463. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) is not allowed to proceed to open a special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16677/26]
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464. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to expand the furniture and repairs funding scheme to cover repair costs for special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16686/26]
465. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether there is additional support for special schools for sanitary/cleaning products for special schools who cater for children aged 4-18 plus (details provided); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16687/26]
466. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for details on funding for special schools (details provided); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16688/26]
467. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a Home School Liaison Teacher for a school (details provided); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16689/26]
468. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for details regarding salaries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16690/26]
469. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the measures being taken to improve communication around the NCSE 1 October deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16691/26]
470. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to establish if transport escorts for adults with disabilities, attending services (details supplied) and employed under the umbrella of Transport for Ireland receive higher pay along with statutory holidays in comparison to school transport escorts paid through her Department’s special educational needs transport scheme; and if she will mak…
471. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she clarify the position of her Department on the provision of positive behaviour support within special education schools, autism classes and mainstream settings where autistic or behaviourally vulnerable students are enrolled (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16836/26]
472. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children and young people who are blind or visually impaired and who are currently receiving orientation and mobility or rehabilitation services delivered by an organisation (details supplied), and funded by her Department, in counties Cork, Tipperary and Waterford. in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [168…
473. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding currently allocated to post-primary school for the employment of substitute teachers; the basis on which this allocation is calculated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16847/26]
474. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the grant or allocation provided to schools for each substitute teacher cover has increased in each of the past 20 years; to provide a year-by-year breakdown of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16848/26]
475. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the allocation for substitute teacher cover has remained unchanged over the past two decades despite increases in salary scales and cost-of-living pressures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16849/26]
476. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the review into the upper age limit of 70 for drivers operating under the school transport scheme; when that review is expected to conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16862/26]
477. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school transport drivers who have been required to cease driving upon reaching the age of 70 in each of the past three years; the projected number expected to be affected in the next two years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16863/26]
478. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extent to which the mandatory upper age limit of 70 for school transport drivers is contributing to driver shortages; the assessment her Department has undertaken in this regard; the contingency measures in place to maintain continuity of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16864/26]
479. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether consideration is being given to permitting drivers over the age of 70 to continue operating school transport services subject to annual medical and eyesight certification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16865/26]
480. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the role of Bus Éireann in determining the upper age limit for drivers operating under the school transport scheme; whether her Department has directed or requested a review of this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16866/26]
481. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made to date on the Programme for Government commitment to assess the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from participation in the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16867/26]
482. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the forecasting done by her Department in respect of capacity of primary and secondary schools for catchment areas touching Dublin 2, 4, 6, 6W and 8. [16877/26]
483. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 24 February 2026, in relation to the plan mentioned, if she will supply a timeline for carrying out and completion of the necessary works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16878/26]
484. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16879/26]
485. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) has no SNA support, given the school has submitted an application and an appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16892/26]
486. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the case of a school (details supplied) and provide an update on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16898/26]
487. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 350 of 19 February 2026, the exact number of early intervention preschool classes for autistic children in mainstream and special schools that have been redesignated to primary autism classes/other special classes for the 2026/2027 school year. [16899/26]