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Question· writtenPQ 515asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
515. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is satisfied that special education needs organisers are acting consistently across the State and that parents and school staff are always getting the best support and advice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72498/25]
Question· writtenPQ 514asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
514. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to support schools facing financial pressures during 2025; her priorities for same in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72472/25]
Question· writtenPQ 513asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
513. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to improve employment conditions for teachers during 2025; her priorities for same in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72471/25]
Question· writtenPQ 512asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
512. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to tackle educational disadvantage during 2025; her priorities for same in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72470/25]
Question· writtenPQ 511asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
511. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to improve primary education during 2025; her priorities for same in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72469/25]
Question· writtenPQ 510asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
510. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to improve special needs education provision during 2025; her priorities for same in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72468/25]
Question· writtenPQ 509asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
509. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children eligible for junior infant places in school planning areas (details supplied); and the number of junior infant places in each of the schools in that school planning area. [72435/25]
Question· writtenPQ 508asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
508. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on her Department’s engagement with trade unions representing school secretaries with a view to finding a solution to the ongoing dispute about pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72427/25]
Question· writtenPQ 507asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
507. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a progress update on the provision of a new school (details supplied); the timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72412/25]
Question· writtenPQ 506asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
506. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school applicants for the 2026/2027 intake in each school planning area in County Wicklow who submitted a letter of eligibility as part of their enrolment process; the number of students who were offered a special education place as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72411/25]
Question· writtenPQ 505asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
505. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of post-primary school applicants for the 2026/2027 intake in each school planning area in County Wicklow who submitted a letter of eligibility as part of their enrolment process; the number of students who were offered a special education place as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72410/25]
Question· writtenPQ 504asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
504. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of the development of the common enrolment process for the Greystones area; the number of staff that were assigned to work on that scheme; the duration of that work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72409/25]
Question· writtenPQ 503asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
503. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the decision to bring in a common enrolment process for the Greystones area that did not allow parents to input a preference for a particular school/s as is provided for in a common enrolment process in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72408/25]
Question· writtenPQ 502asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
502. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of post-primary applicants for the 2026/2027 intake for the three secondary schools in Greystones who received an offer of a place in each of the three secondary schools; the number who received a place in two of the secondary schools; the number who received a place in a single secondary school; and the number of children who received a place in no secondary school in the first round of offers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72407/25]
Question· writtenPQ 501asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
501. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of post-primary applicants for the 2026-2027 intake for the three secondary schools in Greystones; the number of places available across the three schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72406/25]
Question· writtenPQ 500asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
500. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the proposed building works at a school (details supplied); if she is aware of the length of the delays associated with the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72405/25]
Question· writtenPQ 499asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
499. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the building unit in her Department will engage with Louth County Council in relation to a school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72345/25]
Question· writtenPQ 498asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
498. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if home school liaison officers can only be appointed to urban based DEIS schools (details supplied). [72323/25]
Question· writtenPQ 497asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
497. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a home school liaison officer will be reinstated to a school (details supplied). [72321/25]
Question· writtenPQ 496asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
496. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a timeline for the commission of investigation into sexual abuse. [72277/25]
Question· writtenPQ 495asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
495. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the commission of investigation into sexual abuse in schools will begin. [72276/25]
Question· writtenPQ 494asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
494. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department fully covers the cost of assistive technology advised for students in schools. [72274/25]
Question· writtenPQ 493asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
493. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a teacher will be sanctioned to ensure a school (details supplied) can operate a new autism class from January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72255/25]
Question· writtenPQ 492asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
492. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department has taken to fulfil the Programme for Government pledge to roll out nationwide common application systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72247/25]
Question· writtenPQ 491asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
491. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the implementation of a common application process for secondary schools in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72246/25]
Question· writtenPQ 490asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
490. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 25 September 2025, for an update on the provision of an ASD unit in a school (details supplied); and the timeframe for this provision. [72236/25]
Question· writtenPQ 489asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
489. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the detailed timetable for delivering the addition 14,000 special-education places under the National Development Plan 2026–2030; the plan to complete 300 school-building projects; where those capital school projects will be; and the number which will be ready by the start of the 2026/27 school year; in tabular form. [72230/25]
Question· writtenPQ 488asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
488. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the independent assessment on the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from the school transport scheme, as per the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72226/25]
Question· writtenPQ 487asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
487. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72211/25]
Question· writtenPQ 486asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
486. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made over the past 12 months on each of her Department’s Programme for Government commitments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72193/25]
Question· writtenPQ 485asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
485. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 406 of 21 October 2025, the progress made to reconfigure an annex building to provide two special education classrooms at a school (details supplied) so children are not walking off site daily to access a classroom elsewhere (in a domestic dwelling); to meet enrolment needs for September 2026, given the school caters for all of Connacht; and give certainty to parents and the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72182/25]
Question· writtenPQ 484asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
484. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth If she will publish a list of schools in Tipperary awaiting major works approval. [72175/25]
Question· writtenPQ 483asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
483. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school in County Leitrim (details supplied) will receive sanction for an autism class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72162/25]
Question· writtenPQ 482asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
482. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of emergency works grant applications received for Cork schools in 2025; and the number refused, and the number drawn down. [72125/25]
Question· writtenPQ 481asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
481. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of home-school liaison support workers in Cork in 2020, 2024 and the number in 2025. [72124/25]
Question· writtenPQ 480asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
480. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Cork; and the number in 2020. [72123/25]
Question· writtenPQ 479asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
479. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount her Department has spent on translation services from a company (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72065/25]
Question· writtenPQ 478asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
478. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to establish a new secondary school in Duleek, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72058/25]
Question· writtenPQ 477asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
477. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process for establishing a new secondary school in an area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72057/25]
Question· writtenPQ 476asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
476. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the work of the inter-Departmental group considering the recommendation for a redress scheme arising from the scoping inquiry into historical sexual abuse in schools run by religious orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72034/25]
Question· writtenPQ 475asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
475. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was not approved under the climate action summer works scheme; the reason they were not informed that they were not successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72003/25]
Question· writtenPQ 474asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
474. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to an appeal under the emergency works scheme for an application for a school's repairs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72002/25]
Question· writtenPQ 473asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
473. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); the expected timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71968/25]
Question· writtenPQ 472asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
472. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the current temporary location for a school (details supplied), will remain until the new school building is completed in the Whitehall Educational campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71967/25]
Question· writtenPQ 471asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
471. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the masterplan for the Whitehall campus on the Swords Road, Dublin 9, the status of a school building project (details supplied); the expected timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71966/25]
Question· writtenPQ 470asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
470. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); the expected timeline for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71965/25]
Question· writtenPQ 469asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
469. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of parents who have submitted a notification to the NCSE by the 1 October deadline requesting a special school place for the 2026-2027 school year in Dublin, by postcode, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71947/25]
Question· writtenPQ 468asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
468. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify a matter from the NCSE (details supplied) regarding applications to a reading school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71945/25]
Question· writtenPQ 467asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
467. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposed start date for a new school project (details supplied) in Kinsale, County Cork. [71944/25]
Question· writtenPQ 466asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2025
466. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the engagement her Department is having with unions representing school caretakers and secretaries in relation to pension parity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71935/25]