Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

228. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24699/24]

Employment Rights

Pa Daly

229. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures from a report (details supplied) that have been implemented; the measures still outstanding;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24730/24]

Employment Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to sign a proposal (details supplied); if so, when he plans on signing it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24741/24]

Export Controls

Catherine Connolly

231. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 23 May 2024, the names of the companies in respect of which fourteen individual dual-use export licences with a value of €52 million to end users in Israel in the period 7 October 2023 to 23 May 2024 were granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24835/24]

Trade Data

Louise O'Reilly

232. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland for the years 2018 to 2023, broken down by exports and imports per year, in tabular form. [24844/24]

Trade Data

Louise O'Reilly

233. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of trade in goods between Ireland and Northern Ireland for the years 2018 to 2023, broken down by exports and imports per year, in tabular form. [24845/24]

Trade Data

Louise O'Reilly

234. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of trade in services between Ireland and Northern Ireland for the years 2018 to 2023, broken down by exports and imports per year, in tabular form. [24846/24]

Employment Rights

Michael Moynihan

235. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the implementation of the new Employment Regulation Order for workers in the security sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24855/24]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

236. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that are in place to update legislation and policy governing the Workplace Relations Commission in relation to self-employment status given the recent Supreme Court case (details supplied); whether this ruling will impact Workplace Relations Commission decisions on employer PRSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24863/24]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

237. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspections the Workplace Relations Commission carried out in 2023, broken down by month; the number of these inspections resulted in a contravention notice; the number that resulted in a fixed payment notice and/or a compliance notice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24864/24]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

238. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a sectoral breakdown of workplace inspections carried out by the Workplace Relations Commission in 2023, broken down by month; the number of these inspections that resulted in a contravention notice, by sector; how many resulted in a fixed payment notice and/or a compliance notice, by sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24865/24]

Workplace Relations Commission

Richard Boyd Barrett

239. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that are in place to make employees aware of their recourse to anonymous complaints through the Workplace Relations Commission inspection service; whether any plans are in place to make employees who do not speak English as a first language aware of their recourse to anonymous complaints through the Workplace Relations Commission inspection service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24866/24]

Trade Agreements

Alan Kelly

240. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the last time discussions on strengthening ties between the EU and Indonesia were discussed. [24879/24]

Grant Payments

Michael Fitzmaurice

241. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the hair and beauty sector that are primarily small businesses in the retail sector, have been excluded from the second payment of the increased cost of business grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24907/24]

Legislative Measures

Ged Nash

242. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to sign and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas the draft Security Employment Regulation Order which has been submitted to him by the Labour Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24925/24]

Business Supports

Kathleen Funchion

243. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if early years and childcare providers are entitled to the second round of ICOB payments (details supplied). [24931/24]

Legislative Measures

Jennifer Whitmore

244. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason for the delays in bringing forward the Employment Regulation Order for security officers; when the EROs will be signed into legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24972/24]

EU Directives

Mark Ward

245. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the EU Directive on adequate minimum wages will be implemented by the Government; if apprentices will be included in this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25060/24]

Grant Payments

Francis Noel Duffy

246. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that a county council (details supplied) was not made aware that the increased cost of business grant was extended, which resulted in them missing the deadline; if he will extend the grant deadline to account for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25071/24]

Homeless Accommodation

Bríd Smith

247. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to the Dublin Simon Community 100 bed health and addiction care facility located at Usher's Island, Dublin 8, if he can now confirm that the operational funding required will be in place before the opening of this critical and much needed development in Dublin city centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25118/24]

Employment Rights

Imelda Munster

248. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status regarding the Employment Regulation Order for security officers in 2024; if he has received a proposal from the Labour Court in relation to a new ERO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25124/24]

Departmental Data

Leo Varadkar

249. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the most up to date numbers on the opening of new hospitality businesses and closures of such businesses; and whether there is any evidence of an increase in closures, net and gross. [25145/24]

Departmental Data

Leo Varadkar

250. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the most up to date numbers on the opening of new retail businesses and closure of such businesses; and whether there is any evidence of an increase in net or gross closures. [25146/24]

