Parliamentary questions

480. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Cork; and the number in 2020. [72123/25]

481. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of home-school liaison support workers in Cork in 2020, 2024 and the number in 2025. [72124/25]

482. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of emergency works grant applications received for Cork schools in 2025; and the number refused, and the number drawn down. [72125/25]

483. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school in County Leitrim (details supplied) will receive sanction for an autism class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72162/25]

484. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth If she will publish a list of schools in Tipperary awaiting major works approval. [72175/25]

485. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 406 of 21 October 2025, the progress made to reconfigure an annex building to provide two special education classrooms at a school (details supplied) so children are not walking off site daily to access a classroom elsewhere (in a domestic dwelling); to meet enrolment needs for September 202…

486. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made over the past 12 months on each of her Department’s Programme for Government commitments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72193/25]

487. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72211/25]

488. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the independent assessment on the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from the school transport scheme, as per the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72226/25]

489. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the detailed timetable for delivering the addition 14,000 special-education places under the National Development Plan 2026–2030; the plan to complete 300 school-building projects; where those capital school projects will be; and the number which will be ready by the start of the 2026/27 school year; in tabular form. [72230/25]

490. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 259 of 25 September 2025, for an update on the provision of an ASD unit in a school (details supplied); and the timeframe for this provision. [72236/25]

491. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the implementation of a common application process for secondary schools in Dublin 15; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72246/25]

492. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department has taken to fulfil the Programme for Government pledge to roll out nationwide common application systems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72247/25]

493. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a teacher will be sanctioned to ensure a school (details supplied) can operate a new autism class from January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72255/25]

494. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department fully covers the cost of assistive technology advised for students in schools. [72274/25]

495. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the commission of investigation into sexual abuse in schools will begin. [72276/25]

496. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a timeline for the commission of investigation into sexual abuse. [72277/25]

497. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a home school liaison officer will be reinstated to a school (details supplied). [72321/25]

498. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if home school liaison officers can only be appointed to urban based DEIS schools (details supplied). [72323/25]

499. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the building unit in her Department will engage with Louth County Council in relation to a school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72345/25]

500. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the proposed building works at a school (details supplied); if she is aware of the length of the delays associated with the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72405/25]

501. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of post-primary applicants for the 2026-2027 intake for the three secondary schools in Greystones; the number of places available across the three schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72406/25]

502. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of post-primary applicants for the 2026/2027 intake for the three secondary schools in Greystones who received an offer of a place in each of the three secondary schools; the number who received a place in two of the secondary schools; the number who received a place in a single secondary school; and the number of …

503. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the decision to bring in a common enrolment process for the Greystones area that did not allow parents to input a preference for a particular school/s as is provided for in a common enrolment process in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72408/25]

504. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of the development of the common enrolment process for the Greystones area; the number of staff that were assigned to work on that scheme; the duration of that work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72409/25]