Parliamentary questions

1527. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the published results of her Department’s Primary School Patronage Survey excludes the responses of parents of pre-school children and parents of children who currently attend multi-denominational schools; the criteria used to determine which responses were included in the final reported outcomes; and if she will commit to releas…

1528. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider adding a special class to a school extension project per request of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27160/26]

1529. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an ASA scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27161/26]

1530. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding emergency works application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27162/26]

1531. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has investigated the possibility of extending DEIS/DEIS Plus supports to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27164/26]

1532. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria being used to identify and include schools in DEIS/DEIS Plus; if the criteria is circulated to schools prior to final assessment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27166/26]

1533. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with a school (details supplied) regarding additional requirements identified in respect of an ASA scheme application; if her Department will engage with the school authority on the way in which to address its requirements in respect of special education provision; and if she will make a statement on the matt…

1534. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a meeting request from the principal to discuss outstanding remedial works (details supplied); the details of the meetings which have taken place with both schools and their patron bodies in 2026, since receiving correspondence in relation to remedial works for the schools; and if she will make a statemen…

1535. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which a school (details supplied) can secure funding from her Department to set up a sensory garden; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27169/26]

1536. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a small school's pilot project application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27170/26]

1537. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an application for a fifth special class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27171/26]

1538. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the ASA scheme application lodged by a school (details supplied); if the project can be prioritised based on the need for SEN places in the school's catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27172/26]

1539. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 484 of 10 June and 485 of 15 July 2025, if school transport will be available in the next academic year for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27177/26]

1540. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school transport will be provided in the next academic year for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27186/26]

1541. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 18 March 2026, the remaining options that are available to the parents of a child (details supplied) who have been unable to find an available school place they deem appropriate in their locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27221/26]

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]

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]

1544. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the level of capital funding provided to primary and post-primary schools in County Waterford in each of the years 2016-2025, by school, in tabular form. [27318/26]

1545. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the level of capital funding provided to primary and post-primary schools in each of the years 2016-2025, by county, in tabular form. [27319/26]

245. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23417/26]

246. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23124/26]

247. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a scheme and whether a school will be included (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23125/26]

248. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 910 of 18 March 2026, if she will provide the exact numerical data requested; the exact number of applications or expressions of interest from primary and post-primary schools in County Wexford to open special classes that have been refused, paused, or delayed solely due to her Department not…

249. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the recently revised assessment of need framework limits or reduces access to cognitive assessment for children, including in cases where intellectual disability is not suspected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23167/26]

250. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the recently revised assessment of need ensures that children with uneven developmental profiles, including those who may be gifted or twice-exceptional that is, children with both high ability and additional needs such as autism, ADHD, or dyslexia, will be appropriately identified within the system; and if she will make a st…