451. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the national roll out of the single application system for special education classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73475/25]
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452. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the climate action summer works scheme application submitted by a school (details supplied), specifically relating to the urgent need to replace pupil toilet facilities located outside the classrooms; if she will review the school’s application as a matter of priority, given the health, safety and infrastructural co…
453. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the funding and resource supports available to a school (details supplied) in light of the significant infrastructural, demographic and pedagogical challenges faced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73480/25]
454. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria currently used to determine DEIS status for primary schools; if she will review the eligibility of a school (details supplied) for DEIS designation, given that over 85% of pupils do not speak English at home, the school’s enrolment of 44 nationalities, and its high levels of transience linked to the local hospitality sector; and if she…
455. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that no primary school in the Killarney area currently has DEIS status, despite significant levels of socio-economic need among families, many of whom are employed in minimum-wage hospitality work; if she will examine this anomaly, with a view to expanding DEIS supports to Killarney schools; and if she will make a statement on the m…
456. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the recent loss of two full-time English-as-an-Additional-Language teaching posts and one full-time SNA post at a school (details supplied); if she will review the allocation model in cases where the vast majority of pupils do not speak English at home; if she will restore appropriate supports to meet the significant language-le…
457. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional supports, teaching resources and staffing allocations available to schools where more than 80% of pupils are non-native English speakers; if she will consider targeted interventions for schools such as one in County Kerry (details supplied), where the absence of such supports creates barriers to learning; and if she will make a state…
458. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will accept an invitation to visit a school (details supplied) to see firsthand the challenges relating to infrastructure, language support, staffing and funding raised by the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73485/25]
459. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made to date on discussions between her Department, the Workplace Relations Commission and other relevant stakeholders to find a resolution to the school secretaries and caretakers dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73496/25]
460. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been seeking the correction of her pay scale and recognition of service following a period of career break and study leave; if she will clarify why the appropriate pay scale adjustment has not yet been applied despite the submission of the required documentation and confirmation that t…
461. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the extensive population growth on the north side of Drogheda; if her Department has any plans to develop a new second-level school to address the needs of the area or to extend existing secondary schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73533/25]
462. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a school building project at a school (details supplied); to provide an indicative timeline for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73550/25]
463. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an overview of the primary school survey in terms of numbers of surveys completed, by county and as a percentage of overall eligible population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73551/25]
464. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is proposed to allow persons aged 70 and over, subject to appropriate medical checks, to undertake school transport work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73610/25]
465. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when it is proposed to include more schools in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73612/25]
466. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress to date on increasing the number of drivers available for school transport work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73613/25]
467. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the initiatives her Department has in place in relation to the prevention of drug addiction in young people [73673/25]
468. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding her Department has allocated to drug addiction prevention initiatives for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [73674/25]
469. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if drug addiction prevention is covered in the post-primary curriculum; and if so, to outline the main elements of the curriculum which cover such. [73675/25]
470. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a child will be facilitated in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73676/25]
471. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73744/25]
472. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total capital and emergency works funding allocated to schools in each county in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [73754/25]
473. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNAs and special education teachers allocated to schools in County Waterford at the end of 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by primary, post-primary and special schools, in tabular form. [73755/25]
474. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNAs and special education teachers allocated to schools in each county at the end of 2023, 2024 and 2025, and the number on a per capita basis in tabular form. [73756/25]
475. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special classes and special school places operating in County Waterford at the end of 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of children enrolled; and the number of children without a confirmed place at the start of each school year, in tabular form. [73757/25]