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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 May 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 402. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many applications to resolve map errors are currently outstanding with Táilte Éireann; and of those, how many are listed as expedited by Táilte Éireann. [19536/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if, given the demand for housing, Táilte Éireann prioritises applications related to habitable properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19537/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the conditions for the PRSI contributions for the benefit payment for 65-year-olds; the reason a person would not be eligible for the benefit payment at 65 years old, even if they are eligible and have made enough PRSI payments to qualify for the State pension a year later; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Consultations (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 585. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Education to ensure that use of publicly funded school buildings is considered and maximised with respect to provision of pre-school, sibling hour and afterschool facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19253/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Consultations (30 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 586. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Education with respect to guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours issued by her Department which are now being cited as justification by a board of management for terminating afterschool and sibling hour services at national school (details...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (25 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his Department's engagement with the United States regarding the role of the US government in the arming of Israel amid the ongoing bombardment of Gaza, particularly in light of the recent UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for a halt to arms exports to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (25 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the engagement the Embassy of Ireland in Israel has had with the Israeli government regarding the ongoing bombardment of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18655/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: European Court of Human Rights (25 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the spending on legal advice, legal action and/or legal expenses related to cases in the European Court of Human Rights on defending Ireland's position in relation to the right to a healthy environment from 2019 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form. [18535/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (25 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total expenditure in the form of grants or relief given to multinational corporations for research and innovation in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18572/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Agreements (25 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 317. To ask the Minister for Health whether in international negotiations on a pandemic treaty the Government have sought to ensure that a TRIPS waiver on vaccines will be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18571/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (25 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [18570/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Measures (24 Apr 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 81. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progression of the Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024; a timeline for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18198/24]