339. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education whether she has plans to ensure that bus escorts can get paid their salary throughout the entire year rather than during the school term and needing to sign on for social protection during the summer. [13331/25]
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340. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if other modules will be rolled out for the level two learning programme for September 2025 in view of the fact that only literacy and numeracy are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13334/25]
341. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education if her Department will approve emergency funding for a DEIS Band 1 school (details supplied) which is due to run out of money from 1 April 2025, meaning it will not be able to pay its basic bills and may face closure unless such funding is approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13335/25]
342. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education with regard to the large cohort of students on post-primary ITE programmes, if she will address the inequity whereby Gaeilge student teachers must pay Gaeltacht fees in order to complete the immersive education experience required for registration with the Teaching Council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13363/25]
343. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education with regard to the Gaeltacht learning period grant for primary ITE programmes, if he will consider the implementation of a similar grant model for post-primary ITE programmes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13364/25]
344. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education the status of a special classroom for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13407/25]
345. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to instigate a child protection review of the recently published ‘Understanding Behaviours of Concern and Responding to Crisis Situations Guidelines for Schools in Supporting Students’; her plans for a review of the reporting mechanism on the use of seclusion and restraint in schools, prior to their taking full effect in September 2025; and if she wil…
346. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education if her Department will sanction the two modular classrooms for a school (details supplied). [13439/25]
347. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD classes approved in 2025 at both primary and secondary level in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13440/25]
348. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide further ASD classes in County Laois this year at both primary and secondary level in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13441/25]
349. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the position of a school (details supplied) regarding a lack of funding; if she is aware of developments indicating the school will need to physically close as a consequence of underfunding; the urgent action her Department plans to take to avoid the closure of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13444/25]
350. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education the date for when the stage 2(a) meeting will take place between her Department and a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13455/25]
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 Sep…
352. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education to review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13503/25]
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]
354. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education her plans for the urgent expansion of reading classes to meet the increased demand for this support (details supplied); if the current allocation process will be reviewed to ensure there is fairness and accessibility; whether he plans to provide additional support for those children who are left without reading classes; and if she will make a statement on the ma…
355. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the reason children (details supplied) have to be driven 1 km to be picked up by the school bus on an unsafe road; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13542/25]
356. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by her Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [13547/25]
357. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of her Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13571/25]
358. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education when she will implement the recommendations of the school transport review concerning lowering the minimum distance limits in relation to the school transport scheme; if she will look at the case of a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13586/25]
359. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education for details of her engagements with a school (details supplied) regarding their proposal to temporarily house a proposed special school in “Phase 2” of their new premises, rather than in prefabricated units on land designated for use as the school’s outdoor space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13598/25]
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]