417. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the fact that the NCSE has ignored five children with additional needs who have been recommended for a placement in a special class simply because they are already in mainstream, despite the fact that the NCSE has been made aware of these children and received their reports; if she is aware that the NCSE informed her that only one chil…
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418. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position in relation to the allocation of an SNA at a school in County Tipperary (details supplied); if she will ensure that the school receives an increased allocation this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33937/25]
419. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the process in relation to school planning matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33955/25]
420. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the process for a school planning matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33956/25]
421. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an outline of the revised divestment process; when it will commence; the targets for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33957/25]
422. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it can be ensured that a child (details supplied) can avail of an appropriate school place in time for the coming school year.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33989/25]
423. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to take into consideration the circumstances of a school in County Kerry (details supplied); to provide a third temporary autism class for the school for the academic year 2025-2026 only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34038/25]
424. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline as to when she expects her Department to conduct a survey of primary school parents and guardians on their preferences on important aspects of school provision and choice; when she expects the results of this survey to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34082/25]
425. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34089/25]
426. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to ensure reasonable accommodations for standardised testing in primary schools, such as increased time for dyslexic children is taking place at the moment. [34145/25]
427. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an increase in school funding per head of student is being considered for Budget 2026 within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34155/25]
428. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the allocation of teaching resources at a school (details supplied) has been reduced; if she is aware that this reduction will result in class sizes of over 35 pupils; to clarify what reductions have been made to the special education teaching resources of the school, and the reasoning why; if these reductions can be reversed; and if sh…
429. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support the retention of the mild general learning difficulties class in a school (details supplied) that has been in existence since the 1970s and now is being closed despite the requirement for it and the fact that children with Downes syndrome and other children with learning difficulties will now have to travel over 40km each way to a s…
430. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is correct to state that a teacher (details supplied) would only receive an annual pension of €1982.65 after over 17 years of teaching; if there is a way for this individual to buy back credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34185/25]
431. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school’s (details supplied) SNA allocation will be reviewed; if the school’s appeal against the allocation will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34186/25]
432. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify an issue concerning school transport in Gowran, County Kilkenny (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34187/25]
433. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding available for primary and post-primary schools for cybersecurity. [34202/25]
434. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding and supports available for primary and post-primary schools for cyber security audits. [34203/25]
435. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to schools for their GDPR compliance on their technology platforms (details supplied). [34204/25]
436. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an urgent update on the extension project at a school (details supplied); the cause of delays in her Department’s review and approval of the fire safety certificate and disability access certificate; when the final approval will be granted to allow construction to begin, given that the tender process is complete, a builder has bee…
437. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 12 June 2025, if she will outline how the ancillary grant is calculated for each school, the total funding provided for this scheme in 2024 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34222/25]
438. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 11 June 2025, to provide the requested email and phone lines available for Oireachtas members to raise queries in her Department and the bodies under its aegis, in tabular form. [34225/25]
439. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider the issues raised by a union (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34246/25]
440. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether there been a risk impact assessment of the potential damage that could be done to children by the gender ideology elements of the Bí Cineálta policy being rolled out in schools. [34267/25]
441. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the research that has been carried out to identify and quantify the potential damage to children of the gender ideology elements of the Bí Cineálta policy being mandatorily rolled out in all schools (details supplied). [34268/25]