Parliamentary questions

Flood Relief Schemes

Brendan Smith

266. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the funding allocated on an annual basis for flood relief schemes to Monaghan County Council from 2019 to 2024 inclusive and if he will; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19457/24]

Work Permits

Michael Healy-Rae

267. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 23 April 2024, if he will provide further information in relation to production staff for fish processing in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Fergus O'Dowd

268. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18732/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Fergus O'Dowd

269. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to respond to concerns raised by a local business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18805/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

270. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of copper communication lines within his Department that are currently in active operation and for which his Department is paying for on a monthly basis, inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18834/24]

Brexit Supports

Catherine Murphy

271. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the €15 million allocated to his Department under the 2023 EU Brexit Adjustment Fund was spent; and if he will provide headings and sub-headings and amounts associated with same. [18898/24]

Visa Agreements

Matt Carthy

272. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of an issue impacting upon non-EU citizens working in Ireland whereby they are unable to secure appointments to apply for Schengen area visas; if he has engaged with relevant EU Member State embassies in Ireland or his EU counterparts in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19121/24]

European Union

John Paul Phelan

273. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by his Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which were necessitated, either in whole or in part, to transpose or give effect to regulations, directives or other measures passed at European Union level. [19163/24]

Business Supports

Fergus O'Dowd

274. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in a situation where a business in the hospitality trade is paying above the €30 thousand rates criteria to access the ICOB grants, if he will provide details of all other supports that would be available to this business considering the pressures on the sector at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19318/24]

Local Authorities

Catherine Murphy

275. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of which it was intended for. [19358/24]

Artificial Intelligence

David Stanton

276. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current composition of the Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council; the number of times it has met since its establishment; the advice, if any, he has received to date from the Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19392/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Darren O'Rourke

277. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if digital innovation vouchers can be used to help businesses migrate from a copper broadband connection to a fibre broadband connection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19405/24]

EU Directives

Ged Nash

278. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature of and the current situation with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 20 September 2022 that it was sending Ireland a formal notice (INFR(2022)0369) in respect of Directive (EU) 2019/1152 on transparent and predictable working conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19498/24]

EU Directives

Ged Nash

279. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the nature of and current situation with regard to the European Commission’s announcement of 26 January 2023 that it was sending Ireland a reasoned opinion (INFR(2018)2235) for the non-conformity of Irish legislation with Directive 2014/67/EU on the enforcement of Directive 96/71/EC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19499/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

280. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos.342 and 343 of 16 April 2024, for a breakdown of the special classes autism, moderate ID and so on; and the exact location of these classes, in tabular form. [18753/24]

Schools Building Projects

James Lawless

281. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education when construction will begin on the permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18792/24]

Grant Payments

Michael Healy-Rae

282. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if the boarding grant for students will be increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18807/24]

School Admissions

Cian O'Callaghan

283. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education to outline the provision of Gaelscoileanna in the North Central area and to indicate whether there is any intention to provide additional intake/streams at a school (details supplied) or elsewhere in the area to meet local demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18810/24]

Schools Building Projects

Cian O'Callaghan

284. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the timeline for the provision of a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18811/24]

Schools Building Projects

Cian O'Callaghan

285. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on funding for a new school building (details supplied) where parents are currently considering removing their children from the school due to cold, inappropriate temporary classrooms; if her Department will provide an update to the school directly on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18812/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cian O'Callaghan

286. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education to detail the provision of suitable autism classes at secondary level in an area (details supplied); if there are plans to increase this provision to respond to local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18813/24]

School Equipment

Cian O'Callaghan

287. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the average timeframe of delivery for assistive technology applications at both primary and secondary levels where they have been deemed necessary by an educational psychologist; if she is aware that some students are waiting in excess of six months after their applications have been granted to receive their requested assistive technology; the action she will take to reduce these waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18815/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

288. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the total number of copper communication lines within her Department that are currently in active operation and for which her Department is paying for on a monthly basis, inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18833/24]

School Transport

Marian Harkin

289. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to a school transport issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18851/24]

Schools Building Projects

Louise O'Reilly

290. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education when building work will commence on a new school for a school (details supplied). [18860/24]

School Facilities

Louise O'Reilly

291. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the serious parking issues at a school (details supplied) which endanger students being collected from school; that this is particularly acute for children with additional needs; and the steps her Department plans to take to resolve this situation until such time as the new school is built. [18885/24]

School Staff

Louise O'Reilly

292. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to move school cleaners on to public sector pay scales as was done with school secretaries and school caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18886/24]

School Transport

Robert Troy

293. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education to facilitate a new school transport bus route from Delvin to Mullingar, County Westmeath, under the revised guideline, as per School Transport 2030 - Review of the School Transport Scheme - Phase 3 Report (details supplied). [18931/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

294. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education for an update on the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. [18958/24]

School Accommodation

Marian Harkin

295. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education for an update on an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if it will be considered, as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18970/24]

School Curriculum

Mattie McGrath

296. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department appears to have no quality control system in place to ensure that the standard of syllabi being published by the NCCA is in keeping with international best practice in syllabus design (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18971/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Crowe

297. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education whether there are plans for an ASD unit to be put in place at a school (details supplied) given its size and the present demand for such services. [18983/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Crowe

298. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the plans in place to increase the number of special school places for children who NEPS assessments specifically recommend for such a place, given the insufficient capacity at present; the number of places to be brought on stream in the next two years; and the location of these places. [18984/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Crowe

299. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the options available to a child (details supplied) who has been recommended for a special school place by a NEPS assessment but has been unable to secure a place in the Dublin area. [18985/24]

School Accommodation

Brendan Griffin

300. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if a school in County Kerry will be granted an additional room (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18996/24]

School Accommodation

Duncan Smith

301. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to outline any provision made for additional primary school classroom facilities, that is, prefabs, which may be introduced to increase capacity for third- and fourth-class students in the Lusk and Rush area of Dublin for the 2024-2025 school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19007/24]

Pension Provisions

Cathal Crowe

302. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if her Department will reconcile the service of a group of teachers (details supplied) who spent a number of years working in the School Competition Programme, with their pensionable service with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19012/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

303. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the average teacher to pupil ratio in special schools in Ireland. [19017/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

304. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the recommended class size average in special schools in Ireland.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19018/24]

School Accommodation

John Lahart

305. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education her plans for mixed post primary schools in the general Greenhills area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19023/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

306. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the average teacher-pupil ratio in special classes in Ireland. [19025/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

307. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the recommended class size average in special classes in Ireland. [19026/24]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

308. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will consider allowing teachers previously registered with the Teaching Council to make an application for incremental credit assessment before they have obtained a teaching job (details supplied). [19036/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

309. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will address a number of issues (details supplied) with regard to services for children within the education system with mental health and neurodivergent conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19041/24]

School Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

310. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education what protections are in place for teachers who suffer an injury at work and their ‘assault leave’ has expired, but they still remain certified as unfit to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19045/24]

School Facilities

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

311. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education her Department’s views on whether guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours prohibit the provision of sibling hour and afterschool facilities in a school building, as per the decision of the board of management at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19055/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

312. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently revise the SET allocation for a school (details supplied), in light of its extenuating circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19063/24]

Teaching Qualifications

John McGuinness

313. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite an application for teaching recognition in the name of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19083/24]

Special Educational Needs

Matt Carthy

314. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 17 January 2023, the current status regarding the proposed permanent extension at a school (details supplied) to comprise of a three-classroom SEN base, five additional classrooms, two special education tuition rooms, one music room, one textiles room, one science laboratory and preparation room, associated circulation and WC and ancillary areas; if she will expedite the process to ensure that works commence without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19127/24]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

315. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the development of a dedicated special education school for County Leitrim (details supplied). [19128/24]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

316. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will consider a change in the application of the capitation grant for special schools (details supplied). [19129/24]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

317. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will consider a change in the application of the minor works grant for special schools (details supplied). [19130/24]

European Union

John Paul Phelan

318. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by her Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which were necessitated, either in whole or in part, to transpose or give effect to regulations, directives or other measures passed at European Union level. [19162/24]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

319. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education her views on the shortage of classes and dedicated schools for moderate ID children in the Dublin 14 and 16 areas; what plans are in place to remedy the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19225/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

320. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of a school application for works funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19233/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

321. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of a school application for works funding (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19234/24]

Schools Administration

Neasa Hourigan

322. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education her Department’s views on whether the guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours prohibits the provision of sibling hour and afterschool facilities at a school building (details supplied) as per the decision of the board of management at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19248/24]

Schools Administration

Neasa Hourigan

323. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if the Governance Manual for Primary Schools 2023-2027 in anyway prohibits the use of primary schools for sibling hour and/or afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19249/24]

School Management

Neasa Hourigan

324. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the obligations on patron bodies of national schools to have in place formal complaints procedures for parents to question boards of management acting under their patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19250/24]

Schools Administration

Neasa Hourigan

325. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if forthcoming updated guidelines on the use of school buildings will take into consideration the difficulty parents face in accessing childcare by encouraging schools to facilitate sibling hour and after-school providers, through access to school space after school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19251/24]

Schools Administration

Neasa Hourigan

326. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if schools can be encouraged to facilitate after-school care for junior classes who finish earlier than senior classes by allowing use of classrooms for that hour by childcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19252/24]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

327. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education her views on teacher shortages; her plans to address them; if she plans to collate data on the number of unfulfilled teaching positions overall as well as across various different types of roles such as permanent, fixed-term and maternity leave positions; if not, the measures she will deploy in order to effectively access the scale of the shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19257/24]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

328. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the reasons data is not collated on unfulfilled teaching positions; how the lack of collated data impacts on her ability to assess the impact of shortages on the provision of education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19258/24]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

329. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education to report on unqualified teachers currently working in the education system; the reasons her Department does not collate data on the number currently active in the teaching professions; how she assesses the impact of unqualified teachers working in the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19259/24]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

330. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education what measures she and her Department have taken to increase diversity within the teaching profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19260/24]