Employment Rights

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

251. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the recent Employment Regulation Order for the Contract Cleaning Industry, which provides for a pay increase for the sector that she signed, will involve backdating the pay increase to 1 April 2024 when the agreed payment increase was due to take effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25422/24]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

252. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25472/24]

Employment Rights

Bríd Smith

253. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has read the communication from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the delay in signing the new Employment Regulation Order for security officers; if he acknowledges that security officers are some of the most poorly paid workers in the State and are struggling to pay their bills as a result; if he will commit to signing the ERO immediately ensuring that security workers are granted the increase they are entitled to; if he will confirm when this will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25528/24]

Industrial Development

Catherine Murphy

254. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Turkish companies IDA Ireland has engaged with in relation to setting up within the State in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25534/24]

Special Educational Needs

Frankie Feighan

255. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education the reason a girl based in County Leitrim (details supplied) cannot access a full-time SNA given the severe difficulties experienced by the young girl and the progressive nature of this condition; and if she agrees that Leitrim children’s disability network should be allocated a physiotherapist for its client base. [25222/24]

Schools Building Projects

Robert Troy

256. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24605/24]

Schools Building Projects

John Brady

257. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); to confirm if a site has been identified; and when it is anticipated that this project will commence. [24620/24]

Schools Building Projects

John Brady

258. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the building project for a school (details supplied); to confirm at what stage matters are currently at; and when it is anticipated that building works will commence. [24621/24]

Schools Building Projects

John Brady

259. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education when it is likely that building works will commence for a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24622/24]

School Enrolments

John Brady

260. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the allocation of the remaining secondary school places for those pupils in Greystones, County Wicklow, who are still awaiting confirmation of a secondary school place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24623/24]

School Staff

Alan Farrell

261. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if her Department will sanction an additional teacher for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24631/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pa Daly

262. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the additional supports that will be in place for a child (details supplied) who is beginning junior infants in September 2024 and has a full diagnosis of autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24632/24]

Special Educational Needs

Brendan Griffin

263. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if a child in County Kerry (details supplied) will be allocated a special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24635/24]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

264. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in her Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24666/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Sherlock

265. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of SENO vacancies currently in north Cork. [24688/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Sherlock

266. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of SENOs in north Cork and their allocated caseload, by SENO. [24689/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Sherlock

267. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of autism units currently operating in north Cork; and the amount of places available in each unit, in tabular form. [24690/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

268. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education her views on the need for additional space to safely accommodate ASD special classes at a school (details supplied); the resources that can be provided in order to open the ASD classes while addressing the schools issues with requiring additional learning support teachers, car parking spaces, a secure play area accessible from the classroom, adequate storage, a sensory area and an activities room with a daily living skills space connected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24692/24]

Special Educational Needs

Bernard Durkan

269. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education when a place in an ASD unit can be facilitated in the case of the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24694/24]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

270. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24698/24]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Berry

271. Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Minister for Education when she expects the design of a new school (details supplied) to progress to planning permission and tendering stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24723/24]

School Textbooks

Niamh Smyth

272. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to review correspondence from Monaghan County Council (details supplied); and if she will address the issues highlighted and respond to same. [24728/24]

Grant Payments

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

273. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education when a grant (details supplied) will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24734/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jim O'Callaghan

274. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education when a child (details supplied) will be granted a special school place. [24738/24]

Grant Payments

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

275. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of a payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24744/24]

Grant Payments

Carol Nolan

276. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if the capitation grant for primary schools is being reduced; if so, the reasons for this, given the increased challenges this will create for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24752/24]

Grant Payments

Carol Nolan

277. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the overall annual capitation grant funding provided by her Department for the period 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24753/24]

Grant Payments

Carol Nolan

278. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the overall annual ancillary grant funding provided by her Department for the period 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24754/24]

Schools Building Projects

Niall Collins

279. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education the status of a land transfer (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24761/24]

School Enrolments

John McGuinness

280. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if a school place will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [24789/24]

School Funding

Louise O'Reilly

281. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide immediate funding and investment for a school (details supplied) to ensure it can deliver the best possible learning environment for all students including the opening of new special classes, as has been requested by her Department;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24832/24]

