Questions

454. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on an incremental credit application submitted to her Department; if she will outline the expected timeframe for processing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33232/26]

132. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on discussions concerning the dispute involving the terms and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; if there is a timeline for resolution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31257/26]

531. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29781/26]

603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the NCSE behaviour support practitioner post referenced for a school (details supplied) has been filled; the date the successful candidate was appointed; the commencement date the practitioner will begin delivering supports; the exact number of hours per week the practitioner will be assigned to the school, including confirmation as to whether…

633. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the staffing schedule at primary schools to ensure greater fairness and equity, especially for smaller schools, as no changes have been made to the existing staffing schedule in the primary school staffing allocations for the 2026-2027 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30954/26]

634. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 24 June 2025, the way in which the person can access their retirement pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30955/26]

640. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider increasing the ANA allocations for school (details supplied), and addressing the shortage of supports for both mainstream classes and autism units in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30991/26]

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 if she will make a st…

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 greater flexibility in suc…

39. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the SNA redeployment scheme, workforce development plan and review of the 2014 circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29044/26]

45. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clearly outline where the €19 million for additional SNA’s will come from to allow the current SNA’s remain in their positions as-well as appointing new SNA’s to schools where schools presented with a need; the communication that has happened with the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in rela…

53. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the progress being made to agree a new framework for SNAs in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28203/26]

63. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will amend circular 0030/2014 in line with the alternative circular proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28993/26]

77. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to address the precarious employment conditions facing newly qualified teachers; her views on the current contractual arrangements are contributing to the substitution crisis being experienced by schools in County Clare and nationally; the timeline for systemic reform of teacher employment pathways; and if she will make a stateme…

79. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the current method of teacher allocation for primary schools, given that allocations are based on the previous year’s enrolment figures; if she will consider adopting a system that uses projected enrolment numbers in situations where schools are experiencing significant growth and large incoming junior Infant cohorts; the reasons f…

87. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the declaration form in Appendix 1 of Circulars 0037/2026 and 0038/2026 requires teachers to declare union affiliation as a condition of applying for a post of responsibility; if she recognises this is without precedent in Irish education; if she will reverse this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29042/26]

92. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the €600 million overspend within her Department was identified; the controls that failed to identify this overspend; the consequences of same; what the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation has informed her of in relation to allowing this overspend to occur; the rationale behind the increase i…

104. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the application for an extra teacher for a school (details supplied); and an application for an extra classroom for another school. [29020/26]

117. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will immediately reinstate the 2.5 SNAs cut from a school (details supplied). [14307/26]

104. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review and consider the appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28977/26]

476. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a teacher (details supplied) has been employed on fixed-term contracts even though, under current legislation, a teacher must typically complete two consecutive years of employment with the same employer to secure a contract of indefinite duration (CID); the action she will take to ensure teachers can get a CID; what this teacher must …

507. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth her assessment of the ongoing teacher recruitment and retention crisis, with particular focus on the high-demand subject of mathematics; her views on the impact that the current eligibility criteria for a contract of indefinite duration (CID) have on early-career teachers' ability to achieve financial stability, including mortgage approval; if she wi…

511. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will report on progress regarding pay and conditions for school secretaries. [28482/26]

543. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has identified problems with the implementation of primary teacher supply panels; the measures being taken to enhance effectiveness of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28721/26]

544. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to expand training opportunities for teachers working with children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28722/26]