Schools Building Projects

Anne Rabbitte

331. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 17 April 2024, whether a school (details supplied) can secure temporary accommodation due to an unclear timeline for the development of a new building; the options open to the school to secure this temporary accommodation as an interim measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19280/24]

School Admissions

Bernard Durkan

332. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education if every effort can be made to facilitate a school place in the desired school of a child (details supplied); if all efforts can be made to ensure a school place in the required school, with there being a very high demand for places for siblings in this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19285/24]

Special Educational Needs

Colm Brophy

333. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans to address the inadequate number of school spaces available for children with a moderate intellectual disability in the Firhouse/Knocklyon area of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19287/24]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

334. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the annual cost to date in 2024 for prefab accommodation at a school (details supplied) in Naas, County Kildare; and the estimated cost of retaining the accommodation for 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [19289/24]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

335. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the date on which she signed, or will sign, the letter of intent for a school project to reach completion stage (details supplied). [19290/24]

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

336. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the annual cost to date in 2024 for security on an accommodation facility (details supplied) in Naas, County Kildare; and the estimated cost of retaining the security for 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [19291/24]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

337. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the budget available for completion works at a school (details supplied) in Naas, County Kildare; and the timeline for the completion and opening of the building. [19292/24]

Teacher Training

Jackie Cahill

338. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education what plans his Department has to subsidise the Gaeltacht fees for post primary teaching students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19299/24]

Fee Paying Schools

Sorca Clarke

339. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of public funding provided to fee-charging schools in 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19305/24]

Schools Administration

Seán Haughey

340. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education her Department’s views on whether the guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours prohibits the provision of sibling hour and afterschool facilities in a school building, as per the decision of the board of management at the school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19323/24]

Schools Administration

Seán Haughey

341. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education if the governance manual for primary schools 2023-2027 in anyway prohibits the use of primary schools for sibling hour and/or afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19324/24]

School Management

Seán Haughey

342. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education the oversight mechanisms that are in place by which parents can hold board of managements to account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19325/24]

School Management

Seán Haughey

343. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education to clarify the obligation of patron bodies of national schools to have in place formal complaints procedures for parents to formally complain about the performance of boards of management acting under their patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19326/24]

School Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

344. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school teachers in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for 2024-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19333/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jim O'Callaghan

345. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the total number of special needs assistants in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for special needs assistants for 2024-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19334/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jim O'Callaghan

346. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the total number of special teachers in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for special teachers for 2024-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19335/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jim O'Callaghan

347. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the total number of special classes in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for special classes for 2024-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19336/24]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

348. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 23 April 2024, if she will provide an update on the school application (details supplied) for an ASD unit considering the application was submitted in July 2022; when it is expected that a judgement will be given on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19337/24]

Grant Payments

Seán Sherlock

349. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when the ancillary services grant and ICT digital strategy grants will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19342/24]

Local Authorities

Catherine Murphy

350. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of which it was intended for. [19357/24]

Schools Building Projects

Joe Flaherty

351. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will direct Department officials to meet with a school (details supplied) and their architect for their new build in order to resolve outstanding issues. [19373/24]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

352. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if exceptional teaching posts are still available for special schools. [19374/24]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

353. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will consider an exceptional teaching post for a school (details supplied). [19375/24]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

354. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will examine changing the requirements to provide substitute teaching cover in special schools. [19376/24]

School Textbooks

Colm Burke

355. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to include private schools under the free books scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19389/24]

School Facilities

Michael Healy-Rae

356. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education the action he plans to take to ensure that there is equity in standards of laboratory facilities and laboratory resources as well as access to laboratory technicians in those schools where no laboratory technicians are available and in which sub-standard laboratories and lack of laboratory resources exist (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19404/24]

School Staff

Peadar Tóibín

357. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education when a psychologist will be appointed by the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, to a school (details supplied); and if she can provide an update to the school. [19411/24]

Schools Building Projects

Kathleen Funchion

358. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on school extension plans that were submitted to her Department for a school in County Kilkenny (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19416/24]

School Costs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

359. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to supporting schools with rising insurance costs as a result of the construction of modular buildings as in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19432/24]

School Costs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

360. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if funding streams are available to a school struggling with increased insurance costs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19433/24]

School Textbooks

Michael Fitzmaurice

361. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education the reason schools under the education and training boards, ETB, will be required to purchase junior cycle text books directly from the central national framework leaving small/medium sized book shops in the local areas unable to quote and win business having previously supplied families in the past; if she will consider allowing these small/medium businesses to quote for these schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19435/24]

Schools Building Projects

Niall Collins

362. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education if a recently approved school building project (details supplied) can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19437/24]

School Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

363. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will review the decision not to grant a school (details supplied) funding under the emergency works scheme. [19462/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

364. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will meet with the board of management of a school (details supplied) to discuss their serious concerns at the failure of her Department to consider inclusion of the school in the forthcoming school capital building programme. [19463/24]

Schools Building Projects

Brian Leddin

365. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Education the status of a project (details supplied) under the School Building Programme; the reason for delay; the expected timeframe for the next stages of the capital project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19464/24]