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Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1029. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth the support her Department will provide to teachers affected by a situation (details supplied) in relation to incremental credit for secondary school teachers and if she will make a statement on the matter taking the following into account. [47222/25]
Brendan Smith Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1030. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will give detailed consideration to the issues relating to primary and special education with specific reference to Budget 2026 and the pre-Budget submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47223/25]
Alan Kelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1031. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to progress to the construction or extension of a secondary school in Roscrea (details supplied). [47237/25]
Brendan Smith Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1032. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures that have been put in place by her Department to ensure strategic emergency management responses to future storm and severe weather events taking into account the experiences and learnings of winter 2024/2025 and the review into the response by the State and State agencies to the impact of storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement …
Niall Collins Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1033. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if assistance can be provided for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47256/25]
Grace Boland Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1034. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the progress of school building projects under the remit of the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board, DDLETB, the timelines for completion and any barriers to delivery, particularly in areas of high population growth such as Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47304/25]
Grace Boland Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1035. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the feasibility study for a shared education campus proposed by the DDLETB has been completed; the next steps in terms of planning and funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47305/25]
Grace Boland Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1036. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures that are being taken to ensure DDLETB services are inclusive and responsive to the needs of ethnic minority learners and those with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47309/25]
Grace Boland Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1037. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to publish performance indicators and outcomes from the DDLETB’s Statement of Strategy 2022–2026, and how these are being monitored across its 100+ locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47310/25]
Grace Boland Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1038. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement that has taken place between the DDLETB and local authorities to align education planning with regional demographic trends, particularly in rapidly growing areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47311/25]
Edward Timmins Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1039. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the opening of a special school (details supplied). [47331/25]
Brian Brennan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1040. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47338/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1041. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1206 of 29 July, if she will instruct the bodies under her aegis to provide the information requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47354/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1042. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1207 of 29 July, if she will instruct the bodies under her aegis to provide the information requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47372/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1043. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of her Department’s policy on the way in which schools funded by the State should facilitate parents who wish to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47430/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1044. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have reported having formal procedures in place to give effect to parents' wishes to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47431/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1045. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the guidance issued by her Department to schools on ensuring that secular instruction is free from religious content and that religious instruction is provided separately and only with parental consent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47432/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1046. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that schools funded by the State comply with parents' right to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47433/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1047. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commission a review of compliance with Departmental guidance regarding the right of parents to withdraw their children from religious instruction in publicly funded schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47434/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1048. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Dublin Bay North that have access to full-time home school community liaison teachers in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47436/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1049. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the handover date for the new modular extension to a school (details supplied); if any delays are anticipated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47442/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1050. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Dublin Bay North currently using prefabs as classrooms in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47482/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1051. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent special needs assistants allocated to schools in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47483/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1052. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a progress update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47519/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1053. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to support families and schools affected by the early closure on Thursday, 23 October, due to polling requirements; and if additional childcare provisions or compensations will be put in place. [47536/25]