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James Geoghegan Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
201. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 401 of 20 May 2025, if he will instruct the Companies Registration Office to provide the information sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36901/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
202. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the action being taken to encourage Irish businesses to grow their export markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36959/25]
John Lahart Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
203. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason there was a reduction in special needs assistant support for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36688/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
204. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department tracks the number of children living in emergency homeless accommodation who have missed school days or changed schools mid-year; the supports that are in place for educational continuity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36698/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
205. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of secondary school students who do not have access to a personal digital device at home. [36700/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
206. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools in DEIS band 1 areas that currently have waiting lists for junior infants; and the plans in place to increase capacity in areas with growing school age populations. [36705/25]
Paul Murphy Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
207. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of qualified teachers working in non-teaching posts in her Department, for example, in the inspectorate. [36709/25]
Dessie Ellis Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
208. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure a child (details supplied) is allocated an SNA as recommended by separate assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36713/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
209. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who have been in receipt of the July provision for each county for each of the past five years; and if she will ensure that the necessary resources are put in place so that children can receive July provision as is necessary. [36716/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
210. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review a bus ticket for a child (details supplied) due to exceptional circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36727/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
211. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reintroduce the route for people who undertook an early childhood care bachelor degree to attend a postgraduate course in St. Nicholas Montessori college (previously offered a route 4 pathway to Teaching Council recognition) and extend this to other colleges. [36742/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
212. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports being put in place to help undergraduates to progress from their early childhood education degree to furthering their studies to become a teacher. [36743/25]
Barry Ward Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
213. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of Gaelscoileanna operating within the country, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36748/25]
Barry Ward Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
214. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of Gaelcholáistí operating within the country, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36749/25]
Barry Ward Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
215. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of children attending Gaelscoileanna within the country, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36750/25]
Barry Ward Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
216. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of students attending Gaelcholáistí within the country, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36751/25]
Barry Ward Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
217. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the percentage of children attending Gaelscoileanna as a percentage of overall primary school children, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36752/25]
Barry Ward Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
218. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the percentage of students attending Gaelcholáistí as a percentage of overall secondary school students, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36753/25]
Paul Murphy Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
219. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if any of the 399 new special education classes that were sanctioned for the coming school year have had their sanctioning withdrawn; and if so, the number. [36754/25]
Paul Murphy Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
220. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the NCSE has any role in the admission of children into a school or if the admission of a child into a school is exclusively a matter for the school in accordance with its admissions policy. [36755/25]
Pat Buckley Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
221. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a pathway exists for graduates of a course (details supplied) to receive a Teaching Council number; whether route 4 continues to exist for level 8 graduates; and if there is an alternative to completing a master’s degree for qualification. [36763/25]
Michael Lowry Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
222. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional funding can be allocated to small rural DEIS schools, such as (details supplied), to cover health and safety essential works, given the significant financial strain these schools face in maintaining their facilities, and if she will consider their application for emergency works to be carried out. [36796/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
223. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department’s position on secondary schools requiring parents to purchase iPads or specific digital devices, particularly in light of the roll-out of the free schoolbooks scheme; the guidance or oversight her Department provides to ensure that families are not subjected to undue financial pressure due to school-imposed digital learning policies;…
Ruth Coppinger Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
224. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to simplify the tendering protocol for the free schoolbooks scheme to allow wider access to the scheme for independent bookstores; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36825/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
225. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review a school’s (details supplied) SNA allocation given it is inadequate to meet the needs of children attending the school; if she will allow an appeal to be progressed as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36842/25]