Parliamentary questions

163. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the rise in demand in mental-health needs, social isolation and cost-of-living pressures, if her Department plans to expand youth services, in terms of staff, geographical coverage, types of services such as mental-health support or community-based mentoring over the next year; the proposed additional allocation; and if she w…

164. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has responded to correspondence sent by the principal of a school (details supplied). [70820/25]

165. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a development (details supplied); if this includes a sports and recreation facility, noting the school provides education to approximately 1,000 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68396/25]

166. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagements she has had with a trade union (details supplied) representing school secretaries and caretakers since becoming Minister; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70184/25]

167. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a pensions deal for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70818/25]

168. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her department is taking to address the increase in absenteeism in primary and secondary schools, considering the results of a recent large scale mixed method study showed a growing trend of students missing school post Covid–19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67784/25]

169. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools from Waterford who sought summer works scheme funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65667/25]

170. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to assist schools stuck at stage 2b in the school building project process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70428/25]

171. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to increase special education classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66532/25]

172. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions her Department will take to address demand for special classes and ensure sufficient placements and support for children with additional needs. [70814/25]

173. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of the building application for a school (details supplied); and the expected timeline for advancement of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70427/25]

174. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to implement the recommendation of the review on school transport to enable an additional 100,000 students to be carried on the school transport scheme by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69895/25]

175. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure that school secretaries and caretakers do not suffer hardship following retirement due to loss of income. [70740/25]

176. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if applications for emergency works and additional accommodation for a school (detail supplied) will be supported, as the works are urgently needed by the school and its students, in particular students with ASD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70782/25]

177. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the roll out and funding of the proposed DEIS+ scheme, as of December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70182/25]

178. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for the introduction of additional special classes and supplementary supports for children with special educational needs where existing services are not currently sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70589/25]

179. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the delivery timelines of building works and school building programmes under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70186/25]

180. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to ensure that schools in County Galway have appropriate SET and SNA allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69832/25]

181. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the accreditation status and graduate-eligibility pathways associated with the new professional doctorate in educational psychology at Maynooth University; whether graduates of this programme will be eligible to work across the full range of public services, including the HSE, children's disability network teams…

182. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a review is being carried out of the projected teacher numbers required at primary and post primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67791/25]

183. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update and timeframe on an educational campus (details supplied) and the capital programmes on site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70807/25]

184. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of the new classrooms for a school (details supplied). [70819/25]

185. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the forward planning measures in place to address the shortage of ASD class places in both primary and secondary schools in Kildare north, given rising population and demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70776/25]

186. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans for the educational therapy service to be rolled out to all special schools and, in time, all mainstream schools; if she can provide a timeline for this rollout; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70225/25]

187. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to publishing annual regional forecasts of demand for special class places, alongside timelines for sanctioning and opening, to ensure parents have clarity and to avoid last-minute crises in securing placements. [70382/25]