Parliamentary questions

3. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been brought to the long and complex planning history of a new school building project (details supplied); that ten-year planning permission for the new school building project will expire in August 2026; the measures she will take to ensure this project is advanced before planning expires, or the steps that …

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will implement the alternative circular drafted by the Save our SNAs campaign group (details supplied) to ensure that all school students have supports appropriate to their needs. [29532/26]

6. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the report of the Dublin 15 special education task force will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29032/26]

7. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the level of engagement her Department has had with the request by a school (details supplied) for modular accommodation that can facilitate the opening of two additional autism classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29156/26]

8. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the expansion of the school transport service to reduce the distance criteria to recognise feeder schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29143/26]

9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of pupils assessed as requiring special needs assistant support who did not have that support in place at the commencement of the school year in each of the past three academic years; the number of special needs assistant posts approved but unfilled at the start of each year; the average delay between approval and deploy…

10. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the training available for teachers to support them in their AI literacy skills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29161/26]

11. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth to explain the process around School Building Projects; the project process and if there are currently delays in the process. [29148/26]

12. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has considered the particular challenges associated with the current school transport criteria in rural areas such as County Mayo, including the local nuances associated with feeder schools and geographical distances; the measures her Department is taking to address these challenges; and if she will make a statemen…

13. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of schools that now have solar panels on their roofs; the plans to increase this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14593/26]

14. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the capital works for a school (details supplied) which has been waiting on ASD classrooms, a sensory room and a general purpose hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29137/26]

15. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will make the national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann a mandatory part of the primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17284/26]

16. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made to date in relation to the introduction of e-ticketing as part of the school transport scheme; if there are plans to expand e-ticketing to other schools for the 2026-27 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28771/26]

17. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional transport to school routes will be considered for Cork east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29171/26]

18. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale her Department has in choosing particular schools for priority building lists, to outline the denomination of each of the 105 schools chosen by category; if schools that are currently at stage 2b will be progressed over the next two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28885/26]

19. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 12 February 2026, the progress made to date in ensuring the use of a green area by schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28762/26]

20. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure the stability of special needs assistant allocations in County Clare following the distress caused to schools, children and parents by the proposed NCSE review earlier in 2026; whether she will confirm that no school in Clare will face a reduction in SNA support for the 2026-2027 academic year; and i…

21. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in light of the cost-of-living crisis and cost-of-doing-business crisis, if she will reverse the reintroduction of leaving certificate and junior certificate fees, and increases in school transport fees; and if she will engage with school transport operators to ensure that they are adequately supported with the increased cost of…

22. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any discretion exists to extend career breaks beyond the five-year limit set out in circular 0054/2019 in exceptional or compassionate circumstances, particularly where a teacher has significant caregiving responsibilities for a child with profound additional needs; whether she will consider introducing or applying greate…

23. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently allow for further funding to schools in Kerry for urgent building repair works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28995/26]

24. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the school building projects for a number of schools in Dublin mid-west (details supplied). [28459/26]

25. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth the latest correspondence her Department has had with a school (details supplied); when all necessary EWS works will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29110/26]

26. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the criteria that has been published for DEIS Plus, the reasoning schools (details supplied) did not qualify for this new scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29136/26]

27. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to provide further training to teachers working with vision impaired pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29027/26]

28. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on plans to develop new accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27397/26]