401. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school in Bray (details supplied) missed the enrolment quota for an additional teacher by one student and will now lose a teaching post resulting in a single class of 39 students; if she will instruct her Department to reconsider this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36077/25]
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402. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the sanctioning of an ASD classroom for a school in Wicklow town (details supplied) was cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36078/25]
403. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to define explicitly what she deems complex needs as per her use of the term in circular 0039/2025 to special schools. [36079/25]
404. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional primary and secondary school places are planned for the Saggart, Rathcoole and Citywest areas to meet the needs of a rising school-age population. [36085/25]
405. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children on reduced school days or absences due to school-based avoidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36099/25]
406. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth how her Department is supporting teachers in educating autistic children within mainstream school classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36100/25]
407. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of families that have children with Downes syndrome regarding the availability of special classes for children with a general learning disability, not related to ASD, within mainstream schools; the actions she will take to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36111/25]
408. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a timeline for construction to begin on a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36145/25]
409. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there has been a change to the school bus place application process for children with special educational needs; if she will outline the process for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36147/25]
410. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the progress on school building projects and the projected completion dates for schools in Dublin mid-west (details supplied). [36168/25]
411. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth who will determine whether a student has MGLD or ‘complex MGLD’ as per her use in the 0039/2025 circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36172/25]
412. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional supports that will be put in place for students with MGLD who may return to mainstream education under her re-designation of special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36173/25]
413. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage directly with teachers, school leaders and families to consult with them meaningfully before further implementation of re-designation of special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36174/25]
414. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a primary school (details supplied) has not had a whole school evaluation since 2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36175/25]
415. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth under what grounds a school is classified as a special school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36176/25]
416. 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. [36219/25]
417. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether he engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation regarding the pension scheme of retired An Post workers (details supplied); and the outcomes of this discussion. [35153/25]
418. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has received the interim report of the Advisory Committee on Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage; if not, when he expects to receive this report; if he will publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36158/25]
419. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will look into the issues around very poor broadband and phone services in rural parts of Laois, particularly in Errill and Rathdowney; the stage that the National Broadband Programme is at for this region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35201/25]
420. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there is a strategic plan in place to support small to medium-sized post offices from December 2025 onwards, following the conclusion of the current three-year funding arrangement under which €10 million per annum is being provided to An Post (2023-2025) to stabilise the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
421. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to list all the public services contracts worth €10 million or more, which have been granted by himself or the forerunner for his Department, or other State bodies in the past five years; the value of each contract; the length of term of each; the expiration date of each contract; and whether any contract was discontinued during it…
422. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of people employed at management level in An Post, for each of the of the past 20 years. [35686/25]
423. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the steps his Department is taking to move to a more permanent support system for members of the creative community who were in receipt of the basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35732/25]
424. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the plans to improve artistic workspace and residency programme opportunities in Meath. [35773/25]
425. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will ensure that any future basic income for artists scheme allows access for new working artists. [35774/25]