Parliamentary questions

587. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the eligibility criteria for the awarding of incremental credit to teachers with experience in private schools at primary level. [4481/26]

588. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of autism places in primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Saint Margarets, Meakstown and North Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4495/26]

589. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of autism places in post-primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Saint Margarets and north Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4496/26]

590. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children on waiting lists to access autism places in primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Meakstown, Rolestown, Saint Margarets and north Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4497/26]

591. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children on waiting lists to access autism places in post-primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4498/26]

592. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of reading school places available in primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Meakstown, Saint Margarets and north Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4499/26]

593. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of reading school places available in primary schools in Swords, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4500/26]

594. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children on waiting lists to access a reading school place in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Saint Margarets, Meakstown and north Santry, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4501/26]

595. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of any plans to open additional reading school places in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown, Saint Margarets, Meakstown and north Santry for the academic year 2025-26; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4502/26]

329. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school policies allowing students to bring home free school books, keeping parents engaged in their child's education, are adopted nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2996/26]

330. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has considered a target for primary schools to become Gaelscoileanna using the Content and Language Integrated Learning method. [2997/26]

331. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the schools that have requested sanction for additional autism class supports in the city and county of Cork; the schools that have been sanctioned and communicated with and the schools yet to be contacted with specific regard to additional supports for existing classes, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

332. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the tender submission process for the new school building project for a school (details supplied) will open in January as previously advised; the length of time this process will be open for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3046/26]

333. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the numbers of SNA increases that were recommended by special educational needs organisers (SENO) for Kildare, Wicklow and Meath, in tabular form; and the numbers of increases that were actually made for same, in tabular form. [3051/26]

334. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3057/26]

335. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth an bhfuil sí ar an eolas faoin méid seo a leanas a tuairiscíodh i dTuarascáil na Cigireachta (2024) agus Athbhreithniú Téamach, a foilsíodh i mí Dheireadh Fómhair 2025, gur “mórábhar imní é an éagsúlacht atá ann maidir leis an inniúlacht atá ag múinteoirí sa Ghaeilge”, gur tugadh le fios “nach bhfuil caighdeán foriomlán líofac…

336. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth an bhfuil sí ar an eolas go bhfuil 65% i scrúdú cainte TEG B1 (is é sin, caighdeán B1.2 nó B1+ ar an bhFráma Tagartha Comónta Eorpach (FTCE)) luaite mar riachtanas iontrála ar an Máistir Gairmiúil san Oideachas sna hinstitiúidí ar fad atá maoinithe ag an Stát chomh maith le H4 i scrúdú Gaeilge na hArdteistiméireachta (nó cáilí…

337. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth an bhfuil sí ar an eolas go luaitear sa cháipéis Céim: Caighdeáin d’Oideachas Tosaigh Múinteoirí (An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta, Deireadh Fómhair 2020, lch 14) an méid seo a leanas maidir leis an gcaighdeán atá le baint amach ag múinteoirí bunscoile faoi oiliúint: Gaeilge - Ní mór muinín agus inniúlacht an mhúinteora faoi oil…

338. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais agus Óige an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí maidir le líon na n-uaireanta teagaisc sa Ghaeilge a chuirtear ar fáil i ngach institiúid mar chuid de chúrsaí oideachais tosaigh do mhúinteoirí bunscoile (B.Oid agus MGO) le tacú leo chun an caighdeán cuí Gaeilge a bhaint amach faoi dheireadh na gcúrsaí; …

339. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efforts being made to increase the number of autism classes in the Clontarf area of Dublin, where there is significant demand; if she is aware that there is a particular lack of such places for female students in the locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3090/26]

340. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount her Department, or agencies under its remit, spent on advertising on a social media platform (details supplied) in each of the years 2024 and 2025 respectively; to outline any expenditure on verification or premium accounts on the platform in those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3100/26]

341. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is aware that a school (details supplied) applied for an emergency works grant in November 2025; the reason there has been a delay in approval of that grant; whether her Department has reviewed the school’s application re same; when the school can expect to receive the grant; and if she will make a statement on t…

342. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average class size in primary and post-primary schools in County Waterford at the end of each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the way this compares to the national average, in tabular form. [3167/26]

343. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average class size in primary and post-primary schools at the end of each year 2020 to 2025; and the numbers for each county, in tabular form. [3168/26]

344. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of unfilled teaching posts and the number of days schools in County Waterford were unable to secure a substitute teacher in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3169/26]