108. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 30 June 2026, if she will consider granting an additional SNA to a school (details supplied) provisionally from 1 September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52139/26]
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363. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the full year cost in 2024 and 2025 of capital spending to build and renovate schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51314/26]
364. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual cost of capitation grant for primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51344/26]
365. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 1,500, 2,000, and 2,500 respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51345/26]
366. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of special education teachers by 500, 1,000, and 1,500 respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51346/26]
367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of psychologists currently employed by NEPS; the number of sanctioned psychologist posts in NEPS; the estimated full-year cost of running NEPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51348/26]
368. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year cost of making primary- and post-primary education totally free, such as abolishing all charges (including voluntary contributions), providing free school uniforms, books and all other required equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51349/26]
369. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide free school transport to all primary and post-primary school students in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51350/26]
383. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the decision to remove the SNA for IPAS students from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49198/26]
274. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with the mother of a five-year-old child (details supplied), who has no school place for this September, despite his mother applying to 23 schools so far. [48360/26]
459. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 28 May 2026, wherein a detailed breakdown of children without an appropriate school place for September 2026 was requested, to provide the requested data alongside an overview of all data held by her Department and the NCSE as regards unmet need for special education places for September 2026. [452…
518. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the recent Leaving Certificate honours maths papers; if she acknowledges that the 25% uplift was introduced to encourage more students to choose honours maths but if papers are exceptionally difficult as reported this year, this will run counter to the reason the uplift was introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matt…
519. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that in the recent Leaving Certificate biology examination, the exam booklet credits a website (details supplied) for making diagrams for the exam and that this is an AI generation tool for biology questions; her views on students’ assertion that some of the diagrams, notably the one on meiosis and mitosis, were incorrect; if …
863. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth to ensure that there is an appropriate school place for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42734/26]
85. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the promised SNA circulars to replace 30/2014 and on redeployment will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40714/26]
184. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a detailed breakdown of children without an appropriate school place for September 2026, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40713/26]
587. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary questions Nos. 413 to 420 of the 26 March 2026 the measures in place for her Department to identify "twice exceptional" children outside of the assessment of needs process (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39537/26]
505. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a proposal from a school (details supplied) which would create extra recreational space for the schoolchildren and free up land in the existing boundary for the creation of a number of special classes; if she will commit to exploring the proposal with the principal and engage in talks with the landowner; and if she will m…
127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the school level data to be released shortly will include school level data for all multi-denominational schools and denominational schools; if she will publish the full percentage response from all parents, including parents of preschool children and parents of children in multi denominational schools to the question of whether denominati…
623. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the process whereby a returning emigrant family can access school spaces for their child, due to start in second class in September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30878/26]
4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will implement the alternative circular drafted by the Save our SNAs campaign group (details supplied) to ensure that all school students have supports appropriate to their needs. [29532/26]
55. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views that all the special classes sanctioned for September 2026 will be delivered; if lessons have been learned from the failure to deliver same for the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29167/26]
76. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who are in need of a place in a special classroom and have not had an offer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29168/26]
495. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the current release of the primary school survey results appears to exclude significant data cohorts, specifically parents of children in multi-denominational schools and the early years/preschool sectors (details supplied); if she will clarify when the full data will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28…
1210. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a full account of the way in which school building projects, particularly those related to SEN provision, are assigned directly to the planning and building unit for management/delivery or to "devolved delivery" pathways with projects managed by schools or by external project managers. [23573/26]