1767. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all turnkey housing proposals submitted by developers in County Waterford since 2020, including the number of units proposed, location, date received, outcome, date of decision and, where not progressed, the reason, in tabular form. [57879/26]
1766. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average number of days taken to approve social housing projects by local authority and nationally, at each stage of the Department’s approval process, for each year since 2016, in tabular form. [57878/26]
1765. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide each social housing project submitted by Waterford City and County Council which required Department approval during the past ten years, including the date submitted, current approval stage, date each approval stage was completed and, where applicable, the reason for any delay or refusal, in tabular form. [57877/26]
1764. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications submitted by Waterford City and County Council for affordable housing funding over the past ten years, including the date submitted, project location, number of units, estimated project cost, current status and funding approved, in tabular form. [57876/26]
1763. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications submitted by Waterford City and County Council for capital funding for social housing projects over the past ten years; the date submitted, project location, number of units, dwelling type, estimated project cost, current status, date of approval where applicable, and value of funding approved, in tabular form. [57875/26]
1549. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the value of arts, heritage and cultural funding allocated to each local authority area in each of the past ten years, by scheme, in tabular form. [59253/26]
1548. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the value of Sports Capital and Equipment Programme funding approved in each local authority area in each funding round since 2015, together with the number of successful applications, in tabular form. [59252/26]
1428. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children awaiting a special school place or a place in a special class at the commencement of each school year for each of the past five years, broken down by NCSE region and county, in tabular form. [58928/26]
1427. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school building projects at planning, design, tender, construction and completed stages in each county; the anticipated completion date for each project, in tabular form. [58927/26]
1426. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools, post-primary schools, special schools, special classes, special education teachers and special needs assistants in each county in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [58926/26]
1363. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on her Department’s consideration of permitting persons aged over 70 years to drive school buses; the current status of that policy; the engagement with the Road Safety Authority or other relevant bodies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57970/26]
1362. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in the southeast awaiting an appropriate school placement for the forthcoming school year, broken down by county, category of special educational need and school type, as of the latest date for which figures are available, in tabular form. [57967/26]
1361. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in County Waterford awaiting an appropriate school placement for the forthcoming school year, broken down by primary and post-primary level, category of special educational need and school type, as of the latest date for which figures are available, in tabular form. [57966/26]
1360. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average waiting time for a child with a diagnosis of moderate, severe or profound intellectual disability to be offered an appropriate school placement, broken down by county and category of need, together with the number of children currently awaiting a placement, as of the latest date for which figures are available, in tabular form. [57965/26]
1359. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of mental health professionals currently working directly in post-primary schools, broken down by county and school; whether her Department has costed the expansion of in-school counselling and therapeutic supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57960/26]
1358. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of appeals received under the school transport scheme since 2022 where the grounds for appeal related to a pupil wishing to attend a school within their own county but being deemed ineligible because a nearer school existed in another county, together with the number of such appeals upheld, by year. [57936/26]
1357. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has considered, or intends to consider, amending the eligibility criteria for the school transport scheme to recognise county boundaries, alongside ethos and language of instruction, when determining a pupil’s nearest suitable school for transport eligibility; and if she will outline the policy rationale for the current position. [57935/26]
1356. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extent to which she accepts the recommendations contained in the Department’s School Transport 2030 – Review of the School Transport Scheme; the recommendations that have been implemented to date; the recommendations that remain outstanding; the reasons they have not yet been implemented; the expected implementation timeline for the remaining recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57934/26]
1355. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she has reconsidered, or intends to reconsider, her Department’s policy that no new Gaelscoileanna or Gaelcholáistí will be established before 2032; if so, the basis for that reconsideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57933/26]
1354. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received and approved under the emergency works scheme, together with the total funding allocated, by county and year since 2022 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [57909/26]
1353. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school building projects awaiting progression from each stage of the Capital Programme, together with the average time spent at each stage, as of the latest date for which figures are available, by county, in tabular form. [57908/26]
