1045. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the guidance issued by her Department to schools on ensuring that secular instruction is free from religious content and that religious instruction is provided separately and only with parental consent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47432/25]
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1046. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that schools funded by the State comply with parents' right to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47433/25]
1047. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commission a review of compliance with Departmental guidance regarding the right of parents to withdraw their children from religious instruction in publicly funded schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47434/25]
1048. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Dublin Bay North that have access to full-time home school community liaison teachers in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47436/25]
1050. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Dublin Bay North currently using prefabs as classrooms in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47482/25]
1051. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent special needs assistants allocated to schools in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47483/25]
1101. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department expects construction works in a school (details supplied) to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41976/25]
1117. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will expedite the expansion of the provision of special classes in mainstream post-primary schools for students with mild intellectual disabilities, including those with Down syndrome; if she is aware of the difficulties families are facing in securing appropriate placements for their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
1118. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will develop a dedicated strategy to ensure that children with Down syndrome who require a place in a special class in a mainstream school are appropriately accommodated; if she acknowledges that the current system is not meeting the needs of this group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42415/25]
1255. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the special educational accommodations, such as rest facilities, flexible scheduling or assisted learning support that have been implemented in schools for students diagnosed with narcolepsy post-pandemrix vaccination; whether additional funding is planned to support these students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43822/25]
118. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of speech and language therapists assigned to schools in Dublin for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40200/25]
151. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children from Dublin Bay north who were on a waiting list for a place in a special school in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40199/25]
64. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 1 July 2025, if she will review the current staffing appeals process to provide a mechanism for escalation or reconsideration where decisions result in disproportionately large class sizes at individual year levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38222/25]
65. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 1 July 2025, if she will consider reforming the staffing allocation model to include safeguards that prevent individual classes in primary schools from exceeding a defined pupil threshold, such as a maximum class size of 20; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38223/25]
66. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 1 July 2025, if she will consider supporting legislative proposals to establish a national classroom size cap and to move towards a more transparent, needs-based staffing model for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38224/25]
399. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider extending the teaching hours extension scheme, which currently applies to post-primary schools, to include primary schools also; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37261/25]
448. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to give an explanation that of the 399 new special classes due to open in September, only two are designated for students with mild general learning disabilities at post-primary level; the reason both are being established in the same school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37905/25]
449. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will prioritise the establishment of additional special classes in mainstream post-primary schools for students with mild general learning disabilities, including those with Down's syndrome; if she will address the current shortfall in such provision, given the majority of existing classes are focused on students with autism; and if she will…
450. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will develop a specific plan to support parents of children with Down's syndrome who are seeking a place in a special class in a mainstream post-primary school (details supplied); if she will respond to concerns that some students are currently not being accommodated in the existing system; and if she will make a statement on the …
91. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the circumstances in which a school (details supplied) is disposing of its premises for a reported €5 million and is to be accommodated in a publicly owned education building at another location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36312/25]
347. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students taught Braille by the Visiting Teacher Service in each of the past ten years, broken down by primary and post-primary level and by year of education, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35387/25]
348. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the proposed renovation of the science laboratory at a school (details supplied); the reasons for the delay since funding approval was granted approximately six years ago; and if she will confirm when the works are expected to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35389/25]
371. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an urgent update regarding a school merge (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35684/25]
372. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will provide an urgent update regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35685/25]
95. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the number of special education classes currently available at second level schools in Dublin Bay north; the projections for the number of special classes expected to be required in the area for the 2026, 2027, and 2028 school years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34851/25]