315. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education the engagement her Department has had with parents of students attending a school (details supplied) who are without school transport; the engagement her Department has had with Bus Eireann regarding the procurement of transport for these children; the status of the procurement process for such transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5505/2…
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316. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education if any local representatives, councillors or TDs were consulted at any stage during the relocation process of the Donegal Education Centre, Donegal Town; if so, who, when and for what reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5506/25]
317. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm whether the management committee followed the procurement process for the leasing of new premises for the Donegal Education Centre, Donegal Town; if it was publicly advertised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5507/25]
318. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education to confirm that the Donegal Education Support Centre has a procurement policy; the date on which it was adopted; to confirm that it is in line with the public service guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5508/25]
319. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the efforts being made to ensure access to a school place for a child (details supplied) in her local area; what is being done to ensure adequate numbers of local school places are made available in the quickly growing Belmayne and Balgriffin areas of north Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5513/25]
320. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if the lease has been signed for the move by a school (details supplied) to a premises in Letterkenny; if so, the duration of the lease; when lease comes into effect; the cost of the move, including start-up costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5523/25]
321. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for an overview of the sections in her Department responsible for overseeing and delivering school buildings; and the criteria used to sanction and progress provision of new buildings and upgrade of existing buildings. [5558/25]
322. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the building projects at a school (details supplied); and to provide a projected date for completion of the new buildings. [5559/25]
323. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase primary school place numbers in Dunshaughlin, County Meath for 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5572/25]
324. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the reason for the ongoing delay in the construction process on the proposed extension for a school (details supplied), despite obtaining the letter of intent mid-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5599/25]
325. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education for a realistic timescale for when the proposed extension of a school (details supplied) will be completed following the obtained letter of intent mid-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5600/25]
326. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the reason qualified teachers who teach abroad, for example, in Australia, do not have this recognised for the purposes of pay scales when they return to Ireland; her views on whether this failure to recognise prior experience hinders the recruitment of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5607/25]
327. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the up-to-date position on the planning and implementation of the revised school transport scheme for 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5609/25]
328. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if the Government is currently renting the building at St. Anne’s Special School, located on the Sean Ross Abbey site, from the same religious order that ran the mother and baby home; if so, the amount of rent that has been paid annually; and the reason the Government is paying rent to an organisation that profited from child trafficking and illegal adoptio…
329. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development for the period 2016 to date in 2025 [5645/25]
330. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and an update provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5692/25]
331. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if she will consider making cardiac pulmonary resuscitation a compulsory subject in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5694/25]
332. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education when the expansion of special needs classes in a school (details supplied) will be approved; when funding will be made available; and the timeline for the project. [5704/25]
333. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education if she will introduce extra time for students with dyslexia in their Junior and Leaving Certificate exams; the engagements she has had with the State Examinations Commission in respect of this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5715/25]
334. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the reason a request for extension of a Teaching Council number for a person was refused (details supplied). [5738/25]
335. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a person (details supplied) is allocated a place in a facility. [5767/25]
336. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education when a place in a local primary school will be available for a child (details supplied) who requires a place in an ASD classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5768/25]
337. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education the list of schools in Fingal that are on the waiting list for an ASD classroom; and the length of these waiting lists. [5769/25]
338. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education for an update on her Department’s engagement with a school (details supplied) regarding a proposed extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5777/25]
339. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will address an anomaly in respect of teacher entitlements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5780/25]