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Jen Cummins Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
471. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when schools will be notified for the DEIS+ programme application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63300/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
472. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns regarding the preparedness of schools to treat medical emergencies, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63365/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
473. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to increase the availability of school options in the Dublin 7 area; whether there are changes planned for the school planning area in that area so as to allow for greater options for parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63408/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
474. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth for details and progress of upgrades on schools in the Dublin 7 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63409/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
475. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process for schools to change patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63410/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
476. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the most recent total number of teachers in Irish primary schools, by number, per category (details supplied). [63435/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
477. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the research undertaken on the role of Irish language youth workers and volunteers outside Gaeltacht communities, considering the new pilot on the role of Irish language youth workers in Gaeltacht communities; the research that will be taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63468/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
478. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the research pilot on the role of Irish language youth workers in Gaeltacht communities underway, if she will provide a timeline for this; when interim findings will be expected; when future Irish language policy and practice will be shaped by this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63469/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
479. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on actions taken, or to be taken, to meet Action 2.6.2.3 of the Action Plan for Irish in English ­Medium Schools; the supports that will be provided to ensure that greater awareness of and encouragement of participation in existing Irish language youth clubs that is planned will be met; if there will be additional supports from Budge…
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
480. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can provide an update on actions taken, or to be taken, to meet Action 2.6.2.4 of the Action Plan for Irish in English ­Medium Schools; what supports will be made available to support the establishment of Irish language youth clubs and afterschool activities in areas where these are not currently available; if there will be additional suppo…
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
481. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding for Irish language youth clubs and afterschool activities will be supported outside of the Youth Affairs budget, or if funding for the implementation of the relevant actions of the Action Plan for Irish in English ­Medium Schools comes from Youth Affairs alone; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63472/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
482. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of the current youth services grant scheme that is being spent on Irish language youth work; her plans to increase this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63473/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
483. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement she has had with Irish language youth organisations as part of her engagement with relevant stakeholders as part of her broader work to promote inclusion and cultural participation among young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63474/25]
Robert Troy Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
484. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update in relation to a school construction project (details supplied); when this school will proceed to tender and construction; which project this school is part of; the other schools which are in this bundle; the stages the other schools are currently at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63548/25]
James O'Connor Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
485. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a request to establish a special class within a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63554/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
486. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have been awarded the active school flag post primary; the successful schools, by county; the schools that applied that were not successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63571/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
487. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the means by which the use of recording devices and voice activated computers under the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations is validated and verified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63573/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
488. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the means by which the use of recording devices and voice activated computers under the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations is quality assured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63574/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
489. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 7 October 2025, when the review of the assistive technology scheme will be completed; and the timeframe recommended changes from this review will come into effect. [63577/25]
Robert Troy Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
490. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an urgent update on special educational needs provisions for a school (details supplied). [63591/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
491. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) in Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63597/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
492. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of difficulties parents in Dublin south-west are having in securing places for their children in local secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63598/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
493. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine a case for a person (details supplied) regarding a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63599/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
494. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total legal costs in defending judicial reviews of planning decisions involving her Department and/or agencies within the aegis of her Department for each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63618/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
495. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) will progress to build; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63662/25]