151. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail her plans to hold an education convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30555/25]
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152. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a meeting of all stakeholders will be organised to discuss the revised design options for the building projects taking place at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30559/25]
153. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the shortfall in availability of after-school places in the Dún Laoghaire area, including, but not limited to, Blackrock, Monkstown and Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin; the actions she will take to address this concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30442/25]
154. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1018 of 29 April 2025, if her Department has considered the transition of an existing post-primary school in a particular school planning area (details supplied) to multidenominational, co-educational status, rather than the establishment of a new school; the demographic data, including Geographic Information S…
155. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special classes in County Mayo; the number of autistic children currently awaiting a school place in County Mayo, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18852/25]
156. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her Department’s views on the need to provide a playing pitch for a school campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31239/25]
157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will introduce a legal maximum class size for primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30981/25]
158. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the timelines and details for the roll-out of school-based therapies for special schools, schools with units and general mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31243/25]
159. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consultation is under way with regard to outstanding pay and conditions for school secretaries and ancillary staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30610/25]
160. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to reduce the workload and administrative burden on school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30558/25]
161. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans, if any, her Department has to increase the capacity nationwide of school transport currently available organised under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30867/25]
162. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline any plans her Department has to deliver a new secondary school in Dublin 2,4 or 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31305/25]
163. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the roll-out of additional supports for students with additional needs ahead of the 2025 academic year; for a further update on the provision of special education teachers and SNAs across primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30702/25]
164. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional special classes that will be opened in County Monaghan in 2025. [31316/25]
165. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to ensure every child will have access to an appropriate school place in their local community this September. [30980/25]
166. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on schools’ SNA allocations for the 2025-26 school year; to outline the process involved in making allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30984/25]
167. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the plans for DEIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30554/25]
168. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will sanction the provision of a minibus to provide transport under the school transport scheme, to convey primary students from the Portlaoise area to where there is a shortage of transport to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31318/25]
169. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has given consideration to the request of a school (details supplied) to undertake a full rebuild of the school, as the current building dates from the 1970s and is over 50 years old; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30077/25]
170. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, in light of the critical shortage of speech and language therapists, SLTs, across Ireland, her Department will engage with CORU and other relevant bodies to fast-track the recognition of qualified professionals from abroad; and if she will address the current two-year delay for foreign-trained SLTs to receive approval to work in Ireland, which …
171. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm the number of additional special school places delivered for Cork for the 2025-26 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31234/25]
172. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the provision of modular accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31249/25]
173. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will guarantee that every child will have access to an appropriate school place in their local community this September. [30979/25]
174. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the under-provision of adequate specialist places for children with Down's syndrome in County Kildare and throughout the State more broadly; if she will consider collecting data on Down's syndrome children in the education system with a view to create targeted placements; and if she will consider reviewing the diagnostic criter…
175. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with special educational needs without a place in a school, by county, in tabular form; the measures being taken to provide places for these children who do not have a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31300/25]