527. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a request to make changes to a school bus route to better serve students in a local area (details supplied). [14503/26]
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528. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on construction commencement for the 32-classroom school earmarked for a school (details supplied); the likely timescale for opening; the timescale for temporary accommodation being provided on the fourth primary school site in the interim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14532/26]
529. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress of the additional accommodation application for a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the school’s design has been submitted to her Department and is currently awaiting assessment; if she will acknowledge the significant space constraints at the school where special education teachers are currently operating at the back of…
530. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the criteria for assistive technology supports to ensure that children with Down syndrome are not excluded from eligibility, particularly in cases where the child cannot write their name and has clear educational need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14560/26]
531. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the appeals process for assistive technology refusals to ensure transparency and fairness, particularly for children with complex needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14561/26]
532. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports which are available for families of children with Down syndrome who require assistive technology but have been refused under current criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14562/26]
533. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the policy measures to boost teacher supply, including permanent contracts after one year, announced in April of last year, have been progressed; when legislation on this issue will be brought into effect; how else this legislation might attract teachers abroad to come home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14564/26]
534. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options available to the parents of a child (details supplied) who has been unable to secure a school place in their local area for the coming intake; the steps being taken to increase provision of primary school places in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14580/26]
535. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that the SNA review outcome letters that have already issued to schools in the past few weeks will be rescinded until the conclusion of the further engagement that is being undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14590/26]
536. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns raised in correspondence regarding the allocation of additional needs school places (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14615/26]
537. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth current level of dyslexia-specific supports available in primary and post-primary schools; and whether her Department plans to expand evidence-based interventions for students with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14642/26]
538. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will review the Special Education Teaching allocation model to ensure it adequately reflects the number of students with dyslexia in each school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14643/26]
539. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers who have completed dyslexia-specific training through her Department or NCSE in the past three years; and whether further mandatory training is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14644/26]
540. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average waiting time for an educational psychological assessment for suspected dyslexia through the NEPS system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14645/26]
541. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated number of students currently diagnosed with dyslexia in primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14646/26]
542. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department or the NCSE maintains a dyslexia national prevalence database; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14647/26]
543. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she could provide the number of children diagnosed with dyslexia in each of the past five academic years, broken down by constituency, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14648/26]
544. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department’s current policy on the provision of assistive technology for students with special educational needs, including dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14649/26]
545. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received by the National Council for Special Education for assistive technology supports in each of the last five years; the number approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14650/26]
546. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current average processing time for assistive technology applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14651/26]
547. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports that are in place for a child with autism who cannot attend mainstream secondary school (details supplied); to outline who parents can contact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14652/26]
548. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth the procedure behind cuts in SNAs in a school in Cork (details supplied); the mechanisms that exist to address cases where schools report unmet need; if her Department will reverse this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14658/26]
549. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the decision to cut SNAs in a school in Cork (details supplied); the way in which the NCSE came to this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14660/26]
550. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to obtain from the NCSE the names of the individual schools in County Louth that received notice from the NCSE (prior to the announcement by the Minister that the current review of SNA allocation is to be paused), informing them that they would lose SNAs in their mainstream classes in the next school year; the number of SNAs that were scheduled to be los…
551. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of SNAs currently in place supporting students in mainstream classes in each school in County Louth, as of 1 January 2026, on a school-by-school basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14663/26]