Questions

138. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown, by programme subhead, of the additional €646 million allocated to her Department in 2026, distinguishing between pay and non-pay; the projected end of 2026 outrun for each subhead; and whether her Department currently projects any further expenditure beyond its revised 2026 allocation. [74462/26]

511. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the procedures followed where an applicant for international protection who has been enrolled in second-level education as a child is subsequently found not to be a minor following an age assessment; whether such persons remain enrolled in second-level schools or are removed from those settings; the number of cases arising in each of the past five y…

379. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the procedures followed when a person enrolled in second-level education is subsequently determined not to be a minor; whether such persons are removed from second-level education; and the number removed in each of the past five years. [72140/26]

342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will give the go ahead for the addition of the construction of an extension and a safe car park at a school (details supplied). [67981/26]

516. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have compulsory fees in both primary and secondary level; and the number of schools that take children out of class to ask them the reason they are not paying fees. [64613/26]

533. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans currently in place to establish new Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí over the next five years; and the locations being considered. [64841/26]

534. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current enrolment and approved pupil capacity of each Gaelscoil and Gaelcholáiste in the State; and the number operating at or above capacity. [64840/26]

537. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of Irish-medium primary schools (Gaelscoileanna) and Irish-medium post-primary schools (Gaelcholáistí) currently operating in the State, by county. [64838/26]

539. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth which body or bodies have legal responsibility for ensuring that teachers employed in voluntary secondary schools have their employment rights protected and are provided with a safe working environment. [64920/26]

540. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a teacher pursuing a complaint before the Workplace Relations Commission, the Labour Court or under protected disclosures legislation is required to exhaust or engage with internal school complaints procedures in order to avail of statutory protections. [64919/26]

541. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth who is the legal employer of teachers in voluntary secondary schools; and if the employer is deemed to be the board of management, the school patron, the Department of Education or another body. [64917/26]

542. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if professional master of education pathways are currently available to graduates of the BA home economics programme at St Angela's College; and if she will provide details of the number of available places on such programmes. [64929/26]

546. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications for places in Irish-medium post-primary schools that were unsuccessful in each of the past five years, by school and county; and the measures being taken to ensure sufficient Gaelcholáiste places are available to meet demand. [64842/26]

280. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school transport tickets issued under the school transport scheme for each of the academic years 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026, broken down by eligible tickets and discretionary tickets; the number of applications received for discretionary school transport tickets in each of those academic years; the number of discretionary tick…

332. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the next steps she will take for the schools cluster programme; the implications for class sizes especially in rural schools; and if her Department is seeking additional funding to sustain these rural schools. [50881/26]

333. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of small rural schools in each county over each of the past twenty years; the annual enrolment in each school in the same time period; and the total maximum allocation for enrolment of each, in tabular form. [50882/26]

174. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the eligibility of a school (details supplied) for inclusion in the DEIS programme; if her attention has been drawn to pupil Eircodes that had not been entered on the Primary Online Database at the time of the most recent DEIS review; to outline a mechanism through which the school may seek a reassessment of its DEIS status; and if she wil…

167. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process by which the wording of a recent State Examinations Commission Leaving Certificate Paper which had a question referring to a "pregnant person" was developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47957/26]

168. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the State Examinations Commission has a policy, guidance document or framework governing the use of gender-neutral terminology in examination papers; if so will she provide details of same; and whether any external advisors, organisations or stakeholders were consulted regarding the language used in the instance of a recent question in the L…

169. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures the State Examinations Commission takes to ensure that examination content remains objective, evidence-based and free from political or ideological influence in the preparation of examination papers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47959/26]

170. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the application from a school (details supplied) to allocate an additional 2.5 SET hours given the high level of need within the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47960/26]

364. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions being taken to ensure adequate special needs assistants (SNA's) staffing levels in view of reports that shortages of SNAs are resulting in Summer Provision Programmes being cancelled, thereby depriving children with additional needs of essential support; the number of Summer Provision Programmes that have been affected or cancelled due t…

374. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total landholding of her Department, broken down by county, including the amount currently unused or vacant, the portion zoned for development, and the number of sites that include vacant or derelict properties. [47622/26]

462. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has an any way to identify which Parliamentary Questions are AI generated; and the amount it costs, on average, to answer a Parliamentary Question. [45367/26]

736. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason years spent teaching abroad in public and private post-primary schools are not counted as years of educational service in terms of pay and promotion (details supplied); and if she will introduce a financial and promotional credit system for teachers who have worked abroad to encourage the return of teachers and the introduction of their e…