1044. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have reported having formal procedures in place to give effect to parents' wishes to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47431/25]
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1045. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the guidance issued by her Department to schools on ensuring that secular instruction is free from religious content and that religious instruction is provided separately and only with parental consent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47432/25]
1046. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that schools funded by the State comply with parents' right to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47433/25]
1047. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commission a review of compliance with Departmental guidance regarding the right of parents to withdraw their children from religious instruction in publicly funded schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47434/25]
1056. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions being taken to reduce class sizes at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47545/25]
1027. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the FASD Ireland pilot project in secondary schools in County Clare; and if she would expand this pilot project elsewhere. [41077/25]
1028. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will roll out a classroom based programme that raises awareness of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in every secondary school across the State for students in transition year. [41078/25]
1029. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to ensure people are educated about foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in post primary schools. [41079/25]
1034. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will allocate sufficient funding to fully implement the national therapy service in mainstream education settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41189/25]
1037. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she supports the concept that every school should become a school of sanctuary; and her views on the role of schools as champions of inclusion. [41229/25]
1216. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth her policy for improving accessibility to co-educational schools at primary level; the percentage of new schools sanctioned that are co-educational; and the plan to improve choice for parents in areas of same-sex schools only. [43404/25]
129. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions underway in primary schools to ensure that children have adequate digital literacy skills. [40002/25]
161. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure schools that are operating via Windows 10 are supported to upgrade all ICT infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39683/25]
169. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will reassess the need for a secondary school for Newcastle given the population is growing faster than projected in the 2022-2028 South Dublin County Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40007/25]
455. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she has taken to deliver on the commitment in the Programme for Government to establish a new national small schools project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38808/25]
37. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address an important issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37951/25]
413. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views of existing restrictions on teachers taking parental leave in individual days as can contribute to a lack of continuity between students and individual teachers; if she intends to review existing restrictions on teachers taking parental leave in individual days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32125/25]
456. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a new national small school’s project will be introduced. [32656/25]
464. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on programmes to improve media literacy in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32750/25]
120. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of any intentions within her Department to re-engage with primary schools on the ‘keeping childhood smartphone-free’ initiative for the 2025-26 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31159/25]
125. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the STEM education policy statement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30704/25]
143. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail the most recent occasion her Department provided guidance, through Department circular, curriculum guidelines or any other method, to primary schools on the allocation of homework to pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31158/25]
151. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail her plans to hold an education convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30555/25]
510. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the thresholds currently in place as part of the demographic demand analysis that would warrant a school extension or a new school building. [29087/25]
262. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that private entities are offering online grinds to prepare for standardised tests at primary school level; if she will take steps to prohibit such practices as they inhibit the function of, and rationale for, State testing. [26691/25]