1054. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to establish a post-primary special school in the Youghal area of County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21046/25]
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1055. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cathain atá sí chun buaileadh le heagraíocht ainmnithe (sonraí tugtha) mar a bhí geallta aici agus ag an iar-Aire roimpi chun ceisteanna agus comhrá a thosnú maidir le réiteach a fháil ar cheisteanna praicticiúla a bhaineann leis an chinneadh an Gaelcholáiste a thosnú i gceantar eile i Meán Fómhair 2026. [21049/25]
1056. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education if Ireland is going to participate in the next ‘TIMSS Advanced’, which measures STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) preparedness for senior-cycle students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21071/25]
1057. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education if she will consider changing the initial teacher training programme for secondary school teachers back to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21072/25]
1058. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education when a child in County Kildare (details supplied) will receive a special school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21076/25]
1059. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the supports available for schools with autism classes where they require additional guidance or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21116/25]
1060. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education to outline how a parent can appeal a decision for reasonable accommodation for a Leaving Certificate student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21154/25]
1061. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the strategy led by her Department to ensure that children resident in IPAS centres are provided with school places and integrated into their new school communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21174/25]
1062. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to urgently address the disparity faced by school secretaries and caretakers, who are directly paid by the Department but who are being denied a pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21177/25]
1063. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education whether her Department has, or has access to, data on the number of children with an autism diagnosis who are enrolled in mainstream classes in primary schools; whether her Department has, or has access to, the number of children awaiting an assessment for autism who are enrolled in mainstream classes in primary schools; if she will provide the relevant fig…
1064. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school children with autism in special schools, special classes and mainstream classes respectively in each of the past five academic years and projected for the coming five years, in tabular form. [21184/25]
1065. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education where a student (details supplied) can access a special unit or a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21231/25]
1066. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21260/25]
1067. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21261/25]
1068. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education if she will introduce a pension scheme for those school secretaries that are employed by boards of management and to give them parity with other school staff such as SNAs and teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21279/25]
1069. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she has begun the process of trialling new administrative supports and arrangements for school principals, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21300/25]
1070. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if a report has began in reviewing the leadership and continuous professional development supports to aid school management structures, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21301/25]
1071. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the recently-published National Counter Disinformation Strategy includes provisions to address the dissemination of misleading or inaccurate information by State agencies or State-owned companies; and if not, how the Government intends to ensure that organs of the State are held to the same standards of truth, tran…
1072. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated total number of hotel rooms in the State in each year from 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18520/25]
1073. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when he or his predecessor received, and will publish, the research commissioned by Coimisiún na Meán on the feasibility of an audiovisual content levy and fund; who conducted the research, and what their recommendations were; and the estimates included in the research of the potential revenue that may be generate…
1074. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he plans to bring in any extra revenue generating measures to support public serving broadcasting. [18656/25]
1075. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the present policy in relation to the role of RTÉ in the production of Irish language content, and whether he feels there is any unnecessary duplication of functions or services between RTÉ and TG4 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18714/25]
1076. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the estimated annual financial yield of a levy (details supplied) if it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18808/25]
1077. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide details of the research carried out by his Department into the merits of introducing a levy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18809/25]
1078. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the position regarding supports for independent media sectors, including the scripted and non-scripted sectors; if additional ring-fenced supports can be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18817/25]