890. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school capacity is set by each school or by her Department. [20532/26]
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891. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for when the stage one report will be approved for a school (details supplied); and when the school will move onto stage two. [20534/26]
892. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when an updated CID Circular is expected to be issued; if it will address issues where teachers provide service for years without access to permanent contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20598/26]
893. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by her and all members of her staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20605/26]
894. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by all Junior Ministers in her Department and their members of staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20623/26]
895. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted due to St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026; and the amount paid.
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896. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of carbon that has been emitted by transport used by her, the Junior Ministers in her Department, and their staff for each of the past five years; if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted because of transport; and the amount paid in each year. [20660/26]
897. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the refurbishment works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20680/26]
898. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with the principal of a school (details supplied) in relation to their planned refurbishment project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20681/26]
899. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a timeline for the start date of a planned refurbishment project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20682/26]
900. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 414 of 3 March 2026, if the Minister can further respond to correspondence received (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20683/26]
901. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that consideration will be given to awarding a school (details supplied) three additional SNAs given the fact that the pupils of the school have a number of complex needs that require additional support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20686/26]
902. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the building project for a school (details supplied) a post primary project categorised as an extension and refurbishment; the progress made to date; the forthcoming stages in the project lifecycle; the expected timelines for those stages; and the estimated cost range for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
903. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the building project for a primary school project (details supplied) categorised as a new school building; the progress achieved to date; the forthcoming stages of the project lifecycle; the expected timelines for those stages; and the estimated cost range for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20706…
904. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the building project for a school (details supplied) project type categorised as an extension; the progress to date; the next stages of the project lifecycle; the expected timelines for those stages; and the estimated cost range for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20707/26]
905. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the building project for a school (details supplied), a post primary school project categorised as an extension; the progress made to date; the stages that will follow in the project lifecycle; the expected timelines for those stages; and the estimated cost range for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
906. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the eight school projects that are currently under construction in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20748/26]
907. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the 29 schools in County Laois that have been upgraded to the provision of a new school building, a large extension, or provision of modular accommodation from 2020 to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20749/26]
908. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence regarding the planned opening of special classes in a school (details supplied); the associated construction works; the reasons for the delays; the steps being taken by her Department to ensure the project is completed within the timeline that was previously outlined to the school; the definitive timeline…
909. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify her Department's current policy regarding the provision of modular accommodation for special classes; the reason schools that have exhausted existing internal capacity, but possess adequate external grounds, are being refused modular builds to open necessary ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20755/26]
910. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary and post-primary schools in County Wexford that have expressed a willingness to open a special class but have been unable to do so due to the Department's refusal or delay in sanctioning modular accommodation in the past 24 months; the steps being taken to urgently address this specific bottleneck; and if she will make a statem…
911. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way her Department justifies children and teenagers with additional needs being forced to travel outside their local communities for education when local schools are willing to accommodate them but are denied modular building approval; the way in which this aligns with the Government's commitments to inclusive education; and if she will make a s…
912. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has approved the NCCA draft specifications for Leaving Certificate English, which sets out a fundamental change in the English curriculum (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20817/26]
913. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the case of a school (details supplied); if her Department investigate the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20829/26]
914. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentile of children that receive a school place within the four reading schools in the State established to assist children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20831/26]