Parliamentary questions

97. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of all school building projects in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11474/26]

98. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the pilot single application system for post-primary school admissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10773/26]

99. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a much-needed building project will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10770/26]

100. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to ensure that schools in County Galway have appropriate SET and SNA allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9696/26]

101. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the projected timeline for the roll-out of the 1,717 additional SNAs and 860 additional SETs announced as part of budget 2026; the regional allocation model; and the measures in place to ensure timely recruitment. [11013/26]

102. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the establishment of a new DEIS plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10774/26]

103. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige na ceantair pleanála scoile sa Stát nach bhfuil meánscoil lánGhaeilge iontu a ainmniú, agus cad iad na bearta i ngach cás acu atá déanta ag a Roinn chun an bearna sin a líonadh [10906/26]

104. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which children with additional needs in Drogheda without a school place will be accommodated for the upcoming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11023/26]

105. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps he will take to ensure equality of terms and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers with other public sector workers, if he will meaningfully re-engage with a trade union (details supplied) in relation to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70616/25]

106. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to assist schools, primarily in rural areas, that are facing closure or the loss of a teacher due to falling enrolment; and the engagement she has had with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht regarding this issue. …

107. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on efforts by her Department and the NCSE to increase ASD class capacity for boys in the Clondalkin area for the coming school year, given there are a small number of boys without an appropriate placement to move on to from their current placements in ASD classes in girls’ schools in the area. [10985/26]

108. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the planned school building project at a school [10462/26]

109. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to improve access to remedial and improvement works funding for schools in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11020/26]

110. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action being taken to address the barriers in place for children in Drogheda and beyond seeking special school places for the next school term because they have missed the arbitrary cut-off time imposed by NCSE to apply for places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11022/26]

111. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department oversees the consistency and transparency of NCSE decisions on SET and SNA allocations for post-primary schools; the mechanisms that exist to address cases where schools report unmet need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11005/26]

112. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was excluded from the latest school capital funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11026/26]

113. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address overcrowding in schools in Louth, and not-fit-for purpose school buildings, given the increasing population in the county. [10849/26]

114. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will provide funding to build new schools for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10944/26]

115. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average timeframe for a mainstream school to receive additional SNA hours once a new or increased need is identified during the school year; whether she is satisfied that this timeframe supports inclusion, wellbeing, and continuity of education for the child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11110/26]

116. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline efforts underway within her Department to increase the supply of primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10904/26]

117. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will meet with the principal of a school (details supplied) to discuss the urgent need for additional autism class provision within their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11072/26]

118. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will collect data on the number of children and young people who are recommended specialist placement but do not receive one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10574/26]

119. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is implementing to address vacant teaching posts in core subjects, following a recent departmental study which shows that there are over 1,000 unfilled teaching posts across 600 secondary schools, of which 696 of these roles were filled by a so-called ‘out of field’ (unqualified). [11007/26]

120. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will equalise funding for special classes at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10573/26]

121. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the rollout of the DEIS Plus programme in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9970/26]