Parliamentary questions

814. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if plans have advanced for a new school building in Cork (details supplied); to provide clarification on the delays associated with the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19612/26]

815. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the outcome of a recent SNA review which was carried out at a school (details supplied); if the outcome is not yet available to provide an approximate timeframe for when this outcome will be available to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19624/26]

816. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review a situation regarding a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19667/26]

817. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the emergency works application by a school (details supplied); the actions she will take to expedite this application to reflect the urgency in progressing these works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19681/26]

818. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding streams, emergency works schemes, or capital supports which are available to a school (details supplied) for the purposes of undertaking essential roof repairs and addressing severe mould issues within the school building. [19726/26]

819. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth reason two SEN classroom extensions requested by her Department are not now being provided alongside an ongoing project (details supplied); if reasoning is based on budgetary constraints; if so, the reason funding was not available for these important classroom additions; if the decision to omit the SEN classrooms will be reviewed…

820. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider providing transport funding for schools who qualify for a championship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19740/26]

821. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to ensure that teachers are being supported to teach STEM; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19741/26]

822. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) has been waiting for a permanent school building for 15 years despite progress such as her Department approving the plan for the building and planning permission notices going up, this project was not selected in the 105 priority list for school buildings; if she will consider fu…

823. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of the €300 million to be used as a contingency fund for 2026 to 2030 period under the NDP Sectoral Plan; the way in which projects will be deemed eligible for funding under this stream; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19764/26]

824. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of the €300 million to be used as a contingency fund for 2026 to 2030 period under the NDP Sectoral Plan; whether a project could be included (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19765/26]

825. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to support the continued professional learning of teachers with respect to the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19768/26]

826. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional supports which have been provided under the redress measures she announced on Friday 6 March 2026, as against what was already in place; the way in which she specifically progressed calls for enhanced medical card and financial supports in pension payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19769/26]

827. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provision that will be made available for survivors of industrial schools who missed the deadline to apply for the Industrial school redress scheme of September 2011. [19770/26]

828. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to statements from the National Council for Special Education that special class places are available in Cork, to clarify the number of vacant and immediately available special class places currently in Cork; the names of the schools where these places exist; the type of special classes involved (for example autism classes …

829. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in Cork that are currently awaiting placement in special classes for the upcoming school year; the way in which this number compares with the number of vacant places identified by the National Council for Special Education; and the steps being taken to ensure that children without placements are offered appro…

830. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider scrapping the exemption system for the Irish language given that no evidence supports this practice and that no such system exists in any other European country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19785/26]

831. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige an ndéanfaidh sí machnamh ar an gcóras díolúine don Ghaeilge a chur ar ceal, i bhfianaise nach bhfuil aon taighde a thacaíonn leis an gcleachtas seo agus nach bhfuil a leithéid de chóras ann in aon tír Eorpach eile; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina leith.; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [19786/26]

832. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for calling the package of supports announced for the survivors of Ireland's industrial and reformatory schools after the Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act given that the survivors explicitly requested that the supports should specifically refer to survivors of industrial and reform schools; and if sh…

833. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that a school building project remains in progress (details supplied); the current position and a timeline for progress to the next phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19831/26]

834. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up-to-date position regarding additional school accommodation facility at a school (details supplied); if the school has requested an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19836/26]

835. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that a school building project (details supplied) remains in progress; the current position; the timeline for progress to the next phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19857/26]

836. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider a formal review of the higher-level maths curriculum to ensure greater gender equality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19874/26]

837. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) has published a new draft leaving certificate history syllabus which excludes the period of First World War; whether she agrees that understanding of this period, including issues such as the conscription crisis and the number of Irish people who died in…

838. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 5 March 2026, to provide the timeline for when a school (details supplied) will receive further guidance on a report; if she is aware of the lack of communication the school has received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19895/26]