Questions

366. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number, by county, of home school liaison teachers operating at present in primary schools. [72083/26]

367. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number, by county, of home school liaison teachers operating at present in secondary schools. [72084/26]

384. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline when applications may open for schools for new home school liaison teachers; and the criteria to be used for allocation. [72122/26]

206. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the planned development of a school (details supplied). [69938/26]

242. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the planned development at a school (details supplied) in Bunclody, Co. Wexford. [70359/26]

286. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale that contractors for school buses must physically visit schools to collect signatures that schools are operational; the reason the process cannot be done digitally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70488/26]

1184. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on discussions to resolve the pension dispute for school caretakers and secretaries. [55800/26]

1185. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the policies that exist to ensure a minimum level of space for sporting and recreational purposes are provided in the construction of new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55801/26]

19. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline any progress toward providing a general purpose hall or sporting facilities for a school (details supplied). [53707/26]

288. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is a specific policy within her Department that seeks to preclude those elected to local authorities from any boards that she may appoint; the rationale behind any such policy; the way in which it aligns with encouraging participation in local government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52852/26]

289. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to commit to preparing legislation to not automatically exclude members of local authorities from consideration for appointment to State boards; and to set out the reasons such persons would be excluded. [52870/26]

318. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline all capital grant or support programmes available from her Department or known to her Department that are available to local youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53210/26]

319. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline all programmes available for young people or youth organisations to engage in North, South exchange on this island. [53213/26]

320. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that Wexford County Council has projected that at least 2,300 new homes will be constructed in Gorey, County Wexford in the period 2026-2034, her views on the way in which this will impact on schools locally; the plans for the development of new schools and educational facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53225/26]

321. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total sums of money recovered from schools in fraud or suspected fraud cases, and the total number of schools in the years 2016 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53226/26]

322. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53227/26]

323. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the mechanisms in place for reporting of historical physical and mental abuse at schools in Ireland; the mechanisms used to address these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53228/26]

105. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the amounts by which her Department or agencies within the aegis of her Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51981/26]

183. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers providing summer provision for each year 2022,2023,2024,2025 and 2026. [50225/26]

184. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students availing of summer provision for each year 2022,2023,2024,2025 and 2026. [50226/26]

185. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school classrooms, by school comprising of 30 of more children. [50227/26]

186. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on plans to provide for sporting facilities or a general purpose room for a school (details supplied). [50228/26]

187. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in all special schools in Ireland; and if any projections have been carried out as to enrolments over the next five years. [50229/26]

294. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of complaints made by her Department to social media or online marketing companies about specific online posts or accounts for each year from 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [48610/26]

303. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have undertaken courses in trauma informed training, organised by NEPS, during the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will consider making it compulsory. [46871/26]