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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Jen Cummins Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
296. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the retention rates across voluntary secondary schools, community and comprehensive schools, and ETB schools in the each of the past ten years, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52944/26]
Jen Cummins Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
297. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide DEIS school retention rates for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [52945/26]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
306. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that the enrolment for a school (details supplied) in Monaghan is capped at the 18 pupils currently being educated in the school and that no further enrolments are being considered for September; if she will intervene to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53101/26]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
307. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to expand the enrolment numbers in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53102/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
320. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that Wexford County Council has projected that at least 2,300 new homes will be constructed in Gorey, County Wexford in the period 2026-2034, her views on the way in which this will impact on schools locally; the plans for the development of new schools and educational facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53225/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
351. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has assessed the availability of second-level school places in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf areas in view of increasing demand and projected population growth; the measures being taken to ensure sufficient school places are available for students in these areas in the coming years; and if she will make a statement on th…
Peadar Tóibín Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Education
333. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of small rural schools in each county over each of the past twenty years; the annual enrolment in each school in the same time period; and the total maximum allocation for enrolment of each, in tabular form. [50882/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Education
169. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students placed on reduced school days in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50016/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Education
187. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in all special schools in Ireland; and if any projections have been carried out as to enrolments over the next five years. [50229/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Education
376. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of pupils enrolled in junior infants for the 2025/2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49146/26]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Education
412. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools which currently have enrolments in excess of 750 pupils or more; if the address of each will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49757/26]
Micheál Carrigy Written 17 Jun 2026 · to Education
92. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether temporary supports could be given to a school due to a reduction in enrolments and student numbers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46145/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Education
451. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the specific areas and schools to be included in the next stage of expansion of the pilot enrolment scheme have been selected; to provide details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45109/26]
Paul Murphy Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Education
515. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will engage with the family to ensure the child in question can secure a school place. [45796/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 11 Jun 2026 · to Education
189. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department assesses the impact of large scale residential developments on future demand for school places and childcare provision; the projected requirement for additional primary and post primary school places in the Donaghmede, Clongriffin and Belmayne areas over the next ten years; the plans in place to expand educational infrastruct…
Micheál Carrigy Written 11 Jun 2026 · to Education
206. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether temporary supports could be given to a school (details supplied) to support them, as they begin an enrolment recruitment process to be in line with her Department's criteria. [44867/26]
Paul Lawless Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
806. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way the DEIS identification model accounts for rural schools (details supplied) whose enrolment profile changed rapidly due to the placement of a large number of international protection applicants in nearby accommodation centres, resulting in the displacement of local pupils and a complete shift in the school’s socio-educational profile; and if …
Paul Lawless Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
807. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific metrics, indicators, and weightings used in the DEIS identification model; the way in which the geographical area is calculated; the way non-local enrolments are treated; the way in which schools with high concentrations of need but low local deprivation scores are assessed, particularly in the case of a school (details supplied); and if…
Paul Lawless Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
808. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the DEIS eligibility of a school (details supplied) whose enrolment profile was transformed as a direct consequence of State decisions on international protection accommodation, resulting in the school becoming reliant on non-local, high-need pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42127/26]
Paul Lawless Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
810. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will establish an appeals mechanism for schools including a school (details supplied) whose DEIS ineligibility arises from geographical indicators that no longer reflect the actual pupil population, due to State-driven redistribution of international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42129/26]
Paul Lawless Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
811. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific criteria, indicators, data sources, and weightings used to determine eligibility for DEIS status and DEIS Plus status at both primary and post-primary level, including the way socio-economic disadvantage is measured, the way geographical indicators are applied and the way in which pupil-level data is incorporated into the model; and if s…
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
839. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether consideration is being given to reducing class sizes in rural schools in Longford and Westmeath experiencing increased enrolment pressures. [42301/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
863. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth to ensure that there is an appropriate school place for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42734/26]
Réada Cronin Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
891. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to admitting a child (details supplied) to the afterschool and weekend supports even though no new referrals are being accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42939/26]
Jen Cummins Oral 28 May 2026 · to Education
83. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to publish the number of children awaiting appropriate school places on a regular basis. [37945/26]