450. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the staffing schedule at primary schools to ensure greater fairness and equity, especially for smaller schools in order to ensure equal access to quality education for every child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54955/25]
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184. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the staffing schedule for primary schools for the 2026/2027 school year to address the inequities in the appointment figures for certain categories of schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54257/25]
1235. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of full time equivalents directly employed by her Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43657/25]
513. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of civil servant staff that are currently working in her Department; and the grades dedicated to youth and youth work in her Department, in tabular form. [39643/25]
207. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of qualified teachers working in non-teaching posts in her Department, for example, in the inspectorate. [36709/25]
368. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of psychologists currently employed by NEPS; the number of sanctioned psychologist posts in NEPS; the estimated full-year cost of running NEPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35655/25]
299. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of people working full-time and part-time in her Department and bodies under the aegis of the Department in roles that are fully on-site, hybrid, or fully remote from 2022 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33499/25]
319. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will request her Ministerial colleagues to grant immediate pension parity to school secretaries and caretakers, as they are integral to the daily operations of schools and are paid by her Department. [31422/25]
331. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the geographic areas in Wicklow the three educational welfare officers in Tusla cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31395/25]
332. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is currently an educational welfare officer employed by Tusla which covers the area of north Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31396/25]
143. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by her Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if her Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31269/25]
555. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff members employed to support the school completion programme in Galway in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29561/25]
590. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current allocation of educational welfare officers in County Longford, noting that there is only one officer currently in situ; if and when an additional officer will be appointed to meet the demand in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29856/25]
597. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will formally announce the reforms of how teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29863/25]
630. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first-, whole- and school-year cost of recruiting 15 additional educational psychologists. [29915/25]
644. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 7 May 2025, if the person is part of the public service pensions scheme; the actions that are required by the school for them to continue unemployment after their 70th birthday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30085/25]
666. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full year costs to recruit 50 additional WTE educational welfare officers. [30399/25]
674. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a home school community liaison for a school (details supplied) which would greatly benefit from the role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30511/25]
224. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of staff in her Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26550/25]
956. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20013/25]
507. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17051/25]
321. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the details of any secondments from consulting firms to her Department since 2020; the consulting firm involved; the purpose of the secondment; the durations of the secondments; who paid the salary of the individual seconded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13179/25]
595. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if all persons that are recruited to work in her Department and all the related agencies of her Department are fully vetted before they are employed by her Department and-or said agencies. [11080/25]
707. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if a transfer will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12042/25]
346. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the gender breakdown of her Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5849/25]