585. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if a freeze has been implemented on the hiring of SNAs for vacant or sanctioned positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11019/25]
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586. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education to outline a list of the new sanctioned special educational needs classes for the coming academic year 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11020/25]
587. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education to outline the location and student enrolment figure for the new special school for Cork for the academic year 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11021/25]
588. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if a bus service can be provided to transport students from Ardfert, County Kerry to a post-primary school (details supplied), as post-primary schools in Tralee are at full capacity, compelling students to enrol in this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11023/25]
589. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the reason a school bus route (details supplied) has not resumed since it was stopped during Covid restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11028/25]
590. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education whether she or the Minister of State with responsibility for special education and inclusion will meet with a representative group of parents who are struggling to find appropriate school places in September for their children with additional needs. [11048/25]
591. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education if there are proposed plans to amalgamate the primary schools in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, to form a co-educational primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11050/25]
592. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the tendering process for the expansion of the ASD unit in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11067/25]
593. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education when an application for an extension to a school in County Leitrim (details supplied) will progress to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11069/25]
594. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if there are funding streams in her Department that might provide for a sensory playground for autism classes at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11071/25]
595. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if all persons that are recruited to work in her Department and all the related agencies of her Department are fully vetted before they are employed by her Department and-or said agencies. [11080/25]
596. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education to provide an additional junior infant class in a school (details supplied); if she will examine the possibility of a new primary school for the south Portmarnock area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11098/25]
597. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive their full wages while on leave, which resulted in the person being out-of-pocket when their illness benefit deductions were subtracted; if she will request her Department to rectify the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11099/25]
598. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be sanctioned to open a fifth autism classroom, with consideration to the high volume of applications that they receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11105/25]
599. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 411 of 5 February 2025, the reason a person (details supplied) has still not received an assessment for dyslexia; the reason the assigned psychologist has not meet with the parent to outline the way in which the pupil can be supported, as indicated in the previous parliamentary question response; if she will ensure that thi…
600. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to construct additional classrooms to accommodate the large increase in demand made for places in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11126/25]
601. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals against expulsions from post-primary schools initiated by the Child and Family Agency under the provision section 10(b) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 for each of the school years 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11138/25]
602. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education the number of post-primary students expelled from school during the school years 2022/23 and 2023/24; the rate of post-primary expulsion for the school years 2022/23 and 2023/24; the number of post-primary section 29 expulsion appeals during the school years 2022/23 and 2023/24; the rate of post-primary section 29 expulsion appeals for the school years 2022/23…
603. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education to provide the most recent job specification for educational welfare officers within the Tusla education support service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11141/25]
604. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the timeframe in which a decision will be made regarding an application for a school extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11146/25]
605. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the procedures relating to the use of space in school buildings for the provision of ECCE and afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11159/25]
606. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11165/25]
607. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the procedures regarding the use of space in school buildings for the provision of ECCE and afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11167/25]
608. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education the urgent measures being taken to ensure that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are not left without a suitable school place, in particular in the case of a child (details supplied) where a child due to start school in September has been refused from 15 schools with ASD classrooms; the steps she is taking to address the shortage of ASD classro…
609. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD classes to be built in the new temporary school building for a school (details supplied); if three ASD classes will be considered given that the permanent location will have four; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11169/25]