485. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61124/25]
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486. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of the €3 billion funding for special education in budget 2026 which will be spent on new measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61136/25]
487. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options available to a school (details supplied) in order for reconsideration to be given to the school’s application to be allocated DEIS band 1 status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61139/25]
488. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application to fund a laptop for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61142/25]
489. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the new process for completion of assessments and eligibility letters in advance of applying for special school places by 1 October, where previously the deadline would have been February of the applicable year, if the portal will re-open; if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61145/25]
490. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the expenditure on recruitment campaigns of international hiring of teachers; and to compare this with the estimated cost of teacher training for graduates who leave the State within three years of qualification, for each of the past five years. [61179/25]
491. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number and proportion of newly qualified primary and post-primary teachers who take up teaching posts in Ireland within one year of qualification, versus those who emigrate or do not enter the Irish teaching workforce, for each year since 2010 to date in 2025; and the data sources used such as Teaching Council registration, payroll records or Rev…
492. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if crossdepartmental analysis has been conducted comparing the cost of teacher education with retention and attrition rates; and if there is an estimate of the fiscal impact of teacher emigration. [61193/25]
493. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61210/25]
494. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment; if there are plans to roll this out in other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61240/25]
495. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to change the arbitrary deadline of 1 October for parents or guardians to submit a letter of eligibility for the admission of students with a disability or special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61241/25]
496. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently intervene to resolve the issues arising from the NCSE’s SNA Review Guidelines 30214, to protect the essential work of SNAs in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61242/25]
497. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports provided to teachers to upskill to meet the special educational needs in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61243/25]
498. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of NEPS assessments that have been provided in schools to date in 2025; the locations of each; her plans to increase NEPS assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61244/25]
499. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) will be fully open; the current opening hours; the number of pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61245/25]
500. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason it is not possible to transfer permanency of teacher posts from one school to another; the reason a teacher must resign from his or her current post and begin the process again in a new school to gain permanency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61270/25]
501. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers working within special schools, primary schools and secondary schools in the State who currently do not have permanent status. [61271/25]
502. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department’s plans to provide educational facilities for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61314/25]
503. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) can expect a response regarding stage 2A of its new school build project. [61330/25]
504. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61334/25]
505. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the National Council for Special Education records and reports local demand for autism-specific school placements; the number of eligibility letters issued by special educational needs organisers; the way in which this data is used to ensure sufficient autism-specific class and special school places are available within each locality;…
506. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of children (details supplied); if she will provide an update from the school transport appeal board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61344/25]
507. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the decision to refuse retrospective payment of set up grants for the autism special classes opened in 2021 and 2022 at a school (details supplied), in view of the contribution the school has made in opening three autism classes in succession and the very high needs of the students concerned; the circulars, guidance or policies on…
508. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the circulars and scheme rules governing set up grants for autism and other special classes at primary and post primary level; the formal time limits for submitting grant applications; the way in which these time limits are communicated to schools; if discretion is available to approve retrospective claims where classes are already es…
509. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have received autism or special class set up grants retrospectively in each year from 2018 to date, the total amount paid in retrospective grants in each year, disaggregated by county and school type; the criteria used by her Department when deciding whether to approve retrospective applications; and if she will make a sta…