724. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide a breakdown of MicroFinance Ireland loan approvals, by county and sector to date 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47056/25]
725. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the proportion of MicroFinance Ireland loans in 2025 that have been granted to start-ups versus established businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47057/25]
726. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps that are being taken to ensure that microenterprises in rural and disadvantaged areas are aware of, and can access, MicroFinance Ireland supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47058/25]
727. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will outline the steps being taken to ensure that Ireland remains a global centre of excellence for aircraft leasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47125/25]
743. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding and programme supports that are being provided to DDL-ETB to expand youth services that promote soft skills, confidence, and progression into education or employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47308/25]
745. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNA reviews carried out the NCSE by in primary schools in Dublin Fingal West during 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44460/25]
746. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the names of the schools in which SNA reviews were carried out by the NCSE in 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44461/25]
747. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNA positions that will be available for the start of the school term September 2025, compared to September 2024, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44462/25]
748. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of sanctioned autism classes for Dublin Fingal West that will be open for the start of the school term September 2025, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44463/25]
749. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in need of a special school place in Dublin Fingal West waiting for a school place for September 2025, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44464/25]
750. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in need of an autism school place in Dublin Fingal West that are waiting on a school place for September 2025, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44465/25]
751. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in need of a reading school place in Dublin Fingal West that are waiting on a school place for September 2025, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44466/25]
907. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of all-girls post-primary schools that do not offer each subject (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46237/25]
908. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the gender breakdown of students who sat subjects (details supplied) in each of the past three years at Leaving Certificate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46238/25]
909. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to ensure that more all-girls post-primary schools are supported to offer subjects (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46239/25]
910. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific initiatives being implemented to improve the participation rate of girls in subjects where uptake has been traditionally low (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46240/25]
911. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the shortage of qualified teachers in subjects (details supplied) is a barrier to offering these subjects in more schools, particularly all-girls schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46241/25]
912. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures in place to ensure that students in schools where certain STEM or social science subjects are not offered can access them through shared provision, online delivery, or inter-school collaboration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46242/25]
913. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's strategy to address gender disparities in STEM subject uptake, particularly in physics and computer science, and the targets set for improvement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46243/25]
914. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if career guidance programmes in second-level schools place sufficient emphasis on encouraging female students to consider STEM, politics and economics subjects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46244/25]
915. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of any Transition Year or extracurricular initiatives aimed at increasing girls' exposure to and interest in STEM subjects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46245/25]
916. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's current approach to supporting students with dyslexia, including early identification, specialist interventions, teacher training, assistive technologies such as text-to-speech software and examination accommodations; if instruction in structured literacy methods for example, multisensory and systematic phonics is promoted; and if sh…
917. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is considering the establishment of additional reading schools or specialist reading classes for children with severe dyslexia; the current number of such settings nationally; the changes since 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46247/25]
918. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific steps being taken to expand specialist literacy support such as reading classes or workshops in Fingal, given its status as the area with one of the youngest and fastest-growing child populations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46248/25]
919. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way dyslexia-specific supports, such as additional reading schools or classes, fit within the implementation of the new Ireland's Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Literacy Strategy 2024-2033 for example, under "supporting diverse learners" pillar; her views on the alignment of these supports with identified strategy actions; and if she will make a …