299. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on proposed central application system for NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40236/25]
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300. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update as of July 2025 on the roll out, resourcing, and training required to deliver Leaving Certificate reform by September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40237/25]
301. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the minister or her Department are considering changing parental leave options for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40238/25]
302. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update as of July 2025 on her engagement with a trade union (details supplied) with regard to school secretaries and caretakers recent ballot to take industrial action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40239/25]
303. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will be proposing an increase in allocation for funding per student in her budgetary process within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40240/25]
304. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools referred to the FSSU in academic year 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40241/25]
305. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools who have accepted funding for phone pouches scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40242/25]
306. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers allocated into special education needs schools in the 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40243/25]
433. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update as of July 2025 on the Programme for Government commitment to support the work of an organisation (details supplied) to make the social innovation space accessible to all young people, create new future pathways and allow our youth to have their voices heard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39536/25]
387. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the communication made with a union (details supplied) regarding the proposed strike action being taken by all school secretaries in the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35930/25]
394. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the current situation at school (details supplied); if so, the details she is aware of; the total amount spent by her Department to date for the school to operate over the past nine years; the definite timeframe on the release of a tender for the school building project, considering planning was received in April 2024 and the urgen…
372. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether all mild general learning disability schools being re-designated as complex needs schools; if so, the reason for this; which stakeholders were involved in the re-designation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34368/25]
427. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an increase in school funding per head of student is being considered for Budget 2026 within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34155/25]
450. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth how many schools, and school names, have applied for alternative/modular accommodation for the coming academic year; how many have been put in place thus far; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34367/25]
451. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline why a school (details supplied) has reduced the allocation of teaching resources for the academic year 2025-26; if she is aware that class sizes for students entering first class this September will be at a ratio of 36:1 and 35:1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34371/25]
452. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a status update on the safety assessment completed at school (details supplied) and a timeframe on the new building for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34372/25]
453. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration is being given to an added allowance for school principals for leading and managing non-teaching staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34373/25]
454. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration is being given for an added allowance to be paid to principals and teachers working in special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34374/25]
437. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date on which SNA allocations will happen for the 2025/2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32485/25]
438. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of prefabs being used in primary and post primary schools across the State; the cost of these prefabs to the State, per county, in tabular form; the number of these prefabs that are being rented; the number that are being rented from foreign companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32486/25]
86. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her engagement with stakeholders, including trade unions representing teachers, regarding the proposed reforms for the leaving certificate, as of June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30862/25]
121. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline plans in relation to opening five new special schools for the 2025-26 school year; if these additional school places will be created through the redesignation of existing schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30866/25]
141. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on concerns in relation to ICT funding for 2025, as raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30864/25]
146. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her engagement with stakeholders, including trade unions, regarding pay and pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers, and other ancillary school staff, as of June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30863/25]
161. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans, if any, her Department has to increase the capacity nationwide of school transport currently available organised under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30867/25]