511. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider a summer works application (details supplied) given this is a major child health and safety concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64580/26]
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512. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot; the number of schools and pupils participating; the evaluation undertaken to date; and if she will consider extending or placing school-based counselling services on a permanent and wider national footing. [64583/26]
513. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that further investments will be made and strategies developed in the area of school counselling, particularly in the areas of prevention and early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64588/26]
514. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for a refurbishment grant for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64633/26]
515. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on school transport provision for students (details supplied). [64625/26]
516. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have compulsory fees in both primary and secondary level; and the number of schools that take children out of class to ask them the reason they are not paying fees. [64613/26]
517. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth If she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will clarify the circumstances under which a school transport ticket can be offered to a parent before payment has been made, given that the terms and conditions of the scheme require advance payment; and whether this practice is consistent with departmental policy. [64609/26]
518. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department and the National Council for Special Education will grant a request from a school (details supplied) to open an additional special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64644/26]
519. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently review the case of persons (details supplied); if she will intervene with Bus Éireann to allow the existing taxi service to accommodate the two children concerned without further delay; and the reason administrative approval has not yet been granted given that transport has already been sanctioned by her Department. [64599/26]
520. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special classrooms to be delivered in the new school building for a school (details supplied); if this number has been reduced due to a withdrawal of funding; the way in which this decision was made; and the consultation process with the school on the matter. [64597/26]
521. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to intervene to ensure a school (details supplied) can open a second ASD class as soon as possible; if the NCSE will carry out a school visit during this term; if the recent cut to SET hours is reversed; and if their DEIS status will reviewed. [64665/26]
522. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth her current plans to introduce permanent formal therapeutic infrastructure in schools. [64693/26]
523. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the curriculum content in place at primary and post-primary schools regarding factual material concerning vaping and nitrous oxide. [64687/26]
524. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider issues raised regarding the review of the Leaving Certificate mathematics curriculum (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64708/26]
525. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will respond to assertions that the content of mathematics higher paper 2026, was not a reasonable examination of the syllabus set by her Department with many questions considered obscure and challenging, particularly in the tight timeframe of the exam; and the analysis or response that has been actioned within her Department arising from conce…
526. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth If she will personally review the application made by a school (details supplied); if she is aware that in the last school year this school had a significant enrolment of children with higher needs and were not granted additional SNA support, resulting in 15 children who require SNA support left with no support; and if she is aware that Tusla Childr…
527. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth If she will review correspondence (details supplied); the steps that can be taken to increase capacity on the school bus serving the Swellan area of Cavan town; if she will consider the deployment of a double-decker bus on this route given that approximately 15 children are currently without school transport and no viable alternative exists. [64738/2…
528. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the stage 2A review of a school accommodation project at a school (details supplied); if she will include the project for priority consideration in the next tranche of the school building programme; to provide a clear and realistic timeline to tender and construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64747/26]
529. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); the steps that can be taken to increase capacity on school bus routes A26 and 1703 serving the Banaho and Crosskeys area; if she will consider replacing the existing 24-seater bus on route 1703 with a larger vehicle to accommodate all students; and if the area will be considered for inclusion…
530. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the tendering for EWS for a school (details supplied). [64801/26]
531. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth If she will urgently review the case of persons (details supplied); if she will sanction the use of a double decker bus on the school transport route serving the Swellan area of Cavan town to St. Patrick's College and Breifne College; if she will outline when a decision on this matter can be expected. [64792/26]
532. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the school transport applications; and if the decision to refuse will be reconsidered given the circumstances. [64835/26]
533. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans currently in place to establish new Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí over the next five years; and the locations being considered. [64841/26]
534. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current enrolment and approved pupil capacity of each Gaelscoil and Gaelcholáiste in the State; and the number operating at or above capacity. [64840/26]
535. 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 transport applications were cancelled; and if she will reinstate the applications as a matter of urgency. [64830/26]