126. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the difficulties being encountered by students with dyslexia sitting State exams (details supplied); the plans her Department has in place to address these issues and to make appropriate accommodations for such students at exam time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30977/25]
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127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposed date for the completed construction of a school (details supplied); the reason for the delays to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31000/25]
128. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the schedule of grans for schools will be available for the 2025/2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31037/25]
129. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth when special needs assistant allocations for mainstream classes for the 2025/2026 school year will be finalised by the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31038/25]
130. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a grant received by a school (details supplied) will be reviewed given the school has been refused the sensory room grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31101/25]
131. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the possibility of making the driving theory test a mandatory element of the transition year cycle programme will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31104/25]
132. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth following her announcement of €65 million in minor works and ICT funding for schools, if she will confirm the difference between funding allocated in 2024 and the funding for 2025.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30146/25]
133. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ICT grant allocation to each applicable school in County Monaghan in 2025; the corresponding allocations for 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31134/25]
134. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ICT grant allocation to each applicable school in County Cavan in 2025; the corresponding allocations for 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31135/25]
135. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update in relation to a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31172/25]
136. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31175/25]
137. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction will commence for the delivery of a new classroom for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31176/25]
138. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the delivery of a new classroom at a school (details supplied); the current stages completed and outstanding within the project lifecycle for delivery of this permanent building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31177/25]
139. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31178/25]
140. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31179/25]
141. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing training to student teachers and qualified teachers to complete work placements in special education settings; and the resources already being provided to help qualified teachers upskill and become more knowledgeable of children with extra educational needs or disabilities. [31211/25]
142. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures the Government is taking to tackle the inequalities between school children with extra educational needs or disabilities. [30281/25]
143. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by her Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if her Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31269/25]
144. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to follow through in the Programme for Government’s plan to ensure, through the NDP process, that adequate funding is available for new school places in areas of demographic growth and new special education provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28258/25]
145. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will include school secretaries and caretakers in the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27338/25]
146. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the progress made on the programme for Governments commitment "to provide the nationwide network of post offices with funding to ensure their sustainability and enhance the value they bring to local communities."; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30906/25]
147. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will commit to additional funding for post offices that are at risk of closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30907/25]
148. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30928/25]
149. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30930/25]
150. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5 million and which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30936/25]