460. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47804/25]
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475. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on progress in relation to negotiations with school secretaries and caretakers regarding their request for pension parity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47971/25]
519. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to amend teacher allocation rules in order that the numbers allocated are not simply determined on enrolment returns from October of the previous year, particularly in areas of rapid population growth. [48332/25]
532. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for the introduction of the new model of allocation for school secretary hours, in light of increasing administrative workloads in schools due to compliance, financial management, digital systems, and additional responsibilities, such as ASD classes. [48501/25]
533. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reconsider the decision to refuse additional administrative hours for the school secretary at a school (details supplied), given the school’s growing operational demands. [48502/25]
537. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing one additional guidance counsellor positions for schools with more than six hundred students. [48617/25]
570. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the removal of the ancillary grant to a school (details supplied); if the basis for this decision could be outlined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48957/25]
576. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers, overall staff numbers and number of students at two schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49045/25]
742. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth to accept the valid claim for parity that school secretaries and caretakers have for public sector pay, pension and leave entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46970/25]
745. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNA reviews carried out the NCSE by in primary schools in Dublin Fingal West during 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44460/25]
746. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the names of the schools in which SNA reviews were carried out by the NCSE in 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44461/25]
747. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNA positions that will be available for the start of the school term September 2025, compared to September 2024, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44462/25]
759. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 25 June 2025, to examine the case affecting a teachers pay calculations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44603/25]
760. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 25 June 2025, to examine the case affecting a teachers pay calculations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44604/25]
764. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth if processes are in place with a view to resolving the long drawn out incremental credit for secondary school teachers, as outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44639/25]
774. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the limited teaching staff allocation granted to a school (details supplied) in consideration of the increase in the number enrolled for September 2025. [44753/25]
777. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to offer a timeline for caretakers and cleaners to be transferred to the centralised public payroll as school secretaries were in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44762/25]
780. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions she will take to prevent the proposed all out strike planned for affected school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); the steps she will take to engage with Forsa and address their rights to a pension upon retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44816/25]
802. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has been in contact with a union (details supplied) in relation to planned strike action by school secretaries and caretakers beginning on 28 August 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45264/25]
811. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school teachers employed on temporary contracts, in tabular form for each of the years from 2020 to date in 2025; the measures introduced to offer teachers on temporary contracts full-time positions in response to the shortage of fully qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45347/25]
815. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will take action to recognise school secretaries as public servants to ensure that they have access to the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45385/25]
824. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to visit the United Arab Emirates to attract Irish trained teachers to return home and work in the Irish Educational System. [45522/25]
828. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Carlow at present and the number in 2020, in tabular form. [45526/25]
836. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, following her announcement that teachers taking up their first contract in a viable teaching post in September 2025 will become eligible for a permanent contract in September 2026, with the eligibility contingent upon successful re-appointment following a competitive recruitment process, if this extends to teachers who are in the career for a numb…
840. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to deliver pension parity for school secretaries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45771/25]