Parliamentary questions

214. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason full post-primary autism classes receive €0 in year-on-year funding, while their primary equivalents receive €4,020 in such funding; if she will commit to equalising this funding, a position supported by the NCSE; if so, in what timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8783/26]

215. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will direct the NCSE to provide the number of students in post-primary schools that have a recommendation of requiring a special class place, but do not currently have that place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8784/26]

216. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will direct the NCSE to provide specific CPD on how to run post-primary autism classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8785/26]

217. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that teachers can choose to not participate in the assessment of needs process, and cannot be compelled to participate, as per a judgment in January 2024 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8786/26]

218. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school giving priority enrolment to a post-primary autism special class to students already enrolled in the school who receive their autism diagnosis and/or recommendation of requiring a post-primary autism class placement, and who have all necessary documentation (including diagnostic report and NCSE letter of eligibility), …

219. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will instruct all schools with special classes to assign a teacher to coordinate said classes and specify a minimum number of administration hours per class for that teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8788/26]

220. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide precise data on the number of times section 37a of the Schools Admissions Act 2018 has actually been utilised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8789/26]

221. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in fee paying schools; the number of those schools that have special classes; the number of classes they have; if she will also provide the same statistics for public schools, and explain the discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8790/26]

222. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in DEIS schools; the number of those schools that have special classes; the number of such classes they have; if she will also provide the same statistics for non-DEIS schools, and the reason for the discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8791/26]

223. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will instruct the NCSE to provide a county by county (and by area code in Dublin) breakdown of special class numbers, covering the past five years, and relevant population stats for each county/area, broken down into primary and post-primary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8792/26]

224. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department this year has made home tuition conditional on having a psychological report done within the past six months, especially given the potentially years long wait to get such reports; to provide statistics from the past five years of successful home tuition applications as compared to successful applications …

225. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline for all developments in relation to the proposed development at a school (details supplied) since its first proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8796/26]

226. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) will be approved to proceed to construction of a new secondary school, as this project was initially approved four years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8799/26]

227. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) that has been seeking an extension for SEN room and additional classroom since 2022 was left off the recent announcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8812/26]

228. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools not included, but that have applied, in the NDP announcement that included provision for SEN, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8813/26]

229. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 560 of 12 November 2025, if she will provide an update on her Department’s plans on the site identified; if there are no plans, if she will instruct her Department’s officials to engage with school management to discuss the matter further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [882…

230. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the schools in Cork approved stage 1 and stage 2A in the new build process; and the date they received approval. [8825/26]

231. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school building projects that have been completed, by county (details supplied) since 2020; the funding allocated for same, by county since 2020; to provide a breakdown the total number of projects currently under construction, per county; to provide a breakdown of the total number of projects currently in planning a…

232. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Youth if and when a school place will be facilitated in the case of a child (details supplied). [8849/26]

233. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school bus issue can be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8865/26]

234. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a funding application and or SENO referral has been made for child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8877/26]

235. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the home tuition support grant was refused for a child (details supplied), despite extensive evidence given by primary school and psychologists in relation to her assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8878/26]

236. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) can be included in the DEIS urban band 1 programme. [8884/26]

237. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that her Department has completed a refurbishment plan for a school (details supplied); the immediate steps she will take to sanction this much needed refurbishment plan as the school has been waiting for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8918/26]

238. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all local authorities with and without a Gaelcholáiste, in tabular form. [8922/26]