Parliamentary questions

1164. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to the proposed removal of requiring assessment of need reports to access special educational places, when the new criteria and decision-making process for deciding access to special educational places will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75021/25]

1165. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to the proposed removal of requiring assessment of need reports to access special educational places, who will conduct the proposed educational assessments; will qualified psychological and disability professionals be required to input into the proposed “educational assessments”; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

1166. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to the proposed removal of requiring assessment of need reports to access special educational places, what consultation was undertaken with teachers and their representative groups into the effects that the proposed change would have on children with additional educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

1167. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to the proposed removal of requiring assessment of need reports to access special educational places, how can an “educational assessment” be conducted without diagnostic expertise to determine the appropriate placement of children with complex educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75024/25]

1168. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider implementing an early screening programme for children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75035/25]

1169. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Departments plans to improve access to dyslexia supports for students in school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75036/25]

1170. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to procure decodable readers for use by children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75037/25]

1171. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider issues regarding a new school campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75039/25]

1172. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of projects in her Department that were delayed in 2023 and 2024 due to the change of document from the Public Spending Code to the Infrastructure Guidelines, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75107/25]

1173. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a ramp was not installed as per the building specifications for work conducted in a school (details supplied); and the timeline for the urgent completion of works in the school. [75127/25]

1174. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General in her Department and to the head of each agency for which they are responsible; whether this scale has changed in the past two years or whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75193/25]

1175. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount expended on advertising and promotion in her Department, and within each agency for which she is responsible, for 2022 to 2024, by year and budgeted for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75211/25]

1176. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of press, media or communications staff currently employed in her Department and within each agency for which she is responsible; the cost of these staff for 2025 and the expected cost for 2026; whether there are proposals to increase the number of such staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75229/25]

1177. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost to her Department and to each agency for which they are responsible arising from Ireland’s presidency of the European Council; the line items or events for which a cost is expected to arise and the estimated cost for each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75247/25]

1178. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the priorities of her Department and each agency for which they are responsible for, in respect of Ireland’s presidency of the European Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75265/25]

1179. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department considers that Circular 0072/2022 (or any related Circular) can lawfully be relied upon by a school/ETB to require teacher attendance prior to 1 September while delaying the date from which they are paid until 1 September; her views on whether such a practice would not be consistent with the Payment of Wages A…

1180. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a timeline for the development of two new post-primary schools in Ballincollig, County Cork on lands acquired by Cork County Council has been published; if so, if the timeline will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1168/26]

1181. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount of public funding expended on school book rental schemes from their introduction, circa 2010, up to the launch of the free schoolbooks scheme in 2023; to provide a breakdown of this expenditure by year where available; and to confirm whether this expenditure includes primary schools, post-primary schools, and Educatio…

1182. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of names of special schools across the State that have an early intervention class. [1191/26]

1183. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 16 December 2025, the timeline for the provision of the lease to the school for signing, given the school has not had any engagement with the CSSO for a very lengthy period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1201/26]

1184. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the publication of the revised estimated volume in December 2025, if she can outline the Departmental funding allocation for youth affairs for 2026; if she can provide a breakdown of this funding in terms of existing levels of service, new development measures and capital funding; if she can provide a detailed breakdown …

1185. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the publication of the revised estimated volume in December 2025, if she can provide a breakdown on how the figures for the number of children and young people to benefit from engagement in a youth service figure has been worked out; how the outturn and output targets have been developed; the resources being made availab…

1186. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the publication of the revised estimated volume in December 2025, if she can provide detail of where the allocation for the EU Presidency is coming from and for what it will be used for within the Department; if she can provide a breakdown of the spend in her Department on the EU Presidency; and if she will make a statem…

1187. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the publication of the revised estimates volume in December 2025, if she can provide detail on how and where planned youth service infrastructural development will be included; the reason there is no reference to youth service infrastructure in the public service activities (outputs) targets; and if she will make a state…

1188. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the quota for a NEPs assessment will be increased for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1220/26]