101. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to review the current statutory redundancy guidelines, with a view to reducing the time required to claim a payment and to increase payments, given the rise in cost of living. [30901/25]
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102. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on whether tourism funding should be ringfenced by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31069/25]
103. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on a tourist tax for Irish cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31070/25]
104. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount a tourist tax of €5-a-bed would generate for the city of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31071/25]
105. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of IDA visits to each of counties Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath, Roscommon, Galway, Tipperary and Kildare in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the dates and locations of those visits, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31153/25]
106. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of IDA jobs in each of counties Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath, Roscommon, Galway, Tipperary and Kildare in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31154/25]
107. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on IDA’s plans and progress to replace job losses at a facility (details supplied); the engagement he and the IDA has had with the company since the announcement of its phased closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31155/25]
108. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current status of a proposed development (details supplied), originally announced in 2022 with an estimated investment of €300 million and the potential to create approximately 1,500 jobs; if he is aware of the reasons for the apparent delay or stalling of the project; whether any departmental engagement has taken place with t…
109. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. …
110. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will ensure that the maximum possible support is provided by his Department, and the industrial promotion agencies under the remit of his Department, to a company (details supplied) to ensure the maximum possible employment level retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31298/25]
111. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of cases brought to the District Court by workers seeking enforcement of a Workplace Relations Commission's awards, under Section 43 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, in the past five years; and whether he has considered granting enforcement powers to the WRC in order to spare workers from having to take further legal acti…
112. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31319/25]
113. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide, the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5million, which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form [31328/25]
114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is a requirement that in order for a private school bus operator to obtain a PSV permit they must have a contract with Bus Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30763/25]
115. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she has plans to facilitate the expansion of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30747/25]
116. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within her Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30922/25]
117. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by her Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30800/25]
118. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide, the list of capital projects, by her Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5million, which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30818/25]
119. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth that staff allocation a school (details supplied) will have for the upcoming school term beginning in September 2025 through to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30857/25]
120. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) was refused funding for an additional ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30869/25]
121. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to issue a letter to approval as a matter of urgency to a school (details supplied). [30889/25]
122. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will urgently issue a letter of approval to a school (details supplied) for the provision of SET classrooms. [30897/25]
123. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for the secure unit allowance to be extended to all teachers teaching in both closed medium and high security prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30900/25]
124. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30911/25]
125. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30960/25]