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Sinéad Gibney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
474. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he has figures on the number of workers making use of remote working and flexible working arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30725/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
475. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the provisions his Department and bodies under its aegis have taken to assist SMEs in the case of an imposition of tariffs on the European Market by the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30726/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
476. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department has examined the introduction of a Tourist Tax, in the context of similar measures being taken across Europe, and an increase in tourism to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30727/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
477. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of establishing an initial panel of 90 speech and language therapists for schools as a shared resource. [29377/25]
Holly Cairns Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
478. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail any grants or schemes available to primary schools to support the employment of disabled staff members (details supplied). [28933/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
479. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special schools in Ireland, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28945/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
480. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students each special school has, broken down by school and by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28946/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
481. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special schools across Ireland have outdoor play equipment, broken down by school and by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28947/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
482. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funds are available for special schools that wish to install an outdoor play area for sensory play; if so, to detail these funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28948/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
483. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the Government policy for outdoor play facilities for special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28949/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
484. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which she plans to address the anomaly whereby a student does not qualify for school transport from Bus Éireann due to the fact that they must travel to a second level school further to the nearest second level school due to a lack of available school places in the nearest second level school; her views on whether this is penalising su…
Eoin Ó Broin Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
485. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school transport service is unavailable for a school located in Newcastle, County Dublin (details supplied); if there are plans to instate a transport service when the premises opens; if not, the options for transport available to students living 3.2 km or more from this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28953/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
486. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full year costs to recruit 30 additional educational psychologist for the National Educational Psychologist Service. [28966/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
487. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction phase. [28967/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
488. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a schedule of all active new school construction projects and expansion projects in Cavan and Monaghan; the stage each project is at; and the target delivery date of each, in tabular form. [28968/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
489. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [28969/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
490. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction phase of works. [28971/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
491. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a schedule of all active new school construction projects and expansion projects in Meath; the stage of each project is at; and the target delivery date of each, in tabular form. [28974/25]
Carol Nolan Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
492. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether is a connection between the huge increases in absenteeism at primary and secondary schools and the increase in working from home in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28996/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
493. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNA allocations that were recommended to the NCSE by SENOs versus the actual number that were allocated; and to provide a breakdown of where the recommendation by a SENO has not been filled or sanctioned, In tabular form. [29008/25]
Ged Nash Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
494. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount in funding in total that has been secured from REPowerEU to fund an expanded school pathfinder decarbonisation and retrofit programme in 2025; if she will provide the names of the 40 schools that have been selected for initial assessment based on their building profile for the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29026/2…
Ged Nash Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
495. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used by her Department to allow a school to qualify for inclusion for initial assessment under the pathfinder decarbonisation and retrofit programme for 2025; if all schools that have been selected for initial assessment have been confirmed and have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29027/25]
Ged Nash Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
496. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm the allocated budget in her Department for a climate-focused summer works programme for 2025; if significant roof replacement works can be considered in terms of applications from schools that also have strategic plans developed by recognised consultants to decarbonise their energy sources and make their schools more energy efficient as part o…
Colm Burke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
497. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that a school (details supplied) will be permitted to open a fourth ASD class, where the school had offered places to children to open the new ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29029/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
498. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Educate Together schools can expand their prioritisation to outside their school planning area (SPA), where no Educate Together exists in neighbouring SPAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29047/25]