Questions

256. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update as of May 2026 on negotiations on the provision of pensions and leave entitlements for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38683/26]

257. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the expansion of reading class provision for children with dyslexia in Galway city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38695/26]

467. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for update on a project (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36614/26]

330. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she or her predecessors received legal advice on the implications for her Department of the decision in a case (details supplied); the reasons, as examples, the school year, week and day have not been statutorily prescribed under section 25 of the Education Act 1998 and school curriculums have never been prescribed under section 30 of that Act; wh…

552. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who have presented for the need of a special class and special school placement post the October deadline for submissions to the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34155/26]

553. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a status update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34156/26]

626. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the basis on which the current levy arising from public expenditure overruns is being calculated and applied to her Department’s Vote; whether any categories of expenditure, including pay, pensions or staffing-related costs, are exempt from the levy within her Department; and if she will provide a breakdown of the areas against which the levy is bein…

2. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a memo has been sent to Cabinet in relation to the way in which her Department plans to deliver enough special class places and special school places to match the level of demand; the number of children who await a special class or school placement; the number of children who made an application for a special class or school placement; the number of…

18. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale her Department has in choosing particular schools for priority building lists, to outline the denomination of each of the 105 schools chosen by category; if schools that are currently at stage 2b will be progressed over the next two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28885/26]

37. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement her Department has had with a project (details supplied); if she will have a meeting with the group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28887/26]

45. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clearly outline where the €19 million for additional SNA’s will come from to allow the current SNA’s remain in their positions as-well as appointing new SNA’s to schools where schools presented with a need; the communication that has happened with the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in rela…

66. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to fully outline the rationale behind the opening of the special classes/hubs in mainstream schools, which will now allow schools enrol up to 12 students per class; the organisations and schools that were consulted on this process; the role the NCSE played in this decision making process; the additional supports that will be made available to schools …

92. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the €600 million overspend within her Department was identified; the controls that failed to identify this overspend; the consequences of same; what the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation has informed her of in relation to allowing this overspend to occur; the rationale behind the increase i…

1207. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of money generated each year through State examination fees; the break down on what this money is spent on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23557/26]

1208. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale in bringing the State examination fees back again following the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23558/26]

1245. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update to a person (details supplied) who has applied for incremental salary credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23926/26]

522. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail the newly sanctioned special classes, broken down by county, with regard to the 387 approved classes announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22172/26]

534. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that non-EU post-primary and secondary school teachers are unable to meet the criteria for a general employment permit, owing to the requirement for job advertisements to be posted on multiple platforms while teaching roles are advertised only on specific education recruitment platforms; the steps she will take to reduce this barrier,…

778. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the provision of new appropriate special classes at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19410/26]

506. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are grant supports available through her Department to students who wish to take part in the European Youth Parliament; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17019/26]

331. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department and the NCSE will engage with persons (details supplied) to ensure an appropriate school place is provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15716/26]

114. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the 194 schools set to have their SNA provision cut under the SNA Review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15234/26]

120. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of appeals by individual schools at either primary, secondary or special school level in each of the past three years to the National Council for Special Education in relation to SNA allocation to schools; the number of appeals which succeeded in increased provision; the number which were unsuccessful, by year, in tabular form; and if she …

121. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm following the pause on the review of the allocation of SNA resources when further clarity will be provided to schools for the next school year, if she will confirm if schools that have been allocated increased resourcing will receive those; the steps she will take to address the serious concerns for schools that have been told they are los…

122. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of schools that have been informed they are losing SNAs in the next school year; the number they will lose; to provide a list of all schools informed of the allocation of increased resources for the next school year; the additional support provided, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15318/26]