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Colm Burke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
578. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to ensure a person (details supplied) will be provided with special school bus transport, in view that the pupil was in receipt of transport and was notified that the route will not operate from 19 January 2026 until further notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15005/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
579. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to this Deputy's Topical Debate on 17 February 2026, the practical steps her Department will take in relation to a playing pitch for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15012/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
580. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a value for money audit has been carried out in relation to the overall cost of installing two modular ASD classes for a school (details supplied) and refurbishing the older classroom at the same time, versus subsequently funding an upgrade of the existing modular building at a later stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
Roderic O'Gorman Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
581. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on when her Department will meet three schools in Dublin 7 (details supplied) for the Stage 2A review meeting regarding the proposal to demolish and rebuild their schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15033/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
582. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the status of recently announced SNA reviews where schools have lost an SNA allocation, whether schools still need to lodge an SNA appeal if they do not wish to lose an SNA; the status of the 'pause' announced on 17 February; if will schools be directly informed regarding the status of the pause and how it impacts on the letter they re…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
583. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will state when construction can commence on classrooms sanctioned by her Department to meet the needs of students with additional educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15061/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
584. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth when school bus tickets will be awarded to students (details supplied). [15062/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
585. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the work her Department is doing to establish more reading schools and reading classes in the North Dublin area to cater for children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15070/26]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
586. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a school placement for a child with additional educational needs raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15074/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
587. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to allow SNA's to qualify for occupational injury leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15075/26]
Ged Nash Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
588. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has any plans to review the requirement for newly qualified teachers to have completed the Droichead programme within three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15076/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
589. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will positively consider the establishment of a special class for children with an autism diagnosis in a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15077/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
590. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied); the timeline for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15081/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
591. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) own a building on the same site as a school which they are putting on the market for private sale; and her plans to ensure that it can be used for educational purposes to accommodate the new Gaelcholáiste. [15145/26]
John Brady Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
592. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm if there are any plans to develop a new secondary school in Newtownmountkennedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15158/26]
John McGuinness Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
593. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm the status of the development of the Kilkenny Schools Campus site; if the funding of €5 million announced by the previous Minister will be confirmed; if the project will be approved for the next phase of the development given that at the end of 2025, the enabling works were substantially completed with utilities awaiting final …
John McGuinness Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
594. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of schools in Carlow and Kilkenny that are waiting approval for capital works and the stage that each one is at. [15166/26]
John McGuinness Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
595. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the provision of a new school building to accommodate the amalgamation of school (details supplied); if approval will be given to allow the project to move to the next stage, as committed to previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15182/26]
John McGuinness Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
596. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be approved to go to tender stage for their construction project, as outlined in their application submitted in December 2025. [15194/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Culture
597. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the role of his Department in supporting the implementation of objectives within a report (details supplied) relating to cultural investment and the development of cultural infrastructure in Dublin city; the funding streams or policy supports which are available to assist delivery of these objectives; and if he will make a statement o…
Malcolm Byrne Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Culture
598. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total number of buildings leased by his Department, or bodies or agencies under its aegis, during 2025; the total cumulative sum paid under these leases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14015/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Culture
599. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a breakdown of the 2,000 recipients of the so-called ‘basic income for the arts’ scheme, by the artistic or creative area or field or sector they work in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14060/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Culture
600. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an exhaustive list of all departments that have paid flood related compensation from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14111/26]
John Connolly Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Culture
601. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has reviewed the unsuccessful applications of the second round of the LSSIF, which commenced in April 2024; if his Department has prepared a LSSIF reserve list; if further opportunities will be provided to fund these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14316/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Culture
602. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether public funding has been provided through his Department or through Sport Ireland in respect of a centre (details supplied) in the past five years; the amount of any such funding; the conditions attached to that funding regarding community access and participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14334/26]