Questions

396. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the portion of funding announced in Budget 2027 that will be committed to special education in Dublin bay south; the number of new places in mainstream and special schools that will result from that allocation in Dublin bay south, respectively; and her plans to ensure that pupils with additional needs will be required to leave their community to acces…

586. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average processing time for an application for the redress scheme for survivors of institutional abuse; the number of staff allocated to work on such applications and the proportion of these allocated on a full-time basis; and her plans to accelerate the processing time for applications, grant of payment and payment of monies. [65247/26]

415. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure the inclusion of persons who are nonverbal in redress schemes run by her Department and intended to compensate and give justice to survivors of institutional abuse. [49777/26]

526. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the specific trauma-informed training that is in place for Departmental staff tasked with dealing with applicants and querists under the survivor supports work in relation to the supports available for survivors of residential institutional abuse; if a policy is in place in relation to the need to minimise the number of requests made of s…

527. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if persons who interacted with Caranua are required to re-supply all details of their experience of institutional abuse while accessing supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse; if a GDPR-compliant means of data sharing and retention can be used in the management of supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse to avoid th…

528. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to consolidate the application process for supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse such that an applicant would have to deal with just one form, rather than three as is currently required; her plans to include a printout of the eligibility criteria as part of the issuing of those forms; and her views on the disproportionate…

529. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to review the application process for supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse; and the way in which such a review will gather the direct input of persons who have experience of using the system as an applicant. [45964/26]

530. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of persons who have successfully completed an application, who have commenced but did not complete an application, the number of live applications, for health supports, education supports, advocacy supports, funeral costs and certification relating to detention in a relevant institution, in tabular form; and if her Department is monitoring …

531. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department provides retrospective funeral grant funding as part of the support package for survivors of residential institutional abuse, instead of replicating the pre-paid model used by Caranua. [45966/26]

532. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the internal policy regarding the education support grant for survivors of residential institutional abuse; if it is the case that officials are encouraged to grant the minimum payment of €500 to applicants; that there is a higher threshold for disbursing the informal €600 grant; if it is the position that applicants should borrow money to self-fund t…

812. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount sought from religious orders and associated trusts and organisations for statutory compensation schemes in respect of child abuse, including sexual abuse, in tabular form; the total amount pledged by religious orders and associated trusts and organisations; the total amount paid out by religious orders and associated trusts and organi…

813. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the value of unpaid pledges by religious orders to statutory redress schemes in respect of child abuse, including sexual abuse. [42135/26]

814. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total State expenditure by her Department on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, separated by scheme; the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, adjusted for inflation; and the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory re…

815. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will supply a schedule of requests by her Department to religious orders for contribution to compensation and redress for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse; and the outcome of each request. [42143/26]

826. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average age of applicants for redress schemes relating to child sexual abuse, across statutory schemes, including in respect of schemes that have closed. [42204/26]

827. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applicants for redress under a statutory scheme relating to institutional abuse and historic child sexual abuse within an institution who died prior to payment of compensation under that scheme, in tabular form. [42206/26]

828. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the shortfall between State expenditure and institutional contributions to redress schemes operated under the auspices of her Department, in tabular form. [42209/26]

842. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has put a building on the market for private sale that is on the same site as a number of schools; and if she can ensure that it can be purchased by her Department and used for educational purposes to accommodate the new Gaelcholáiste. [42349/26]

642. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process that should be followed to address an issue at a site (details supplied) owned by her Department. [40264/26]

86. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the measures for housing liaison officers, health supports and funeral grant supports announced in the recent package of supports via the Department under the auspices of the Supports for Survivors for institutional Abuse Act 2025 are only for those survivors from Industrial and reformatory institution; and if the Government will extend these suppor…

511. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will report on progress regarding pay and conditions for school secretaries. [28482/26]

1514. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a person (details supplied) will be facilitated to sit their State examinations; if she has discussed the matter with the Minister for Justice, Migration and Home Affairs, as it pertains to the individual concerned and more generally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26935/26]

743. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline for the installation of urgent ramp accessibility works at a school (details supplied); and if her Department sanctioned the accessibility works at this school. [19127/26]

826. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional supports which have been provided under the redress measures she announced on Friday 6 March 2026, as against what was already in place; the way in which she specifically progressed calls for enhanced medical card and financial supports in pension payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19769/26]

827. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provision that will be made available for survivors of industrial schools who missed the deadline to apply for the Industrial school redress scheme of September 2011. [19770/26]