Parliamentary questions

1402. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the delivery of a car park for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25385/26]

1403. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application made by a school (details supplied) under the climate action summer works scheme 2026 for wall cavity insulation; if her Department's attention has been drawn to the severe dampness and mould growth currently affecting all classrooms in the school; the timeline for the approval of the second tranche o…

1404. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total expenditure incurred by her Department on modular, prefab and temporary school accommodation, including both rental and leasing costs and purchased accommodation costs, in each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25431/26]

1405. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total pay bill for the civil service in her Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25441/26]

1406. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the delivery of a car park for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25457/26]

1407. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a decision will be made on the redesignation of a class (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25468/26]

1408. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she agrees with the NCSE's view that special needs assistants (SNAs) should be primarily or only provided to children with physical care needs; if she will work to ensure that children with educational needs, children who need help with emotional regulation or sensory overload are not excluded from automatically receiving an S…

1409. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can provide an estimate on the number of children who were previously entitled to an SNA but from whom an SNA will be removed this year. [25486/26]

1410. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who lost their SNA allocation in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [25487/26]

1411. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who qualified for an SNA in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [25488/26]

1412. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the Physical Activity in Teaching and Learning Grant, a pilot programme offering schools up to €10,000 to integrate physical activity into the curriculum, will be available for the 2026-2027 school year; to provide details on any planned continuation or expansion of the programme; whether her Department has evaluated the …

1413. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) is expected to be given approval to move forward with its plans to establish a special class for children with additional educational needs and increase capacity in four currently undersized mainstream classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25498/26]

1414. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost to recruit 25 additional WTE psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [25529/26]

1415. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost in 2027, if the standard capitation fee for primary school increased to €330 per pupil and for post primary schools increased to €435 per pupil. [25530/26]

1416. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) with an existing allocation of 0.4 HSCL post did not receive an increased allocation under the recent expansion; if she will review the allocation in this case given the demonstrated level of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25548/26]

1417. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review her Departments decision to exclude a school (details supplied) for home school community liaison services which was extended to 130 additional schools, including those outside the traditional DEIS programme, widening the safety net for vulnerable children and young people. [25556/26]

1418. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason seven schools in Drogheda (details supplied) are excluded from the Deis Plus scheme; the criteria used to make this decision; the basis on which these schools were judged to not meet those criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25557/26]

1419. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the appeals process for schools excluded from the DEIS Plus scheme; and the way in which appeals will be evaluated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25558/26]

1420. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the precise score for each school that was successfully awarded DEIS+ status as per her announcement in March; if she will provide the precise scoring achieved by schools in Drogheda (details supplied) using the new DEIS+ identification model and the Pobal HP Deprivation Index, in tabular form; and if she will mak…

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]

1422. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that one school from a cluster of eight schools in an area (details supplied) has been excluded from the extension of home school community liaison supports to rural and non-DEIS areas; if the decision to exclude the school will be reviewed given the eight schools operate in the same area and face the same challen…

1423. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm proposals to reintroduce fees for students taking the Junior Certificate and the Leaving Certificate examinations; if the fees will apply to DEIS schools; if consideration will be given to postponing the fees in light of the prolonged cost of living challenges many families are facing; and if she will make a statement o…

1424. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the increase in school transport fees announced by Bus Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25604/26]

1425. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the decision not to include a school (details supplied) in the DEIS Plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25609/26]

1426. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to publish the criteria and data used in determining eligibility for the DEIS Plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25610/26]