446. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the delay in the building works for a new ASD classroom (details supplied); if she will engage as a matter of urgency with the school and her Department to ensure the building works are completed as quickly as possible; the provision being made to ensure the children who were due to be in the ASD class in September 2025 are receivin…
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447. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to extending a bus service to include an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63080/25]
448. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeframe for the implementation of the new DEIS Plus Programme; and if she will ensure that DEIS Plus funding and resources will be made available to participating schools before the end of the 2025-2026 school year to allow for advance planning, staffing, and resource allocation. [63084/25]
449. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all DEIS Plus funding will be directed primarily to schools, rather than intermediary agencies, to ensure that resources go directly to children and classroom supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63085/25]
450. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will commit to giving schools autonomy in the way in which DEIS Plus resources are used locally, given the ability of school leaders and boards of management to best assess their own pupils’ needs. [63086/25]
451. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if multidisciplinary teams including counsellors, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and educational psychologists will form part of the DEIS Plus supports available within schools. [63087/25]
452. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if DEIS Plus will include specific supports for trauma-informed education, including funding for nurture rooms, wellbeing spaces, and additional staffing to support children impacted by disadvantage and trauma. [63088/25]
453. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department will coordinate the work of DEIS Plus schools with agencies such as Tusla, TESS, NEPS, the NCSE and the School Completion Programme, while ensuring that DEIS Plus funding remains school and pupil centred. [63089/25]
454. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department will measure the impact of the DEIS Plus programme on educational outcomes, attendance, and wellbeing in participating schools. [63090/25]
455. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify whether a school (details supplied) will be assessed under the forthcoming DEIS Plus process; the emergency interim measures, financial or otherwise, that will be made available by her Department to support the school in the meantime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63091/25]
456. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a comprehensive update on the implementation of action 9 of opportunities for youth; the progress being made on the development of a comprehensive mapping tool; the timeline for the completion of same; the way in which GIS is being utilised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63102/25]
457. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a comprehensive update on the implementation of action 9 of opportunities for youth in respect of the creation of an internal dashboard to support decision-making; the way in which this will work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63103/25]
458. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 4 November 2025, the timeline for the completion of a stage 2a addendum report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63107/25]
459. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the planned ASD classrooms at a school (details supplied); the reason construction works have not yet commenced despite assurances that they would begin in September 2025; the expected timeline for completion and opening of the new ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63166/25]
460. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the application by a school (details supplied) to open a second autism class; if she will ensure that this application is promptly approved so that the class can open in the next school year without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63169/25]
461. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) will get a special needs assistant care review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63194/25]
462. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of the extension and refurbishment plans for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63195/25]
463. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the Education Plan 2025; to outline progress made on the commitment to provide best practice guidance to schools regarding arrangements facilitating parental requests for children to attend school without attending religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63198/25]
464. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department is taking to ensure that every child with a disability can access a genuinely inclusive education in their local school with the necessary supports, staffing, and resources in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63213/25]
465. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department plans to address the decline in the number of early-intervention and special classes for children with additional needs in Cork; her Department’s plans and timelines for expanding provision in the county to address the identified shortfall and ensure equitable access for all children with additional needs; and if she will…
466. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently grant an NCSE application to open a fifth special class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63232/25]
467. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a review of special education hours for a school will be considered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63234/25]
468. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update in relation to the pilot school transport scheme; if she will provide details of the schools identified as pilot projects for the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63241/25]
469. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application by a school (details supplied) to open a fifth special education class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63262/25]
470. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the means by which schools qualify for the DEIS+ programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63299/25]