Questions

330. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an outline of all the events being planned by her Department for the EU Presidency; if she will provide details of all bursaries or grants being supported by her Department for stakeholder events or activities for the EU Presidency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32068/26]

331. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a date for Oíche na hÓige will be announced; the budget her Department has allocated for the running of the event for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32069/26]

359. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of legal cases taken against her Department by parents or guardians in order to secure a school place for their child for the 2025-2026 academic year; if her Department will cover the legal costs of parents who had to go to court to obtain a school placement for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32218/26]

577. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth following comments by the Taoiseach (details supplied), to outline the original number of teachers that were to be provided, and the additional number provided for in this announcement; the original number of special needs assistants that were to be provided, and the additional number provided for in this announcement; and the number of applicatio…

1. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in Dunshaughlin, County Meath on waiting lists and still without an offer of a junior infants place for September 2026; the measures she will take to provide additional places, including with respect to language and ethos preferences; the date on which she will meet with Meath East TDs and local principals to discuss possible …

3. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been brought to the long and complex planning history of a new school building project (details supplied); that ten-year planning permission for the new school building project will expire in August 2026; the measures she will take to ensure this project is advanced before planning expires, or the steps that will need to be take…

21. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in light of the cost-of-living crisis and cost-of-doing-business crisis, if she will reverse the reintroduction of leaving certificate and junior certificate fees, and increases in school transport fees; and if she will engage with school transport operators to ensure that they are adequately supported with the increased cost of fuel. [29045/26]

39. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the SNA redeployment scheme, workforce development plan and review of the 2014 circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29044/26]

42. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions she is taking to strengthen the local youth club grant scheme, as per the commitment in the Programme for Government; the number of clubs, per county, that receive funding in 2026; the number of young people enrolled in clubs, per county; and the number of first time grant applications in 2025 and to date in 2026, per county. [29046/26]

87. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the declaration form in Appendix 1 of Circulars 0037/2026 and 0038/2026 requires teachers to declare union affiliation as a condition of applying for a post of responsibility; if she recognises this is without precedent in Irish education; if she will reverse this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29042/26]

119. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children attending primary school in 2025/2026 in classes of 30 or more children; the number attending in classes of 29 or less; the number attending in classes of 24 or less, in tabular form; the efforts she is making to reduce class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29043/26]

113. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for reconstituting the National Youth Work Advisory Committee, a statutory body under section 17 of the Youth Work Act 2001; if the restoration of this statutory committee is envisaged within the implementation actions for Opportunities for Youth 2024-2028; how the representative body prescribed under the Act will be engaged in the imple…

485. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [27997/26]

486. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [27998/26]

487. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [28000/26]

488. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to tender stage. [28001/26]

489. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction stage. [28002/26]

522. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications to date for each support available under the package of supports for survivors of abuse in residential institutions such as industrial schools and reformatories; the total value of each; the estimated waiting time it will take from the time of application to when the support is allocated; and if she will make a statement…

240. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the complete results of the national survey carried out by her Department on primary school preferences will be published, including data from parents of children in pre-school and children currently attending non-denominational primary schools relating to their school ethos preference. [27434/26]

241. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the list of primary schools in the south Conamara region, by name, address, daily language used, patronage and religious ethos of each school, in tabular form. [27435/26]

242. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the list of schools operating entirely through the medium of Irish in Gaeltacht areas that are multi-denominational or non-denominational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27436/26]

1356. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary and post-primary schools that applied for funding to install solar panels in 2024 and 2025; the number and value of grants awarded in 2024 and 2025; the estimated number of primary and post primary schools with no solar panels installed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25191/26]

1434. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of primary school students, post-primary students and the total number of families, using the school transport scheme in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25709/26]

1445. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to review school transport contracts for contracted operators in light of the significant increase in fuel costs and the fact that many contracts are now years old; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25854/26]

1478. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth she is aware of the need for additional SEN places in County Meath; her plans to progress the two SEN and one mainstream class building project at a school (details supplied) in order to help meet existing and projected demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26301/26]