Questions asked 14 total

• Education 7 questions

  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education where the evidence is from the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) for its assertion that there is widespread support for its proposed change in the SPHE curriculum. [36584/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the reason the National Parents’ Council was closed; and when it will be reconstituted. [36585/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if schools will guarantee supervised classes or study time for the large number of children who will be taken out of SPHE classes in the coming year. [36586/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education what supports will be provided by her Department to the large number of children who will be excluded from SPHE classes due to the ethos of the new curriculum which is contrary to the ethos of their families. [36587/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the basis on which she ended ethos pluralism within schools. [36588/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education what weighting, if any, is given to the concerns of parents communicated in consultations. [36589/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the reason the representative of an organisation (details supplied) was the only representative excluded by the NCCA from the working party to create a new RSE curriculum. [36590/23]
• Health 2 questions

  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of medical cards issued in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023. [36381/23]
  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason tetanus injections are not covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36382/23]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to ensure the Navan to Dublin rail line is included in the National Development Plan 2030 as part of the mid-term review that will take place in 2025. [36506/23]
• Tourism 1 question

  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will separate TG4 fully from RTÉ, including its news output and create a new stand-alone Irish language broadcast media service made up of TG4, Radio na Gaeltachta and Radio Rí Rá (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36353/23]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many appeals in terms of rates are currently with Tailte Éireann; the average wait time for a rates appeal; how long is the longest wait time for a rates appeal with Tailte Éireann; the percentage of appeals that are successful on an annual basis; how many staff are working in the processing of appeals within the appeals office in each of the past ten years; how much in financial terms is returned to business owners due to overcharging rates on an annual basis; and if he will reinstate the first appeal stage to provide resolution before the tribunal stage. [36124/23]
• Justice 1 question

  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if the Prison Service is investigating an allegation of corruption within the Prison Service made by a person (details supplied); her views on whether this investigation should be investigated by a body independent of the Prison Service. [37177/23]
• Children 1 question

  • 2023-07-25 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if visa applications for a family (details supplied) will be considered; and the status of the applications. [35777/23]