566. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the submission made over two years ago by an organisation (details supplied) calling for the inclusion of health literacy and patient empowerment within the secondary school SPHE curriculum; the expected timeline for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8429/26]
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567. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider the inclusion of structured health literacy and patient empowerment content within the redevelopment of the SPHE/wellbeing curriculum at post-primary level; the current work underway between the Department, the NCCA and health sector stakeholders on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8430/26]
568. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) and other relevant stakeholders on embedding health literacy and self-advocacy skills in the post-primary curriculum; if she will report on any planned consultations in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8431/26]
569. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) who is currently attending a local primary school has a place in a special needs class for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8438/26]
570. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the point at which, and level at which her Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General is at in respect of the civil service pay scales; the duration for same; and the plans to revise current remuneration arrangements [8464/26]
571. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether schools are required to formally notify her Department when a child is removed from, or ceases attending, mainstream primary or post-primary school due to the fact the school has stated it cannot meet the child’s additional or special educational needs, including autism, ADHD or related conditions; whether such notifications are currently made…
572. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in each of the past five years who have ceased attending mainstream primary or post-primary schools due to their additional or special educational needs, including autism, ADHD, or related conditions; the number who were subsequently referred to iScoil or other alternative education programmes; the formal monitoring and oversigh…
573. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8484/26]
574. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8485/26]
575. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8486/26]
576. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8487/26]
577. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8488/26]
578. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8489/26]
579. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8490/26]
580. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all school capital building projects that are at Stage 2B of the development process, and were not included on the priority list of projects in the Sectoral Investment Plan, by the school roll number and the date it entered Stage 2B, if planning permission has been achieved in each case, and when that planning permission will exp…
581. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all school capital building projects that have achieved Stage 2A approval, and were not included on the priority list of projects in the Sectoral Investment Plan, by the school roll number and the date that it achieved Stage 2A approval, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8493/26]
582. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all school capital building projects that are currently at Stage 3, are included on the priority list of projects in the Sectoral Investment Plan; the list of those schools at Stage 3 that are not included in the plan over 2026 and 2027; when planning permission will expire, in each case, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the ma…
583. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all school capital building projects in the Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering programmes, are funded through the Sectoral Investment Plan; the breakdown of each school project included in the ADAPT 4 – Programme 4 bundles indicating whether construction is already underway; if not if these are included in the priority li…
584. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm who is the external programme manager for the ADAPT 4- Programme Innovate; the annual cost for the contract for this service; the amount that was spent on the programme manager contract in 2025, and projected for 2026; the reason this work is no longer carried out by her Department itself; if a similar arrangement was in place for previous…
585. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the companies and professional practices appointed under the integrated project teams in each case for ADAPT 4 - Programme Innovate; to provide a separate list of sub consultancies; the proportion of these companies that are Irish; the projected total cost of the ADAPT 4 programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
586. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm whether a special class is open in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare. [8525/26]
587. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if full payment can be made to a person (details supplied) for hours worked under the 2025 Home Based Summer Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8534/26]
588. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a county by county breakdown of newly established special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8546/26]
589. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 16 December 2025, to provide an update on progress made to reconfigure an annex building to provide two special education classrooms at a school (details supplied) so that children are not walking off site daily to access a classroom elsewhere (in a domestic dwelling), and to meet enrolment need for Sept…
590. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 22 January 2026, to supply an update on the planning application for Wexford Educate Together NS; the expected timeframe for the project to reach completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8557/26]