available to assist students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7560/24]

School Admissions

Michael Lowry

272. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education to address a matter regarding primary school admission policies (details supplied). [7568/24]

School Staff

Willie O'Dea

273. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 10 October 2023, if she will respond to the issues raised by a person who made protected disclosures to her Department but has since not received the improved pension as promised to her by the then Minister for Education in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7572/24]

School Funding

Paul Murphy

274. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education when an application for emergency works funding dealing with urgent school security (details supplied) will be decided upon. [7577/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cian O'Callaghan

275. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education what action is being taken to increase the provision of school places in special education classes in north Dublin; what has been the demand for special education classes in north Dublin; how many pupils have been placed on a waiting list and not received an appropriate place over the past five years, in tabular form; if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied) where increased funding is needed to provide the necessary place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7579/24]

Departmental Data

Martin Browne

276. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education to outline in detail the precise statistical data used by her Department when planning for future special class placements; the specific data collection process; the date on which the allocations of special classes will be announced in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7587/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

277. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progression of an application by a school (details supplied) going to tender for a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7591/24]

Schools Building Projects

Robert Troy

278. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the future plans for a school (details supplied). [7595/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

279. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the special school proposed for Glanmire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7615/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

280. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the widespread shock and dismay amongst parents and carers, caused by the changes to the allocation of the special education teaching hours; and if she will urgently review this decision. [7622/24]

Special Educational Needs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

281. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education what can be done to ensure a child (details supplied) receives a place in an ASD unit. [7629/24]

Special Educational Needs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

282. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will review Circular 0041/2014 to allow SNAs such as a person (details supplied) who are qualified to teach as substitute teachers and are working part-time or job sharing, to work as substitute teachers and bring them in line with the treatment of teachers under Info Note TC 0017/2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7646/24]

School Staff

Emer Higgins

283. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if caretakers, who are employed by the Department and work in a school, will receive their pay increases following the discussions with unions; the timeline for the increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7683/24]

Schools Administration

Niall Collins

284. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education when an approval letter will issue to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7684/24]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Bruton

285. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in the Santry, Whitehall and Dublin 9 catchment area who have applied for upgrades to their school buildings, including the amount spent since 2019, in tabular form. [7708/24]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Bruton

286. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of new schools built in the Santry, Whitehall and Dublin 9 catchment area and the amount spent on each school building since 2019, in tabular form. [7709/24]

Special Educational Needs

Róisín Shortall

287. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education the consultation her Department carried out with organisations representing people with disabilities in respect of changes to the allocation model for special education teachers, in line with Article 4(3) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (detail supplied); if no such consultation was carried out, to outline her rationale for excluding the voice of people with disabilities from the decision making process, given the direct impact of this decision on children with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7721/24]

Schools Building Projects

Holly Cairns

288. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education for an update on renovations in a school (details supplied); and if she could provide a timeline for completed works. [7738/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Matt Carthy

289. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will put in place provision to ensure that a child enrolled in early intervention in a school will have an entitlement to continue their formal education in the same school if their needs are being met there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7740/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Matt Carthy

290. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if provision can be made for flexibility for a child to continue early intervention for a period after they turn six years of age if that is appropriate for the child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7741/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Matt Carthy

291. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the number of children at each school that have been enrolled in early intervention classes in the school years 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, in tabular form; the number therein that were subsequently enrolled in formal education in the same school; the number therein that moved school after early intervention; the number therein that remain within early intervention for which there is currently a plan to provide for the continuance of their education at the same school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7742/24]

Schools Building Projects

Emer Higgins

292. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education for an update on the new modular build for a school (details supplied); when the brief acceptance letter will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7749/24]

Schools Building Projects

Emer Higgins

293. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education for an urgent update on the construction plan for a new school building (details supplied) that is in danger of losing their approved contractor if delays persist, which would be a very costly set back to this already long-awaited urgent building project; when approval will be issued to the design team to commence construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7750/24]

School Accommodation

Verona Murphy

294. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on an additional school accommodation application that was sanctioned by her Department in February 2022 for a school (details supplied); to explain the delay in progressing the new build and what further timeframe is expected on the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7760/24]

School Accommodation

Verona Murphy

295. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a modular accommodation application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7761/24]

