73. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if specific continuous personal development training is available on a specific area (details supplied); if her Department has plans to introduce such training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6833/26]
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74. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address matters raised in correspondence (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6834/26]
75. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address matters raised in correspondence (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6835/26]
76. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application under the additional accommodation scheme, submitted in May 2025 by a school (details supplied) for the fit-out of a second ASD classroom; the reasons for the delay in issuing confirmation of the grant approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6888/26]
77. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to abolish the ‘nearest school’ rule for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6897/26]
78. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special school places in each primary and secondary school in Dublin 2, 4 and 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6911/26]
79. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that adequate and safe working and learning conditions are not provided for all members of the school community in a Limerick primary school (details supplied); if she will provide an alternative avenue of funding that would allow essential interim works to proceed, whether through exceptional sanction or as enabling works linked to th…
80. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will take action to ensure there is an appropriate school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6960/26]
81. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a lease agreement is currently in place for the prefabs at a school (details supplied); the cost which has been incurred by her Department since their completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6980/26]
82. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider replacing the prefabs at a school (details supplied), given that the new campus is currently at stage 2a of the architectural design process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6981/26]
83. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of the five cabins on a campus (details supplied); whether a lease is in place for their current use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6982/26]
447. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reopening the NCSE online portal for applications to special school places for the academic year 2026-2027, to ensure that parents who were unable to secure a place during the initial application period are afforded the opportunity to apply for an appropriate school placement for their children; and if she will make a statement…
448. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Shane Moynihan den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cé mhéad imeacht a bhí san áireamh san fhéile ‘Oíche na hÓige’ a bhí idir lámha ag an Roinn Oideachais agus ag na Boird Oideachais agus Oiliúna; astu siúd, cé mhéad imeacht a bhí ar fáil as Gaeilge; an féidir léi a chur in iúl an raibh soláthar imeachtaí Gaeilge chomh maith le himeachtaí Béarla mar sprioc don fhéile sin agus curtha san áireamh ó th…
449. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Shane Moynihan den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cén fáth nach bhfuil aon saineolaí ar an oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge ceaptha mar Leas-Chathaoirleach nó ar Rúnaíocht an Choinbhinsiúin Náisiúnta ar an Oideachas de réir an eolais a chuir an t-iarAire Nic an tSaoi ar fáil i bpreasráiteas an 13 Samhain 2025; agus an bhfuil an tAire sásta Leas-Chathaoirleach agus duine eile ar an Rúnaíocht a cheapa…
450. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the educational services that are in place for secondary pupils between the age of 13 and 15 years who have left school for a variety of reasons, including neurodiversity, to continue in educations, similar to Youth Reach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5438/26]
451. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the procedures involved in the calculation of the ancillary services grant for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5442/26]
452. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to review the ancillary services grant for schools scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5443/26]
453. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the case of a school (details supplied) that has received a total of €25 through the ancillary services grant over the past two years; if she will investigate how such an inadequate amount could be awarded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5444/26]
454. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school building projects that have been completed, on a local authority basis since 2020; the funding allocated for same, by county; the breakdown of the total number of projects currently under construction, per county; the breakdown of the total number of projects currently in planning and design, per county, since 2020, in tabular fo…
455. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the expenditure on ICT in schools since 27 June 2020, on a local authority basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5446/26]
456. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at primary level; the number enrolled at post-primary level, by county as of 1 January 2026, or latest date available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5447/26]
457. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new special classes planned for both primary and secondary schools in Newbridge, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5487/26]
458. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a review of procedures for schools to have maintenance work carried out in order to minimise the administrative requirements placed on schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5502/26]
459. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the merits of creating a section within her Department that carries out small scale repairs to school buildings, similar to ones used by many local authorities across the country to avoid the need to tender for private companies for relatively small jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5503/26]
460. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether an unreasonable burden is placed on schools seeking repairs for relatively small repairs such as broken windows and minor leaks; the actions she will take to ensure that this process is as streamlined as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5504/26]