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Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
441. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the full annual cost of providing one classroom teacher per 19 pupils in primary school; and to make a statement on the matter. [68893/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
442. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total annual figure for increasing the secondary school capitation grant to €500 per pupil; and to make a statement on the matter. [68892/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
443. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total annual figure for increasing the primary school capitation grant to €400 per pupil; and to make a statement on the matter. [68891/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
444. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers who carried out CPD through Oide and the NCSE, respectively; and the mechanism that exists within her Department to monitor the uptake of CPD by teachers. [68962/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
445. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has considered making CPD for teachers in the area of SEN mandatory. [68965/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
446. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will extend a post primary school transport route to collect a student (details supplied) who is attending a special class from her house. [68975/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
447. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current number of special needs assistants employed in mainstream classes, by primary level and second level. [68901/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
314. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the situation of a first year student (details supplied) who is currently without a school place without the learning supports they require, despite their family applying to several schools; and if she will intervene to secure a suitable special school placement for this child. [67699/26]
Ciarán Ahern Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
315. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an Emergency Works Grant application for a school (details supplied). [67687/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
316. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide and update and a timetable for when construction works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [67718/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
317. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update and timeframe for construction works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [67716/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
318. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide for immersive Irish medium provision in Brussels according to the demand for same and in line with her powers under the policy governing language of instruction in European schools. [67710/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
319. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reopening Route 4 recognising prior learning and experience of individuals wishing to qualify as teachers; and if she has given consideration to other measures to enhance the career progression of SNAs in our education system. [67707/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
320. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will extend a post primary school transport route to collect a student (details supplied) who is attending a special class from her house. [67739/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
321. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will confirm whether spare capacity exists on the school transport route for the 2026/2027 school year; and if the application could be reconsidered given that the student travelled on this service last year when capacity became available. [67899/26]
Michael Cahill Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
322. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to support a unions request to provide immediate investment to address teacher shortages and overcrowded classrooms (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67897/26]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
323. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a new school building (details supplied); and the reason Stage 2A is taking longer than expected. [67938/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
324. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to parliamentary question 64517/26, if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will address the particular circumstances outlined whereby the schools classified as nearer are not suitable options for the student concerned; and if she will consider whether a capacity review of the route in question could provide a practi…
Niamh Smyth Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
325. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to PQ 64830/26, if she will review the case of a person; if she will clarify the reason the children concerned have been classified as non-eligible given that their home address is closer to the school they attend than to the school being treated as their nearest post-primary school; and if their eligibility status could be reviewed accordingl…
Gary Gannon Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
326. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools that have been reclassified from DEIS Urban Band 2 to DEIS Urban Band 1 since the conclusion of the 2022 DEIS identification and appeals process; and whether any such reclassifications have taken place outside of a Department-wide application of the DEIS identification mode. [67777/26]
Gary Gannon Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
327. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the next application of the DEIS identification model to all schools will take place for the purposes of determining inclusion in the DEIS programme and the classification of existing schools as DEIS Urban Band 1 or Urban Band 2; and whether consideration has been given to undertaking a new assessment having regard to changes in the profile and c…
John Paul O'Shea Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
328. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a capital project for a school (details supplied). [67848/26]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
329. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth If she will urgently review the case of a child (details supplied) in County Kildare, who has been refused home tuition scheme hours on the basis that an alternative preschool place is available in another location; if she will outline the rationale for this decision given that the child has already secured and commenced a supported transition to…
John Paul O'Shea Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
330. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a recent emergency works application for a school (details supplied) was refused; and if she will ensure contact is made from her Department to the school on this serious safety issue. [67843/26]