351. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing a multi-annual fund, available on a rolling basis, to special schools to help cover the cost of non-routine day-to-day expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28522/25]
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352. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing additional support to help schools and special schools with the administrative burden of school transport for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28523/25]
353. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for the number of EAL teachers allocated to schools on a permanent and temporary basis over the past five years; the level of investment in EAL provision over those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28524/25]
354. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if English as an additional language (EAL) teachers are available to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28525/25]
355. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason special schools are not included in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28526/25]
356. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding or supports available to a school (details supplied) that does not meet the current criteria for school bus transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28539/25]
357. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a specific urgent case (details supplied) who is in need of full-time access to education; if she will provide an update on the relevant school’s application for additional autism classes; the immediate supports are available from her Department to ensure the child receives timely access to appropriate educational provision; and …
358. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason rural DEIS schools are excluded from the home school liaison scheme (details supplied); if she will consider including rural DEIS schools in the scheme as their omission is unfair and discriminatory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28573/25]
359. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the school (details supplied) can be included in the 5-year attendance strategy pilot project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28574/25]
360. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an explanation from the NCSE which has stated it is unaware of a family seeking a special class placement for their child (details supplied) despite the fact that the family has been engaged with their local SENO since October 2024 about this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28578/25]
361. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to the inclusion of a school (details supplied) in the school transport scheme pilot projects for 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28580/25]
362. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to guidelines for school transport (details supplied); when she will implement revised guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28748/25]
363. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth where the surplus teachers from the panel in Kerry will be placed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28799/25]
364. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when it is proposed to include more schools in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28841/25]
365. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional financial support will be provided for primary schools; particularly smaller schools where capitation funding is inadequate to meet essential expenditure due to increased costs over recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28842/25]
366. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the next IT grant will be issued to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28851/25]
367. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when payments will issue to primary schools under the minor works schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28852/25]
368. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the remainder of capitation grant payments will issue to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28853/25]
369. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department will take to fast-track the approval of funding for an outside modular unit to provide an additional special class at a school (details supplied). [28856/25]
370. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on a matter (details supplied). [28873/25]
371. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the proposed new primary school building for Athenry, County Galway; the timeline for the progression of this project through the various planning and construction stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28886/25]
372. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether his Department has set a definitive date for the formal approval of the Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh language plan; the measures being taken to ensure that the Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh language plan will be operational in parallel with the Brí Uíbh Ráthaigh (South Kerry Gaeltacht) language plan, which is scheduled to re…
373. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to detail the actual draw down of funds by successful applicants, for each year from 2019 to May 2024, and to date in 2025, under the large scale sports infrastructure funding programme, and list the projects and amounts, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28408/25]
374. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media regarding the €173 million allocated to successful applicants in the large scale sports infrastructure funding in 2024, the amount that is forecast and budgeted to be drawn down, for each year from 2025 to 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28409/25]
375. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is a deadline or timeline for the drawdown of funds awarded in the 2024 large scale sports infrastructure round of funding; if there are time-specific key performance indicators that must be met; if there is a cutoff date by which the funds must be drawn down and used; and if he will make a statement on the mat…