56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the financial difficulty a national school (details supplied) is experiencing; if she will takes steps to provide funding to address the deficit; is she aware that many schools throughout the country are in this situation often relying on fundraising and parents’ donations in an effort to plug gaps or funding deficits; her views on schools’ need to fundraise to cover, for example, essential repairs and maintenance, and the time that is diverted to this work that could be better invested in the education of children; the steps she is taking to address these matters; if she will commit to removing this fundraising burden from school principals as a matter of priority; if she will streamline, simplify and commit to easing the significant amounts of time principals spend in having to fight for basic supports and therapies, SNAs and SET hours to provide for those in AS and mainstream classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57476/25]

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56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the financial difficulty a national school (details supplied) is experiencing; if she will takes steps to provide funding to address the deficit; is she aware that many schools throughout the country are in this situation often relying on fundraising and parents’ donations in an effort to plug gaps or funding deficits; her views on schools’ need to fundraise to cover, for example, essential repairs and maintenance, and the time that is diverted to this work that could be better invested in the education of children; the steps she is taking to address these matters; if she will commit to removing this fundraising burden from school principals as a matter of priority; if she will streamline, simplify and commit to easing the significant amounts of time principals spend in having to fight for basic supports and therapies, SNAs and SET hours to provide for those in AS and mainstream classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57476/25]

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