480. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of survivor medical cards issued to date under the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025; the number currently pending; and the average processing time for applications. [36715/26]
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481. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether local authorities have received formal written guidance, circulars or operational instructions regarding prioritisation of housing supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse; and if she will provide copies of such guidance. [36716/26]
482. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether Community Welfare Officers are operating under formal criteria or guidance when assessing funeral support applications linked to survivors of residential institutional abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36717/26]
483. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a single case-management or single-point-of-contact system exists for survivors seeking access to multiple supports under the five-pillar package; and if not, whether one is planned. [36718/26]
484. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any independent oversight, audit or review mechanism has been established to monitor implementation of the five-pillar support package for survivors of residential institutional abuse. [36719/26]
485. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently known to the National Council for Special Education as seeking but not yet having secured a special class or special school placement for the 2026/2027 school year, broken down by county and school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36724/26]
486. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the NCSE Parent Notify process is subject to formal audit, compliance review or independent evaluation; if so, to provide the dates, scope and findings of any such reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36725/26]
487. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of behaviour support practitioner posts approved nationally for special schools; the number currently filled; the number vacant; the average time from approval to commencement of service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36726/26]
488. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any service-level targets or performance indicators apply to the filling of behaviour support practitioner posts once approved by the NCSE; and if not, whether such targets are under consideration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36727/26]
489. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the behaviour support practitioner post allocated to a school (details supplied); whether the post has commenced; and if not, the reason for the delay and the expected commencement date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36728/26]
490. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of eligible referrals to the iScoil programme that were refused in each academic year since 2022/2023; the principal reasons for refusal; whether alternative educational provision was offered in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36729/26]
491. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she is satisfied that the absence of a waiting list for iScoil provides adequate transparency and accountability in circumstances where eligible referrals are refused due to funding or capacity limitations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36730/26]
492. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has assessed the need for an interim educational pathway for children on reduced timetables, limited home tuition or without a secured school place who do not meet current eligibility criteria for iScoil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36731/26]
549. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is permitted for a post-primary school to require parents to purchase a specific laptop model from a single designated supplier as a condition of a student’s participation in classroom learning; and if so, the statutory, circular or policy basis for same. [37796/26]
550. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the mandatory arrangements schools are required to have in place to ensure that students whose families cannot afford a compulsory laptop purchase are not excluded from full participation in teaching, learning and assessment; and if she will outline the minimum standard expected. [37797/26]
551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the assessment her Department has made of the impact of compulsory laptop purchase schemes on educational equality and disadvantage, including the risk of students being singled out or excluded due to inability to pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37798/26]
552. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that applications for exceptional needs payments are being refused by the Department of Social Protection in cases where families cannot afford compulsory school laptop costs, on the basis that schools should have funding available; and if she will clarify whether her Department accepts responsibility for ensuring that students have ac…
553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ICT-related funding streams provided to post-primary schools, including digital strategy and technology grants, and to clarify whether such funding may be used to provide devices directly to students who cannot afford compulsory laptop costs. [37800/26]
554. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the oversight and enforcement mechanisms that exist to regulate school policies which impose compulsory laptop purchases on parents, including where parents are directed to a single supplier; and the actions available to the Department where such policies cause financial hardship. [37801/26]
555. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will issue a national direction to all post-primary schools prohibiting compulsory laptop purchase schemes which require parents to buy devices privately as a condition of curriculum access; and if not, the reasons for same. [37802/26]
556. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of complaints, representations or queries received by her department in each of the past five years relating to compulsory laptop or digital device purchase schemes in post-primary schools; and the actions taken by the Department in response. [37803/26]
557. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm whether requiring parents to purchase a laptop in order for a child to fully participate in classroom learning is consistent with the principle of free post-primary education; and if she will outline the steps she will take to ensure no child is excluded from education due to inability to pay. [37804/26]
558. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth in respect of funding provided to post-primary schools under the Digital Strategy for Schools and associated ICT and technology grant schemes, the checks and oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that such funding is being used to support student access to digital learning, including the provision of laptops or devices for students whose families ca…
562. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is appropriate, and in line with Department policy, for a home school liaison officer or any member of staff in a DEIS post-primary school to advise parents to take out a loan from a credit union in order to meet the cost of a compulsory laptop purchase for a student; and if she will outline the guidance, instruction or oversight exists to ensur…
295. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the current Department policy and design guidance relating to the provision of unisex or gender-neutral toilet facilities in primary and post-primary schools; whether her Department requires the provision of single-sex toilets in all schools; whether unisex facilities may be provided in addition to single-sex toilets; and if she will provid…