Questions

218. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school giving priority enrolment to a post-primary autism special class to students already enrolled in the school who receive their autism diagnosis and/or recommendation of requiring a post-primary autism class placement, and who have all necessary documentation (including diagnostic report and NCSE letter of eligibility), contravene either th…

219. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will instruct all schools with special classes to assign a teacher to coordinate said classes and specify a minimum number of administration hours per class for that teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8788/26]

220. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide precise data on the number of times section 37a of the Schools Admissions Act 2018 has actually been utilised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8789/26]

221. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in fee paying schools; the number of those schools that have special classes; the number of classes they have; if she will also provide the same statistics for public schools, and explain the discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8790/26]

222. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in DEIS schools; the number of those schools that have special classes; the number of such classes they have; if she will also provide the same statistics for non-DEIS schools, and the reason for the discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8791/26]

223. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will instruct the NCSE to provide a county by county (and by area code in Dublin) breakdown of special class numbers, covering the past five years, and relevant population stats for each county/area, broken down into primary and post-primary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8792/26]

224. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department this year has made home tuition conditional on having a psychological report done within the past six months, especially given the potentially years long wait to get such reports; to provide statistics from the past five years of successful home tuition applications as compared to successful applications in this current acad…

227. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) that has been seeking an extension for SEN room and additional classroom since 2022 was left off the recent announcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8812/26]

228. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools not included, but that have applied, in the NDP announcement that included provision for SEN, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8813/26]

234. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a funding application and or SENO referral has been made for child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8877/26]

235. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the home tuition support grant was refused for a child (details supplied), despite extensive evidence given by primary school and psychologists in relation to her assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8878/26]

499. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which a person (details supplied) can apply for a special school place as the NCSE application has closed and due to backlogs in assessments, diagnosis has only been secured now; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7734/26]

580. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all school capital building projects that are at Stage 2B of the development process, and were not included on the priority list of projects in the Sectoral Investment Plan, by the school roll number and the date it entered Stage 2B, if planning permission has been achieved in each case, and when that planning permission will exp…

581. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all school capital building projects that have achieved Stage 2A approval, and were not included on the priority list of projects in the Sectoral Investment Plan, by the school roll number and the date that it achieved Stage 2A approval, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8493/26]

582. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all school capital building projects that are currently at Stage 3, are included on the priority list of projects in the Sectoral Investment Plan; the list of those schools at Stage 3 that are not included in the plan over 2026 and 2027; when planning permission will expire, in each case, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

583. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all school capital building projects in the Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering programmes, are funded through the Sectoral Investment Plan; the breakdown of each school project included in the ADAPT 4 – Programme 4 bundles indicating whether construction is already underway; if not if these are included in the priority li…

584. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm who is the external programme manager for the ADAPT 4- Programme Innovate; the annual cost for the contract for this service; the amount that was spent on the programme manager contract in 2025, and projected for 2026; the reason this work is no longer carried out by her Department itself; if a similar arrangement was in place for previous…

585. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the companies and professional practices appointed under the integrated project teams in each case for ADAPT 4 - Programme Innovate; to provide a separate list of sub consultancies; the proportion of these companies that are Irish; the projected total cost of the ADAPT 4 programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …

256. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on school building works (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7070/26]

487. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the condition assessment report on a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5775/26]

490. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will request the NCSE and SENO to engage with family of child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5797/26]

500. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with school on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5866/26]

350. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to engage with the family of child (details supplied) who cannot access a special class for academic year 2026-2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5125/26]

515. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Government colleagues were informed either by her Department or the NCSE on the allocation of the first tranche of special classes for academic year 2026/27; the reason her Department failed to provide a full list officially on 12 January, the day her own Government colleagues announced classes for their own constituencies; to provide the of…

541. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when schools were notified they would be opening a special class for 2026-2027; if all schools from tranche 1 have been notified as of 13 January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3798/26]