Parliamentary questions

397. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if consultation has taken place with a business operating outside of Dublin (details supplied) regarding collective redundancy; if his attention has been drawn to potential redundancy and the number of jobs at risk at this business; the State supports available to employees who become redundant; and if he …

398. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the timeframe for the purchase of a site for an advance factory; the projected timeframe for the building in Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45596/26]

399. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the way his Department is working to promote trade and investment opportunities that could benefit businesses and exporters in Galway East; if any targeted initiatives are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38311/26]

400. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will engage with Fáilte Ireland, Kerry County Council and relevant tourism stakeholders regarding the potential development of a state-of-the-art virtual tourism simulator experience in County Kerry; if his Department will examine the feasibility of supporting such an innovative attraction (details supplied)…

401. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE digital marketing specialists employed by Enterprise Ireland as of 10 June 2026, in tabular form. [45745/26]

402. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide a full schedule of costs incurred in respect of the report on the value of data centres to Ireland by a company (details supplied). [45752/26]

403. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if plans have been made to provide assistance to music festivals affected by the liquidation of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45804/26]

404. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has analysed the employment impact of private equity acquisitions of IDA-supported technology companies here; if a pattern of post-acquisition redundancies has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45854/26]

405. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the conditions the IDA Ireland attaches to its client relationships regarding the protection of employment levels following a change of ownership, particularly in cases involving private equity acquisition; if these conditions are enforceable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45855/26]

406. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department plans to engage proactively with a company (details supplied) given the documented pattern of post-acquisition employment restructuring at other Irish technology operations owned by the same firm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45856/26]

407. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the specific upskilling and employment support measures announced for workers affected by a company’s (details supplied) redundancies will be made available on an equal basis to all workers made redundant from the technology sector, regardless of their former employer's size or public profile; and if he will mak…

408. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of enterprise grant approvals and disbursements to small and medium enterprises in County Cork in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the main sectors benefiting from such supports; the measures being taken to further support rural enterprise development in Cork; and if he will make a st…

409. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the supports available through Enterprise Ireland and other State agencies for job creation in rural towns in Cork, the number of jobs created or supported in the region in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45867/26]

410. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on plans for a referendum on Ireland’s membership of the Unified Patent Court System. [45872/26]

411. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the serious cost pressures and business viability challenges facing rural pubs; the measures he will consider to support rural pubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45957/26]

412. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a funding allocation does not allow for underspends (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45563/26]

413. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options available to a parent (details supplied) trying to obtain an appropriate special school placement for their child without success; to confirm that the NCSE is aware of the individual and linked in with the family; the assistance that can be provided to the parent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44896/…

414. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 27 May 2026, if her Department has assessed the number of teachers who are employed on substitute or temporary contracts despite teaching recurring hours that continue to exist within schools; the number of the 264 teachers that are employed on contracts covering genuine temporary absenc…

415. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 27 May 2026, if her Department has examined the extent to which teachers remain on successive substitute or fixed-term contracts while the hours they teach are subsequently allocated to teachers who already hold contracts of indefinite duration or permanent contracts; and if she will mak…

416. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 27 May 2026, if her Department has assessed whether CID and redeployment panel rules are limiting access to permanency for long-serving teachers; if so, the findings of that assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44922/26]

417. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 27 May 2026, if there has been a review of how continuity of service rules operate in practice for teachers who accrue service across multiple schools; if further reforms are being considered to provide more transparent and accessible pathways to permanency for experienced teachers; if h…

418. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 27 May 2026, the guidelines in place for the allocation of teaching hours that could support permanency being instead allocated to teachers who already hold a CID or permanent contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44924/26]

419. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the exclusion of a school (details supplied) from DEIS Plus will be reconsidered in light of the information provided which suggests that the model used at initial allocation does not capture the reality of disadvantage experienced in the school community. [44948/26]

420. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 569 of 12 May 2026, the status of the approved summer works scheme funding for a school (details supplied); and when the school is expected to be in a position to draw down the approved funding. [44979/26]

421. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has assessed the findings of the research published by Dublin City University's centre for collaborative research across teacher education in April 2025, which found that 42 % of more than 1,000 teachers surveyed indicated they were unlikely to remain in the teaching profession in the long term; her Departm…