1103. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an existing route and capacity (details supplied) will be reviewed to determine whether adjustments can be made to accommodate additional families wishing to avail of the service. [74545/25]
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1104. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth to facilitate a meeting with the management of a school bus service (details supplied) [74546/25]
1105. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department will take to ensure timely and transparent responses to future school bus service enquiries from parents, schools, and public offices in County Mayo. [74547/25]
1106. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average timeframe for responding to enquiries regarding school bus services for County Mayo; and the reason this exceeds standard expectations. [74548/25]
1107. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department has failed to respond to official and public enquiries received over the past three months regarding the provision, scheduling, and safety of school bus services in County Mayo. [74549/25]
1108. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of issues presenting for a school (details supplied); if her Department will urgently intervene to ensure the continued provision of education at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74560/25]
1109. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the 1 October deadline for applications requiring a letter of eligibility from the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) for enrolment in special schools; if she will consider waiving or extending this deadline in exceptional circumstances, such as where a child's assessment has recently changed, thereby preventing …
1110. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that an email address is the official communication channel for Oireachtas members for a body (details supplied); the extent to which this mailbox is monitored and the performance or response timeframes which are expected, given that no response has yet issued regarding matters raised through this channel, if she will advise o…
1111. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in County Mayo currently registered to start school in September 2026 that are seeking a special school place; seeking a special class/unit place; or expected to attend a mainstream school with SNA support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74579/25]
1112. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the statutory role and duties of a Special Educational Needs Organiser (SENO), including how decision making and accountability operate in practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74580/25]
1113. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide data on the current capacity of special schools and special classes in County Mayo; and the projected demand for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74581/25]
1114. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in County Mayo with a formal autism diagnosis currently supported in mainstream schools with SNA provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74582/25]
1115. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the payroll cost of her Department and of each organisation or agency under its remit individually, in 2015 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [74624/25]
1116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a youth project (details supplied) that provides targeted youth work for 14–18 year olds, and which has experienced a funding gap arising from the national childcare scheme age ceiling, can access funding under UBU – Your Place Your Space (or other youth services funding streams); and the application process, assessment criteria, and…
1117. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an overview of the total provision of autism classes in secondary schools in County Clare at this time; her plans to address the current acute deficiency of autism classes in secondary schools in West Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74640/25]
1118. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an application for an extension for a school (details supplied). [74685/25]
1119. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the NCSE assessment of local need to sanction an ASD class in a school (details supplied). [74686/25]
1120. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a new second-level special school is proposed for Cork; and the timeline for same. [74687/25]
1121. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding funding to a school (details supplied) under emergency works; and the reason a funding application was refused given the immediate nature of the risk posed. [74688/25]
1122. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74697/25]
1123. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to a request from a school (details supplied) for replacement of a prefab with a modular building, given the prefab is not now fit for purpose; and replacement would assist the school in providing education to more children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74699/25]
1124. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a pre-school early intervention class held in a primary school (details supplied) is being re-classified as a primary autism class; the number of children that will be affected by the re-classification of this class; and the supports available to children who would have attended the early intervention class, had it not been re-classified. [747…
1125. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the adequacy of the current five-stage complaints procedure agreed in 1993 between organisations (details supplied), given its reliance on the integrity of Boards of Management and reports of parents being unable to resolve serious concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74774/25]
1126. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider introducing a statutory complaints mechanism for parents that does not depend solely on Boards of Management, in view of cases where boards have failed to engage with parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74775/25]
1127. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the circumstances under which the Teaching Council may accept complaints without the school’s internal procedure being fully exhausted; and whether legislative changes are needed to ensure timely intervention in cases of serious concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74776/25]