Parliamentary questions

154. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to set out the legal basis, Departmental policy position, and any issued guidance governing the use of reduced or partial timetables for children with additional or special educational needs; the circumstances in which such timetables are considered permissible; the maximum duration envisaged under policy; and the safeguards in pla…

155. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth what mechanisms her Department uses to monitor and oversee cases where children with additional or special educational needs are no longer attending mainstream schools on a full-time basis, including cases involving reduced timetables, home tuition, or alternative provision; the specific indicators or thresholds that trigger Depart…

156. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department tracks educational pathways for children who exit mainstream schooling due to unmet additional or special educational needs, including subsequent placement in alternative education programmes, home tuition, or no provision; and if not, whether she will commit to establishing a tracking mechanism to ensure no …

157. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans there are to develop a further special school in south Tipperary (details supplied), given that the current schools are at full capacity and where a small rural school is at risk of closure due to falling numbers; if consideration would be given to converting such a school to a special education school; and if she will…

158. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth since the closure of Caranua, when the survivors of residential institutional abuse will be able to avail of educational support, as referenced in the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10841/26]

159. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if survivors of the residential abuse scheme who have received redress from the State previously, will receive support for furthering their education; when Department officials will be available to discuss these supports with survivors following the closure of Caranua; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10842/26]

160. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the formal role of special educational needs organisers in cases where a child’s attendance at mainstream school is reduced or discontinued due to unmet needs; whether SENOs have authority to require schools to maintain full-time attendance where supports are lacking; and how her Department measures the effectiveness of …

161. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has conducted, commissioned, or plans to undertake a policy review of reduced timetables and informal exclusionary practices affecting children with additional or special educational needs; the timeline for any such review; and whether the review will include mandatory reporting, data collection, and enforcea…

162. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm the list of schools in receipt of the Deis plus programme; to clarify the progress of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10856/26]

163. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress on the project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10857/26]

164. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress on the project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10858/26]

165. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress on the project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10859/26]

166. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress on the project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10860/26]

167. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress on the project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10861/26]

168. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress on the project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10862/26]

169. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No’s 471, 472 and 473 of 4 February 2026, if her Department will commit to an audit of the actual figures of children currently waiting for a placement in each county per year (details supplied). [10886/26]

170. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Education and Youth the interventions or supports that will be provided to children awaiting assessments for possible developmental delays; the unconfirmed requirement for a special class or school place, to support the children and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10910/26]

171. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth based on the criteria she has published as the basis for the school construction projects announced in January 2026, the reason no school in the Wicklow-Wexford constituency was found to have met the criteria; and based on the ranking assessment that was indicated, to outline where all schools in the constituency currently seekin…

172. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can advise when the new set of actions will be developed for the period 2027 to 2028 as part of Opportunities for Youth: National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services; if she can provide a timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10936/26]

173. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can provide details of the resilience and effectiveness scheme; the length of time it has been operating; the way in which the decision is made on whether the fund will run in a year; the drawdowns by ETB that have been made in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10937/26]

174. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can provide an update on the review of UBU scheme; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10938/26]

175. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can provide an update on the targeted youth employability support initiative; to detail the impact measurement tool that is being developed; the timeline for the trial and evaluation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10939/26]

176. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10974/26]

177. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a breakdown of the amount spent on applications for school building projects at stage before submitting 2B, that were not on the priority list 2026/2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10976/26]

178. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the assistance her Department is giving schools where State agencies formed part of the further information required for a school to move to submitting 2B application for school building project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10977/26]