Parliamentary questions

Office of Public Works

Sorca Clarke

251. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of wholetime equivalent, WTE, fire and security engineers at grades 1 and 2 who are employed by the OPW in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21416/24]

An Garda Síochána

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

252. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the Garda stations within Carlow and Kilkenny divisions that were refurbished by the OPW where the value of works is in excess of €100,000 in 2023 and to date in 2024; the nature of works carried; the estimated completion timeframe for capital works projects that are still ongoing at present, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21449/24]

Departmental Staff

Seán Sherlock

253. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will respond to a matter (details supplied). [21541/24]

Employment Rights

Ged Nash

254. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if they will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the Scope section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any Scope findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where Scope has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers’ employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; if they will provide information on the numbers involved, and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21697/24]

State Properties

Matt Shanahan

255. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW's regional architects office located on Catherine Street, Waterford (details supplied) will be given desk space in the nearby Government buildings with a view to releasing the property on Catherine Street to add to other city initiative potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21799/24]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

256. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21870/24]

Heritage Sites

Michael McNamara

257. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if it has been determined whether the OPW or Clare County Council had responsibility for conservation works in Moynoe Graveyard, Scariff, County Clare; if he is aware how long scaffolding has been in place; when it will be removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21882/24]

Business Supports

Paul Kehoe

258. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration can be given to allow late applications for the increased cost of business grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21181/24]

Vacant Sites

Niamh Smyth

259. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department is taking to address vacant or derelict retail units in small towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21186/24]

Departmental Data

Darren O'Rourke

260. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current list of designated services of economic interest nationally as reported to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21199/24]

Employment Support Services

Louise O'Reilly

261. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what supports are in place under his Department to assist a person with a disability to get back to work, including supports for entrepreneurs; and the organisations that might assist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21351/24]

State Bodies

Sorca Clarke

262. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland put out a tender for a full-time United Arab Emirates based business development consultant in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [21417/24]

State Bodies

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

263. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the work of the Enterprise Ireland office in Vietnam since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21428/24]

State Bodies

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

264. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the work of the IDA office in Japan since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21429/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

265. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will immediately suspend the granting of export licences for dual-use items to Israel in light of the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution demanding an arms embargo on Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/24]

Trade Agreements

Matt Carthy

266. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21469/24]

Legislative Process

Matt Carthy

267. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the engagements he has had with Cabinet colleagues in relation to the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023; the work completed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21470/24]

Business Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

268. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many businesses registered for the ICOB grant as of the deadline of 1 May 2024, by each local authority, in tabular form; if late applications are being accepted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21488/24]

Export Controls

Catherine Connolly

269. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Annual Report on activity under the Control of Exports Act 2008, covering the period 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21500/24]

Work Permits

Michael Healy-Rae

270. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21531/24]

Business Supports

Matt Shanahan

271. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that need to be taken to complete a ICOB scheme application given that the MyCoCo programme timed them out and shut down (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21555/24]

Industrial Relations

Paul Murphy

272. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the development of an action plan for increasing the collective bargaining coverage rate. [21629/24]

Trade Unions

Paul Murphy

273. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he agrees with the asks of a campaign (details supplied). [21630/24]

Employment Rights

Ged Nash

274. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of his Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if he will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any SCOPE findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where SCOPE has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers’ employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; if he will provide information on the numbers involved and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21689/24]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

275. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21862/24]

Pension Provisions

Claire Kerrane

276. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if he is concerned that school bus drivers (details supplied) have paid into an occupational pension with Bus Éireann for which they cannot access any information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21788/24]

Disadvantaged Status

Brendan Griffin

277. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if DEIS status will be allowed for a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21176/24]

Special Educational Needs

Niamh Smyth

278. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education what assistance is available to parents who cannot obtain a school place for their autistic child in their area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21188/24]

School Staff

Brendan Griffin

279. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education for her assistance with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21195/24]

School Transport

Catherine Murphy

280. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the changes she has made to the school transport scheme this year for the Straffan bus for pupils attending schools in Maynooth in the 2024-2025 academic year; and the way in which more concessionary passengers will be accommodated on this service. [21286/24]

School Transport

Catherine Murphy

281. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will outline, for those who are struggling to find a school place and do not get one until after the date for school transport has closed, the way in which they will be accommodated on the school transport scheme, including concessionary passengers who cannot apply because they do not know where they will be offered a place. [21287/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

282. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education her Department's plans to provide a new standalone secondary school for Newcastle, County Dublin. [21293/24]

Special Educational Needs

John McGuinness

283. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the rationale relative to the decision to withdraw the sanction for five classrooms to accommodate special needs children at a school (details supplied) and instead to offer a standalone prefabricated single classroom, completely disconnected from the existing building; if the decision was based solely on cost and method of construction; if the needs of the children and families waiting for a place in the school this year carried any weight in the decision process; if she is aware that the school's board of management will accept the modular-build five classrooms connected to the existing building, as approved, contrary to what her Department states; if her Department will now engage with the school to find an immediate solution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21294/24]

