469. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is satisfied with the effectiveness of the teacher supply panel system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36616/26]
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546. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a candidate applying for a post of responsibility, can offer evidence from outside their immediate school context as evidence of their competence for example service with OIDE, PDST, NCC, other schools or workplaces (details supplied); if so, should this experience be accredited the same scoring as evidence of competency offered within the imme…
312. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current policy regarding assault leave for special needs assistants and teachers; whether her Department is satisfied that existing arrangements adequately support staff who are subject to workplace assaults; and if any review or changes to assault leave provisions are being considered. [36423/26]
329. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the way in which her Department can assist Donegal ETB with the serious staffing challenges that they face and have conveyed to her Department. [36504/26]
79. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when decisions will be made by the Primary Staffing Appeals Board in relation to schools' staffing appeals for 2026/2027 teaching allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35389/26]
84. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the practice of schools terminating teachers contracts just as they are about to become eligible for a contract of indefinite duration; the actions her Department undertaking to reduce this practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35469/26]
97. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when decisions will be made by the Primary Staffing Appeals Board in relation to schools’ staffing appeals for 2026/27 teaching allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35803/26]
554. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a decision to remove a teaching post for the school year 2026/2027 from a school (details supplied) can be reversed. [34176/26]
559. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline in detail the proposed redeployment of SNAs in schools across County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34231/26]
560. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to give reassurances to SNAs across County Kerry (details supplied); to consider improving pay and conditions for this most underrated sector in our school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34237/26]
564. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the appeal submitted by the board of management of a school (details supplied), seeking the retention of a mainstream teaching post for the 2026/2027 school year, having regard to the school’s confirmed and projected enrolment growth, increasing pressure at infant level, and its role in meeting local educational and special educati…
581. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of substitute teachers available to schools in County Meath; the impact of shortages on teaching provision; the steps being taken to address these shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34411/26]
588. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Garda vetting is a component of the interview process for school teaching staff; whether this vetting process is informed by Tusla reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34506/26]
600. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the procedures followed by Education and Training Boards when appointing principals and senior staff to special schools; the safeguarding, vetting and reference checking requirements that apply; whether her Department intends to review these procedures following concerns raised in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a stat…
607. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if teaching services abroad can be superannuated for pension purposes on retirement in a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34889/26]
618. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the schools granted DEIS plus and granted two deputy release days are covered by a substitute teacher; if it has to be two days per week; the way it should be inputted into the OLCS system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34991/26]
619. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth where a school is granted DEIS plus status, if the new wellbeing teacher post is for a permanent teacher; if the staff member can only take the position for five years; if a principal can choose the candidate, or whether it is open for internal interview, like the HSCL role. [34992/26]
304. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the guidance that exists regarding the use and deployment of Croke Park hours; the way schools are expected to utilise these hours; the way the effectiveness of their use is measured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33854/26]
332. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support the retention of a teacher in a school (details supplied). [32075/26]
333. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32090/26]
348. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32192/26]
396. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the continued exclusion of principals appointed after 2015 from receiving the secretarial allowance for acting as secretary to the board of management, given that principals appointed before this date continue to receive the allowance for carrying out the same statutory duties; whether a review of this inequity is under way; and if …
397. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the current structure of principal release-day clusters to ensure that the calculation of base posts reflects the full scope of a principal’s management responsibilities, including the co-ordination and oversight of special needs assistants or SNAs, bus escorts and teaching staff; if she will consider including these roles in the s…
416. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm, based on information available to her Department, whether the behaviour support practitioner post allocated to Carrigaline Community Special School, Cork has been filled; and if not, the current status of that post and the expected timeline for the delivery of supports. [32574/26]
434. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33035/26]