Questions

240. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department refused to release the funds required to accommodate necessary works for the additional autism class at a school (details supplied) in Summer 2026. [70331/26]

326. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools that have been reclassified from DEIS Urban Band 2 to DEIS Urban Band 1 since the conclusion of the 2022 DEIS identification and appeals process; and whether any such reclassifications have taken place outside of a Department-wide application of the DEIS identification mode. [67777/26]

327. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the next application of the DEIS identification model to all schools will take place for the purposes of determining inclusion in the DEIS programme and the classification of existing schools as DEIS Urban Band 1 or Urban Band 2; and whether consideration has been given to undertaking a new assessment having regard to changes in the profile and c…

407. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the building works at a school (details supplied); whether a new contractor has now been appointed to recommence works on the project; and if so, when works are expected to recommence on site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51896/26]

327. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of all the post-primary schools in the Drumcondra and Marino, Dublin 1 SPA; the number of first year places that were available in each school for the 2024-25 school year; the number of available first year places in each school in 2025-26 that were not filled; if she will provide the same information for Killester, Raheny, Clontarf, Beaumo…

472. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to ensure a child (details supplied) can access an appropriate school placement without further delay; if her Department will sanction an additional special class place in this case; the timeline for any such decision; the reasons for the repeated delays in the delivery of modular accommodation linked to the alternative placement…

479. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of expenditure by her Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under her remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the annual cost per ac…

319. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a specific timeline for the commencement and completion of works at a school (details supplied); acknowledging that previous responses have indicated that works are scheduled to commence in the second half of 2026; if she will clarify whether the planning permission will remain in place to allow the project to proceed as planned; a…

234. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department has assessed current school capacity in the East Wall and Sheriff Street area in anticipation of a significant rise in population due to the completion of large-scale housing developments; whether there are plans to expand existing schools or build new ones; if demographic modelling has been carried out to inform future educational infrastruct…

105. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she can confirm whether the special educational needs organiser assigned to the Dublin central area will contact all crèches and early years settings to ensure that all children that may require a special education place are identified and accounted for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17764/25]

106. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the total number of SNA positions currently filled, given the allocation of 1,600 additional SNA posts in Budget 2025, bringing the total to 23,179 SNAs for NCSE to operate under; to provide a breakdown of these positions by school type (mainstream primary, mainstream post-primary, special classes, and special schools); and if she will make a statement on the m…

107. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of children in Dublin postal districts 1, 3, 7, and 9 who are currently on a waiting list for a place in a special school for the 2025–2026 academic year; the number of special school places currently available in these districts for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17768/25]

368. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education following the recent communication from the National Council for Special Education regarding the cap on special needs assistants, which has led to several schools (details supplied) having their SNA review applications placed in limbo, why certain schools have been informed of increases in their SNA allocations, while others, despite going through the same revi…

369. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education what steps the Department is taking to address the issue of certain schools’ SNA applications being placed in limbo and to ensure that schools receive the necessary SNA support to meet the needs of students with additional needs, especially in light of the time and resources schools have already invested in the review process; and if she will make a statement o…

401. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of her Department’s social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under its remit, including closed captioning and subtitling and Irish Sign Language translations, between 1 January 2024 and 31 December…

402. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a situation raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14063/25]

643. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the delays in the construction of a school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11471/25]

75. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education regarding circular 0032/2017, if she has issued any further advice to boards of management in respect of mitigating costs associated with iPads and or Android tablets for students. [9931/25]

76. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she has assisted any boards of management exit supply contracts for electronic hardware, laptops and or iPads and or Android tablets in the context of vendor lock-in, in the past five years to date in 2025. [9932/25]

77. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of suppliers of iPads and or Android tablets to schools, to include the top five suppliers and the totality of the value of iPads supplied, by vendor, in each year since 2017 to date in 2025. [9933/25]

478. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education to outline, in light of the long-standing delays since 2003 in providing a permanent building for a school (details supplied), the steps her Department is taking to expedite the commencement of construction on the site for which full planning permission was granted in 2008. [46337/24]

613. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education in light of the long-standing delays since 2003 in providing a permanent building for a school (details supplied), the steps her Department is taking to expedite the commencement of construction on the site, for which full planning permission was granted in 2008; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1372/25]