Darren O'Rourke

1029. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to ensure people are educated about foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in post primary schools. [41079/25]

1072. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the safeguards that are in place to ensure that redeployment does not result in SNAs repeatedly being treated as the “last in” in every new post under the SNA redeployment scheme. [41692/25]

1073. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there will be a cap on the number of redeployments an SNA can undergo, or a time limit on their probationary status in a new school. [41693/25]

1074. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the maximum distance an SNA may be required to travel if redeployed to a different school under the redeployment scheme for SNAs. [41694/25]

1075. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth what happens in a situation where a SNA cannot realistically travel to the new school offered under the SNA redeployment scheme; and if they cannot travel, whether they remain in their current school. [41695/25]

1076. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in circumstances where an SNA with ten years’ service in a school and is redeployed to a different school with SNAs who have less than ten years’ service built up, whether the transferee will have seniority. [41696/25]

1127. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, primary and secondary schools, respectively, that require students to have an iPad for learning instead of traditional textbooks. [42504/25]

1128. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of non-Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, primary and secondary schools, respectively, that require students to have an iPad for learning instead of traditional textbooks. [42505/25]

1129. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers working in the State across both primary and secondary schools. [42506/25]

1130. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational psychologists working in NEPS to date. [42507/25]

1131. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who register for a place on the school transport scheme; and the number of places that would need to be delivered to cope with capacity. [42508/25]

1132. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average cost of providing a nurture room in a school. [42509/25]

1133. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who received a place on the school transport scheme in 2024. [42510/25]

1134. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applicants who applied for the school transport scheme in 2025. [42511/25]

1135. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who received a place on the school transport scheme in 2025. [42512/25]

1136. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional NEPS educational psychologists that are needed for 2025/2026 to keep up with public need. [42513/25]

1137. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding allocated to special education from 2020 to date in 2025. [42514/25]

1138. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional teachers in the system from 2020 to date in 2025. [42515/25]

1139. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in view of the increase in capitation funding to €224 for primary schools please outline how much that is per child per day. [42516/25]

1179. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional 1 and 100 school transport places. [43020/25]

1180. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing capitation rates for primary and post-primary school pupils, respectively, by an additional €10 per pupil in the 2025-2026 academic year, compared with the baseline capitation rates allocated in the academic year 2024-2025, in tabular form. [43021/25]

1181. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing a €100 allowance towards iPads for students in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43022/25]

1182. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding provided by her Department for trauma informed practice training for teachers carried out by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43023/25]

1183. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of nurture groups in schools across the State, broken down by primary and post-primary school level, in tabular form. [43024/25]

1184. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the maximum amount of capital funding available for schools who wish to re-configure existing spaces within the school building to accommodate nurture groups in schools or to construct additional accommodation, such as a nurture room; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43025/25]