388. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) is a recipient of all supports outlined in the Education Plan 2025 and, in particular, supports offered through the new education therapy service, which will see therapists working in special schools in the next school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35932/25]
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75. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns raised by a school (details supplied) with respect to caretaker costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34670/25]
76. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns raised by a school (details supplied) with respect to SET hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34671/25]
77. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when SNA allocations for school year 2025-2026 will be announced, given that primary schools still have not been given their allocations.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34672/25]
89. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on proposals to provide new accommodation for a school in County Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34804/25]
461. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address serious and ongoing health and safety issues with a prefab unit at a school which is used as accommodation for a special class (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32731/25]
492. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether is a connection between the huge increases in absenteeism at primary and secondary schools and the increase in working from home in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28996/25]
293. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will increase funding to the Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) in light of the fact that it has received the lowest annual funding allocation from the former Department of Children and has the lowest number of UBU projects; if she will consider prioritising funding to provide two new UBU projects for the LOETB; and if she wi…
294. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on measures to introduce public sector status, revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27121/25]
232. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she could assist in accessing a place for a child with at a primary school ASD unit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25001/25]
82. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will assist in securing a placement for a child in a school in County Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24552/25]
170. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that all Ministers of State within her Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22128/25]
202. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on the number of prefab units purchased out right by her Department from 2020 to date; the total costs involved and the number of such purchases, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22560/25]
203. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on the number of prefab units rented by her Department from 2020 to date; the total costs involved and the number of such rentals, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22561/25]
214. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify if there a national SNA cap of 23,791 if this is for the calendar year or the academic year; the period of time this cap on SNA's covers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22754/25]
81. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to investigate the urgent concerns of a school with respect to the failure of her Department to provide it with an ancillary grant (details supplied); if she will direct her Department to answer the questions repeatedly put to it by the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21616/25]
768. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the work of her Department’s schools reconfiguration for diversity initiative; the staff assigned to the initiative at Department grade level; the number of schools currently being assisted to transfer from denominational patrons to multi-denominational patrons in response to the wishes of local school communities; the locations of these…
227. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department will not enable a DEIS band 1 primary school in Offaly to retain its mainstream teacher; if she will consider her Department's actions in this matter and permit the school to retain its teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16446/25]
366. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for a modular unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15009/25]
428. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with a request to review the Phase 2 scope of works by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15711/25]
436. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the status of a person's application for a school transport remote area grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15812/25]
684. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department monitors the number of children who complete either primary school or secondary school but who remain illiterate or functionally illiterate; to provide a summary of the most recent findings in that regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11820/25]
685. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department has a policy in relation to allowing or prohibiting male students to compete in female-only sports; whether she is aware of this practice having been allowed in Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11823/25]
714. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to ensure that a school building project (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12070/25]
758. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if a person with 18 years’ instruction experience (details supplied) will be allowed to claim incremental credit with respect to his teaching salary; if she will accept that the incremental credit scheme as currently defined is inflexible and may result in the unwillingness of experienced persons from taking up a teaching position; and if she will make a statem…