Questions

777. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the acute lack of ASD unit places for children attending schools in County Wexford and in the south east generally; the steps she will take to ensure that a suitable place is found for a child (details supplied), who has been unable to find a placement for the next school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1940…

778. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the provision of new appropriate special classes at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19410/26]

779. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline when a school (details supplied) will be issued with approval to proceed to Stage 2a; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19415/26]

780. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a school (details supplied); if a permanent site can be provided for this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19442/26]

781. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of school management in relation to the lack of permanent accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19443/26]

782. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to children in the Tullamore/Killina pilot online schools admission system who are being accepted to school in Killina but advised that they will have to charter a private bus due to the nearest school rule; if the Minister will consider eliminating the 'nearest school' rule for schools in the Tullamore/Killina pilot o…

783. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to engage with a school (details supplied) which has specific needs in excess of those covered under the Deis Plus band; to advise them on the additional measures which can be put in place or availed of to address their serious issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19468/26]

784. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for reconstituting the National Youth Work Advisory Committee, a statutory body under Section 17 of the Youth Work Act 2001; to clarify if the restoration of this statutory committee is envisaged within the implementation actions for Opportunities for Youth 2024-2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19475/26]

785. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm whether any of the governance or advisory structures envisaged in Opportunities for Youth are intended to replace, replicate, or supersede statutory bodies set out in the Youth Work Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19476/26]

786. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted any analysis of the legal or policy implications arising from the non establishment of structures required under the Youth Work Act 2001; whether these considerations will inform the governance arrangements for the implementation of Opportunities for Youth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19477/26]

787. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the person or body that took the decision and the reason for excluding compulsory written research projects for Leaving Certificate subjects including history and geography from the answering through the Irish bonus marks scheme in each year since 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19479/26]

788. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the decision to exclude compulsory written research projects for Leaving Certificate subjects including history and geography from the answering through the Irish bonus marks scheme in each year since 2006 is contrary to the stated Mícheál Martin as Minister for Education’s position in 1999, which itself was a …

789. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the ‘decision’ to exclude compulsory written research projects for Leaving Certificate subjects including history and geography from the answering through Irish bonus marks scheme in each year since 2006 was not communicated to Irish-medium schools, their students or other students sitting their Leaving Certifi…

790. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will publish all documents relating to when decisions annually were taken, by whom and the educational basis of those decisions to exclude compulsory written research projects for Leaving Certificate subjects including history and geography from the answering through the Irish bonus marks scheme in each year since 2006; and if she will ma…

791. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm with regard to each of the following Leaving Certificate subjects (History; Geography; Economics; PE; Agricultural Science; Religion; Politics and Society; Computer Science; Religious Education), that answering through the Irish bonus marks scheme was applied by the State Examinations Commission on the entirety of each students writte…

792. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department officials of the State Examination Commission received correspondence regularly from 2008 on the matter of the failure to apply answering through Irish bonus marks to compulsory written research projects for Leaving Certificate subjects in each year since 2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19484/26]

793. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cén dáta go sonrach a ghlac an tAire Oideachais agus Óige le cinneadh an Choimisiúin um Scrúduithe Stáit neamhaird a dhéanamh ar an bpolasaí, mar atá leagtha síos i Riail 29 de na Rules and Programmes for Secondary Schools a sheoltar chuile bhliain chuig gach iar-bhunscoil, marcanna bónais san Ardteistiméireacht a bhronnadh as freagairt go hioml…

794. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cén bunús atá leis an gcinneadh a ghlac an Coimisiún um Scrúduithe Stáit in 2006 gan cloí le Riail 29 de na Rules and Programmes for Secondary Schools maidir le marcanna bónais a bhronnadh ar an gcuid sin den Ardteistiméireacht ar obair thionscnaimh éigeantachta scríofa í [19487/26]

795. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige an ndearnadh aon mheasúnacht ar an tionchar ar thorthaí mac léinn Ardteistiméireachta le 20 bliain ó 2006 ón gcinneadh gan marcanna bónais a bhronnadh ar an gcuid sin den Ardteistiméireacht ar obair thionscnaimh éigeantachta scríofa í [19488/26]

796. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department or any body under it’s aegis made a disclosure under Revenue's recent disclosure opportunity to regularise misclassification of self-employment; if so, to provide details of the numbers of workers affected and the amount paid to Revenue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19494/26]

797. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to any issues within Education Training Boards providing employees with a contract of employment due to uncertainty of applying changes to current and new employee contracts following an agreement after industrial action taken some time ago; if she will outline the standard employment terms and conditions of employe…

798. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 339 and 341 of 5 March 2026, to provide a breakdown of the ‘Social Inclusion Miscellaneous’ for each year from 2020 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19541/26]

799. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has been in contact with a national school (details supplied) following the recent announcement relating to its capital project; and if she will outline the next steps in the process. [19545/26]

800. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the requirement for primary school teachers to complete Croke park hours; if this is set out as a requirement in their contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19560/26]

801. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the requirement for primary school teachers to complete Croke park hours is under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19561/26]