Parliamentary questions

1327. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be approved for an autism unit for September 2026; the number of pupils that will be accommodated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24783/26]

1328. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24786/26]

1329. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason examination fees for Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate students are being reintroduced in 2026; when this cohort of students sitting the Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate were the last group of students who had to pay up to €1,000 for their post-primary schoolbooks, before the introduction of free …

1330. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the fees for the Junior Certificate (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24867/26]

1331. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24872/26]

1332. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth when an extra classroom will be provided as part of the special class provision for 2026/ 2027 for a DEIS school in County Kilkenny (details supplied) [24874/26]

1333. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school was left off the DEIS Plus list (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24889/26]

1334. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24899/26]

1335. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the results of the City Connects Programme; if an evaluation report has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24911/26]

1336. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the reason a school (details supplied) was not granted DEIS Plus status; the way in which the school can appeal the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24918/26]

1337. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a completion date for the school building projects located at the Roslyn Park site in Sandymount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24919/26]

1338. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list all formally arranged meetings that she has had with representatives of individual schools that included discussions on school building projects since her appointment. [24938/26]

1339. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the decision to exclude a school (details supplied) from DEIS Plus status, as the catchment for this school is a significantly disadvantaged area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24961/26]

1340. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria under which a school (details supplied) failed to qualify for DEIS Plus status; the way in which the school scored in the assessment for such status. [24967/26]

1341. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that a school (details supplied) operates across split campuses, whether consideration has been given to the added costs of same in the school's capitation grant. [24980/26]

1342. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that a school (details supplied) operates across split campuses, whether considerations are given to the added costs of same in the school's capitation grant. [24981/26]

1343. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was not granted DEIS Plus status; when further schools will be included in the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24989/26]

1344. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there will be State examination fees for junior cycle and Leaving Certificate students in 2026; the fees charged in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25007/26]

1345. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used for categorising DEIS plus schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25019/26]

1346. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of civil and public servants in his Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy or digital skills in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25031/26]

1347. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the application for co-educational status by a school (details supplied). [25047/26]

1348. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the planned extension for a school (details supplied). [25048/26]

1349. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the future planning that has been carried out by her Department with regard to school places in Arklow, County Wicklow, given the projected growth in population in the town. [25049/26]

1350. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department’s plans for a site in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25083/26]

1351. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) can be considered in the home school community liaison scheme expansion announced recently; the criteria being selected for the expansion; if an appeal process will be open for schools that were not included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25098/26]