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30 questions match, newest first.

Emer Currie Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
530. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the tendering for EWS for a school (details supplied). [64801/26]
Ann Graves Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1296. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options available to a child (details supplied) regarding a school place. [24301/26]
Paul Lawless Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
863. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way a student with profound visual impairment, whose 2018 functional vision assessment by the National Council for Special Education recommended that Braille be seriously considered as an access method, can remain non proficient in Braille after twelve years in the education system; the oversight mechanisms in place within the Department to ensur…
Paul Lawless Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
864. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Department measures outcomes for students receiving visiting teacher service supports for visual impairment, such as achieving functional Braille literacy or independent access to textbooks, rather than simply recording that supports have been allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20194/26]
Paul Lawless Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
865. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify who holds ultimate responsibility for ensuring that students with severe visual impairment can access State examinations in an appropriate and accessible format, in cases where medical reports and functional vision assessments indicate that standard print based accommodations are unsuitable; whether this responsibility lies with the school…
Paul Lawless Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
866. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the Department has examined cases in which an assessment of need under the Disability Act found that a child's severe visual impairment did not affect learning, communication or mobility, despite professional reports indicating significant educational access needs; the way in which such discrepancies are reconciled with the educational supports su…
Paul Lawless Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
868. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the training and qualification requirements that apply to visiting teachers supporting students with visual impairment within the National Council for Special Education Visiting Teacher Service; to clarify whether visiting teachers are required to hold qualifications in Braille literacy and tactile instruction; the number of visiting teachers current…
Paul Lawless Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
869. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the body responsible for ensuring that students with profound visual impairment can access curriculum materials and State examinations where course content contains diagrams, graphs or other non linear visual materials that cannot be accessed through standard assistive technology; the oversight that exists to ensure such accessibility is implemented …
Paul Lawless Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
870. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the formal advisory documentation that is normally provided by the National Council for Special Education Visiting Teacher Service when determining appropriate educational supports for a student with visual impairment; whether such advice is normally recorded in writing and made available to schools and parents; and if she will make a statement on th…
Paul McAuliffe Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
888. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the filling of the post for the Education Welfare Officer in the Finglas area; her plans to expedite this appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20474/26]
Jen Cummins Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1259. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of education welfare officers employed in Dublin south central; if that constitutes a full complement of staff; the number of vacancies, if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2208/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Education
489. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational welfare officers employed by Tusla in Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39323/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
551. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process of referring a primary school pupil to an educational psychologist for assessment; if there is a certain number of referrals allocated to each school; if part of the criteria is that the child needs to be a certain age before referral can be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29522/25]
Micheál Carrigy Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
689. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding levels for home school liaison officers and other measures to help ensure young people complete school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30596/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
263. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current number of full-time equivalent educational welfare officer positions in Waterford city and county; the number of these positions currently vacant; the timeline for filling these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26711/25]
John Brady Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
316. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational welfare officers employed by Tusla in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27504/25]
John Brady Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
317. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational welfare officers employed by Tusla in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27505/25]
Jen Cummins Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
441. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the number of education welfare officers there are in the country, and where, in tabular form. [16570/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
481. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education if education welfare officers are permitted to extend their support to young people under the age of sixteen attending a Youthreach programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16719/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Education
130. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education when it is intended to appoint an education welfare officer for County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16215/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
381. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Clare in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13905/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
385. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Cavan in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13909/25]
Martin Kenny Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Education
601. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals against expulsions from post-primary schools initiated by the Child and Family Agency under the provision section 10(b) of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 for each of the school years 2021-2022, 2022-2023 and 2023-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11138/25]
Martin Kenny Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Education
602. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education the number of post-primary students expelled from school during the school years 2022/23 and 2023/24; the rate of post-primary expulsion for the school years 2022/23 and 2023/24; the number of post-primary section 29 expulsion appeals during the school years 2022/23 and 2023/24; the rate of post-primary section 29 expulsion appeals for the school years 2022/23…
Martin Kenny Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Education
603. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education to provide the most recent job specification for educational welfare officers within the Tusla education support service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11141/25]