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Eamon Scanlon Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
486. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the interim improvement and emergency works planned for a school (details supplied) pending delivery of the school's new permanent building. [64136/26]
Jen Cummins Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
487. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action in the DEIS Implementation Plan 2026–2028 or the DEIS Plus plan which gives practical effect to the DEIS strategy to 2035 objective that it will align with Government approaches supporting children and young people who are 'caring for others'; and the way in which she will ensure that young carers are identified and supported through DEIS s…
Jen Cummins Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
488. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding the completion of stage 2B review for a school (details supplied); and to provide the timeframe for progression to tender and construction. [64286/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
489. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for additional school accommodation (details supplied); the timeline for same; if the application will be prioritised given the current conditions in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64337/26]
Pa Daly Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
490. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing financial recognition to teachers who completed recognised postgraduate qualifications in special educational needs education following the discontinuation of the qualification allowance in 2012. [64279/26]
Pa Daly Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
491. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reinstating a qualification allowance for teachers who complete recognised postgraduate qualifications in special educational needs education. [64277/26]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
492. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if permanent teachers who are job sharing will be permitted to undertake substitute teaching on their non-rostered days during 2026-2027; and if her Department intends to continue the relaxation of the previous restriction for the coming school year. [64247/26]
Duncan Smith Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
493. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the number of children in primary and secondary school who left the Donabate and Portrane peninsula to avail of school places outside the area in September 2025 and the schools attended, to also include children travelling to special schools. [64371/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
494. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers allocated to each post-primary school in 2025-2026, including the school roll-number, in tabular form. [64387/26]
Seán Kyne Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
495. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to revisit the school standardised calendar and have all schools opening and closing on the same dates, beginning and end of year; and if she acknowledges that afterschool care does not start in the main until 1 September which can mean that there can be childcare issues in those first days between school starting and afterschool starting. …
Matt Carthy Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
496. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); her proposals to address the severe pressure on the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64442/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
497. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers allocated to each post-primary school including the school roll-number, in 2025 and 2026, in tabular form.    [64379/26]
Albert Dolan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
498. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of an emergency funding applications (details supplied) for the provision of a wastewater treatment system; the date on which the application was received by her Department; the reason the application remains listed as "referred to technical"; the stage of assessment that has been reached; and when a decision is expected to issue. …
Niamh Smyth Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
499. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); the steps that can be taken to address the lack of concessionary school bus places for children on the Bailieborough Road. [64488/26]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
500. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will provide an estimated cost comparison between incorporating permanent SEN classrooms into the new school buildings at a school (details supplied) and providing prefab classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64491/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
501. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether consideration is being given to placing the counselling in Primary Schools Pilot Programme on a permanent footing and expanding it nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64478/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
502. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot Programme; the number of schools participating and pupils supported to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64477/26]
Paul McAuliffe Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
503. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the special school place for a student (details supplied). [64524/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
504. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); the reason the school bus route in question has not been amended despite repeated requests; if the proposed route amendment could be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64534/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
505. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the new school building project (details supplied). [64563/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
506. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason job-sharing teachers are not permitted to undertake substitute teaching in primary schools during the 2026-2027 school year; if this policy will be urgently reviewed given the ongoing difficulty schools face in securing qualified substitute teachers; and if job-sharing teachers will be permitted to undertake substitute work on days whe…
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
507. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) with an exceptionally high concentration of socio-economic disadvantage and complex educational needs can be reassessed for DEIS status given it has been a number of years since an assessment has taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64520/26]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
508. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) with an exceptionally high concentration of socio-economic disadvantage and complex educational needs was excluded from DEIS; if she will review this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64519/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
509. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of the school bus ticket application; and if the decision will be reconsidered given the circumstances. [64517/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
510. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school bus tickets will be issued to a family (details supplied). [64574/26]