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Jen Cummins Written 16 Apr 2026 · to Education
215. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the ongoing negotiations with school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27856/26]
Emer Currie Written 16 Apr 2026 · to Education
216. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she is considering any measures to support the recruitment and retention of maths teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27700/26]
Emer Currie Written 16 Apr 2026 · to Education
217. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she is considering a measure (details supplied) to support the recruitment and retention of maths teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27701/26]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 16 Apr 2026 · to Education
222. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will expedite a positive response to a school staffing appeal raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27767/26]
Holly Cairns Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1220. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposed solution to the issue of providing substitution cover for primary school teachers who return to work after maternity leave and wish to avail of breastfeeding breaks; and the timeline in which this solution may be rolled out. [23625/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1234. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will increase the SET allocation for a school (details supplied). [23793/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1235. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's long-term plans for two teacher and one teacher schools in rural Ireland. [23794/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1236. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of one and two teacher schools in each county for each of the past twenty years, in tabular form. [23795/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1299. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the pay agreement for school caretakers will be implemented; if she will explain the reason for the continued delay, particularly in light of the fact that school secretaries received their agreement in 2023; the supports being put in place for school caretakers who are left without income during school closures and must repeatedly sign on fo…
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1355. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rules and conditions governing job sharing arrangements for primary school teachers; to clarify whether teachers who are job sharing are permitted to undertake substitute teaching in other schools during the period in which they are not rostered for duty in their own school; and if so, the safeguards or restrictions in place to ensure the scheme …
Martin Kenny Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1386. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will expedite the appeals process for primary staffing and provide an additional teacher for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25286/26]
John Connolly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1421. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to change the staffing schedule for primary schools to recognise the appointment of an administrative deputy principal at a lower threshold where the school operates across two campuses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25578/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1443. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to amend the rules (details supplied) where a school may only appoint a replacement secretary for sick leave for school secretaries who are paid by the Paymaster, where a secretary has a significant illness and will be on long term absence will the Department fund a replacement with immediate effect and not only after the ten day sick leave per…
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1517. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of maths teaching posts that are vacant in post-primary schools across the State; if there is a disproportionate number of vacancies in this subject; if she is considering reviewing Teaching Council registration rules to facilitate the supply of maths teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26969/26]
David Cullinane Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1542. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNA posts allocated to each school in county Waterford at the end of quarter 1 2026 in comparison to quarter 1 2025, by school; and the number of posts filled and the number of posts unutilised or vacant, in tabular form. [27316/26]
David Cullinane Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1543. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of posts allocated to each school in County Waterford at the end of quarter 1 2026 in comparison to quarter 1 2025, by post type, by school; and the number of posts filled and the number of posts unutilised or vacant, in tabular form. [27317/26]
Michael Murphy Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
256. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the NCSE refused full-time SNA support for a pupil (details supplied) in a primary school with ADHD and type 1 diabetes requiring continuous supervision; if she is aware that the current allocation of 0.83 hours per day is insufficient and is resulting in the child missing school time; the reason no formal notification or rationale issue…
Jen Cummins Written 25 Mar 2026 · to Education
75. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efforts she has made to attract teachers back to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22505/26]
Jen Cummins Written 25 Mar 2026 · to Education
76. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount spent to attract teachers back to Ireland in each of the years 2023 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22506/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 24 Mar 2026 · to Education
499. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a date and time is not given in advance for the release of the staffing schedule for schools; if she will consider giving advance notice of the release of the staffing schedule for the wellbeing of principals and the staff whose jobs are affected by the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21774/26]
George Lawlor Written 19 Mar 2026 · to Education
282. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers currently employed in primary and post-primary schools in Galway City and County; the number of teaching vacancies currently unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21098/26]
Brian Brennan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
685. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the school secretary and caretaker dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18823/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
712. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the teaching allocation schedule for primary schools will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18917/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
713. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider recognising a year long/ full time temporary contract as a viable contract for CID; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18918/26]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
759. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the grant or allocation provided to schools (details supplied) for each substitute teacher cover has increased in each of the past 20 years; to provide a year-by-year breakdown of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19251/26]