426. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education to outline the role of her Department in promoting the delivery of sport in primary and secondary schools as well as in further and higher education institutions, including through the provision of capital and equipment funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2463/25]
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427. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education to examine the cases of children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2501/25]
428. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if the location for the new special school in Nenagh has been decided on. [2504/25]
429. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education the funding stream available to a school (details supplied) to apply for an AED defibrillator, or if the Department of Health will provide one. [2509/25]
430. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will commit to collecting data on the educational outcomes for deaf and hard of hearing students. [2512/25]
431. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that due to changes in SET hours deaf, and hard of hearing students are now receiving less support than before; and if she will consider reviewing these guidelines [2513/25]
432. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department is taking to give retiring school secretaries access to public service pension schemes, and other leave schemes, in view of the fact that teachers and special needs assistants are in receipt of these schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2519/25]
433. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education the status of the payment of school secretaries through her Department, and in relation to any further discussions her Department might be having with unions with regard to parity with other public servants and access to the single public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2527/25]
434. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education if her Department will reconsider the decision to refuse an ASD class at a school (details supplied) given that there is a waiting list for such classes at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2562/25]
435. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education if a policy for Irish in the education system from early childhood education to third level has been developed based on the Common European Framework of References for languages to promote an increase in the number of students studying Irish in educational institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2564/25]
436. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the timeline for the delivery of the modular building required for the ASD special class at a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the school has had to defer admissions for September 2025 due to the lack of suitable infrastructure, despite engaging with the NCSE and her Department on this matter; and the immediate st…
437. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education when a grant payment will issue to a school (details supplied) for bus escorts for the 2023/2024 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2601/25]
438. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education the status of plans for a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2621/25]
439. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the details of any grants available to a school to purchase a multi-purpose play area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2624/25]
440. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education if the lack of provisions at secondary-school level for deaf pupils (details supplied) will be urgently addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2635/25]
441. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to develop a policy for Irish in the education system from early childhood education to third level (with the policy focusing specifically on what is taught and the results that are desired); to establish an expert group to develop this policy and that the policy would be based on the European language framework (details supplied); if she will implement a pl…
442. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the status of the permanent site plan for a school (details supplied), which was approved in 2020 and is due to expire in November 2025; when on-site building works will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2653/25]
443. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education the way in which she will fulfil the pledge of achieving 400 multidenominational schools by 2030. [2656/25]
444. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education the way in which she will develop the national therapy service in education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2657/25]
445. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education the status of school building projects in north Kildare as of end-January 2025, in tabular form. [2658/25]
446. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education to outline her plans to address the teacher recruitment and retention crisis. [2659/25]
447. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education how she plans for schools to recover the school days missed in the academic year 2024/2025 following adverse weather conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2666/25]
448. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education when a place in a local secondary school will be available for a child (details supplied) who requires a place in a mainstream school with SNA support; the steps being taken to ensure that this child has a place in a local secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2677/25]
449. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education for an update on the progress of a second modular building as a SEN base to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2714/25]
450. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education her position regarding the findings of any reports commissioned by, or otherwise furnished to, her or her Department regarding defects at a school (details supplied); the details of such reports; whether any investigations have been carried out relating to such matters; the action taken to date; further actions planned; and if she will make a statement on t…