438. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 11 June 2025, to provide the requested email and phone lines available for Oireachtas members to raise queries in her Department and the bodies under its aegis, in tabular form. [34225/25]
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116. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within her Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30922/25]
478. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail any grants or schemes available to primary schools to support the employment of disabled staff members (details supplied). [28933/25]
439. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide her Department’s recommended number of special classes available per population; the number of special classes currently operating in each county; and the number of future special classes which have been sanctioned, in each county; in tabular form. [25403/25]
440. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department or the NCSE compiled data on the average number of school applications children with additional needs go through before receiving an appropriate school place; and if so, to provide this average for each county. [25404/25]
441. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of new special classes sanctioned for September 2025 and their location; the current status on the preparation for each class; and to indicate which classes are projected to be ready for September 2025, in tabular form. [25405/25]
328. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is her intention to commence the EPSEN Act; if so, to provide a timeline for its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23045/25]
980. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20324/25]
981. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of all properties her Department has rented from 2015 to date in 2025, including the length of tenancy; and the amount spent on rent on each property over this time period. [20342/25]
982. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to her Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20360/25]
983. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to her Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20378/25]
669. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of US-based Catholic missionary organisations (details supplied) running pilot programmes in State-funded primary schools for pre-confirmation classes; if the content of these programmes has been examined by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11713/25]
670. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her Department has issued advice to primary schools on specific requirements or criteria for outside organisations brought into primary schools to run educational programmes; and if the learning outcomes of said programmes are overseen in any way by her Department. [11714/25]
246. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the completion of the reconfiguration survey among parents regarding their preferences on education and school patronage; if he will provide a further timeline for when results of this survey will be shared with the relevant groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8884/25]
443. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she intends on commencing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if so, the timeline for commencement. [8000/25]
347. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education for an update on the opening of applications for the summer works scheme 2025; and if a detailed timeline for the application process can be provided to schools. [5901/25]
367. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the timeline to build at a national school (details supplied) which was sanctioned in 2021 and that is still awaiting final sanction to go to tender for the build. [6148/25]
375. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6227/25]
376. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in her Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6245/25]
413. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the planned phasing out of the ‘nearest school’ rule for the school transport scheme; a timeline for its abolishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2353/25]
414. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education whether her attention has been drawn to the calls from organisations (details supplied) for an urgent review of the reporting mechanism for the use of restraint in schools; whether she would consider instigating an independent child protection review of the guidelines and the reporting mechanism on the use of seclusion and restraint in schools; and if she will…
466. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the supports that are being provided by her Department to national schools under the threat of closure due to low enrolment numbers. [2870/25]
467. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the supports and guidance given to national schools in regards to the leasing of sections of their premises to pre-schools. [2871/25]
468. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the current collaboration between the Department of Children, Disability and Equality and her Department in terms of signposting the level of need for assessments of needs and disability services among students and the timely provision of those services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2872/25]
658. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education whether her Department has issued any guidance to secondary schools on students access to bathrooms during class periods; and her views on the practice of some schools to limit bathroom access during class periods. [1961/25]