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Ann Graves Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1504. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options or assistance available to a school (details supplied) to ensure that all pupils interested in participating in transition year can be accommodated. [26629/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1505. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of WTE senior quantity surveyor grade 1 that is employed within the Department as of 7 April 2026, in tabular form. [26652/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1506. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider an extension to the route 3 Teaching Council registration from the current three year time limit to get a PME; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26667/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1507. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider the creation of supports to ensure that those people who are registered with Teaching Council through a route 3 to be able to access a PME; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26668/26]
Paul Donnelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1508. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average age of school buses that have been part of the Bus Éireann fleet in each of the past three years, in tabular form. [26678/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1509. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a DEIS school (details supplied) was not included in a recently published programme of expanded home school community liaison allocations, retaining a very low allocation of HSCL roles despite the school's student population rising significantly since that allocation was originally calculated. [26682/26]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1510. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to not proceed with the school bus fees increase for 2026-2027 with the current financial pressure on families with the fuel crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26698/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1511. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, that were composed and delivered by third parties (details supplied); the title and final cost of same; and whether the report is published and or laid in the Houses of the Oireachtas. [26850/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1512. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by her in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, that were composed and delivered by her officials; the title and final cost of same, if applicable; to provide a breakdown of where costs were incurred; and whether the report is published and or laid in the Hous…
Albert Dolan Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1513. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the web link to her Department’s Q1 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; to confirm the date on which this report was published; and, if it has not yet been published, to state the planned publication date. [26906/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1514. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated to sit their State examinations; if she has discussed the matter with the Minister for Justice, Migration and Home Affairs, as it pertains to the individual concerned and more generally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26935/26]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1515. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the Department has not published the disaggregated results for parents from the survey on school patronage and ethos of pre-school children, given that the survey explicitly included parents of children aged 0-12, including those not yet in the school system; and whether this omission risks undermining the survey's stated objective of plan…
Tom Brabazon Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1516. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on the application process for the new special school in Balbriggan; and when applications will open. [26966/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1517. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of maths teaching posts that are vacant in post-primary schools across the State; if there is a disproportionate number of vacancies in this subject; if she is considering reviewing Teaching Council registration rules to facilitate the supply of maths teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26969/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1518. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a review of a school's SET hours is being considered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26970/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1519. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to broaden the Teaching Council of Ireland's registration requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26997/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1520. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who will not have an appropriate school place for September 2026 due to the shortage of places in special schools and ASD classes. [27034/26]
Paul Murphy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1521. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to fight legal cases against the parents of children who had to go to court to obtain a school placement for September 2025. [27035/26]
John McGuinness Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1522. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether it is acceptable that 14 year old child (details supplied) has been without any educational provision since December 2025; her further views on whether denying this child private tuition due to the fact that they did not meet the attendance threshold requirement when it clearly was not the child's fault is acceptable; if she …
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1523. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the delay in progressing to phases two, three and four of a planned project (details supplied); when such works are likely to commence in whatever revised format; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27102/26]
Jen Cummins Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1524. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she will publish the full results of the parental survey. [27104/26]
Jen Cummins Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1525. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process that will be put in place to support schools to divest. [27105/26]
Jen Cummins Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1526. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which schools will be identified for divestment. [27106/26]
Holly Cairns Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1527. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the published results of her Department’s Primary School Patronage Survey excludes the responses of parents of pre-school children and parents of children who currently attend multi-denominational schools; the criteria used to determine which responses were included in the final reported outcomes; and if she will commit to releasing the full dataset…
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1528. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider adding a special class to a school extension project per request of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27160/26]