Darren O'Rourke

351. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of primary school places in Dunshaughlin for September 2025 and that her Department has been notified of at least one patron body of their willingness to facilitate additional students if they have the teaching resources and physical space to do so; her plans to ensure additional capacity in Dunshaughlin for September 2025; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13479/25]

353. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that school bus escorts are left unemployed during the summer months and often experience delays with accessing social protection assistance; if she plans to employ school bus escorts all year round; the progress in that regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13528/25]

360. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if there is a cap on special needs assistants for 2025 and 2026; what that cap is, and if it is being reviewed in light of increased demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13599/25]

361. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of SNA posts funded in Budget 2025; the level of support this will provide in the planned new special classes and special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13600/25]

362. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education to list the colleges and courses where it is possible for a student to complete primary school teacher training entirely through the medium of Gaeilge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13602/25]

363. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the conditions or guidelines attached to the £20 million allocated to the Department of Education in the north of Ireland by the Shared Island Unit for the RAISE Programme. [13609/25]

364. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that, due to the design of the RAISE Programme, some of the most deprived areas in the north of Ireland will be excluded. [13610/25]

365. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the input the Shared Island Unit has in developing and assessing the formula used to determine which areas qualify for inclusion in the RAISE Programme. [13611/25]

366. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the measures the Shared Island Unit will take to monitor the impact of the RAISE Programme. [13612/25]

378. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of new ASD classes delivered in Galway post-primary schools in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [13902/25]

379. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [13903/25]

380. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the amount of funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13904/25]

381. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Clare in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13905/25]

382. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [13906/25]

383. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education how many vacancies for special education needs organiser posts that exist in the Louth area; and when will those posts be filled, in tabular form. [13907/25]

384. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [13908/25]

385. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Cavan in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13909/25]

386. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of DEIS schools in Kerry; and the location of name of those schools, in tabular form. [13910/25]

387. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education how many staff members were employed to support the School Completion Programme in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13911/25]

388. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the projected number of junior infant enrolments in County Kilkenny for September 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [13912/25]

389. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the amount of funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13913/25]

390. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools Run by Religious Orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13939/25]

391. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if consideration is being given to holding a Commission of Investigation into historical physical abuse in schools here; if this will be included in the terms of reference, for example, of the Commission of Investigation arising from the recommendations of the Report of the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools Run by Religious Orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13940/25]

392. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of children carried on school buses entirely comprising 'concessionary' tickets due to the change in school transport scheme policy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13941/25]

393. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the changes that were made to the school transport scheme in the 2024-2025 school year, including arising from the school transport review; the changes planned for the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13942/25]