519. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of full-time equivalent staff within the climate action unit or division of her Department from 2020 to 2026 to date, broken down by year, in tabular form. [73979/26]
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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
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1177. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of WTE structural engineers employed within her Department as of 14 July 2026, in tabular form. [55619/26]
846. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the staff turnover rate in her Department in the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42422/26]
531. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by her Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026. [37450/26]
417. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth what governance and oversight arrangements are in place to ensure that behaviour support practitioner posts approved for special schools are filled and operational within a defined timeframe; and whether any service-level targets or performance indicators apply. [32575/26]
418. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of behaviour support practitioner posts approved by the National Council for Special Education for special schools nationally; the number currently filled; the number vacant; and the average time from approval to commencement of service. [32576/26]
419. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider extending the temporary suspension of the 90-day subbing limit for teachers on career break, as currently provided for in Information Note TC/IN 0005/2025, to the 2026-2027 school year; if she is aware that the ongoing teacher shortage and recruitment challenges in primary and post-primary schools require the continued availabili…
645. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff from her Department seconded to other Departments or agencies in the Civil Service, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the Department or agency, in tabular form. [18590/26]
646. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff from her Department seconded to a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18608/26]
647. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff from her Department seconded from a firm in the private sector, per annum from 2022 to date in 2026; and the details of the company, in tabular form. [18626/26]
126. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SENOs in Cork; and the number currently absent from work on a leave of absence or illness leave, by area, in tabular form. [15379/26]
566. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff directly responsible for cybersecurity, as distinct from IT, within her Department; if a threat analyst, vulnerability manager and a cyber infrastructure engineer are employed; if not in-house, if this work is outsourced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9428/26]
567. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extent to which her Department examines third party supply chain vulnerability when it comes to cybersecurity. [9446/26]
540. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of sick days taken by staff in her Department for each of the years 2022 to 2025; the average days lost per employee for each year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8168/26]
575. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of EWOs per education geographical area for each of the following years 2005,2010, 2015,2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. [4363/26]
64. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the application process for higher scales for administrative grades below the grade of assistant principal operated in her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2648/26]
1043. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address recruitment and retention issues in the education sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74248/25]
1044. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address recruitment and retention issues from affecting subject choice in post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74249/25]
1176. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of press, media or communications staff currently employed in her Department and within each agency for which she is responsible; the cost of these staff for 2025 and the expected cost for 2026; whether there are proposals to increase the number of such staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75229/25]
439. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a similar grade in her Department that have subsequently served on State boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65997/25]
444. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of vacancies which arose at principal officer level for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department; the number of these vacancies filled between internal and external methods; the number of vacancies each year at principal officer level filled by mobility; the number of …
731. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58490/25]
438. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options in place for the provision of education to secondary school students where there is a shortage of teachers for a core curriculum subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57382/25]
410. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to make provisions for teachers who currently remain on the supplementary redeployment panel each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54609/25]
417. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the provision of full-time teacher roles (details supplied); the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54656/25]