Parliamentary questions

441. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has concerns regarding aspects of the tendering process (details supplied) for the provision of free school meals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73453/25]

442. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently intervene and address the pension parity issues in respect of school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73458/25]

443. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, in view of the breakdown in talks, she will urgently intervene and address the pension parity issues in respect of school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73460/25]

444. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an additional accommodation scheme application lodged by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73468/25]

445. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of request by school (details supplied) for a modular unit to accommodate a special class as an interim measure while the new build proceeds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73469/25]

446. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73470/25]

447. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding meeting request from principal regarding outstanding remedial works (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73471/25]

448. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the timeline for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73472/25]

449. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the timeline for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73473/25]

450. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the assessment process of an application for additional school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73474/25]

451. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the national roll out of the single application system for special education classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73475/25]

452. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the climate action summer works scheme application submitted by a school (details supplied), specifically relating to the urgent need to replace pupil toilet facilities located outside the classrooms; if she will review the school’s application as a matter of priority, given the health, safety an…

453. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the funding and resource supports available to a school (details supplied) in light of the significant infrastructural, demographic and pedagogical challenges faced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73480/25]

454. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria currently used to determine DEIS status for primary schools; if she will review the eligibility of a school (details supplied) for DEIS designation, given that over 85% of pupils do not speak English at home, the school’s enrolment of 44 nationalities, and its high levels of transience linked to the local hospitalit…

455. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that no primary school in the Killarney area currently has DEIS status, despite significant levels of socio-economic need among families, many of whom are employed in minimum-wage hospitality work; if she will examine this anomaly, with a view to expanding DEIS supports to Killarney schools; and if she will make …

456. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the recent loss of two full-time English-as-an-Additional-Language teaching posts and one full-time SNA post at a school (details supplied); if she will review the allocation model in cases where the vast majority of pupils do not speak English at home; if she will restore appropriate supports to meet the sig…

457. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional supports, teaching resources and staffing allocations available to schools where more than 80% of pupils are non-native English speakers; if she will consider targeted interventions for schools such as one in County Kerry (details supplied), where the absence of such supports creates barriers to learning; and if s…

458. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will accept an invitation to visit a school (details supplied) to see firsthand the challenges relating to infrastructure, language support, staffing and funding raised by the school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73485/25]

459. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made to date on discussions between her Department, the Workplace Relations Commission and other relevant stakeholders to find a resolution to the school secretaries and caretakers dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73496/25]

460. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been seeking the correction of her pay scale and recognition of service following a period of career break and study leave; if she will clarify why the appropriate pay scale adjustment has not yet been applied despite the submission of the required documentation and…

461. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the extensive population growth on the north side of Drogheda; if her Department has any plans to develop a new second-level school to address the needs of the area or to extend existing secondary schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73533/25]

462. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a school building project at a school (details supplied); to provide an indicative timeline for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73550/25]

463. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an overview of the primary school survey in terms of numbers of surveys completed, by county and as a percentage of overall eligible population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73551/25]

464. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is proposed to allow persons aged 70 and over, subject to appropriate medical checks, to undertake school transport work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73610/25]

465. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when it is proposed to include more schools in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73612/25]