School Transport

Steven Matthews

282. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to an ongoing case (details supplied); the actions she will take to ensure that this child is accommodated on a school bus in the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24838/24]

School Facilities

Noel Grealish

283. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education the current status of furniture and IT grants for a new ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24862/24]

Capitation Grants

Alan Kelly

284. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the estimated full-year cost if the capitation grant increased to €205 per pupil at primary level. [24883/24]

School Staff

Holly Cairns

285. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to reports from schools that this year's ancillary grant is insufficient to cover the cost of staff not on her Department’s payroll that is, cleaners; how the reduction in the ancillary grant has been calculated; if it took into consideration the move of school secretaries to her Department’s payroll; and the details of the process followed in the recalculation of this grant. [24895/24]

School Staff

Holly Cairns

286. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if the cost-of-living grant awarded to schools can be used to cover shortfalls in the ancillary grant [24896/24]

School Funding

Holly Cairns

287. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide a schedule of all upcoming grants for national schools; and if this schedule has been provided to schools. [24897/24]

School Funding

Holly Cairns

288. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if there are multi-annual financial plans open to national schools; and if not, if she will consider implementing such a measure in order to allow schools to plan ahead financially [24898/24]

School Funding

Holly Cairns

289. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the details of all upcoming grants for schools (details supplied); and the details of previous grants awarded in each school year since 2020. [24899/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Creed

290. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) which applied for additional accommodation for two SET rooms in 2019 and additional classroom accommodation in 2020 is still awaiting sanction from her Department to proceed with this construction project. [24920/24]

Education and Training Boards

Seán Haughey

291. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education if she will facilitate employees of education and training boards who may be eligible to claim professional added years, to calculate their retirement pay in advance of actually making a formal application, in order to enable them make an informed decision as to whether or not to actually apply for retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24929/24]

School Transport

Richard Boyd Barrett

292. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the funds disbursed through the school transport scheme in 2023 for transport of children with special needs, not including children in mainstream education, including the proportion spent on taxi services compared to bus services, in tabular form. [24933/24]

Education Schemes

Mark Ward

293. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the options available to a person (details supplied) who was partaking in the Carline Project until this year and who has no school place for the coming school year; if Youthreach is an option for them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24952/24]

School Transport

Cathal Crowe

294. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will take immediate steps to address the work pay and conditions that school bus escorts are faced with (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24969/24]

School Staff

Pearse Doherty

295. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to change assault leave legislation for teachers and special needs assistants who work with children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24978/24]

School Staff

Claire Kerrane

296. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education the reason primary school teachers cannot transfer from one permanent post to another permanent post in the profession; what the rationale for same; if she will agree to examine the matter given the impact it has on teachers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24989/24]

School Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

297. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to change assault leave legislation for teachers and special needs assistants who work with children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24997/24]

School Funding

Cathal Crowe

298. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that her Department increases funding for Transition Year programmes in schools across Ireland to ensure that there is enough capacity in all schools (details supplied). [25000/24]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Bruton

299. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the building projects under consideration for a school (details supplied); and when they might be in a position to proceed to construction. [25027/24]

School Staff

Seán Canney

300. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will undertake a review of the number of SNA posts allocated to a school (details supplied) following the reduction in the number of SNA posts last September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25031/24]

School Staff

Seán Canney

301. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education when the NCSE will publish the SNA allocation for the year 2024/2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25032/24]

School Transport

Peter Fitzpatrick

302. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Education if assistance will be provided to secure school transport arrangements under the school transport scheme for a school in Stonetown, County Louth (details supplied) in order that this school can remain open to the public; her plans to utilise this schools capacity to enrol children given the shortage of places in schools in Dundalk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25041/24]

School Funding

Kathleen Funchion

303. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the reason the ancillary grant for a school (details supplied) has been reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25046/24]

School Facilities

Mattie McGrath

304. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the up-to-date position with respect to an application from a school (details supplied) in County Cork for reconfiguration works to existing school accommodation for SEN purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25053/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Healy-Rae

305. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education to respond to a query on July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25058/24]