1352. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools operating above their stated capacity, as of the latest date for which figures are available, by county, in tabular form. [57907/26]
1351. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools using rented or temporary accommodation as their primary teaching space, as of the latest date for which figures are available, by county, in tabular form. [57905/26]
1350. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children offered no school place for the forthcoming school year, as of the latest date for which figures are available, broken down by county, school level and special educational need category, in tabular form. [57904/26]
1349. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of approved ASD classes awaiting a teacher, an SNA, accommodation, or any other outstanding requirement, as of the latest date for which figures are available, broken down by county, in tabular form. [57903/26]
1348. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of ASD classes approved but not yet opened, as of the latest date for which figures are available, broken down by county, together with the reason each class has not opened, including staffing shortages, accommodation constraints or any other reason, in tabular form. [57902/26]
1347. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the expenditure by her Department on the purchase of school buses, broken down by county, year and number of buses purchased, since 2022 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [57901/26]
1346. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the details of every school approved for modular accommodation where the accommodation has not yet been delivered, as of the latest date for which figures are available, including the school, county, number of classrooms approved, date of approval, expected delivery date and current status, in tabular form. [57900/26]
1345. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the details of every school building project delayed beyond its original projected completion date, including the school, county, project type, original completion date, revised completion date, current stage and reason for the delay, in tabular form. [57899/26]
1344. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school building projects on the Department’s Capital Programme, as of the latest date for which figures are available, broken down by county, project type and current stage of the approval and delivery process, in tabular form. [57898/26]
1290. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options available to two siblings (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57263/26]
1245. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options that are available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56556/26]
1222. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56158/26]
1216. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school transport application for a child (details supplied); whether a decision has been made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56098/26]
1195. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55901/26]
1151. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55403/26]
1150. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55384/26]
1149. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55383/26]
1091. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the value of tourism-related capital and current funding allocated to each local authority area in each of the past ten years, by scheme, in tabular form. [59251/26]
1073. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number and value of grants approved by each local enterprise office in each local authority area in each of the past ten years, broken down by scheme, together with the number of jobs created and sustained, in tabular form. [58880/26]
1072. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number and value of Enterprise Ireland supports approved for companies in each county in each of the past ten years, together with the number of jobs created and sustained, in tabular form. [58879/26]
1071. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of IDA Ireland client companies, IDA-supported jobs and IDA site visits in each county in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [58878/26]
848. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number and value of flood relief schemes completed, underway and planned in each local authority area, together with the current stage of each scheme, in tabular form. [59256/26]
808. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of all planned increases in carbon tax on petrol, diesel, marked gas oil, kerosene and other home heating fuels between now and 2030, including the scheduled date of each increase, the estimated additional annual cost to households arising from each increase, and the cumulative additional annual cost by fuel type following the final scheduled increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58123/26]
611. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of wheelchair accessible taxis licensed in each county in each of the past ten years; the total number of SPSV licences in each county, in tabular form. [58932/26]
610. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the annual passenger numbers, service kilometres, routes operated, and Exchequer funding provided for Bus Éireann public service obligation services and Local Link services, broken down by route and service, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [58931/26]
609. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the annual funding allocated under the Active Travel Programme to each local authority in each of the past ten years; the details of each approved scheme, in tabular form. [58930/26]
608. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the level of capital and current expenditure on national roads, regional roads and local roads in each local authority area in each of the past ten years; the details of the schemes funded, tabular form. [58929/26]
544. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport to provide, in tabular form, the total funding allocated to each local authority for national, regional and local road maintenance and improvement in each year from 2020 to 2026 to date, together with the amount drawn down and expended by each local authority. [58124/26]
372. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport to urgently initiate a road safety assessment of the Kilossera road junction on the N25 between Dungarvan and Cork; with a view to providing a dedicated turning lane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55260/26]