61. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the work her Department is doing to ensure that school pupils in single-sex schools have access to a range of subject choices, and that subject choices available to pupils are not influenced by gender-stereotypes. [74707/26]
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489. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to issues regarding the transparency of recruitment and interview processes for primary school teaching positions; and if her Department has carried out work to increase transparency in the recruitment process for primary school teachers. [73881/26]
372. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to correspondence (details supplied), if she will provide an update on school transport for a child; if a tender for the relevant route is currently open; if not the reason for this; and if a driver has been appointed for this route. [68295/26]
55. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the new campus for schools (details supplied); and if she will provide a projected date for completion of the construction. [67351/26]
1170. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efficiency and reform proposals that her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within her Department; and if …
13. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Minister for Education and Youth maidir le ceist 40786/26 ar an 28 Bealtaine 2026, an dtabharfaidh sí an t-eolas is déanaí maidir le hoibreacha atá á ndéanamh ar scoil an Tuairín i mBéal an Daingin; an bhfuil aon athrú ar an stádas don tionscnamh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [54054/26]
95. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has given further consideration to allowing for school transport from the east side of Galway city to schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54055/26]
334. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports in place for financing books for children who are home schooled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53512/26]
350. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has given further consideration to establishing a secondary school on Inishbofin, County Galway; if she will provide an update in relation to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53626/26]
402. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide figures of the cost overruns by her Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026; the cost overruns by her Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026 for each State Agency under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49656/26]
379. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if alternative arrangements are possible for children who have been approved for home-based summer programme supports but who are in overcrowded or emergency accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47681/26]
293. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total cost for the national conversation on education; to provide a breakdown of the costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46736/26]
741. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the capital funding streams that are or will be in place for youth centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41511/26]
105. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update regarding the provision of a special reading class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40787/26]
182. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Minister for Education and Youth an dtabharfaidh sí an t-eolas is déanaí maidir le hoibreacha atá á ndéanamh ar scoil an Tuairín i mBéal an Daingin; an bhfuil cead ann ón Roinn Oideachais chun an post a fhógairt; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [40786/26]
566. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing inequality of access to education for children living on Inishbofin island; if her Department will review the current transport arrangements and education supports for island children and ensure they provide genuine equality of access in practice; if she will ensure that existing supports adequately r…
621. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if teachers registered with the teaching council under route 4, the route designated for individuals who hold recognised special education teaching qualifications obtained outside the State, are classified as qualified or unqualified teachers for pay and permanency; if her Department's payroll circulars take into account the full qualifications pr…
90. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide further detail on the outcomes from her Department’s primary school survey; the number and percentage of parents of preschool children chose the multi-denominational option; the number and percentage of parents of children currently attending multi-denominational schools chose the multi-denominational option; the number and perc…
1308. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 532 of 24 March 2026, if she will respond to the specific questions asked, namely the number of places in reading classes in Galway city, the number of applications received for reading classes in Galway city; if an additional reading class will be established in Galway city; and if there are any additional i…
1392. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of first-year places available in all post-primary schools in the Galway city and Oranmore school planning area for the 2026-2027 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25310/26]
1455. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department is working to implement the “Health and Safety at Work Act 2005”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26000/26]
532. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of places in reading classes in Galway city; the number of applications received for reading classes in Galway city; the work she and her Department are undertaking to address this oversubscription; if an additional reading class will be established in Galway city; if there are any additional in-school supports for children with dyslexi…
518. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to report No. 98 of the Comptroller and Auditor General on school transport, if she will provide the exact figures that the Bus Éireann directors and auditors determined as profit in each year for school transport that was actually credited to the statutory financial statement in the profit and loss account, balance sheet and cash flow sta…
567. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 12 February 2026, her views on whether there should be pay equity between principals of special schools and principals of mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14967/26]
696. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the injustice being experience by students sitting their Leaving Certificate exams in relation to the implementation of Irish-language bonus marks; if she will intervene to ensure that the Department of Education and the State Examinations Commission immediately return to the long-established practice of applying…