397. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention Early Intervention classes in place across the country from 2020–2025; to provide a breakdown of classes operational by county during this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69303/25]
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236. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently review the decision to provide only an 8-classroom permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the reason her Department has not approved a 16-classroom school building, given that both current and projected enrolment figures on record with the Department clearly demonstrate sustained oversubscription for junio…
293. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a national school pupil in County Kerry (details supplied) will be provided with assisted technology; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66802/25]
297. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if extra time will be in place for State exams 2026 for students with dyslexia and dyscalculia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66819/25]
147. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a breakdown of all primary school provision, per county, for the years 2020–2025, including patronage, co-education and Irish-medium provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64328/25]
103. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a school (details supplied) has access to child psychologists through the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60224/25]
17. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the proposed summer works scheme for 2026; the amount of funding being made available for the scheme in 2026; the themes which will be considered as part of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59450/25]
96. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the school building programme for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59449/25]
710. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an improvement works project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58358/25]
822. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the development of a construction project of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59201/25]
67. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school bus route will be provided with a larger bus to accommodate students (details supplied). [57646/25]
402. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on proposed works to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57014/25]
440. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review an application under the summer works scheme for a primary school (details supplied); if she will ensure that this application is given full consideration for approval in the 2025 summer works scheme, in light of the urgent need for remedial works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54845/25]
471. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 471 of 30 September 2025, if he will further engage with Bus Éireann regarding a person’s response to the reply received (details supplied); to provide clarity on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55145/25]
178. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to approving the establishment of a special class in a school (details supplied) for the 2026-27 academic year, in view of the fact the school has identified an available classroom to accommodate such a class, that the school is centrally located, and that there is strong local demand from families for the provision…
471. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason Bus Éireann will not reconsider its position regarding school transport (details supplied), to facilitate children from Moanroe, Newcastle West, County Limerick. [51600/25]
392. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the extension to a school (details supplied), which was approved in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37184/25]
337. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current qualification requirements for learning support (SET) teachers in Ireland, specifically, the need for candidates to hold qualifications in Irish when the majority of children availing of SET are exempt from Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31481/25]
551. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process of referring a primary school pupil to an educational psychologist for assessment; if there is a certain number of referrals allocated to each school; if part of the criteria is that the child needs to be a certain age before referral can be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29522/25]
191. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm if an SNA allocation and review can proceed at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22493/25]
212. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all schools in Cork that are currently included in the DEIS programme band 1 and band 2, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22737/25]
217. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education the number of providers that are enrolled with Bus Éireann to provide school transport services for children with special educational needs in Cork for each of the years 2020 to 2024; the efforts being taken to enrol more providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21748/25]
175. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on special schools and special classes in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16752/25]
194. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the school transport scheme for the 2025/2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16753/25]
380. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be made available to two students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15098/25]