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Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1379. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications her Department has received for assistive technology for students in primary, and post primary schools, in County Meath, for the years 2020 to 2025 respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25262/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1380. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications for assistive technology in County Meath that have been refused for the years 2020 to 2025, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25263/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1381. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students in County Meath who have availed of the school transport scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date 2026; the available capacity for the year 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25264/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1382. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average class size in both primary and post primary schools in County Meath for the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25265/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1383. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider continuing the waived exam fees for students sitting the Junior and Leaving Certificate exams in light of the cost-of-living and energy crises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25266/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1384. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNAs in primary and post primary schools respectively, in County Meath, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25267/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1385. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount that has been allocated for the years 2020 to 2025 on continuous professional development for teachers in schools across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25268/26]
Martin Kenny Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1386. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will expedite the appeals process for primary staffing and provide an additional teacher for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25286/26]
Emer Currie Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1387. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for clarity on a matter relating to the Teaching Council (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25296/26]
Emer Currie Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1388. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average waiting time for the Teaching Council customer service line; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25297/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1389. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have been designated under section 67 of the Education Act 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25302/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1390. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced by deaf students in accessing education through ISL the measures she is taking to improve access to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25304/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1391. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to increase supply of ISL-fluent teachers to improve ISL-competent assessment pathways and to standardise access to ISL interpretation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25306/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1392. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of first-year places available in all post-primary schools in the Galway city and Oranmore school planning area for the 2026-2027 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25310/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1393. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to expand NEPS capacity to ensure Ireland is aligned with other EU countries in terms of student-to- psychologist ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25311/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1394. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which universal design for learning was integrated into the design of the recently published primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25313/26]
Thomas Gould Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1395. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 27 January 2026, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that no follow up from the NCSE has issued. [25314/26]
Jen Cummins Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1396. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was not included in DEIS plus scheme. [25319/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1397. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); her plans to help teaching principals meet their demands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25322/26]
Joe Cooney Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1398. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual costs of renting the land and prefab classrooms for a school (details supplied) for each of the years 1998 to 2025 inclusive; the cost of purchasing the land; the estimated construction cost for the delivery of a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25324/26]
Thomas Gould Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1399. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the pay deal for school caretakers in order that they do not have to sign on for social protection outside of term time. [25331/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1400. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to educate teenagers and children about online safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25342/26]
Ann Graves Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1401. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options available to a mother who currently lives in Castleknock and is bidding on a house in Malahide (details supplied). [25369/26]
Réada Cronin Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1402. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the delivery of a car park for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25385/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1403. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application made by a school (details supplied) under the climate action summer works scheme 2026 for wall cavity insulation; if her Department's attention has been drawn to the severe dampness and mould growth currently affecting all classrooms in the school; the timeline for the approval of the second tranche of funding under this…