133. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding school planning for Knocknacarra County Galway; if consideration is being given to providing a new secondary school for the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22915/26]
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134. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth which recommendations contained in the report of the Dublin 15 Schools Task Force have already been implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22938/26]
135. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the report of the Dublin 15 Schools Task Force will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22939/26]
543. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the application by a school (details supplied) for an emergency works grant to deal with leaks in the school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22311/26]
875. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation application submitted by a school (details supplied). [20255/26]
347. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department can issue a national circular stating that electric scooters are not permitted on the grounds of primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15996/26]
134. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when funding will be provided for a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15572/26]
581. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on when her Department will meet three schools in Dublin 7 (details supplied) for the Stage 2A review meeting regarding the proposal to demolish and rebuild their schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15033/26]
582. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the status of recently announced SNA reviews where schools have lost an SNA allocation, whether schools still need to lodge an SNA appeal if they do not wish to lose an SNA; the status of the 'pause' announced on 17 February; if will schools be directly informed regarding the status of the pause and how it impacts on the letter they re…
184. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the new school bus route between the temporary location of a school (details supplied) and the Hollywoodrath-Tyrrelstown area will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13414/26]
611. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the report of the Dublin 15 Special Education Taskforce will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11891/26]
625. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the decision in Circular 0002/2026 to award bonus marks for both written examinations and continuous assessment components completed through Irish only from 2027 onwards, and not to extend this provision to students sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12010/26]
626. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she recognises that the implications of Circular 0002/2026 creates a measurable disadvantage for the 2026 cohort of students, particularly for students attending Irish-medium schools, where significant assessed components including project work accounting for 20% of the overall mark in subjects such as history and geography are completed throu…
627. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider extending the awarding of bonus marks for continuous assessment components completed through Irish to students sitting the 2026 Leaving Certificate, in order to ensure parity between students completing identical work in consecutive years and to uphold principles of fairness within the education system; and if she will make a…
182. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a temporary bus could be provided to take students from the Mulhuddart_Tyrrelstown_D15 School Planning Area to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10927/26]
188. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will provide a date for the Stage 2A review meeting to three schools in Dublin 7 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10926/26]
129. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the working definition used by her Department for the term inclusion and for the term complex needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10532/26]
605. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the lack of ASD capacity in the Dublin 7 area for girls transitioning out of infant classes; if her Department is making the necessary arrangements to facilitate the opening of a second ASD class at a school in Dublin 7 (details supplied) to address this critical shortfall; the way in which her Department intend…
535. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to report on the progress of the Schools Photovoltaic Programme; the number of schools that have completed installations, been approved for funding and expressed interest; the amount that has been spent on the scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8110/26]
262. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for two schools to occupy or change their current location (details supplied); if it is also planned for an as yet un-established primary school to be located at this site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7183/26]
482. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the current exclusion of schools designated as DEIS after 2022 from the Junior Certificate School Programme digital library service; her plans to end the exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5659/26]
573. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that three schools in the Dublin west constituency (details supplied) are awaiting a meeting between their design team her Department to advance the project to demolish and rebuild their schools on a single campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6531/26]
1035. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for tree planting and biodiversity at the site of (details supplied); if there could be planting of trees along the periphery wall for residents’ privacy; the funding available for schools to apply for tree planting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74004/25]
233. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the Government will consider legislating for a systemic increase in the provision of Irish-medium education in the country over a medium- to long-term basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72752/25]
234. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a stated policy that it will only provide new Irish medium schools within the existing number of schools, rather than building new Irish medium schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72753/25]