470. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to establish if transport escorts for adults with disabilities, attending services (details supplied) and employed under the umbrella of Transport for Ireland receive higher pay along with statutory holidays in comparison to school transport escorts paid through her Department’s special educational needs transport scheme; and if she will mak…
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61. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for capital works submitted by a school (details supplied); if it will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12966/26]
640. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the deep hurt felt by the “forgotten children” from this State and their families (details supplied); if she and the Taoiseach will consider that with confirmation, that the survivors of abuse in industrial and reformatory schools will be offered a State apology, this may also be an appropriate time to acknowledge the Stat…
131. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will add a school (details supplied) to the priority list of school building projects for 2025-2026; if she will accept the invitation from the student council of the school to meet with them and tour the existing school to fully understand the urgency of making progress. [10570/26]
165. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the ongoing demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions, to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families; and her views on whether it is acceptable that school transport escorts must sign on for social welfare supports during school holidays. [10569/26]
547. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the ongoing demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions, to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families; and her views on whether it is acceptable that school transport escorts must sign on for social welfare supports during school holidays. [9225/26]
213. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if plans have advanced for a new school (details supplied) on the new site offered free of charge to the State, within the town boundaries of Milford; and if she will discuss the unacceptable conditions for the children, teachers and staff at the school with her two predecessors in her role, who both visited the school and witnessed those co…
591. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the appalling conditions that students and teachers must endure at a school (details supplied), due to the existing, dilapidated old school buildings and the long delayed new school project; if she will accept the invitation from the Student Council of the school to come to the town at the earliest opportun…
423. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the appalling conditions that students and teachers must endure at a school (details supplied). [69806/25]
425. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a school bus is funded to transport school children from the Fanad peninsula and Gaeltacht to a school (details supplied) in Letterkenny to ensure that those children can continue their education through the medium of Irish. [62753/25]
536. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has read the correspondence sent to her by an organisation (details supplied); the urgent actions she will take to ensure a safe environment for students, teachers and staff at the school while they await the long delayed new school campus. [61769/25]
35. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has advanced plans for a new school on the new site offered free of charge to the State within the town boundaries of Milford (details supplied). [59714/25]
75. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for capital works submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59715/25]
827. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59340/25]
188. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the situation in a school (details supplied); and if she will commit to funding such repairs either via the ETB or directly from her Department in line with her predecessor's commitment to fully support the current school campus while plans for a new school build are progressing. [54377/25]
189. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the time frame for the construction of the new three school campus in a location (details supplied); and if she is satisfied that the intended construction dates will be met. [54378/25]
190. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that the size of the available land on a site for the new three school campus in a location (details supplied) is likely to be reduced in size in order to facilitate required roads infrastructure; and if adjacent lands, identified by the school, can be purchased in order to provide adequate school space, including playing fie…
988. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the ongoing demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions, to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families; and her views on whether it is acceptable that school transport escorts have to sign on for social welfare supports during school holidays. [46760/25]
229. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question 401 of 17 June 2025, if the patronage of a school (details supplied) is currently being transferred to the ETB and her Department; if a board of management will be re-established as part of that process of transfer or following the conclusion of that process. [35053/25]
457. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that she has received a letter from the principal and the chairperson of the board of management of a school (details supplied), outlining the vital need for a new school campus on the green field site they have secured for the purpose, at no cost to the State; and if she will accept their invitation to visit the school to see at …
401. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a board of management will be reinstated at a school (details supplied). [32013/25]
576. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on the demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions, to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families. [10877/25]
704. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education to provide an update from her Department’s officials on what action they propose to take to remediate the extension to a school (details supplied). [12005/25]
716. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the plans she has in place to build an extension with additional classrooms at a school (details supplied), so that they can facilitate the growing numbers of pupils at the school. [12104/25]
727. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 25 September 2024, if the analysis of the survey relating to school caretakers’ work pattern, terms and conditions has been completed and reviewed by her Department; if she or her officials have or intend to engage with the relevant union representing school caretakers on foot of the survey; the indicative t…