Questions

482. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of vacancies for special education teachers currently recorded across primary and post-primary schools; and the measures being taken to address recruitment challenges in this area. [64144/26]

483. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department is considering expanding the use of recognition of prior learning mechanisms for persons with significant professional experience working with children with additional educational needs who wish to pursue a teaching qualification. [64143/26]

484. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has examined the feasibility of developing alternative qualification pathways for experienced education professionals, including special needs assistants, therapists and other specialists, who wish to become special education teachers. [64142/26]

501. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether consideration is being given to placing the counselling in Primary Schools Pilot Programme on a permanent footing and expanding it nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64478/26]

502. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot Programme; the number of schools participating and pupils supported to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64477/26]

14. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address outstanding concerns of SNAs in view of rejection by members of a union (details supplied) of the workforce development plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53897/26]

80. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on a school building project (details supplied) given the current building no longer being fit-for-purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53898/26]

309. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will modify the formal education and training support payment for survivors of institutional abuse such that unaffordable up-front payments are no longer required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53112/26]

396. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is considering designating special schools as a specific sector, to account for the highly varied age groups contained therein; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51721/26]

171. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that teachers and SNAs working the summer programme will be sent home without pay if attendance targets are not met on the first day, despite staff committing part of their summer holidays to support children and their families; if she will act to provide security for these workers; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

174. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on progress in delivering an alternative certificate for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48099/26]

175. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide for a SENCO post in schools considering the significant workload involved in managing growing needs profiles in communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48100/26]

377. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the mechanisms available to schools to receive additional administrative capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47678/26]

378. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide for a second administrative deputy principal at school (details supplied) facing significant managerial and operational challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47679/26]

279. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the review of the RACE scheme; if she plans on further increasing additional time allowances in line with international norms and calls from advocacy groups for 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46474/26]

103. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted an assessment of the locations most appropriate for new Irish-medium provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46343/26]

104. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has sought legal advice on the rights of families to compel the State to provide Irish-medium education on the grounds of discrimination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46344/26]

460. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of youth spaces and young services, by county, for each of the years from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45273/26]

533. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the level of staff sanctioned for the summer programme in a school (details supplied) given that the resources allocated will not cover the demand for provision and will mean the school will have to refuse eligible pupils a place on the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45968/26]

78. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in South Kildare that have had SET hours reduced; the overall gross reduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44204/26]

80. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have applied for funding under the Solar for Schools Programme; the number approved to date; and the total generating capacity expected to be installed under the scheme. [44220/26]

85. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of delayed payments for teachers on the Home Tuition Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44298/26]

86. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether the teacher supply panel is operating efficiently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44299/26]

88. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools currently using temporary accommodation, including prefabricated classrooms; the duration for which such accommodation has been in use in each case; and the plans in place to provide permanent accommodation. [44346/26]

803. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of successful section 29 appeals since 2020 onwards, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42103/26]