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Jen Cummins Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1490. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the results of the recent survey to parents on school patronage will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26511/26]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1515. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the Department has not published the disaggregated results for parents from the survey on school patronage and ethos of pre-school children, given that the survey explicitly included parents of children aged 0-12, including those not yet in the school system; and whether this omission risks undermining the survey's stated objective of plan…
Jen Cummins Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1524. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she will publish the full results of the parental survey. [27104/26]
Jen Cummins Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1525. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process that will be put in place to support schools to divest. [27105/26]
Jen Cummins Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1526. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which schools will be identified for divestment. [27106/26]
Holly Cairns Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1527. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the published results of her Department’s Primary School Patronage Survey excludes the responses of parents of pre-school children and parents of children who currently attend multi-denominational schools; the criteria used to determine which responses were included in the final reported outcomes; and if she will commit to releasing the full dataset…
Ciarán Ahern Written 4 Feb 2026 · to Education
470. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the results of the school patronage survey will be made public. [7444/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1162. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for a closed school (details supplied); if she will consider selling the school to the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74961/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Education
287. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proportion of religious to non-denominational schools in Kildare; the number of schools successfully reconfigured in Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62639/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 1 Oct 2025 · to Education
67. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding the Gaelcholáiste for Dublin south city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52286/25]
Michael Murphy Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Education
269. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress to date with the primary school divestment programme; the reasons for its limited outcomes since 2018; and her plans to ensure that families have access to greater choice in multi-denominational and non-denominational education, in view of Census 2023 findings which show a significant decline in the proportion of the population identif…
Jen Cummins Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
553. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if patronage will feature as part of the national convention on education. [48809/25]
Jen Cummins Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
554. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the terms of reference for the national convention on education will be published. [48810/25]
Jen Cummins Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
555. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the parental survey on patronage will be published. [48811/25]
Jen Cummins Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
556. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if reconfiguration will be part of the national convention on education. [48812/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
873. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a breakdown of the number of primary and post primary schools that are Catholic, Church of Ireland, other religious patronage and non-denominational, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45948/25]
Emer Currie Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1038. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has plans for a school to become co-educational (details supplied) considering that other schools in its catchment are changing to co-educational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41247/25]
Jen Cummins Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
122. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for reconfiguration numbers at the end of the 2025 academic year. [39684/25]
Jen Cummins Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
313. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of schools in Dublin south-central that currently operate under multi-denominational patronage; and the specific actions being taken to expedite patronage transfers. [40306/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Education
497. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the survey for school communities in relation to school denomination; when this survey will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39436/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Education
242. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reopening a school (details supplied) under new patronage, considering that there is a sufficient demand of children in the area, and the closure of the school is a great loss to the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36957/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Education
380. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the exact steps required by her Department for a school to change its patronage; the role of the school’s board of management, the principal, religious orders and the parent’s council in such a change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33586/25]
Emer Currie Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Education
465. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to increasing the number of multi-denominational schools; the progress that has been made since 2011; if she plans to survey parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32792/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
154. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1018 of 29 April 2025, if her Department has considered the transition of an existing post-primary school in a particular school planning area (details supplied) to multidenominational, co-educational status, rather than the establishment of a new school; the demographic data, including Geographic Information S…
Cian O'Callaghan Written 15 May 2025 · to Education
231. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will prioritise building an Educate Together school in the Beaumont-Coolock SPA as there is currently no provision in the area; if schools are allowed to extend their catchment areas over the boundary of the SPAs; for an update on the Government’s divestment programme in the Beaumont-Coolock SPA; and if she will make a statement on the mat…