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Mark Ward Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
915. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are any plans to establish a new reading school for children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20832/26]
Mark Ward Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
916. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are any plans to establish new reading classes for children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20833/26]
Mark Ward Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
917. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of places there are for placement in reading schools and reading classes for children with dyslexia; and the number of children that are on the waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20834/26]
James Geoghegan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
918. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20859/26]
Colm Burke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
919. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school's appeal (details supplied) for a second SNA can be given very strong consideration due to the urgent needs of pupils at the school for this support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20910/26]
Pat Buckley Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
920. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether or not fees (details supplied) will be waived and; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20922/26]
Brendan Smith Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
921. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when it is proposed to include additional primary and second level schools in the DEIS Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20946/26]
Robert Troy Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
334. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on diversity and inclusion policies within schools; the objectives pertaining to these policies; the number of such objectives there are; whether they have commenced; and the timeline for their implementation across schools. [17876/26]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
335. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioning of a new ASD class at a school (details supplied). [17877/26]
Seán Crowe Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
336. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to report on the status of the stage 2 (a) submission by two schools (details supplied) with respect to their urgent need for redevelopment. [17897/26]
Paula Butterly Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
337. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the ongoing delays in responding to correspondence regarding a school (details supplied); if she is aware that despite repeated correspondence from a person within her Department including multiple occasions in September, October, November and again on 25 November 2025 the matter had been referred to a line manager, no substantive up…
Sorca Clarke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
338. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the basis on which an assistive technology application was refused, twice to date, for a child (details supplied) who has a diagnosis of dysgraphia and a joint occupational therapist/physiotherapist recommendation that assistive technology is essential on a full-time basis in order that they can access the school curriculum. [17928/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
339. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of what the social inclusion fund within her Department is spent on; if she plans to increase this fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17936/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
340. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the free schoolbook scheme receives funding through the social inclusion fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17937/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
341. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth how much the social inclusion fund amounted to for the purpose of tackling educational disadvantage for the year 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17938/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
342. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the social inclusion fund in the Department provided funding for schoolbooks to tackle educational disadvantage for the year 2025 and 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17939/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
343. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with SEN who have been refused an offer for a school place in counties Longford and Westmeath for the coming September intake; the breakdown of those refusals by disability type and school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17944/26]
Paula Butterly Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
344. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the additional school accommodation applications submitted by a school (details supplied) in 2023 and again in 2025; the stage each application is presently at within the Planning and Building Unit; and when the school can expect a formal decision. [17953/26]
Paula Butterly Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
345. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if interim modular accommodation will be approved for a school (details supplied) as an urgent measure ahead of September 2026, in light of projected enrolment growth and the school’s current lack of adequate teaching space. [17954/26]
Paula Butterly Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
346. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason NCSE withdrew its October 2023 commitment to provide modular accommodation for two autism classes at a school (details supplied); and if she will address the discrepancy between the NCSE’s stated position of “no demand” locally and the recent sanctioning of a special class in a neighbouring school. [17955/26]
Paula Butterly Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
347. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is satisfied that the current accommodation at a school (details supplied) complies with her Department’s technical guidance documents, including TGD-022, TGD-020 and TGD-026; and if not, the immediate actions which will be taken to ensure compliance and safeguard pupil and staff welfare. [17956/26]
Paula Butterly Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
348. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) last received capital investment from her Department; if she is aware that the 2000 extension is now affected by damp, leaks and mould; and the remedial works which will be undertaken to address these issues. [17957/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
349. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the decision making criteria and weighting used when selecting school building projects for prioritisation in the NDP sectoral plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17987/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
350. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which future school building projects will be prioritised for future rounds of NDP; the stakeholders that will be engaged and criteria that will apply; the date in Q2 when stakeholders will be engaged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17988/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
351. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the decision making criteria and weighting used when selecting which school in an area that should provide additional mainstream capacity when a shortage is identified (details supplied); if existing space, Gaeilge, special class provision are factors for example; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17989/26]