655. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department can take to provide a co-educational primary or post-primary school in an area where no such option currently exists for parents, even if demographic data does not indicate the need for a new school, given that the new criteria for establishing school entities require all new schools to be co-educational; and if she will ma…
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656. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the reported 10% surplus of first-year places in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area for the 2024/2025 school year, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30132/25]
657. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of first-year students in each post-primary school in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area in 2024/2025 versus capacity for each school, over the past five years, in tabular form. [30133/25]
658. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provision for secondary school places that was made as per the plan (details supplied), following the increase in residential developments in the area over the past ten years and the 893 units due to be completed in 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30134/25]
659. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider providing a new co-educational secondary school in the Cabra/Phibsborough, D7 school planning area; whether current data available to the Department outlines a need for a new secondary school; to outline when her Department will next review the demand for school places in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30135/25…
350. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider expanding English as an additional language (EAL) teachers to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28521/25]
351. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing a multi-annual fund, available on a rolling basis, to special schools to help cover the cost of non-routine day-to-day expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28522/25]
352. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing additional support to help schools and special schools with the administrative burden of school transport for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28523/25]
353. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for the number of EAL teachers allocated to schools on a permanent and temporary basis over the past five years; the level of investment in EAL provision over those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28524/25]
354. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if English as an additional language (EAL) teachers are available to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28525/25]
355. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason special schools are not included in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28526/25]
360. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an explanation from the NCSE which has stated it is unaware of a family seeking a special class placement for their child (details supplied) despite the fact that the family has been engaged with their local SENO since October 2024 about this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28578/25]
474. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to students who, for medical reasons, have accrued substantial absence; whether any additional supports exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25714/25]
86. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the latest update on the rollout of the home-based programme for summer 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24620/25]
320. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider expanding the remote working policy to include a specific organisation (details supplied); to clarify whether this organisation currently has a remote working policy in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22965/25]
887. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if any funding is available for the development of sensory gardens; and if so, whether they can be outlined. [19417/25]
888. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if any funding is available for the development of sensory gardens for schools; and if so, whether they can be outlined. [19418/25]
889. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if any funding is available for the development of sensory gardens for schools, and if so, whether they can be outlined. [19419/25]
105. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to fulfil the programme for Government pledge to roll out common application systems; the progress made on establishing a common applications process for secondary school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17560/25]
130. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department has taken to fulfil the Programme for Government pledge to roll out nationwide common application systems; the progress made on establishing a common applications process for secondary school places in Dublin west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17208/25]
134. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school (details supplied) regarding its emergency works application, following a recent visit by the emergency works team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17209/25]
559. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education the number of students enrolled in a school (details supplied) in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10761/25]
560. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education for the number of sixth class students enrolled in a school (details supplied) in each of the past five years, broken down per school and by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10762/25]
567. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education when the next Stage 2a meeting (details supplied) will be held, following a previous meeting in October 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10796/25]
594. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if there are funding streams in her Department that might provide for a sensory playground for autism classes at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11071/25]