87. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school pupils in County Clare who are currently receiving additional teaching support for literacy difficulties, including dyslexia; the way in which this compares with the previous three school years; and the waiting lists for specialist reading classes for the same years. [74989/26]
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1139. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers employed in primary and post-primary schools in County Clare in each of the past five years; and the current number of teaching vacancies. [55148/26]
1140. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNAs employed in County Clare schools in each of the past five years. [55149/26]
1141. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the pupil-teacher ratio in each primary and post-primary school in County Clare. [55150/26]
1142. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teaching posts allocated to County Clare schools under DEIS, special education and language support programmes. [55151/26]
28. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in County Clare that were notified of a reduction in their special needs assistant allocation arising from the National Council for Special Education's 2025-2026 review process; the current status of those allocations following the pause announced in February 2026; if every school who was notified of a reduction will retain the num…
106. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to establish a fully independent, stand-alone Gaelcholáiste in County Clare; if she will address the limitations impacting students who wish to complete second-level education through the medium of the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53903/26]
145. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total costs incurred in Clare for land rental and prefab rental for primary and for post primary schools for the years 2020-2025; the total duration for which each school has had prefab accommodation; the comparison cost of long-term rental against the cost of permanent construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40523/26]
161. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will publish a breakdown of schools currently relying on temporary or modular accommodation and the duration for which that accommodation has been in place, by county; if her Department has a definition of ‘temporary accommodation’; if there is a policy timeline trigger at which a prefab unit must be replaced by a permanent structure; and if she…
318. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual costs of renting the land and prefab classrooms for a school (details supplied) for each of the years 1998 to 2025, inclusive. [31718/26]
20. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure the stability of special needs assistant allocations in County Clare following the distress caused to schools, children and parents by the proposed NCSE review earlier in 2026; whether she will confirm that no school in Clare will face a reduction in SNA support for the 2026-2027 academic year; and if she will make a st…
77. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to address the precarious employment conditions facing newly qualified teachers; her views on the current contractual arrangements are contributing to the substitution crisis being experienced by schools in County Clare and nationally; the timeline for systemic reform of teacher employment pathways; and if she will make a stateme…
497. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual costs of renting the land and prefab classrooms for a school (details supplied) for each of the years 1998 to 2025 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28295/26]
1398. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual costs of renting the land and prefab classrooms for a school (details supplied) for each of the years 1998 to 2025 inclusive; the cost of purchasing the land; the estimated construction cost for the delivery of a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25324/26]
779. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline when a school (details supplied) will be issued with approval to proceed to Stage 2a; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19415/26]
404. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which a school (details supplied) performed under each of the individual criteria used to prioritise school building projects included in the recent announcement of 105 school building projects; the relative ranking or position for this school under each criterion and overall compared with projects selected for inclusion; and if she will mak…
405. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the application by a school (details supplied) for their inclusion in the DEIS 1 Plus programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16242/26]
516. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the application by a school (details supplied) to open a second special class for children with autism, which will meet the documented demand in the wider geographical area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17058/26]
535. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that the SNA review outcome letters that have already issued to schools in the past few weeks will be rescinded until the conclusion of the further engagement that is being undertaken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14590/26]
54. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider revising the requirement for substitute SNAs to have individual Garda vetting undertaken for each school they work in, and move to a single vetting process, similar to that for teachers through the Teaching Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2575/26]
55. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made on the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied); when a Stage 2a presentation will be made to her Department; if she is aware of any capital budget constraints that is slowing down the delivery of this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2576/26]
236. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding her Department provided to schools for works under the Summer Works Scheme in 2024 and 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72772/25]
126. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the location, pupil numbers and maximum capacity by class for ASD units in each primary and post-primary school in County Clare, for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69532/25]
247. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the application by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67624/25]
635. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reasoning behind the different levels of capitation grant for primary and post primary schools; and if she plans to equalise those grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57812/25]