Questions

397. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment in view of the announced €150 million facility (details supplied) in Blarney, County Cork, the timeframe for capital drawdown; the number of full-time jobs which will be created annually; the public support (grants, tax incentives, infrastructure) which have been committed; and the steps the Government will take to ensure local roads, w…

398. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the policies he is implementing to support small businesses, especially in the hospitality sector; the assistance he is providing to reduce costs; the action he is taking to reduce unnecessary red tape and burdensome regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52115/25]

399. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the specific measures he is taking to support the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52116/25]

400. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a grant is available to a business (details supplied) [52118/25]

401. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide estimates of consumer spending on e-commerce in the State and on e-commerce purchases from companies located outside the State for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52132/25]

402. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures he will take to rectify the imbalance in obligations for product take-back and recycling between domestic retailers and distance sellers; and the way in which Comisiún na Meán will assist in creating a fairer environment for businesses in Ireland that comply with these schemes. [52133/25]

403. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that health supports for survivors under the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025 will be delivered to a Health (Amendment) Act-standard in practice, including a published list of covered services and referral pathways; if she will set out (i) the go-live date for issuing the first cards/entitlements…

404. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will bring forward proposals to provide a payment for eligible survivors of Industrial and Reformatory Schools that is equivalent to the maximum State Pension (Contributory) at pension age, in recognition of unpaid child labour in State-supervised institutions; the estimated number of potential beneficiaries; the projected annual and five-yea…

405. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider a request from persons who attended Ireland’s Industrial and Reformatory Schools (details supplied) to award them a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51910/25]

406. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider a request from persons who attended Ireland’s Industrial and Reformatory Schools (details supplied) to award them a full contributory state pension for work done as children, similar to the scheme in place for those who were in Magdalene Laundries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51911/25]

407. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if two school bus tickets will be re-issued (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51107/25]

408. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the national small schools project will continue after 2026; if it will be extended to include more small rural schools that could greatly benefit from it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51119/25]

409. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a fashion competition (details supplied) is now charging schools a fee of €1,000 euro to enter, despite this being free in previous years, due to insufficient Government funding; and the measures she is taking to ensure that schools are not faced with this fee for the coming year, ensuring that costs will not be a barrier for …

410. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school building project (details supplied) for four classrooms and an SEN base is stalled at Stage 2B since January 2025 and awaiting approval to put the project out to tender. [51137/25]

411. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with Bus Éireann in relation to the lack of response and lack of specific case details following queries from Oireachtas members about school transport places (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51147/25]

412. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether funding will be made available to recognise programmes which teach fifth and sixth class primary school students on business and entrepreneurial skills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51148/25]

413. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the provision of an autism class for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51159/25]

414. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on her Department's policy on the use of artificial intelligence in schools. [51181/25]

415. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total sum in ICT grants to primary and secondary schools respectively for each of the years 2020 to 2024; if all schools availed of these grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51182/25]

416. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on additional pilot school transport schemes for the 2025/2026 year; if it is envisaged that further services will be provided during this school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51183/25]

417. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the remote area grant will be offered to families whose children qualify for a concessionary school bus ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51204/25]

418. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the implementation of the school transport review, especially the implementation to the changes of the radius for post primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51205/25]

419. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used to select the pilot areas for the school transport review pilot scheme in 2024/2025. [51206/25]

420. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider additional schools or areas for inclusion in the next phase of the school transport review pilot scheme; and if so, the application process for a school or community to express an interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51207/25]

421. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the means by which requests for safety reviews of bus stops used for school buses are processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51208/25]