Questions

784. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for reconstituting the National Youth Work Advisory Committee, a statutory body under Section 17 of the Youth Work Act 2001; to clarify if the restoration of this statutory committee is envisaged within the implementation actions for Opportunities for Youth 2024-2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19475/26]

785. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm whether any of the governance or advisory structures envisaged in Opportunities for Youth are intended to replace, replicate, or supersede statutory bodies set out in the Youth Work Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19476/26]

786. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted any analysis of the legal or policy implications arising from the non establishment of structures required under the Youth Work Act 2001; whether these considerations will inform the governance arrangements for the implementation of Opportunities for Youth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19477/26]

636. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of persons currently in training to become a qualified psychologist with the National Educational Psychological Services. [10309/26]

544. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth following the publication of the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan for 2026 to 2030 period, if she will provide an update on actions to map youth services and facilities against demographic data; to identify priority areas for capital investment based on service gaps and local needs; to develop a mechanism to embed youth voice and community input into p…

545. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth following the publication of the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan for 2026 to 2030 period, when she will develop a national policy on youth spaces and facilities; if she will provide a timeline for this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8320/26]

546. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth following the publication of the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan for 2026 to 2030 period, when she will advance the development of a multi-annual capital investment pipeline to support new and existing youth spaces, working in collaboration with relevant Departments and agencies including local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matt…

547. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth following the publication of the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan for 2026 to 2030, the reason for the low level of funding for youth services given the increasing importance and need for youth places and spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8322/26]

570. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the point at which, and level at which her Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay scales; the duration for same; and the plans to revise current remuneration arrangements [8464/26]

603. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the allocation of the existing levels of services funding for youth affairs, for each of the past six years and for 2026, in tabular form; if she will provide a breakdown of this funding in terms of the allocations per scheme under the subhead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8663/26]

604. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the consideration if any which has been given within her Department to the re-establishment of the Young Person's Facilities and Services Fund with an aim to assist in the development of youth facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8664/26]

605. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement her Department has had with the Online Health Taskforce in respect of its recommendations and more specifically, the recommendation to establish a dedicated cross-departmental fund for youth spaces and facilities, recognising the urgent need for increased capital investment in youth infrastructure; if she will seek a meeting with the…

488. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); the current stage of the project within her Department’s planning and delivery process; when her Department last engaged with the school’s board of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5776/26]

489. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); the current stage of the project within her Department’s planning and delivery process; when her Department last engaged with the school’s board of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5777/26]

533. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of ICT grants awarded to post-primary schools in County Kildare. [3741/26]

583. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if personal data held by her Department and its customer facing sections is subject to processing by artificial intelligence tools (details supplied). [4462/26]

584. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she and or her officials have conducted a data protection impact assessment with regard to the use of artificial intelligence tools; and, if so, the dates on which this assessment was conducted. [4463/26]

333. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the numbers of SNA increases that were recommended by special educational needs organisers (SENO) for Kildare, Wicklow and Meath, in tabular form; and the numbers of increases that were actually made for same, in tabular form. [3051/26]

356. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a schedule of the number of applications made to the emergency works grant scheme in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number that were approved, rejected and granted on appeal; and if she will provide a schedule of the amounts granted, by county for each year. [3269/26]

358. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools currently in a backlog to have their emergency works grant scheme assessed and or approved. [3274/26]

359. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that reported closures, outside of planned closures such as end of term, bank holidays and so on, in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and the number of school days lost in each of those years as a result. [3275/26]

1146. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of acting AP postholders not receiving remuneration since the beginning of the academic year 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74821/25]

1280. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a letter from a body (details supplied); her plans to engage and support the work of that body; and if she has, or will, issue any specific circulars or memos directly relating to the matters raised. [2475/26]

440. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a schedule of campaigns over the last five years aimed at attracting teachers working abroad to come back to work in Ireland; the duration of the campaigns; the format they took; the total expenditure associated with each; a schedule of external parties used in respect of the campaigns; and the jurisdictions in which campaigns were run. …

455. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update regarding a school (details supplied); and the date it will progress to the next stage. [71716/25]