1253. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is aware of pressures for first year school placements in the areas surrounding Newcastle, County Dublin; her plans to ensure placements are increased given some children have been placed on several school waiting lists due to oversubscription and due to criteria relating to location, or current school, restricting their placement …
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1254. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason proposals for a new secondary school for Newcastle, County Dublin have been refused up to this point; if her Department will reconsider this decision given secondary school students must travel to neighbouring towns to avail of education at this school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2166/26]
1255. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the capital allocated to the EU presidency in the Revised Estimates 2026 for her Department. [2167/26]
1256. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the figures of attrition rates in Ireland for both male and female primary school teachers for each of the years 2010 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2168/26]
1257. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she believes that acknowledging teaching service for teachers who teach in a jurisdiction outside of the EU and recognising this previous service on the teacher salary scale would help to alleviate the teacher recruitment and retention crisis in this state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2169/26]
1258. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether qualified secondary school teachers can do substitute work in primary schools; if individual primary schools have the right to refuse such qualified teachers substitute work solely on the grounds that they are qualified in secondary rather than primary education. [2198/26]
1259. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of education welfare officers employed in Dublin south central; if that constitutes a full complement of staff; the number of vacancies, if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2208/26]
1260. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the new shared service employment framework for the school completion programme; and the expected timeline of completion. [2209/26]
1261. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a transport-related issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2234/26]
1262. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and, if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2244/26]
1263. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any agencies or other bodies under her remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2262/26]
1264. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the SNA redeployment scheme will be operational for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2289/26]
1265. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a detailed update on her Department’s progress on the tender process for a Cork school since December (details supplied); the timeline for when the tender is due to be released; the reasons for these delays; if her Department is aware of the deadline imposed on this school’s current site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2306/26]
1266. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a child in Cork will receive their allocation of special school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2363/26]
1267. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to their work on seizure safe schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2378/26]
1268. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any research ongoing within her Department in relation to seizure safe schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2379/26]
1269. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will agree to meet with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to their work on seizure safe schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2380/26]
1270. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider covering the costs of a substitute teacher from the first day of a teacher’s absence, particularly in the case of a special class or special school teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2406/26]
1271. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a student will be offered a first-year place in a secondary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2407/26]
1272. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the work ongoing to identify a method of standardising the reduction to the ancillary-related grants for the longer term, where school secretaries are being paid on the Department’s payroll; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2408/26]
1273. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the process of offering school places to incoming first-year students will be deemed to be complete in those areas taking part in the Apply to School pilot, specifically in Tullamore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2409/26]
1274. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for processing first year places to incoming students in those areas taking part in the Apply to School pilot; when all offers are expected to have been made with all first-year places filled (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2410/26]
1275. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of first-year places that were available for offer to incoming students in the Tullamore area as part of the Apply to School Pilot; the number of places that have now been offered; the number of places that have been accepted; the number of places which remain to be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2411/26]
1276. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2413/26]
1277. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the top ten capital or programme projects delivered by her Department or its agencies over the past three years which were completed on time and within the originally approved budget; the project name, location, delivery timeframe, original approved budget, final outturn cost, and delivery body, for each project; and if she w…