Parliamentary questions

413. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if early intervention classes are being re-classified as primary autism classes in order to reduce the numbers of students looking for primary school places across the State; and if so, the measures that are being implemented to ensure that children who require access to an early intervention class are not left behind. [69744/2…

414. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a pre-school early intervention class held in a primary school (details supplied) is being re-classified as a primary autism class; the number of children that will be affected by the re-classification of this class; and the supports available to children who would have attended the early intervention class, had it not been …

415. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes across the State that have been reclassified as a primary autism class on a county-by-county breakdown. [69746/25]

416. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes across the State broken down by county, for each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [69747/25]

417. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a funding request submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69750/25]

418. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the issues with the pilot secondary school enrolment scheme in Tullamore that has seen some students offered multiple places while other students have been offered none; the reforms she plans to make to this scheme in light of these failings; the reason her Department did not follow the model in Limerick; and …

419. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application under the emergency works scheme to facilitate disability accessibility works to a sports hall in a school (details supplied) will be reviewed. [69767/25]

420. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure there is better information about apprenticeships by guidance counsellors for senior cycle students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69803/25]

421. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure that senior cycle students have the same accessibility to information on apprentices as senior cycle students pursuing CAO options; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69804/25]

422. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure that transition year students have a more focused approach to ensure that apprenticeship type placements are encouraged more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69805/25]

423. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the appalling conditions that students and teachers must endure at a school (details supplied). [69806/25]

424. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for the establishment of the new ASD unit at a school (details supplied); when the physical unit might be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69820/25]

425. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ongoing improvements being made by her Department to the school transport scheme to ensure a more streamlined school bus ticket allocation process for the school year 2026/2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69821/25]

426. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to minimise disruption to schools and families arising from school closures on days when elections are held on Fridays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69826/25]

427. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with the Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage to ensure that primary schools used as polling stations are not required to close on election days; if alternative venues such as community halls will be considered; if she will ensure that any lost school days are made up so that teaching time is pro…

428. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a new school building project (details supplied) has gone to tender; if the tender has been published on eTenders; the deadline for tender submissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69921/25]

429. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider changing the DEIS status of a school (details supplied), from DEIS Rural to DEIS Band 1 status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69947/25]

430. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69983/25]

431. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding the delay in progressing the construction of the long-awaited extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69984/25]

432. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the proposed extension at a school (details supplied) remains on the priority build list for her Department beyond phase 1; if this will continue to remain a priority for her Department for full completion throughout 2026 and 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69985/25]

433. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [69992/25]

434. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a building extension for a school (details supplied); the issues that are holding up the extension; and how they are being addressed. [69993/25]

435. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether contributions from the State or from employers towards the My Future Fund pension scheme will be reckonable as income for the purposes of assessing the eligibility of an individual or household for any means-tested services or schemes operated by her Department. [70019/25]

436. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider allowing students with certain learning difficulties to use laptops with pre-loaded State examination papers to complete their Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations in 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70033/25]

437. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); when this matter will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70054/25]