615. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 16 July 2025 and her predecessors reply in the context of the protection of school children, in addition to her Department’s undertaking “to review this matter with the HSE to determine whether there is a need to communicate further guidance on this matter to schools in the coming term”, if she will pro…
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616. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth in the context of the protection of school children, is she aware of the fact that the previous Minister of Housing, Local Government and Heritage/National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), upon the advice of his then Department/NPWS, withdrew the proactive, elective Derogation Regulation, ; her views on whether the derogation must be restored wi…
446. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of the number of schools in Dublin Fingal West that had initially participated in a review of SNA allocation for the 2026/27 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16532/26]
485. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an emergency works application (details supplied); if she could give an update and outline a timeline for when flood damage might be repaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14169/26]
619. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of an application (details supplied) with her Department since before the Covid-19 pandemic for the replacement of the temporary buildings that account for approximately 90% of a school structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11915/26]
136. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the planning her Department has undertaken or will be undertaking to meet the schooling needs of the Balbriggan community, given the plans for further significant housing development for the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10934/26]
184. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason Balbriggan was excluded in the recently published list of schools to receive building upgrades given its rapidly expanding young population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10935/26]
64. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the application process for higher scales for administrative grades below the grade of assistant principal operated in her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2648/26]
1063. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 16 July 2025, if she will provide a copy of all of the undertaken review correspondence with the HSE and the outcome therefrom (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74330/25]
272. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by her Department will meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62467/25]
273. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation, charity or service provider directly funded by her Department; and the details of each specific directly funded post in each body, in tabular form. [62472/25]
820. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address safety concerns regarding the transportation of children from a particular location to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59177/25]
436. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all the construction-related reports required to progress a school building project (details supplied) advised by her Department in July 2024 to proceed with a new planning application, which should include decarbonisation, have been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57349/25]
126. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth in the context of the protection of schoolchildren, all school staff, teachers, support staff and caretakers, and their health and safety, if he is aware of serious harms being caused (and escalating) for several years now by high density, breeding gull colonies in many schools around the country; if she has noted the recent very stark warnings in…
382. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding will be provided as indicated by a DDLETB officer for a post to be split between administration and youth support worker for a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33602/25]
641. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans that are in place to utilise the land and building following the relocation of a school (details supplied); if there will be community consultation on the future use for the existing building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30043/25]
644. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 7 May 2025, if the person is part of the public service pensions scheme; the actions that are required by the school for them to continue unemployment after their 70th birthday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30085/25]
221. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the procedure to be followed by a school and the board of management to facilitate the continued employment of a person past their 70th birthday (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24944/25]
233. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of the procedure to be followed by a school and the board of management to facilitate the continued employment of a person past their 70th birthday (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25062/25]
188. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a recent staffing allocation decision for the 2025-2026 school year that has resulted in the loss of a mainstream class teacher at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22468/25]
190. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail the circumstances in which a school secretary who is employed since 1996 can work past 70 years of age with the agreement of the board of management; if she will provide details of the forms or procedures to be followed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22491/25]
464. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the status or regard a school should have for a doctor’s recommendation that action be taken to support a pupil who is suffering mentally with the stress of an ongoing series of incidents, where that doctor’s letter recommends that action be taken by the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16619/25]
465. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if there are special provisions in place where a transfer to another school is recommended by a medical professional but where there are no suitable school places in the immediate vicinity of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16620/25]
466. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if there are any circumstances in which her Department or her office will intervene to protect the health, safety and welfare of a child where the school management have not responded adequately to the recommendations of a medical professional; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16621/25]
386. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a mechanism whereby a school parents’ association can ensure that there is engagement from the board of management of the school; if her Department offers impartial mediation support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15126/25]