301. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update in respect of a school (details supplied); and the date on which the addendum report sent to her Department for consideration will clear a review by officials. [52989/26]
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302. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the decision to remove the preferential teacher-to-pupil ratio for Gaelscoileanna. [53018/26]
303. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 331 and 332 of 30 June 2026, her Department's policy on the use of laptops and chromebooks in post-primary schools; whether schools may require parents to purchase a particular device where her Department does not make such devices mandatory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53054/26]
304. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 331 and 332 of 30 June 2026, whether schools are required to follow public procurement rules when selecting a supplier of laptops or chromebooks for students; whether her Department provides guidance to schools on this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53055/26]
305. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will negotiate with her counterparts in Britain to ensure that all survivors of institutional abuse to include all schemes related to mother and baby institutions, industrial schools, and Magdalene laundries now living in Britain, who receive financial redress supports or any related settlements should be equally protected (detai…
306. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that the enrolment for a school (details supplied) in Monaghan is capped at the 18 pupils currently being educated in the school and that no further enrolments are being considered for September; if she will intervene to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53101/26]
307. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to expand the enrolment numbers in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53102/26]
308. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) is awarded a place in a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53103/26]
309. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will modify the formal education and training support payment for survivors of institutional abuse such that unaffordable up-front payments are no longer required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53112/26]
310. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 860 of 18 March 2026, if correspondence will be forwarded to the personnel in her Department dealing with the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53122/26]
311. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress on the proposed new school extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53123/26]
312. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will give urgent attention to correspondence from a school (details supplied) where serious concerns exist regarding the board of management’s ability to fulfil its statutory obligations, particularly in relation to health and safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53144/26]
313. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53156/26]
314. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) has seen a reduction in its staffing allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53175/26]
315. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a reduction in SET allocation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53187/26]
316. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an appeals mechanism available to a school (details supplied) in relation to a reduction in SET allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53188/26]
317. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the way in which SET allocations are assigned to primary schools; the mechanism in place behind that calculation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53189/26]
318. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline all capital grant or support programmes available from her Department or known to her Department that are available to local youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53210/26]
319. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline all programmes available for young people or youth organisations to engage in North, South exchange on this island. [53213/26]
320. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that Wexford County Council has projected that at least 2,300 new homes will be constructed in Gorey, County Wexford in the period 2026-2034, her views on the way in which this will impact on schools locally; the plans for the development of new schools and educational facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53225/26]
321. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total sums of money recovered from schools in fraud or suspected fraud cases, and the total number of schools in the years 2016 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53226/26]
322. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53227/26]
323. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the mechanisms in place for reporting of historical physical and mental abuse at schools in Ireland; the mechanisms used to address these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53228/26]
324. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to ensure that the change of date for the NCSE Parents Notify Portal deadline to 1 September 2026 is directly and adequately communicated to crucial frontline stakeholders; if she will address concerns that the mid-summer announcement occurred while schools, parent networks, and child development network teams (CDNTs) are on rec…
325. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently, on health and safety grounds, send a team from the planning and building unit of her Department to inspect the extremely poor condition of a school building in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53256/26]