Curaclam Scoile

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

296. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais an féidir léi míniú a thabhairt ar an líon ard daltaí, 669 dalta, ar bronnadh díolúine orthu sa scoilbhliain 2022/23 bunaithe ar an gcritéar nua i gciorclán 0054/2022 a dhéanann soláthar den chéad uair do dhaltaí a bhfuil leibhéal ard riachtanas iolrach agus leanúnach acu atá ina mbac suntasach ar a rannpháirtíocht agus a rannpháirtíocht ina saol foghlama agus scoile; de réir an téacs seo a leanas ón gciorclán (sonraí tugtha) níor chóir díolúine a bhronnadh ach i gcúinsí an-eisceachtúla. [7765/24]

Schools Building Projects

Emer Higgins

297. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education how many of the 58 schools which received additional budget for their school building programmes have begun construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7821/24]

Schools Building Projects

Emer Higgins

298. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education how many of the 58 schools which received additional budget for their school building programmes are still awaiting sign-off from the Department on final design before they can begin construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7822/24]

Schools Building Projects

Emer Higgins

299. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education how many of the 58 schools which received additional budget for their school building programmes have had to re-tender for their project due to delays in obtaining the brief acceptance letter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7823/24]

Schools Building Projects

Emer Higgins

300. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education how many of the 58 schools which received additional budget for their school building programmes are in danger of losing their approved contractor due to delays in obtaining sign off from the Department to proceed to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7824/24]

Departmental Data

Emer Higgins

301. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education how many students from Newcastle, County Dublin are receiving secondary school education. [7825/24]

Departmental Data

Emer Higgins

302. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education how many students from Rathcoole, County Dublin are receiving secondary school education. [7826/24]

Departmental Data

Emer Higgins

303. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education how many students from Saggart, County Dublin are receiving secondary school education. [7827/24]

Departmental Data

Emer Higgins

304. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education how many students from Celbridge, County Kildare are receiving secondary school education. [7828/24]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Donnelly

305. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education for an update on the emergency works at a school (details supplied). [7830/24]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Donnelly

306. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if a new school building is being considered for a school (details supplied); and can she provide an update. [7831/24]

School Enrolments

Francis Noel Duffy

307. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education the plans to provide support to schools (details supplied) to increase capacity considering parents are unable to secure school places for their children in their local catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7922/24]

Schools Building Projects

Francis Noel Duffy

308. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education for an update on the emergency works application for a school (details provided) regarding school safety systems, and why it remains unresolved and awaiting assessment since March 2023. [7923/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pa Daly

309. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 268 of 13 February 2024, if she will consider making SNAs in current positions permanent before any new cohort of SNAs qualify this year, to prevent the redundancy of existing senior SNAs and their replacement by newly qualified SNAs. [7945/24]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

310. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and secondary school build and extension projects that are paused; and if she will provide the locations of same. [7957/24]

School Curriculum

Michael Creed

311. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if her Department will continue with the curricular adjustment put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic of the reduction in the number of sraith pictiúr for Leaving Certificate students of Irish in 2025 and future years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7963/24]

Special Educational Needs

Carol Nolan

312. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to address concerns around the adverse impact of proposals to cut the number of SET hours within schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7975/24]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

313. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will provide information on any meetings that she or her Departmental officials have had with Bus Éireann concerning the ban on school bus drivers who are over 70 years of age (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7990/24]

Schools Building Projects

John Lahart

314. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide additional post primary schools for the Knocklyon/Firhouse area; if she has any plans, or has she been requested to, expand the existing school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8003/24]

School Transport

Martin Browne

315. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education if the difficulties being experienced by students (details supplied) in securing school bus services can be addressed. [8031/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Creed

316. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for special classes by a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [8041/24]

School Accommodation

Éamon Ó Cuív

317. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when the provision of extra accommodation will be approved for a school in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on the school’s application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8078/24]

Special Educational Needs

Denise Mitchell

318. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education to outline the provisions in place regarding a child (details supplied). [8084/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

319. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of new schools building projects, in tabular form per county, that are currently awaiting Departmental approval to include the envisaged capacity of each. [8095/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

320. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if the co-ordinator for the summer programme will continue for the programme this coming summer; and if they are available to support both Special Schools and mainstream schools to provide a school-based programme. [8096/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

321. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education given the new special education teacher allocation model which now excludes complex needs, if children with complex needs will remain eligible for the summer programme. [8097/24]

School Enrolments

Sorca Clarke

322. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education what arrangements are being made to ensure that the parents of children with autism in the Taghmon area of Westmeath will have an appropriate school place for September in light of the second autism class for a school (details supplied) not proceeding. [8098/24]

School Enrolments

Sorca Clarke

323. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she is considering actioning a section 67 of the Education Act 2018, to designate a school place to the children with autism who will not have a place in a school (details supplied) this September due to a proposed second autism class not proceeding. [8099/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

324. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the SNA allocations for the school year 2024/2025. [8109/24]

School Funding

Paul Donnelly

325. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education her views on the concerns regarding the current funding crisis that is threatening a school for autistic children (details supplied). [8115/24]

Sports Funding

John Paul Phelan

326. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline all of the funding streams that are available to any sports club wishing to embark on a development project that is in excess of €500,000 excluding land purchase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7434/24]

Sports Funding

Michael Creed

327. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress being made regarding evaluation of grant applications under the sports capital programme; if it is her intention to deal with applications for sporting equipment first; if so, the timeline for this and when the remaining applications will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7487/24]

Tourism Industry

Alan Kelly

328. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 23 January 2024, if she will list the hotels referenced in the PQs that are now closed and/or deregistered, by county and whether closed and/or deregistered, in tabular form. [7866/24]

Departmental Funding

Niall Collins

329. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a drawdown (details supplied) can be expedited as a delay is being experienced in the Chief State Solicitor’s Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7966/24]

Media Sector

Fergus O'Dowd

330. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7995/24]

Community Development Projects

Brendan Griffin

331. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for her assistance with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8015/24]

Hedge Cutting

Claire Kerrane

332. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given to providing flexibility on the deadline for hedge management activities, given challenging weather conditions in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7834/24]

Hedge Cutting

Peter Burke

333. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the tree/hedge cutting deadline which is due to expire shortly. [8004/24]

Social Welfare Payments

John Brady

334. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the discretionary top-up for HAP payments was used in 2023, and to date in 2024 in County Wicklow broken down by municipal district; the average percentage amount of this top-up per district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7458/24]

Social Welfare Payments

John Brady

335. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons from each municipal district in County Wicklow that are currently in receipt of a HAP payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7459/24]

Homeless Accommodation

John Brady

336. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of 18-24 year-olds that presented as homeless in County Wicklow in 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7460/24]

Homeless Accommodation

John Brady

337. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of 18-24 year olds in local authority emergency accommodation in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7461/24]

Building Energy Rating

John Brady

338. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of council owned housing stock that have been brought to a BER rating level of B2 or above by year, in tabular form for 2022 and 2023. [7462/24]

Building Energy Rating

John Brady

339. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of council owned housing stock in County Wicklow that currently have a BER rating level below B2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7463/24]

Land Issues

Mairéad Farrell

340. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the new practice with the land registry whereby if a change of deeds form is submitted incorrectly, when the form is returned to the solicitor the section which requires correcting is no longer identified, and thus slows down the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7484/24]

Housing Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide clarity on the residency eligibility criteria for the local authority home loan scheme for non-EEA/EU applicants where underwriters for local authorities are operating on a five-year residency requirement; to state where this five year requirement is contained in the Housing Loans Regulations S.I. No 701, and if he will examine a case (details supplied). [7488/24]

Housing Schemes

David Stanton

342. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the situation with respect to local authorities or the Housing Agency purchasing homes for tenants who have received eviction notices but where property management fees remain associated with the property in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7500/24]

Local Authorities

Fergus O'Dowd

343. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 228 of 8 February 2024, if he has the power to appoint an independent, competent and appropriate person to enquire into the issue and report back to him directly on the issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7529/24]

State Bodies

Robert Troy

344. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Tailte Éireann is subject to any criminal investigation by the fraud squad at the moment for a total of nine allegations against them including fraudulent concealment and misrepresentation. [7552/24]