Parliamentary questions

251. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted any impact assessment on how the revised assessment of need model may affect the identification of children whose needs are masked by high cognitive ability or compensatory functioning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23169/26]

252. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if access to cognitive or psychological assessment remains available where there is evidence of significant intra-individual discrepancy, asynchronous development, or unexplained underachievement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23170/26]

253. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the training or guidance is being provided to assessment officers and multidisciplinary teams to ensure that complex presentations, including masking and twice-exceptionality, are recognised under the revised model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23171/26]

254. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department is aware that some secondary schools are requesting that parents purchase laptops or digital devices for senior cycle students at significant cost; the supports available for families who cannot afford these expenses; how this aligns with the objectives of the free schoolbooks scheme; and if she will ma…

255. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to introduce a new Gaelscoil (details supplied) in Cavan; if her Department have held any discussions on this to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23188/26]

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 notificatio…

257. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the request issued by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) to a school (details supplied) to open a special class; when a decision will be made on this request; the timeline involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23241/26]

258. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports her Department is providing for a school (details supplied) as it undertakes the movement of the entire school from its current temporary location back to its permanent building between Wednesday 29 April 2026 and Friday 8 May 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23273/26]

259. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if staff (coordinators and project workers) for School Completion Programme clusters are allocated according to specific criteria; if so, the criteria that determines the number of staff that each School Completion Programme have assigned to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23278/26]

260. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all the School Completion Programme clusters in the country, outlining total population of school children within each cluster and the number of WTE coordinators and WTE project workers assigned to each cluster, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23279/26]

261. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth for the reintroduction of a child to school (details supplied); the steps her Department is taking to reintroduce them into school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23282/26]

262. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Departments involvement with the promotion of the Erasmus + Programme in schools and youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23285/26]

263. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of the revised change order submission relating to roof works at a school (details supplied); and when a final decision is expected. [23291/26]

264. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reclassifying schools (details supplied) as DEIS Band 1, given the needs of students at the schools; if she will agree to a review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23321/26]

265. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth when it is planned to have a review of DEIS banding. [23322/26]

266. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a child in Cork (details supplied) that has been without a school place since October 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23327/26]

267. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review a remote area boarding grant application in respect of a student (details supplied) from Killorglin, County Kerry; if she will clarify the criteria applied by her Department in determining that an alternative school within 25km is considered suitable for the purposes of eligibility for the remote area boarding…

268. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extent to which financial literacy is currently delivered within the post-primary curriculum; the subjects and programmes through which it is provided; and whether her Department has assessed the proportion of students who receive structured financial literacy education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23338…

269. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has assessed the effectiveness of the current cross-curricular approach to financial literacy education at post-primary level, including in the context of national and OECD data on financial literacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23339/26]

270. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she is considering the introduction of a more structured or universal approach to financial literacy education at post-primary level, including the potential for a standalone module, subject or mandatory programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23340/26]

271. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a status update on the planned science labs for a school (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23341/26]

272. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the spend to date on the school attendance campaign; and the overall expected spend. [23356/26]

273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason in certain cases, an official from the National Council for Special Education does not visit a school applying for a special class placement to assess the suitability of its facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23357/26]

274. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the person or body responsible for determining which schools are awarded special classes through the National Council for Special Education; the criteria used in making such determinations; and the measures in place to ensure transparency in this decision-making process. [23358/26]

275. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the full criteria used by the National Council for Special Education when assessing applications from schools seeking a special class; and the plans to publish or further clarify these criteria to improve transparency. [23359/26]