Questions

493. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional special classes being planned or developed in the county Louth area for 2027; when parents will receive confirmation of new places available; and the supports available to families who have contacted the SENO but are still waiting for a response and have been unable to secure a special school place for their child. [73941/26]

198. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the revised scope for the additional facilities at a school (details supplied) will be approved; if and when that will be formally confirmed to the school in writing; the current status of the project; if and when the outcome of the recent technical examination in terms of the revised scope will be communicated to the school; and if she will confirm…

200. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will engage with a person (details supplied) and resolve an ongoing payroll issue. [69864/26]

258. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific funding streams available through her Department for national schools that wish to develop or upgrade outdoor facilities within their schools to encourage play, exercise and mobility. [66398/26]

1112. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if accommodation can be made for a new pick up point in Tinure, County Louth, on a school bus route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54806/26]

187. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a decision will be made on an appeal by schools (details supplied) in regard to the DEIS Plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48218/26]

362. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which a person (details supplied) can secure home-based summer provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47515/26]

363. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that summer programme resources will be available to a school (details supplied); the reason there has been a delay in providing this information to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47518/26]

210. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the recently sanctioned new special class at a school (details supplied) will be set up; if it will be operational for the 2026/2027 school year [44881/26]

743. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the distress being caused to families by the closure of the summer provision sanctioning portal (details supplied); and if she plans to reconsider this decision. [41545/26]

569. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of an issue (details supplied) impeding teachers using digital resources in the classroom; if her Department has plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37941/26]

305. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to her Department referred to in media reports (details supplied); if she will provide details of the percentage reduction(s) in spending in her Department referenced in the correspondence; and if she will make a sta…

303. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the building unit's position on amendments proposed by a school (details supplied) to the previously approved addition of accommodation at the school, first announced in 2022; if her Department will meet directly with the school management and their agent(s) to discuss the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31616/26]

601. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is the current policy of her private office/Department to formally invite or notify all local Oireachtas members of constituency events at which Ministers are in attendance in the course of performing their ministerial duties and functions; if she will provide the Department's current policy or protocol on this; and if she will make a statement on …

602. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all events across every constituency attended by the Minister in the course of her ministerial duties since 1 January 2026, where formal invitations/notifications to attend were not issued by her office to all local Oireachtas members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30613/26]

1283. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason no schools in Drogheda, County Louth have been selected for inclusion in the DEIS Plus programme; the precise criteria that was used to identify the schools that have been successfully included in the scheme; if an appeal can be made by a school that has not been included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24219/26]

1418. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason seven schools in Drogheda (details supplied) are excluded from the Deis Plus scheme; the criteria used to make this decision; the basis on which these schools were judged to not meet those criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25557/26]

1419. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the appeals process for schools excluded from the DEIS Plus scheme; and the way in which appeals will be evaluated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25558/26]

1420. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the precise score for each school that was successfully awarded DEIS+ status as per her announcement in March; if she will provide the precise scoring achieved by schools in Drogheda (details supplied) using the new DEIS+ identification model and the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the…

621. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review a policy (details supplied), a consequence of which sees smaller minority-faith based schools disadvantaged in respect of the development of AS special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18343/26]

355. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in her Department during the course of the upcoming EU Presidency term; the terms under which such staff will be engaged; the number of staff her Department plans to hire; the measures planned to guard against potential conflicts of int…

158. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the school accommodation crisis at a school (details supplied) in County Louth; when the two promised mainstream classrooms and a second special class will be delivered at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17823/26]

159. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to address the health and safety concerns of staff, students and parents of a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17824/26]

160. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider inclusion of a school (details supplied) in County Louth and its accommodation needs in the next tranche of NDP-funded projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17825/26]

161. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will provide interim modular accommodation in the short-term to address the accommodation needs of a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17826/26]