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James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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 matter. [27167/26]
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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 statement on the matter. [27…
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
James O'Connor Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
David Cullinane Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
David Cullinane Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
David Cullinane Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
David Cullinane Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
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]
Niamh Smyth Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
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]
Emer Currie Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
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]
Emer Currie Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
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]
George Lawlor Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
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 sanctioning modular…
Ruth Coppinger Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
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]
Ruth Coppinger Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
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 statement on the matte…
Ruth Coppinger Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
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]