Child Abuse

Thomas Pringle

306. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when she will implement the judgement of the European Court of Human Rights no. 35810/09, ECHR 2014-I under Article 46(2) of the European Convention on Human Rights in O’Keeffe v Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25076/24]

Special Educational Needs

Denis Naughten

307. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 16 May 2024 if she will consider funding an ASD class at a school (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25084/24]

School Textbooks

Cathal Crowe

308. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will issue exceptional funding to a school (details supplied) given the increased strain in trying to meet the costs associated with the shortfall of the schoolbooks grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25123/24]

School Textbooks

Pauline Tully

309. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the reason that the schoolbooks grant was greatly reduced this year compared to last year. [25137/24]

Schools Building Projects

Leo Varadkar

310. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education if she will request her officials to move a school rebuilding project (details supplied) to stage 2B; or if not will she ask her officials to meet the school authorities to agree a timeline for the project to advance. [25153/24]

Special Educational Needs

Marc MacSharry

311. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the case of a child with autism (details supplied) who cannot get a place in any local primary school with an autism unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25158/24]

School Funding

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

312. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the status of the revised application for funding to her Department from a school (details supplied). [25180/24]

School Funding

Carol Nolan

313. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to clarify the reason that no ancillary funding was provided to a school (details supplied) this year; if she will confirm that the funding was removed on the basis that her Department is funding a secretarial position; if she will accept that ancillary funding is still required for caretaking works for the school; if she will review her Department’s decision to provide zero funding for vital ancillary works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25211/24]

School Funding

Carol Nolan

314. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if schools are being notified that in instances where her Department funds a school secretary position then they may have to forgo receipt of ancillary funding; if she will accept that this may places schools in an invidious position of choosing one vital service over another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25212/24]

Special Educational Needs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

315. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education if she can assist in a case where a child with autism (details supplied) who will be ten years old at the start of the new school year currently has no school place.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25216/24]

School Staff

Steven Matthews

316. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education the position regarding an appeal submitted by a school (details supplied) regarding the proposed loss of a mainstream post; to provide a timeline for its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25232/24]

School Staff

Michael Lowry

317. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education regarding a school (details supplied), if the Minister is aware of a teaching hours allocation appeal submitted by this school; if the Minister will take into account the increased enrolments currently, which now include 21 new-entrant pupils; if the Minister will approve the school’s appeal to allow for the employment of an English language teacher on a fixed-term contract of 25 hours per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25254/24]

Schools Building Projects

Bernard Durkan

318. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 9 May 2024, if clarity can be provided on when it is expected that the design phase is expected to complete in respect of a school (details supplied); if clarity can also be provided on how it is intended to support the school from September 2025, as there will be no space available on the grounds of the current site to expand, and space outside of the school for the yard will have to cater for over 140 children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25259/24]

School Transport

Michael Creed

319. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) will be provided with transport to his day care centre. [25270/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

320. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); when this project will progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25278/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

321. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); when this project will progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25279/24]

School Facilities

Richard Bruton

322. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education when the recently announced IT grant for schools will be paid out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25297/24]

School Facilities

Cian O'Callaghan

323. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if her Department will support the purchase of a piece of land from Dublin City Council beside a school (details supplied) that can be used to further develop the school’s facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25300/24]

School Facilities

Paul Kehoe

324. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education her plans to review Common Application Processes for secondary schools in areas where there is oversubscription like Dublin 15 and progress on any actions that can be implemented for enrolments in September 2025, including engagement with schools and education partners to better align timeframes and data-sharing arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25304/24]

School Enrolments

Paul Kehoe

325. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide assurance that a school's enrolment numbers (details supplied) will return to 240 in September 2025, following the approval of modular and permanent school accommodation to support the gradual increase of student numbers to 1,500; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25305/24]

Special Educational Needs

Catherine Murphy

326. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education her plans to address financial support and SEN support shortfalls for primary schools ahead of the 2024/2025 school year; and the steps she has taken to date to enhance funding and grant aid to schools in 2024. [25311/24]

School Accommodation

Róisín Shortall

327. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education the status of a funding application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25330/24]