Parliamentary questions

571. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department uses a previous refusal of an assistive technology grant at primary level when considering a new application at post-primary level for the same child; if so, the basis for this approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14973/26]

572. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the training, professional development and guidance provided to special educational needs organisers in relation to assessing applications for the assistive technology grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14974/26]

573. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the portal will be open for students to apply for school transport for the 2026/2027 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14985/26]

575. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide clarification on matters relating to special needs assistants who may be losing their posts (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14988/26]

576. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNAs employed at the end of each month since September 2025; and the current number of funded vacant positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15003/26]

577. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current number of WTE SNA positions funded for the school year 2025/2026; and the total number that will be available from September 2026 for school year 2026/2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15004/26]

578. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to ensure a person (details supplied) will be provided with special school bus transport, in view that the pupil was in receipt of transport and was notified that the route will not operate from 19 January 2026 until further notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15005/26]

579. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to this Deputy's Topical Debate on 17 February 2026, the practical steps her Department will take in relation to a playing pitch for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15012/26]

580. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a value for money audit has been carried out in relation to the overall cost of installing two modular ASD classes for a school (details supplied) and refurbishing the older classroom at the same time, versus subsequently funding an upgrade of the existing modular building at a later stage; and if she will make a state…

581. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on when her Department will meet three schools in Dublin 7 (details supplied) for the Stage 2A review meeting regarding the proposal to demolish and rebuild their schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15033/26]

582. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the status of recently announced SNA reviews where schools have lost an SNA allocation, whether schools still need to lodge an SNA appeal if they do not wish to lose an SNA; the status of the 'pause' announced on 17 February; if will schools be directly informed regarding the status of the pause and how it impacts o…

583. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will state when construction can commence on classrooms sanctioned by her Department to meet the needs of students with additional educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15061/26]

584. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth when school bus tickets will be awarded to students (details supplied). [15062/26]

585. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the work her Department is doing to establish more reading schools and reading classes in the North Dublin area to cater for children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15070/26]

586. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a school placement for a child with additional educational needs raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15074/26]

587. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to allow SNA's to qualify for occupational injury leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15075/26]

588. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has any plans to review the requirement for newly qualified teachers to have completed the Droichead programme within three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15076/26]

589. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will positively consider the establishment of a special class for children with an autism diagnosis in a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15077/26]

590. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied); the timeline for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15081/26]

591. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that an organisation (details supplied) own a building on the same site as a school which they are putting on the market for private sale; and her plans to ensure that it can be used for educational purposes to accommodate the new Gaelcholáiste. [15145/26]

592. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm if there are any plans to develop a new secondary school in Newtownmountkennedy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15158/26]

593. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm the status of the development of the Kilkenny Schools Campus site; if the funding of €5 million announced by the previous Minister will be confirmed; if the project will be approved for the next phase of the development given that at the end of 2025, the enabling works were substantially completed with utili…

594. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of schools in Carlow and Kilkenny that are waiting approval for capital works and the stage that each one is at. [15166/26]

595. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the provision of a new school building to accommodate the amalgamation of school (details supplied); if approval will be given to allow the project to move to the next stage, as committed to previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15182/26]

596. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be approved to go to tender stage for their construction project, as outlined in their application submitted in December 2025. [15194/26]