326. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the emergency supports available for schools adjacent to IPAS and Ukrainian refugees that accommodate high percentages of such children and may also separately feature highly Pobal HP deprivation Index data given the often transient and interrupted nature of such children's educational experiences, not their traumatic life experiences; and i…
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327. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional EAL supports can be made available to Gaelscoileanna in non-Gaeltacht areas that taken in high proportions of children whose first language is neither Irish or English, given that junior and senior infants are normally educated in an immersive Irish language environment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on th…
328. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when schools that applied for DEIS status in March 2022 will be permitted to reapply, given the increases in population reflected in the Census, the local pressures such as accommodating large numbers of IPAS and Ukrainian students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40377/25]
329. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional supports and allowances that can be made to schools experiencing unpredictable mid-year enrolment and withdrawal, such as a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40378/25]
330. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of detailed correspondence received from a school (details supplied) regarding the need for DEIS status to be formally reviewed under the current DEIS identification model, using anonymised, PPSN-linked data already available to her Department, or an equivalent emergency assessment-based provision amounting to same that will …
331. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the proposal to introduce an additional secondary school bus service for students attending a school (details supplied); if the current capacity has been reviewed; and the timeline for when a decision on additional transport provision will be made, in light of ongoing demand in the area. [40383/25]
332. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, which confirmed that responsibility for analysing collapsed or re-run procurement competitions rests with individual contracting authorities, if her Department has estimated or recorded …
333. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under her remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since 2010; and to confirm whether any projects have been subject to cost overruns, renegotiation or early termination since 2010. [40412/25]
334. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether applications to transfer initial teaching licences from overseas to the Teaching Council can be accepted (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40468/25]
335. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the recently announced changes around contracts of indefinite duration for teachers will differ from the current system for the treatment of contracts of indefinite duration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40470/25]
336. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a project at a school will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40474/25]
337. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a project for a school will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40475/25]
338. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction work will commence on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40476/25]
339. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding given to each county as part of the minor works grant in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40507/25]
340. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding given to each county as part of the emergency capital works scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40508/25]
341. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding given to each county as part of the digital strategy ICT grant in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40509/25]
342. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding given to each county as part of the creative clusters grant in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40510/25]
343. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding given to each county as part of the creative connections/shared island pilot in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40511/25]
344. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding given to each county as part of the fund for students with disabilities in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40513/25]
345. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding given to each county as part of language assistants scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40517/25]
346. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding given to each county as part of the summer works scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40519/25]
347. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement his Department has had with Fórsa regarding the industrial action by school secretaries and caretakers. [40162/25]
348. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet connectivity, satellite communications, or associated technologies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40544/25]
349. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an additional needs application from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40591/25]
350. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline her plans for a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40632/25]