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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be put in place for students with MGLD diagnosis who will have to move to mainstream schools from special schools under her Department’s plan to re-designate special schools; what assessments have been completed by her Department in regards to staffing provisions and classroom space availability for designated...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils currently enrolled in a school (details supplied) who have a diagnosis of MGLD will have to move to mainstream education under her Department’s plan to re-designate special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33861/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils with a diagnosis of MGLD and no other diagnosis or dual diagnosis will have to move to mainstream education under the Department’s plan to re-designate special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33862/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed in County Wicklow in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number that will be employed in the 2025-2026 academic year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33863/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new SNA posts allocated for the 2025-2026 academic year in comparison to 2024-2025; the number of these who are full-time contracts; the number who are part-time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33864/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meaning of ‘complex MGLD’ in the circular 0039/2025 regarding the re-designation of special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33906/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 553. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a newly built social housing estate (details supplied) has been vacant for seven months post-completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34513/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has to date been spent on the public private partnership bundle 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34515/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how he will ensure the houses due to be completed in the public private partnership bundle 3 will be completed; if he will consider working with the local authorities to have these properties developed and manages by the local authorities in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34517/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fire Safety (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an IPAS centre which was deemed non-compliant in regard to fire safety (details supplied) is now fully compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34511/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 620. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in the case of youth diversion programmes for those aged 8 to 11 years old, who will be responsible for referring young people to the programme as they do not meet the minimum age of criminal responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33700/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he would consider raising the age for diversion programmes to 21 as part of probation conditions, in line with some other European Union countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount a charity (details supplied) has received from the State in each of the years 2015 to date, in tabular form. [34514/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (24 Jun 2025)

John Brady: 917. To ask the Minister for Health the addiction services are available in Wicklow for young people and children under the age of 18; the number of patients served; the current waiting lists for these services; the services they provide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34510/25]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I welcome the members to the committee. I wish to remind all of those in attendance to ensure that their mobile phones are on silent mode or switched off. Before we proceed, I have a few housekeeping matters to go through. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that in order to participate in public meetings they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Are those accounts agreed? Agreed. Do we agree to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? Agreed. The listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes. Correspondence between 5 June and 12 June was issued to members in advance. We had some discussion on category B items at our private session. I am not sure whether members want to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Is that agreed? Agreed. We will consider category C items. No. R0136 is correspondence from the Peter McVerry Trust, which was due to be called in for today's meeting. A number of members have flagged this. I call Deputy Connolly and then Deputy McAuliffe.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: Absolutely.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (19 Jun 2025)

John Brady: I fully agree with members. There is a real level of dissatisfaction and anger among members, myself included. There have been attempts over the past year to get representatives of the Peter McVerry Trust to appear before the Oireachtas joint committee on housing. Different arguments had been given as to why they could not or would not appear before the committee. We have the ultimate...