348. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department, or any agency or body under its aegis, has worked with, supported, promoted, facilitated, or otherwise engaged with schools in relation to participation in a programme (details supplied); whether schools have been encouraged or assisted to participate in this programme through her Department; and if she will make a statement …
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364. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if gender neutral toilets are being located in a new school (details supplied); the number of national schools that currently have gender neutral toilets located in their schools; the number of planned national schools that will have gender neutral toilets located in their schools; the number of secondary schools currently have gender neutral toilet…
169. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No’s 471, 472 and 473 of 4 February 2026, if her Department will commit to an audit of the actual figures of children currently waiting for a placement in each county per year (details supplied). [10886/26]
471. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who have been referred for a place in a special school in each county, each year for the past ten years. [7482/26]
472. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average waiting list time for a child placement after receiving the referral. [7483/26]
473. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children which are still waiting for placement in each county, each year, for the past five years. [7484/26]
474. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special school placements which are available, by county, by year. [7485/26]
539. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a permanent special school will be delivered for County Monaghan; if a location has been chosen for this school; if design plans are in place; the timeline for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8154/26]
101. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she or any of her officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for her Department, or to issue responses to parliamentary questions, since she took office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4591/26]
102. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a paid subscription with a social media company (details supplied). [4609/26]
329. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school policies allowing students to bring home free school books, keeping parents engaged in their child's education, are adopted nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2996/26]
330. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has considered a target for primary schools to become Gaelscoileanna using the Content and Language Integrated Learning method. [2997/26]
1157. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to fund the upgrade of the DCG devices which are used for post-primary schools (details supplied). [74885/25]
116. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of Gaelscoileanna which have closed in each of the past ten years. [70362/25]
123. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the purpose of the new primary school ethos survey announced in recent weeks. [70363/25]
247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures in place to stop an individual, or group of individuals, from undertaking the Primary School Survey multiple times by inserting a different Eircode each time; and the systems in place to prevent a group of ideologically motivated individuals from skewing the survey. [62298/25]
248. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the flaws in the Primary School Survey (details supplied). [62299/25]
249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she aware that the framing of a survey question can significantly change the answer that will be given by the person completing the survey (details supplied). [62300/25]
914. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reversing her Department's decision to suppress a developing teacher post at a national school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60038/25]
378. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of empty buildings that the Department of Education and Youth have in County Meath, in tabular form. [56543/25]
433. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the design stage of each project under her Department, in each county, and year of application submitted, in tabular form. [57346/25]
434. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of projects under her Department that are at design stage 2B, and the year of application submitted, in tabular form. [57347/25]
475. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the names of the companies to which each study, research and report was outsourced; the total cost for each; the number of reports finalised and presented to her that have yet to be released by …
265. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the devices purchasing framework for schools contract with a company (details supplied), if devices are being used to replace free schoolbooks in schools; the cost to parents for devices under the contract; and the way in which this meets the commitment of lowering the cost of school resources for parents. [50985/25]
266. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the consultation that took place with parents prior to the issuing of the NSCE Guidelines for the Review of SNA Allocations 2025/2026; the reason support for emotional regulation or social skills have been excluded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50994/25]