233. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider changing the criteria of the capitation grant for special schools to consider all school staff or the square meter area of the school premises, in order to provide special school to receive a greater amount under the grant to meet their day-to-day costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36883/25]
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234. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider extending the €74 per-pupil allocation under the minor works grant in special schools to also take account of teacher and SNA numbers, in order to better reflect the resource needs of special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36884/25]
235. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will provide funding to a school (details supplied) to provide for a sunken trampoline that was recommended by the occupational therapist and physiotherapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36885/25]
236. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing an assistant principal 1 to all special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36886/25]
237. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider renaming the leave of absence following assault scheme to more appropriately reflect the complex and unintentional nature of incidents in special education settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36887/25]
238. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will allow for special school staff such as caretakers, cleaners and bus escorts to be paid under the online claims system, in order to reduce the administrative burden on schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36888/25]
239. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will allow for special schools to receive a substitute teacher when a teacher takes self-certified sick leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36889/25]
93. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teacher upskilling programmes for STEM subjects such as maths, physics and chemistry which were run in each year since 2018; the location of each course; the cost of each course; the number of teachers who completed each course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36328/25]
94. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to address the gaps in teacher data whereby the number of STEM teachers in employment in schools across the country is not collated by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36329/25]
424. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline as to when she expects her Department to conduct a survey of primary school parents and guardians on their preferences on important aspects of school provision and choice; when she expects the results of this survey to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34082/25]
444. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of STEM teachers in the secondary education system in each of the past ten years; the steps she is taking to increase the number of STEM teachers in line with the STEM Education Implementation Plan to 2026, and beyond, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34277/25]
299. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of people working full-time and part-time in her Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department in roles that are fully on-site, hybrid, or fully remote from 2022 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33499/25]
465. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to increasing the number of multi-denominational schools; the progress that has been made since 2011; if she plans to survey parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32792/25]
119. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the emergency works application of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31248/25]
172. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the provision of modular accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31249/25]
597. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will formally announce the reforms of how teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29863/25]
634. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of the post-primary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough school planning area. [29938/25]
647. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the secondary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area; the number of first-year places available in each school between 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30123/25]
648. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the primary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area. [30124/25]
649. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students currently attending secondary schools within the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area (SPA); the number of these students that reside within the same SPA; the number of students attending these schools who reside outside of the SPA; to provide a breakdown of the SPAs which these students are travelling from, in tabul…
650. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of sixth-class students enrolled in several schools (details supplied) in each of the past five years, by school and by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30126/25]
651. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the projected number of junior-infant enrolments in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area in September 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, tabular form. [30127/25]
652. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the data sources used by her Department to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school accommodation is needed at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30128/25]
653. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth how her Department uses child-benefit data to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school accommodation is needed at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30129/25]
654. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on the demographic data required by her Department to determine whether an area experiencing significant new residential developments requires extending the capacity of existing school or schools or whether the provision of a new school or schools is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30130/25]