Parliamentary questions

1114. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in County Mayo with a formal autism diagnosis currently supported in mainstream schools with SNA provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74582/25]

1115. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the payroll cost of her Department and of each organisation or agency under its remit individually, in 2015 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [74624/25]

1116. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a youth project (details supplied) that provides targeted youth work for 14–18 year olds, and which has experienced a funding gap arising from the national childcare scheme age ceiling, can access funding under UBU – Your Place Your Space (or other youth services funding streams); and the application process, asse…

1117. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an overview of the total provision of autism classes in secondary schools in County Clare at this time; her plans to address the current acute deficiency of autism classes in secondary schools in West Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74640/25]

1118. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an application for an extension for a school (details supplied). [74685/25]

1119. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the NCSE assessment of local need to sanction an ASD class in a school (details supplied). [74686/25]

1120. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a new second-level special school is proposed for Cork; and the timeline for same. [74687/25]

1121. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding funding to a school (details supplied) under emergency works; and the reason a funding application was refused given the immediate nature of the risk posed. [74688/25]

1122. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74697/25]

1123. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to a request from a school (details supplied) for replacement of a prefab with a modular building, given the prefab is not now fit for purpose; and replacement would assist the school in providing education to more children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7469…

1124. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a pre-school early intervention class held in a primary school (details supplied) is being re-classified as a primary autism class; the number of children that will be affected by the re-classification of this class; and the supports available to children who would have attended the early intervention class, had it not been…

1125. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the adequacy of the current five-stage complaints procedure agreed in 1993 between organisations (details supplied), given its reliance on the integrity of Boards of Management and reports of parents being unable to resolve serious concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74774/25]

1126. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider introducing a statutory complaints mechanism for parents that does not depend solely on Boards of Management, in view of cases where boards have failed to engage with parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74775/25]

1127. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the circumstances under which the Teaching Council may accept complaints without the school’s internal procedure being fully exhausted; and whether legislative changes are needed to ensure timely intervention in cases of serious concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74776/25]

1128. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of complaints received by the Teaching Council in the past three years, by source (parents, boards of management, others); the outcomes of these complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74777/25]

1129. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the effectiveness of Section 19 of the Education Act 1998 in enabling patrons to intervene when Boards of Management fail to discharge their duties; whether additional powers or guidance are required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74778/25]

1130. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the Department’s role when a patron declines to intervene in a parental complaint; whether a more objective escalation process will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74779/25]

1131. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2019, which aims to strengthen parental rights under the Education Act 1998; when she expects the legislation to progress beyond the third stage in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74780/25]

1132. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the person’s PME scheme application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74783/25]

1133. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to a start date for the long-overdue construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); if she acknowledges that planning permission was secured in 2023 for a permanent building at the site of the former Dún Laoghaire fire station and a design team appointed but the project has not pr…

1134. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo was restricted to 100 student's enrolment for September 2025 when they had capacity to take 144 students. [74798/25]

1135. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) in County Mayo does not provide wood work or metal work classes in an all boys school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74799/25]

1136. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current rules that prevent students in special schools from accessing transition year or an equivalent additional year; if she will ensure that these students have the same opportunity as their peers in mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74804/25]

1137. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department last reviewed Rule 64 -1 of the Rules for National Schools in relation to the upper age limit for attendance at special schools; whether consideration is being given to amending this rule; whether an implementation timeline has been identified for any such amendment; and if she will make a statement on the m…

1138. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures which are currently in place to facilitate access to an additional year of education for students in special schools with the highest level of need; whether exemptions or other administrative arrangements are used for this purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74806/25]