Parliamentary questions

293. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if urgent assistance will be provided to a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68887/25]

294. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the interest her Department has in the building that formerly housed a school (details supplied). [68952/25]

295. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department requires a minimal life expectancy for any modular building provided for schools; the nature of that requirement; and the average life expectancy of school modular buildings. [68953/25]

296. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures in place to reduce the administrative burden on school principals and deputy principals to allow them to focus more on the educational needs of their school community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68954/25]

297. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to resolve outstanding issues in respect of pension parity for school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68988/25]

298. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that a permanent school project (details supplied) will proceed to tendering as planned in the last quarter of 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68992/25]

299. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for the completion of a permanent school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68993/25]

300. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the permanent school project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68994/25]

301. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions she will take to address an anomaly related to Circular 54/2019; if a teacher has moved schools in the past 12-months, regardless of previous employment status or length of tenure, they cannot qualify for carer's leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68995/25]

302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the Department’s estimate of the current national shortfall in buses required to meet contractual and public-service obligations for school transport. [69688/25]

133. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the pension entitlements and employment conditions of school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68516/25]

134. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of land available and owned by Cork City Council for new school buildings (details supplied) in Ballincollig, County Cork; whether officials have engaged with the council in respect of acquiring the land; and the status of new school buildings for both projects. [68175/25]

135. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new school building projects and extensions currently underway in Cork, by stage and date the project entered that stage, including the number of pupils currently in the school, in tabular form. [68176/25]

136. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the current assault leave guidelines for teachers in schools across the State. [68217/25]

137. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers in primary, post primary and special schools who took assault leave for the years 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and the number which never returned to the school they worked in. [68218/25]

138. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to review the parameters of assault leave for teachers given in some cases the time period of six months assault leave is insufficient for recovery from an injury. [68219/25]

139. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the financial support available to teachers who leave work on assault leave to compensate them for their medical expenses; and her plans to introduce new compensation measures for medical expenses. [68220/25]

140. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he will provide an update on the pension parity claim by school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68253/25]

141. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if assistance will be granted to parents who missed an application deadline for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68268/25]

142. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if figures provided by her Department, to a newspaper are accurate (details supplied); the methodology her Department used to classify a special class place as vacant; if places counted as vacant are fully operational, and appropriately staffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68311/25]

143. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of parents who have submitted a notification to the NCSE, by the 1 October deadline, requesting a special school place for the 2026-2027 school year in Dublin, broken down by postcode, in tabular form. [68312/25]

144. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans there are to reduce the number of quangos and strip out the amassed red tape and bureaucracy that exists, in order to allow the delivery of projects under her Department’s remit in a more timely, efficient and customer-friendly manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68370/25]

145. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for data relating to an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68393/25]

146. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for data relating to the Castleknock Dublin15 school planning area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68394/25]

147. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for data relating to the Castleknock Dublin15 school planning area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68395/25]