833. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of bicycle shelters installed across the State by her Department on behalf of Government Departments, local authorities, and State agencies in each of the past five years; the total expenditure incurred in each year; the average cost per unit; and if she will provide a breakdown by Department, local authority and agency. [42256/26]
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834. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount spent on IT systems and related projects by her Department and agencies under its remit in each of the past five years; to provide a detailed breakdown of all such projects, including original budget, final cost, and delivery timelines; the number and value of projects that exceeded their original budget or timeline; the number and …
93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth in light of ongoing concerns about school transport access, to provide a county-by-county breakdown for 2025 of the number of primary and post-primary pupils unable to secure school transport; the number of concessionary tickets issued; the number of children in IPAS accommodation provided with school transport; the number of vacant seats on services…
610. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there has been any progress in ring fencing a portion of the ICT funding allocated to post primary schools specifically for the provision of suitable computers for design and communication graphics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34937/26]
611. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has engaged with post primary schools, teachers or relevant stakeholders regarding the need to ring fence ICT funding for DCG specific computer equipment; and if so, the outcome of those engagements. [34938/26]
612. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration is being given to introducing a dedicated or ring fenced allocation within the post primary ICT grant to ensure schools can meet the technical requirements of design and communication graphics; and if she will outline any plans or timelines in this regard. [34939/26]
613. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth her assessment of the impact on the delivery of design and communication graphics in post primary schools where ICT funding is insufficient to provide appropriate computer equipment; and the measures being taken to address this issue. [34940/26]
378. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to her Department or State bodies that are responsible to her Department.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32285/26]
320. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth for any update regarding the Educate Together School that is planned for a site (details supplied); and if there is a timeframe for the proposed building. [31782/26]
9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of pupils assessed as requiring special needs assistant support who did not have that support in place at the commencement of the school year in each of the past three academic years; the number of special needs assistant posts approved but unfilled at the start of each year; the average delay between approval and deployment; and whether an…
70. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who, for the 2025–2026 academic year, were unable to secure a school place at primary or post-primary level despite applying within published timeframes; the number of formal school place refusals issued nationally; the number of cases in which her Department was required to intervene directly to secure a placement; and the num…
601. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school buses that have been part of the Bus Éireann fleet for each of the last five years. [20891/26]
602. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average age of school buses that have been part of the Bus Éireann fleet for each of the last five years. [20892/26]
603. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average age of the oldest decile of school buses that have been part of the Bus Éireann fleet for each of the last five years. [20893/26]
604. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average age of school buses in each county or region that have been part of the Bus Éireann fleet for each of the last five years. [20894/26]
605. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of bus mechanics that have been employed to work on school buses for each of the last five years. [20895/26]
893. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by her and all members of her staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20605/26]
894. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by all Junior Ministers in her Department and their members of staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20623/26]
895. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted due to St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026; and the amount paid.
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896. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of carbon that has been emitted by transport used by her, the Junior Ministers in her Department, and their staff for each of the past five years; if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted because of transport; and the amount paid in each year. [20660/26]
402. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will return the position of full-time caretaker to a school (details supplied). [16209/26]
512. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the review of the policy within the school transport scheme, which prevents school bus drivers aged 70 years-of-age and over from driving will be completed; her plans to change this policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17042/26]
156. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current number of primary and secondary schools that are in debt; and the total amount of debt owed by primary and secondary schools, in each of the past five years. [13233/26]
346. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is a canteen in her Department headquarters; and if the Minister can provide assurances that all meat sold or provided in that canteen is of Irish origin. [11179/26]
347. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department, or any agency or body under its aegis, has at any time entered into a contract, funding arrangement, partnership, service agreement, or other working relationship with the organisation (details supplied); the nature and duration of any such engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11213/26]