Questions

101. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a review can be carried out on the process for assessing teaching allocations, given a number of primary schools in County Louth have been affected by the loss of a teacher while managing class sizes in excess of 30 pupils per class, contrary to the recently published figure of 22 pupils per class being the national average; and if she will make…

102. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on plans to roll out senior cycle redevelopment in light of the rejection of the implementation plan by an organisation (details supplied); the level of engagement and progress with the ASTI and other second level stakeholders since that ballot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40115/25]

103. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress to date in providing a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39777/25]

104. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is any intention within the Department to progress the development of guidelines and additional supports for schools on supporting transitions of children as they move from early years to junior infants, including the extension of AIM supports into primary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40077/25]

105. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is aware of financial constraints currently being experienced by independent youth projects in Dublin; if she will put in place a bespoke solution to alleviate any constraints, in partnership with the City of Dublin Youth Services board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39999/25]

106. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene to ensure that a school (details supplied) receive a decision on their emergency works grant application to enable the numerous leaks in the school roof be repaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40072/25]

107. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is considering a strategic plan to attract qualified teachers, who have left the service to work abroad, back to the education service in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39786/25]

108. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has considered increasing the availability of Irish phonics resources to assist students with dyslexia studying Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40158/25]

109. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on school building projects in Dublin mid-west (details supplied) and their projected completion dates. [40006/25]

110. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications made for an additional SNA in counties Galway and Roscommon, where the application has been denied by the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38438/25]

111. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth when schools will be added to the DEIS list; and when the next list of additional schools to the DEIS programme will be announced (details supplied). [36846/25]

112. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department’s plans to provide alternative models of learning for children who struggle with the larger conventional classroom model and prefer learning in smaller groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40163/25]

113. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns from parents and schools about suggestions by her Department that parents should no longer apply directly to schools geared towards mild disability, and that the decision on who attends should no longer be made by the board of management based on medical advice and the parents’ submissions; and if she will make a statem…

114. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has plans to provide for specialised support for students with speech and sound disorders of a known origin, given that these children are currently excluded from enrolling in DLD/SSD special classes, and that no alternative supports are available to them, despite their needs being no less significant than those of children currently…

115. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update of the timeline for the budget allocation and commencement of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40185/25]

116. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene to allow a school (details supplied) access to land owned by Fingal County Council immediately adjacent to the school for the duration of building works that will be commencing soon, so school students have access to some play areas while building works are taking place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40071…

117. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide further clarity on the reason a school (details supplied) was not facilitated to open a new autism classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39782/25]

118. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of speech and language therapists assigned to schools in Dublin for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40200/25]

119. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up-to-date position on her Department’s evaluation of pilots run under the revised school transport scheme for 2025-2026; the next stage in the roll-out of the revised school transport scheme 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40144/25]

120. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of schools in Mayo which are due to open autism classes in September 2025; the names of schools which were due to open autism classes but which are not now proceeding; to provide the reasons scheduled autism classes may not be opening in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39774/25]

121. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children still without an appropriate school place for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39848/25]

122. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for reconfiguration numbers at the end of the 2025 academic year. [39684/25]

123. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she will announce the next pilot routes on the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39997/25]

124. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the timeline for the budget allocation and commencement of a new two-storey extension comprising four classrooms, specialist rooms, toilets, stores at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40184/25]

125. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige na céimeanna atá glactha aici chun déileáil leis an easpa téascleabhar as Gaeilge atá ar fáil do dhaltaí Ghaelcholáistí an Stáit ionas gur féidir leo, ar comhchéim le daltaí i gcoláistí Béarla, staidéar i nGaeilge a dhéanamh ar na hábhair don Teastas Sóisearach nó don Ardteistiméireacht [38422/25]