525. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school age children who are receiving home based tuition, and the associated reason, as of September 2025. [48344/25]
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526. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who sat each subject in the Leaving Certificate, at each of higher and ordinary level, from 2016 to 2025, in tabular form. [48371/25]
527. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who sat each subject in the Junior Certificate, at higher and ordinary level, by year from 2016 to 2025, in tabular form. [48372/25]
528. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth to recognise school assistance dogs within the National Human Rights Strategy For Disabled People’s implementation framework; and to support the expansion of this evidence-based pilot to more schools nationwide. [48421/25]
529. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 974 of 8 September 2025, if delivery of the permanent school building is due later in the calendar year or the academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48443/25]
530. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the building of a school (details supplied) will be completed; the reason this school building project is ongoing since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48465/25]
531. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the new school building project (details supplied); if her Department has approved the pre-tender report submitted by the design team; the expected date for the project to go to tender; and the anticipated timeline for commencement and completion of construction of the new six hundred pupil building. [48473/25]
532. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for the introduction of the new model of allocation for school secretary hours, in light of increasing administrative workloads in schools due to compliance, financial management, digital systems, and additional responsibilities, such as ASD classes. [48501/25]
533. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reconsider the decision to refuse additional administrative hours for the school secretary at a school (details supplied), given the school’s growing operational demands. [48502/25]
534. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the expansion of special class provision in primary and post-primary schools for the 2025-2026 school year; the way in which her Department is ensuring that children with additional needs are accommodated in their local communities. [48596/25]
535. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the rollout of the new education therapy service announced in Education Plan 2025; and the way therapists will be allocated to special schools to support children with complex needs. [48597/25]
536. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for school transport for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48608/25]
537. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing one additional guidance counsellor positions for schools with more than six hundred students. [48617/25]
538. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps taken to renovate schools (details supplied); the timeframe for the renovation works of the schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48622/25]
539. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the stage 3 process for a school (details supplied) began; the processes involved in Stage 3; the length of time on average Stage 3 will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48634/25]
540. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the interim arrangements in place to financially compensate parents impacted by the lack of school bus services at the start of this school year; when interim arrangements will come into effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48635/25]
541. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the appointment of an inspector to investigate legal breaches (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48643/25]
542. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current policy on the eligibility of persons aged 70 years and over to drive school transport buses; her plans to revise this policy to allow persons aged 70 years and over to continue to work as school bus drivers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48645/25]
543. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the procedures for the way in which a primary school can be included in the DEIS scheme; if her Department has considered a school in County Cork (details supplied) for inclusion in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48647/25]
544. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by her in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48674/25]
545. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if extra time will be provided to students sitting State exams in 2026 with dyslexia and other additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48696/25]
546. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding school transport for children travelling from a location (details supplied). [48697/25]
547. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans for children whose school transport have been cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48699/25]
549. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case for approving school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48702/25]
550. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school transport application for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed in view of the medical needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48742/25]