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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Eoghan Kenny Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
301. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her Departments plans to provide adequate accommodation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49983/25]
Emer Currie Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
302. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the permanent extension for a school (details supplied), and timings for completion of the project, as it will be required to support September 2027 enrolment numbers. [49993/25]
Rory Hearne Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
303. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an SNA resource for a school (details supplied) previously deemed necessary was subsequently deemed unnecessary following an SNA review, and the resource has been removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49995/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
304. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the extension of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50006/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
305. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when funding will be made available for repairs to prefabs at a school (details supplied) while they wait for their new extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50007/25]
Joe Cooney Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
306. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the budget allocation for the local youth club grant scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50017/25]
Emer Currie Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
307. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the application of a person (details supplied) to become a taxi driver under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50038/25]
Albert Dolan Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
308. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the proposed services (details supplied); the progress made to date; the expected timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50041/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
309. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the proposed building works at a school to provide appropriate and urgently needed teaching space for children with additional needs (details supplied); if she is aware of the length of the delays associated with the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50099/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
310. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason teachers with a further education qualification and currently working in the primary and secondary school system are discriminated against in terms of admission to masters in education programmes sanctioned by her Department.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50129/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
311. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason teachers with a further education qualification and currently working in the primary and secondary school system are discriminated against in terms of accessing a contract of indefinite duration within schools. [50130/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
312. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason teachers with a further education qualification and currently working in the primary and secondary school system are discriminated against in terms of admission to route 4 within special needs education. [50131/25]
Noel McCarthy Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
313. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a climate action summer works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50236/25]
Thomas Gould Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
314. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in special schools in Cork who are sanctioned transport provision, but for whom a contract has not yet issued. [50238/25]
Thomas Gould Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
315. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who previously had a contract for school transport in Cork for whom a contract is no longer available. [50239/25]
Thomas Gould Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
316. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school transport contracts not renewed this year. [50240/25]
Thomas Gould Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
317. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth when all children who need school transport in Cork will have access to same. [50241/25]
Johnny Mythen Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
318. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the date for signing the timebound provision instrument; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50242/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
319. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the schemes currently in place for survivors of sexual abuse at Christian Brothers schools; to provide details separate to any schemes for industrial schools; the supports in place for survivors of this horrific abuse; the supports in place for those who wish to pursue a legal case but are faced with the situation that there is no one legal enti…
John Connolly Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
320. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to progress the application for a new school building for a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the urgent need for this new school building due to the current overcrowding and the ageing infrastructure currently accommodating students and staff at the school that is not fit for purpose; and if she wil…
John Connolly Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
321. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has any proposals to provide a secondary school in Moycullen, County Galway, taking account of the increase in secondary school aged children residing in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50268/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
322. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the revised Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations, 2016 will come into force in order that the timebound provision can be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50269/25]
John Brady Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
323. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced on a school transport route (details supplied); the steps being taken by her Department to resolve the matter; and if she will confirm when will the route be operational again. [50277/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
324. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school transport service (details supplied); the reason for his Department's delay in sanctioning this service for tender; if the tender will be sanctioned and prioritised at the earliest opportunity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50291/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
325. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that many schools are in need of a grant calendar to ensure they can budget for upcoming expenses and not have to rely on the financial support services unit or parents for guidance or financial assistance due to delays in grant payments or reductions in grant amounts; the timeframe for a full implementation of these scheduled gr…