130. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the number of special classes by fee-paying and non-fee-paying schools; if she accepts the discrepancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10536/26]
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131. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider putting forward a proposal to the Department of Public Expenditure; Infrastructure; Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to make public servants of youth workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10537/26]
132. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline recent changes to the home tuition scheme; her views on the additional requirement for a psychological report within six-months; if she is aware of the exclusionary effects of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10538/26]
133. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 4 February 2026, if she will confirm if any of the classes listed on the NCSE website are early intervention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10541/26]
134. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the €35 million ICT grant to be issued to schools in January 2026, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10546/26]
135. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention preschool classes for autistic children, only in special schools, by county, from 2014 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10643/26]
136. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provisions in place to support students with additional needs through State exams, including provisions for schools to maintain access to special classrooms throughout the exam timetable. [10644/26]
137. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding will be made available to enhance facilities at schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10662/26]
138. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review a case (details supplied) and provide an update on this extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10667/26]
139. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason, as part of the National Development Plan and the Government’s recent announcement of 105 schools that will progress to tender and/or construction, as appropriate, over the course of 2026 and 2027, that a school (details supplied) was not included in this list. [10695/26]
140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason, as part of the National Development Plan and the Government’s recent announcement of 105 schools that will progress to tender and/or construction, as appropriate, over the course of 2026 and 2027, that a school (details supplied) was not included in this list. [10696/26]
141. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason, as part of the National Development Plan and the Government’s recent announcement of 105 schools that will progress to tender and/or construction, as appropriate, over the course of 2026 and 2027, that a school (details supplied) was not included in this list. [10697/26]
142. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason, as part of the National Development Plan and the Government’s recent announcement of 105 schools that will progress to tender and/or construction, as appropriate, over the course of 2026 and 2027, that a school (details supplied) was not included in this list. [10698/26]
143. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has carried out any research or reviews of funding provided under the schoolbooks scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10751/26]
144. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to concerns that funding for works at a school (details supplied) have not been added to her Department’s priority list and that the relevant planning permission risks lapsing as a result. [10752/26]
145. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of male students who dropped out of post-primary education or training after 16 years-of-age, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10783/26]
146. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of female students who dropped out of post-primary education or training after 16 years-of-age, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10784/26]
147. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of male teachers in the State, by primary and post-primary schools, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10791/26]
148. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of female teachers in the State, by primary and post-primary schools, for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10792/26]
149. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of principals in the State, by gender, by primary or post-primary school, for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10793/26]
150. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who applied to undertake a teaching degree each year, by gender, for each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10794/26]
151. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the gender ratio of teachers at primary and post-primary schools respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10795/26]
152. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department maintains, receives, or collates any national dataset on the number of children in mainstream primary and post-primary schools who are placed on reduced or partial timetables for reasons related to additional or special educational needs; if so, the number recorded in each of the past five years, broken down by year and school l…
153. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether schools are required, under Departmental circulars, guidance, or policy, to formally notify her Department or an agency under her remit when a child ceases attending mainstream education, or is placed on a reduced timetable, due to the school stating it cannot meet the child’s additional or special educational needs; when such requirements wer…
154. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to set out the legal basis, Departmental policy position, and any issued guidance governing the use of reduced or partial timetables for children with additional or special educational needs; the circumstances in which such timetables are considered permissible; the maximum duration envisaged under policy; and the safeguards in place to ensure reduced…