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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (1 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I welcome the Minister of State's recent visit to Howth and Aideen's Grave in particular. He had the privilege of seeing at first hand the beauty of the area and its biodiversity and heritage importance. Aideen's Grave is a culturally significant neolithic dolmen located in Howth. It dates to around 2,500 BC. It comprises two portal stones of approximately 2.5 m in height, a collapsed...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Economic and Social Research Institute (1 May 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 172. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the terms of reference of the ESRI study that he committed to share with Members of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage during the Committee stage of the Planning and Development Bill 2023, will be shared; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19603/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I agree with the comments of the Chair. I would like to have clarity on two issues. The Minister said this is for the remainder of the year but is it the case that the fees are waived for all of 2024? Second, if a local authority has been charging these fees up to now, was it correct to do so, in particular if it has been charging them for the first three or four months of the year? Will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: I am asking for the current position.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: If businesses had their chairs and tables out for the first four months, they would have been paying the fees for the first third of the year. Is that the situation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development (Street Furniture Fees) Regulations 2024: Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: Many businesses have chairs and tables outside all year round, so why was the waiver not in place from 1 January 2024? Was there an allocation for it in the Estimates for 2024?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 155. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of Irish protesters in Berlin being reprimanded for speaking Irish by German police; if he will contact the German Ambassador regarding this failure uphold EU citizens language rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19449/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in light of the High Court judgement on the CIÉ pension scheme, he will outline the action being taken to ensure the scheme’s pension increase is being provided as soon as possible; if CIÉ board-nominated members are being appointed to the 1951 Pension Scheme Committee; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance if there is a citizenship or length of residency criteria on applying for tax relief on tuition fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18817/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that people and families, and notably older people, are struggling due to the increased costs of home heating oil; if he will introduce measures to assist people with these rising costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19484/24]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the provision of Gaelscoileanna in the North Central area and to indicate whether there is any intention to provide additional intake/streams at a school (details supplied) or elsewhere in the area to meet local demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18810/24]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timeline for the provision of a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18811/24]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on funding for a new school building (details supplied) where parents are currently considering removing their children from the school due to cold, inappropriate temporary classrooms; if her Department will provide an update to the school directly on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18812/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the provision of suitable autism classes at secondary level in an area (details supplied); if there are plans to increase this provision to respond to local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18813/24]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeframe of delivery for assistive technology applications at both primary and secondary levels where they have been deemed necessary by an educational psychologist; if she is aware that some students are waiting in excess of six months after their applications have been granted to receive their requested assistive technology; the...

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours, or the governance manual for primary school 2023-2027, prohibits the provision of sibling hour and afterschool facilities in a school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19486/24]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the relevant legislation or guidelines that allow parents to challenge or hold the board of management in a school to account;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19487/24]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if patron bodies of national schools have an obligation to allow formal complaints about the performance of boards of management acting under their patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19488/24]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the time spent to carry out the four-stage approval process for publicly funded capital projects for each social housing, cost rental, affordable purchase, and mixed tenure development completed in 2023, broken down by tenure type and county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18802/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (30 Apr 2024)

Cian O'Callaghan: 535. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration is being given to minimum custodial sentencing for sexual offences committed against children; if this is something that could be legislated for; if she will look into the use of postcodes being used in exclusion order for suspended sentences (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....