School Textbooks

Peadar Tóibín

284. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 24 April 2024, when the guidelines for the primary school book grant will issue for 2025; and the allowance per student.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21302/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

285. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of a new school build in County Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21304/24]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Ring

286. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if an alternative site will be considered for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21317/24]

School Transport

James Browne

287. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education the number of school bus places allocated to County Wexford applicants in September 2022 and September 2023, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21337/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

288. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the efforts that are being made by her Department to ensure a person (details supplied) obtains a school place suited to their specified educational needs, given that refusals have been received from all schools on a list provided by the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21338/24]

School Transport

Michael Healy-Rae

289. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if a school bus service will be reinstated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21346/24]

School Funding

Sorca Clarke

290. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding her Department has provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21400/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

291. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [21401/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

292. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to detailed design stage. [21402/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

293. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated costs for these works. [21403/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

294. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding her Department has provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21404/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

295. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction stage of works. [21405/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pearse Doherty

296. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when an extension to a school (details supplied) will be greenlit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21418/24]

School Enrolments

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

297. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and post primary schools within the State that current have enrolment figures of 600 students or more, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21447/24]

School Staff

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

298. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Kilkenny and in Carlow at present; the number in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21448/24]

Schools Building Projects

Colm Burke

299. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the current status of an application by a school (details supplied) for reconfiguration and refurbishment; when it is likely that work will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21452/24]

State Examinations

Violet-Anne Wynne

300. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify her Department's position on the Leaving Certificate 2024 in respect of the Covid leniencies being extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21454/24]

State Examinations

Violet-Anne Wynne

301. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progress in respect of the Leaving Certificate reform; when she expects that work to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21455/24]

Education Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

302. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken regarding the lack of options available to students in the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21456/24]

Education Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

303. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the lack of clear guidance on future options; if she will ensure that all schools and pupils have access to a guidance counsellor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21458/24]

Teacher Training

Violet-Anne Wynne

304. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will consider including mental health training for all educators in the school setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21460/24]

Education Policy

Violet-Anne Wynne

305. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education how many guidance counsellors there are currently in schools in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21461/24]

Special Educational Needs

Violet-Anne Wynne

306. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the recurring issue of people with disabilities facing delays in accessing assistive technology and how it can take years to finally get one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21464/24]

School Transport

Colm Burke

307. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if the school transport section will approve an application for school transport for a child (details supplied) with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21465/24]

School Transport

Cian O'Callaghan

308. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will look into a case (details supplied) where a student who has a dual diagnosis of Down’s Syndrome and autism has no school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21477/24]

Departmental Schemes

Sean Fleming

309. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education when the solar panels applied for by a school will be provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21480/24]

School Admissions

Denise Mitchell

310. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if a school place will be made available for a child (details supplied) for the academic year beginning September 2024. [21491/24]

Departmental Programmes

Jackie Cahill

311. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education what budget cuts have been made to the national school summer programme that schools can opt into for students with complex educational needs or disadvantage; what funding will be made available for this crucial service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21498/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Canney

312. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education when the second ASD classroom for a school (details supplied) will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21499/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

313. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issue pertaining to this child’s ability to obtain an ASD primary school place for the 2024/2025 academic year; the steps being taken by her Department to address the issues highlighted; if she will confirm that this child will receive an ASD primary school place for the 2024/2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21510/24]

School Textbooks

Paul Kehoe

314. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education whether the free schoolbooks scheme for junior cycle students will cover the cost of purchase of individual iPads/tablets and e-books in schools that utilise that technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21514/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

315. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that the planning permission for the new school building for a school (details supplied) is set to expire in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21516/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

316. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if her Department has initiated the process of renewing planning permission at a location (details supplied). [21517/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

317. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if the construction of a building for a school (details supplied) is not completed within the previously communicated timeline, if there are contingency plans in place for accommodation during the 2025-2026 academic year. [21518/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

318. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will take all of the necessary steps in her power to help speed up the construction of the permanent building for a school (details supplied). [21519/24]

Departmental Contracts

Sorca Clarke

319. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the duration of the rental contract between an organisation (details supplied) and her Department for a school. [21520/24]

School Transport

Thomas Gould

320. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education for an update on the provision of an additional school bus for a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21527/24]

Question Heading for question(s) 321

Anne Rabbitte

321. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education the status of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21556/24]

Medical Cards

Seán Canney

322. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education when medical card supports will be in place for survivors of residential institutional abuse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21578/24]

School Accommodation

James O'Connor

323. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the position regarding ASA application lodged by school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21619/24]

School Accommodation

James O'Connor

324. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the position regarding ASA application lodged by school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21620/24]

Schools Building Projects

Holly Cairns

325. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the development and construction of an Educate Together school (details supplied). [21640/24]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Murphy

326. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on an emergency works application (details supplied). [21648/24]

Schools Building Projects

David Stanton

327. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education to outline the situation with respect to an emergency works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21649/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

328. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to outline a timeline for the delivery of autism units in primary schools in Skerries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21659/24]

Departmental Programmes

Michael Lowry

329. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education to explain the recent budget cuts to the national school summer programme, known as the July provision, which supports students with complex needs (details supplied); if she will outline, given that only a third of primary schools are offering this programme, the steps that are being taken to encourage wider participation and ensuring that the reduced budget does not deter schools from participating in the national school summer programme; if she will outline plans to address this disparity and ensure equal opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21662/24]

Schools Building Projects

John Paul Phelan

330. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education to outline the current status, reason for delay and the projected timeline for the construction of a school extension at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21675/24]

School Accommodation

Michael Lowry

331. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education for an update on the application for additional accommodation submitted by a school (details supplied) in November 2023; if the Department has considered the request for a new mainstream classroom and accommodation for this new autism class, given the significant demand indicated by the National Council for Special Education and the willingness of the board of management to facilitate such classes; if the Department can provide a timeline for the approval process, considering the urgency expressed by the school due to the approaching end of term and the need to plan for new classes and appoint a contractor for the necessary works; if the Minister will expedite the approval process to alleviate the concerns of the school and the board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21682/24]

Employment Rights

Ged Nash

332. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their remit from 2020 to 1 May 2024; if they will outline if there are currently any cases from such agencies or bodies currently before the SCOPE section of the Department of Social Protection for investigation or determination; if there are any SCOPE findings and recommendations relating to any agencies or bodies under their remit where SCOPE has found in favour of the worker, and where they recommended the reclassification of the workers’ employment status to that of direct employee between 2020 and 1 May 2024; if they will provide information on the numbers involved and the names of the individual agencies and bodies in all cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21688/24]

Schools Building Projects

Anne Rabbitte

333. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education if a school (detail supplied) can be allowed an earlier tender for agreed work in order that it can be completed before September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21726/24]

Disadvantaged Status

Fergus O'Dowd

334. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education if a response will issue to concerns raised by a school principal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21732/24]

Public Sector Pay

Colm Burke

335. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to amending a stipulation (details supplied) in Circular Letter 0041/2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21736/24]

School Transport

Mairéad Farrell

336. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 8 May 2024, if a school (details supplied) on bus route 424 will be included in the pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21742/24]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

337. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing the appointment and retention figures for mainstream teachers in all primary schools including DEIS band 1 schools by two pupils from September 2025. [21743/24]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

338. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost to restore 250 assistant principal 1 posts and 1,450 assistant principal 2 posts to the primary school sector from 1 September 2025. [21744/24]

School Funding

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

339. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of increasing grants (details supplied) for the primary sector by 20% for the 2025/2026 school year. [21745/24]

Schools Building Projects

Duncan Smith

340. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the proposed secondary school in a location (details supplied); when she expects construction to commence given the population will increase dramatically in the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21778/24]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Claire Kerrane

341. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that much needed and encouraged returning teachers are waiting two months for a Teaching Council number, meaning they can not be paid; if she will intervene on this given we should be making it as easy as possible for teachers to return home and take up jobs here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21785/24]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Claire Kerrane

342. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure a teacher (details supplied) who has returned to Ireland can get his Teacher Council number without further delay to allow him to be paid for substitute work he is doing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21786/24]

Departmental Advertising

Carol Nolan

343. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21861/24]

Digital Archiving

Matt Shanahan

344. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if digitisation has commenced on the first census of the new Irish State, which will have its centenary in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21802/24]

Commemorative Events

Paul Murphy

345. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media [21203/24]

Commemorative Events

Paul Murphy

346. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media [21204/24]

Commemorative Events

Paul Murphy

347. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether she agrees that the islands should not be excluded from the hosting of the annual national famine commemoration day? [21205/24]

Commemorative Events

Paul Murphy

348. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the 2008 national famine commemoration day plaque will be installed at the famine sculpture on Custom House Quay. [21206/24]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

349. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil aon aitheantas ar leith tugtha i mbeartas an Rialtais maidir leis na hoileáin i gceantair Ghaeltachta a bhfuil pobail ina gcónaí iontu, chun ní hamháin an pobal a láidriú agus chun go bhfásfaidh sé, ach chun saol oileánda a éascú dóibh. [20925/24]

An Teanga Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

350. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an bhfuil aon aitheantas ar leith, aon tacaíocht ar leith aici, le haghaidh na n-oileán Gaeltachta agus an bhfuil aon obair déanta aici leis an Aire Caitríona Ní Mháirtín chun straitéis ar leith a mhúnlú le haghaidh na n-oileán agus na bpobal sin a labhraíonn Gaeilge sna hoileáin Ghaeltachta a thagann faoina stiúir mar an tAire a bhfuil cúram na n-oileán uirthi. [20926/24]