1052. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a parent disputes the accuracy of the Department of Education's or Bus Éireann's mapping software for the school transport scheme, if he or she may appeal it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41405/25]
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1053. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Youth if alternative school places have been sought for children who were offered autism class placements at a school (details supplied) and now have been left with no school place for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41431/25]
1054. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if support will be provided to a parent trying to find a school place for their 16-year-old child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41436/25]
1055. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in County Meath still without an appropriate school place for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41446/25]
1056. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current average class size, that is, pupil-to-teacher ratio, in primary and post-primary schools in County Meath; the corresponding figures for the latest academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41447/25]
1057. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of classes in Meath that currently exceed 30 pupils; the way in which this proportion compares to national levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41448/25]
1058. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of school transport allocations in County Meath for September 2025; the number of pupils approved for school buses; the number of routes confirmed; the summary of outstanding applications or appeals; the steps being taken by her Department to ensure that all eligible students have safe and reliable transport arrangements in place before …
1059. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently still without a school place for September; the number of children waiting for autism classes with no other school placement; the number of children waiting for a place in a special education school; the number of children who have been offered places but there is no building ready; the number of children in mainstre…
1060. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will explore the possibility of loaning or purchasing land from South Dublin County Council to provide space for a required special class for a school (details supplied). [41455/25]
1061. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all external legal fees incurred by her Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; how fees are monitored for compliance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41501/25]
1062. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41519/25]
1063. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41537/25]
1064. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41555/25]
1065. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the internal oversight that exists within her Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41573/25]
1066. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if not, the reason such options are not considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41591/25]
1067. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41609/25]
1068. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount her Department spent on interpretation services in schools and or any educational facilities over the past ten years, broken down by year, geographical area and highlighting the top ten
languages most requested under this service, outlining any other trends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41636/25]
1069. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children requiring EAL supports per annum, since 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41645/25]
1070. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene to sanction a home school liaison officer for a primary school in County Clare (details supplied) which has an exceptionally high number of students deemed at risk of experiencing disadvantage in their schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41655/25]
1071. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the planning permission submissions for two post primary schools in Cherrywood; the status of each application including a timeline for their progression; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41673/25]
1072. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the safeguards that are in place to ensure that redeployment does not result in SNAs repeatedly being treated as the “last in” in every new post under the SNA redeployment scheme. [41692/25]
1073. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there will be a cap on the number of redeployments an SNA can undergo, or a time limit on their probationary status in a new school. [41693/25]
1074. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the maximum distance an SNA may be required to travel if redeployed to a different school under the redeployment scheme for SNAs. [41694/25]
1075. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth what happens in a situation where a SNA cannot realistically travel to the new school offered under the SNA redeployment scheme; and if they cannot travel, whether they remain in their current school. [41695/25]
1076. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in circumstances where an SNA with ten years’ service in a school and is redeployed to a different school with SNAs who have less than ten years’ service built up, whether the transferee will have seniority. [41696/25]