Questions

330. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of detailed correspondence received from a school (details supplied) regarding the need for DEIS status to be formally reviewed under the current DEIS identification model, using anonymised, PPSN-linked data already available to her Department, or an equivalent emergency assessment-based provision amounting to same that will …

477. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the site complexities in relation to providing a new ASD unit at a listed school (details supplied), given its partial location in a riparian area and also the need to preserve the existing Gaelic games pitch which also services an important wider community need; if she will confirm receipt of a report from…

478. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the recent review of the SNA allocation at a school (details supplied) which recommended a significant increase to its allocation of 8.66 SNAs for a school of 700 pupils; when such an increase is likely to be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39221/25]

479. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth how a school (details supplied) was not allocated additional SNAs for 2025/2026 despite a report following an exceptional review by the NCSE SENO investigators which recommended a significant increase in its allocation; if this is a temporary processing issue, which will see an increase early during the next school year, due to a shortage of…

480. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the SNA allocations per head at each primary and second level school in Dublin since 2015, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39223/25]

512. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current process where schools can apply for new or upgraded DEIS status; if this is carried out on an annual or intermittent basis; the deadline for application if it is time-based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39624/25]

514. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the precise nature of the remaining issues outlined in the tender report the extension project of a school (details supplied); to outline a likely timeframe for completion of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39669/25]

515. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on all school building projects in Dublin mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39670/25]

303. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will take immediate action to resolve an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27226/25]

304. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 984 of 29 April 2025, to outline to the nearest reasonable estimated month, the projected opening date for the new special school at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27227/25]

305. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline to the nearest reasonable estimated month, the projected date of opening of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27228/25]

869. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if there are minimum final pupil numbers required in urban and suburban areas before a second level school is sanctioned; whether there are exceptions to such criteria based on pressing local need or geographic isolation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19303/25]

870. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an updated projected completion and opening date for a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19304/25]

871. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the second level schools currently primary feeders for Newcastle, County Dublin residents at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19305/25]

872. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the criteria on which a second level school for Newcastle, County Dublin has been refused to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19306/25]

984. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the planned opening date for the new special school in south Lucan on the Lucan East ETNS site; the ages of the children it will cater for; the number of children will be facilitated at optimum levels; the categories of special educational needs it will cover or not cover; when and through what medium parents can apply for places and or be referred; i…

405. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans in place to set up a regional scheme to assist parents who wish to give their children the opportunity to complete transition year, but whose school either does not provide the year or holds lotteries that exclude students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14076/25]

406. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education on the assumption that a child who wished to complete a place in transition year, but was denied the opportunity due to not being picked in a school lottery, to clarify that her Department will accept any application to repeat fifth year on that basis, so that students can take their Leaving Certificate exams at an appropriate age relative to their pe…

407. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the reason schools, that have autonomy on enrolment but nonetheless must complete the designated curriculum, are given leeway in terms of running a transition year programme or limiting numbers and subjecting students and parents to lotteries; whether there are plans to make transition year a mandatory component of the senior cycle; and if she will ma…

408. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education what legal mechanisms exist for parents whose children have been refused a transition year place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14079/25]

409. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education what advice parents should be given if their children do not get offered a desired place on a transition year programme; whether leeway would be given by education welfare officers to parents who arrange work experience and educational trips for their children in terms of missing official school days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1…

410. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if she will facilitate parents who have suitable arrangements in place collectively or individually and who wish to give their children a transition tear experience in the absence of a place being available in the school, by means of a home tuition grant being made available to these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14081/25]

416. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the current subvention paid to schools for transition year, per student; whether there is a cap on such subventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14149/25]

417. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the deadline for schools to provide final numbers for transition year each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14150/25]

418. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if a school has reached its quota for transition year places and has to create a lottery, whether the school can apply for supplemental supports from the Department in the event it decides in the best interests of students to facilitate additional numbers. [14151/25]