258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department funds any helpline or individual support service for parents operated by an organisation (details supplied); if so, the number of contacts received in each of the years 2021 to 2025; and whether the support available extends to parents of pupils in special schools. [75047/26]
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259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 13 October 2026, the process by which an organisation other than an organisation (details supplied) may seek recognition as a national association of parents under the Education Act 1998; and the number of applications for such recognition received by her Department since 2016. [75044/26]
261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 13 October 2026, whether her Department has carried out any written assessment of possible duplication between the functions of an organisation (details supplied), her Department's parents and learners unit and the arrangements to be put in place under the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019; i…
262. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 333 and 343 of 13 October 2026, if her Department will issue guidance to boards of management on their obligations under sections 26(2)(a) and 26(3) of the Education Act 1998; and if the charter guidelines to be made under the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 will address the relationship between…
263. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the body or office to which a parents' association may bring a complaint where it considers that a board of management is not complying with section 26(3) of the Education Act 1998; whether her Department's parents and learners unit or inspectorate has any role in such cases; and the number of such complaints received by her Department in each of the …
273. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of whole time equivalent staff whose posts were funded in whole or in part by the Department's grant to the National Parents Council in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026. [75054/26]
274. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the National Parents Council submits annual reports and audited accounts to the Department as a condition of its funding; the date of the most recent evaluation or value for money review of that funding; and if she will publish same. [75053/26]
275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of parents' associations, and the number of individual parents, who received training funded by the Department through the National Parents Council in each of the years 2021 to 2025, broken down by each training programme. [75051/26]
276. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 13 October 2026, if she will provide a breakdown of the 2026 allocation of €810,465 to an organisation (details supplied) by funding stream, in the same format as provided for the years 2021 to 2025. [75050/26]
277. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 13 October 2026, if she will provide a copy of the funding agreement, service level agreement or grant conditions in place between the Department and the National Parents Council for 2025 and 2026; and to set out each performance indicator, target and reporting requirement attached to that funding. [75048/2…
280. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 13 October 2026, whether a principal or board of management may lawfully require a parents' association to obtain prior approval before communicating with the parents of pupils in the school; and if so, to state the specific statutory basis for such a requirement. [75056/26]
281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 13 October 2026, if she will confirm whether any provision of the Education Act 1998, or of any other enactment, confers on a principal, board of management or patron the power to suspend or dissolve a parents' association established under section 26 of the Act; and if such a power exists, to state the spe…
69. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has issued written guidance to post-primary schools on reasonable accommodation for students with dyslexia who experience significant and persistent difficulties learning a modern foreign language; whether schools are expected to consider alternative subjects or other arrangements in such cases; if not, the guidance that governs …
73. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has conducted a review of the respective functions of an organisation (details supplied), the Department’s own parent-support structures and the proposed Student and Parent Charter arrangements to identify any duplication of services; if so, to provide details of the findings; and if not, whether such a review will be undertaken …
74. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a copy of, or set out the specific services, outputs, performance targets and deliverables required of the National Parents Council under its 2026 State funding agreement, including the number of parents and parents’ associations to be supported, training to be delivered, reporting requirements and the measures used by her Department to asse…
75. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a function-by-function comparison of the responsibilities of the National Parents Council and those arising under the Student and Parent Charter, identifying any overlapping activities; the justification for continued separate funding; and the arrangements for evaluating the effectiveness of each function. [74782/26]
76. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has conducted a value-for-money review of funding provided to the National Parents Council since 2021, including an assessment of administrative costs, direct services, measurable outcomes and alternative methods of delivering parent support; and if she will publish the findings. [74781/26]
77. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the annual performance targets, service-level agreements and outcome reports required from the National Parents Council for each year from 2021 to 2026, including the number of parents and parents' associations supported, training delivered, and the results achieved against each target; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74780/…
456. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has issued guidance to school management authorities on their obligations under the Equal Status Acts in respect of students with dyslexia who are required to study a modern foreign language; whether a school's subject selection policy can be applied without consideration of a student's individual disability-related needs; and t…
457. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the procedures available to parents who believe that a post-primary school has refused to consider reasonable accommodation for a student with dyslexia in relation to the study of a modern foreign language; whether her Department can review or investigate the application of school policies in such circumstances; and whether she will issue national gui…
326. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, given her confirmation that her Department does not monitor individual schools' implementation of Circular 0032/2017, she will explain how she can ensure compliance with its provisions that uniforms should be generic, available from multiple retailers and that exclusive supply arrangements should be regularly tendered; and, given her confirmation …
327. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth what constitutes “regularly” for the purposes of her Department's requirement that exclusive school uniform supply arrangements should be tendered regularly under Circular 0032/2017; the way in which her Department verifies that schools comply with this provision; and the number of schools that have been found not to comply since the circular was issu…
328. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail which organisations representing parents are currently being consulted on the complaints procedures being developed under the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019; and the way in which her Department will ensure that parents have an independent representative voice in the development of the new complaints procedures. [71896/26]
329. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she considers a book (details supplied) for third year junior cycle SPHE, to be appropriate and age-appropriate for students; and if her Department or the NCCA has reviewed its content for suitability for use in schools. [71895/26]
331. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a principal, board of management or patron of a recognised school has any statutory authority to suspend, dissolve, restrict or prevent a parents’ association established under section 26 of the Education Act 1998 from exercising its functions; if so, to identify the precise statutory provision, regulation or departmental guidance which provid…