351. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reverse the redesignation of special classes, which will place children with mild general learning disabilities back into mainstream classes. [35425/25]
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377. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth considering the rising population and increasing demand in Dunshaughlin, Ratoath and Ashbourne, the measures she is taking to secure additional ASD classes in schools in these areas. [35714/25]
409. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there has been a change to the school bus place application process for children with special educational needs; if she will outline the process for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36147/25]
384. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 12 June 2025 (details supplied), the number of children that account for the 92% of allocations receiving a place in a special class/school, by county. [33621/25]
426. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to ensure reasonable accommodations for standardised testing in primary schools, such as increased time for dyslexic children is taking place at the moment. [34145/25]
286. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 12 June 2025 regarding the more than 92% of children who have been allocated a place or are in the process of being allocated a place, the exact number of children this refers to, and for a breakdown of same, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33337/25]
288. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 327 of 12 June 2025, the number of teachers required to reduce the teacher pupil ratio to 19:1 and 18:1 respectively. [33379/25]
73. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide guidance on when a school should provide an SNA for children with ADHD and diabetes, and whether age and severity is taken into account. [32930/25]
77. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the procedures for the development and implementation of new policies and materials relating to primary and post-primary education. [32960/25]
79. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNAs that have retired in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33006/25]
80. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new SNAs that started positions in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33007/25]
396. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will stop all payslips being sent out to SNA’s and school staff as they can be received online and reassign the funds of sending them via post to school facilities and classrooms. [32003/25]
413. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views of existing restrictions on teachers taking parental leave in individual days as can contribute to a lack of continuity between students and individual teachers; if she intends to review existing restrictions on teachers taking parental leave in individual days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32125/25]
417. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she intends to introduce job-sharing arrangements for primary school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32135/25]
418. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she intends to introduce job-sharing arrangements for secondary school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32136/25]
419. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to review the use of the supplementary panel used in primary school teacher recruitment in Catholic schools; if open recruitment would not be a fairer and more efficient way to recruit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32137/25]
434. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has plans to provide more clarity on the syllabus provided to English teachers for Junior Cycle exams; if there are plans to remove teachers freedom to choose specific examples of topics to cover, for example a short story; and if she plans to review the marking scheme for this year’s Junior Cycle exam. [32407/25]
449. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the 1,600 additional SNA posts promised by her have been awarded. [32626/25]
450. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are now over 23,600 SNAs for the coming academic year. [32627/25]
451. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNA posts that are part-time hours or job-sharing posts. [32628/25]
452. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to reverse the national budgetary cap on SNA posts. [32629/25]
85. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline, in the context of special education preparedness for September 2025, the number of children with special educational needs but currently without an appropriate school place for September 2025, and the plans to address this; the way in which special needs assistant, SNA, posts will be allocated to these children and all children with spe…
87. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, in light of the deep concern regarding, among other things, the resourcing of schools, training of teachers and impact of artificial intelligence on the validity and authenticity of additional assessment components, and the related recent vote of rejection by the ASTI union, she will pause her accelerated plan for senior cycle redevelopment and…
110. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional home school liaison officers and educational welfare officers her Department will provide to schools across the State for the 2025-26 academic year; the number of unfilled posts currently; the funding and recruitment processes she intends to provide to fill new and existing vacancies; and if she will make a statement on th…
133. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth how she intends to tackle soaring school running costs; if she will initiative a comprehensive review of school running costs and schools funding; if she will increase school capitation by 20% for primary schools in budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31222/25]