576. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding will be approved for an ASD class for a school (details supplied); and the reasons this school has not been approved to date. [4374/26]
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577. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of places available in each sanctioned class (details supplied); the number of places held for in-school allocations; the number held in each sanctioned class for new school entendres, with its list form as requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4376/26]
578. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria currently being applied by SENOs in the context of ongoing SNA allocation reviews; whether her Department accepts that children without primary care needs may nonetheless require SNA support to access education safely and meaningfully in mainstream classrooms; the guidance issued to SENOs to ensure that SNA reviews are needs-based rath…
579. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the rollout of the DEIS Plus plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4406/26]
580. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of school’s that will be designated as DEIS Plus under the new DEIS Plus Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4407/26]
581. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the criteria to access the DEIS Plus plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4408/26]
582. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of DEIS schools nationwide that are expected to be included in the DEIS Plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4409/26]
583. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if personal data held by her Department and its customer facing sections is subject to processing by artificial intelligence tools (details supplied). [4462/26]
584. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she and or her officials have conducted a data protection impact assessment with regard to the use of artificial intelligence tools; and, if so, the dates on which this assessment was conducted. [4463/26]
585. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to establish a dedicated scheme to fund the renewal and improvement of school outdoor sports facilities, recognising the difficulty for existing schools to develop these facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4472/26]
586. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update regarding the allocation of two special ASD classes in a school (details supplied) which were sanctioned in October 2023 by the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4480/26]
587. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the eligibility criteria for the awarding of incremental credit to teachers with experience in private schools at primary level. [4481/26]
588. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of autism places in primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Saint Margarets, Meakstown and North Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4495/26]
589. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of autism places in post-primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Saint Margarets and north Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4496/26]
590. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children on waiting lists to access autism places in primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Meakstown, Rolestown, Saint Margarets and north Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4497/26]
591. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children on waiting lists to access autism places in post-primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4498/26]
592. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of reading school places available in primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Meakstown, Saint Margarets and north Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4499/26]
593. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of reading school places available in primary schools in Swords, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4500/26]
594. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children on waiting lists to access a reading school place in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Saint Margarets, Meakstown and north Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4501/26]
595. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of any plans to open additional reading school places in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Saint Margarets, Meakstown and north Santry for the academic year 2025-26; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4502/26]
596. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of the €75 million in funding to support the postal network that will be directed towards services in Dublin west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3958/26]
597. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport noting that the An Post pensioners were awarded an increase in their pensions in September 2025, the reason the increase has not been paid to the pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4326/26]
598. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an up-to-date progress report in respect of a club in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3490/26]
599. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the timeframe for the application portal for the community sport facilities fund-sports capital and equipment fund to come online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3519/26]
600. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 489 of 25 November 2025, if the review of filing lists and other records held in his Department provided information relating to the records of the Departmental Council working party over the period 1982 to 1983 that produced report No. 1635; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3521/26]