Parliamentary questions

1264. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the SNA redeployment scheme will be operational for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2289/26]

1265. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a detailed update on her Department’s progress on the tender process for a Cork school since December (details supplied); the timeline for when the tender is due to be released; the reasons for these delays; if her Department is aware of the deadline imposed on this school’s current site; and if she will make a statement on t…

1266. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a child in Cork will receive their allocation of special school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2363/26]

1267. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to their work on seizure safe schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2378/26]

1268. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any research ongoing within her Department in relation to seizure safe schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2379/26]

1269. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will agree to meet with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to their work on seizure safe schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2380/26]

1270. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider covering the costs of a substitute teacher from the first day of a teacher’s absence, particularly in the case of a special class or special school teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2406/26]

1271. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a student will be offered a first-year place in a secondary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2407/26]

1272. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the work ongoing to identify a method of standardising the reduction to the ancillary-related grants for the longer term, where school secretaries are being paid on the Department’s payroll; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2408/26]

1273. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the process of offering school places to incoming first-year students will be deemed to be complete in those areas taking part in the Apply to School pilot, specifically in Tullamore; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2409/26]

1274. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for processing first year places to incoming students in those areas taking part in the Apply to School pilot; when all offers are expected to have been made with all first-year places filled (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2410/26]

1275. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of first-year places that were available for offer to incoming students in the Tullamore area as part of the Apply to School Pilot; the number of places that have now been offered; the number of places that have been accepted; the number of places which remain to be filled; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

1276. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2413/26]

1277. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the top ten capital or programme projects delivered by her Department or its agencies over the past three years which were completed on time and within the originally approved budget; the project name, location, delivery timeframe, original approved budget, final outturn cost, and delivery body, for each p…

1278. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail the annual spend on external consultants by her Department and its agencies in each of the past three years; the number of consultancy contracts, the largest individual consultancy engagements by value, and whether internal capacity-building or cost-benefit assessments were undertaken prior to engaging external consu…

1279. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list, for each of the past three years of the top ten projects per annum delivered by her Department or its agencies which were completed late and over the originally approved budget; the project name, location, original approved completion date, actual completion date, original approved budget, final outturn cost…

1280. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a letter from a body (details supplied); her plans to engage and support the work of that body; and if she has, or will, issue any specific circulars or memos directly relating to the matters raised. [2475/26]

1281. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail 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 ones yet to be contacted, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2498/26]

1282. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify her Department’s priority in school selection criteria in terms of additional needs; to outline the engagement with school pardon bodies to ensure that additional needs are not placed at the end of school place selection criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2499/26]

410. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the reasons for the delay with building works for a school (details supplied) a project that was authorised by the Department of Education and Youth to proceed to the tender stage in November 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68635/25]

411. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 10 December 2025, if she plans to increase the provision of early intervention ASD classes in line with the increase in children presenting with ASD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73283/25]

412. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her long-term plans in relation to the provision of early intervention ASD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73284/25]

413. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is her Department's view that the AIM model provides sufficient support to ensure the learning and safety of those with autism diagnoses and their peers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73285/25]

414. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who applied for an early intervention class in 24/25 that have received a place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73286/25]

415. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth when funding will be approved for an application for furniture and equipment in the practical rooms in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73291/25]