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Jen Cummins Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
519. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all of the school level data reports will be published online. [37303/26]
George Lawlor Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
520. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the policy in relation to the use and provision of tablets to replace or supplement school books in secondary schools; if her Department provides financial support for families without the means of purchasing a tablet where the school policy is for pupils to have a tablet; if she will ensure that no child is disadvantaged by being unable to purchase…
Michael Healy-Rae Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
521. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a new bus route will be considered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37343/26]
Michael Cahill Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
522. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently intervene in a case (details supplied) and allow for school transport to be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37348/26]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
523. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address the issue of funding for school libraries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37411/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
524. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will provide the funding to replace two derelict prefabs at a school (details supplied) that urgently need replacing ahead of the next school term in the autumn, in a school campus that is already extremely limited for space. [37413/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
525. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received, granted and refused by the Primary Staffing Appeals Board from 2020-2025; the criteria used by the board to assess appeals; whether her Department published analysis of trends in primary class consolidation arising from the staffing schedule, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37421/…
Barry Heneghan Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
526. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number and percentage of students who left post primary education before completing senior cycle in each of the past five years, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37425/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
527. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated second level school retention rate to Leaving Certificate level in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37426/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
528. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in post primary education in fifth year; the number completing Leaving Certificate in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37427/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
529. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students identified through Departmental retention statistics as leaving post primary education before completion of senior cycle in DEIS and non DEIS schools respectively, by county over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37428/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
530. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will expedite a solution to a case within a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37434/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
531. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by her Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026. [37450/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
532. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has assessed the impact that reductions in ESOL and related community based English language supports will have on primary and post-primary schools in County Donegal, particularly schools with Ukrainian pupils and families who require English language support; whether schools will receive additional English as an additional…
Michael Cahill Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
533. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the case of school transport in an area will be addressed (details supplied) and allow for school transport in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37590/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
534. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the application of a 0% VAT rate to laptops and tablets required for educational purposes; if she has engaged with the Minister for Finance and/or the European Commission regarding the possibility of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37610/26]
Cathy Bennett Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
535. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Departments position on secondary schools requiring the compulsory purchase of laptops or tablets for pupils in school; if she can confirm that without these devices the school can refuse to provide books as normal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37611/26]
James O'Connor Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
536. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 5 February 2026, if she will provide an update on her Department’s considerations on the site identified; if she will outline her Department’s plans for the potential uses of this land; if there are no plans, if she will instruct her Department’s officials to engage with school management to discuss the …
Cathy Bennett Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
537. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the time it takes her Department to process an application for assistive technology for a child in primary and in post primary school; the number of applications for assistive technology received in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37658/26]
Michael Cahill Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
538. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address a matter (details supplied) and allow for school transport in the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37667/26]
Paul Murphy Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
539. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school days that have been lost nationally and in DEIS primary schools in Tallaght, Dublin 24 to teacher training and in-service days in the past two academic years. [37719/26]
Paul Murphy Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
540. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current Department policy on scheduling CPD during term time; and if it includes any exemptions or protections for children with additional needs. [37720/26]
Paul Murphy Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
541. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason teacher training cannot be scheduled exclusively outside pupil contact time evenings, weekends or the paid summer period when repeated mid-term closures are causing serious disruption and regression for children with disabilities in schools such as Knockmore, Tallaght, Dublin 24. [37721/26]
Paul Murphy Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
542. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department accepts that repeated mid-term closures in schools are having an adverse effect on parents and children who depend on routines due to their sensory difficulties. [37722/26]
Paul Murphy Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
543. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of times per academic year primary schools are permitted to close for teacher training and staff days; and if she will cap the number of such closures in order that children, especially those with additional needs, are not repeatedly removed from routine within the same term. [37723/26]