Parliamentary questions

148. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications for the climate action summer works scheme, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68412/25]

149. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason that no DEIS Band 1 school in Galway was included in CASWS funding for 2026; if there are any other funding opportunities this year for DEIS schools to make upgrades to improve energy efficiency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68422/25]

150. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 2148 of 4 November 2025 to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in which he confirmed that, although not required by statute, her Department voluntarily publishes its annual consultancy spending online in the interest of transparency and accessibility…

205. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) will be fully developed and end its current prefabrication status; if there are any plans to incorporate the school meals scheme at the school in the absence of existing facilities; if there are any plans for traffic safety/calming measures in the vicinity of the school in the absence of same;…

206. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 645 of 4 November 2025, whether schools will be instructed or required by the NCSE to redeploy special needs assistants (SNAs) from their mainstream SNA allocation in order to meet above-SERC needs in autism classes under the new SNA review guidelines; whether the previous above-SERC SNA revie…

207. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67281/25]

208. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special needs assistant posts funded in the State; the number of vacancies at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67294/25]

209. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the potential development of a special school at Bunclody, County Wexford. [67295/25]

210. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the development of a new stand-alone building at a school (details supplied); to outline how she plans to address the current shortage of places in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67296/25]

211. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the application for a special education class at a school (details supplied). [67297/25]

212. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of preliminary determinations of eligibility letters issued by the NCSE for 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of final determinations made; and the process by which a final determination is made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67307/25]

213. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans to update the Department's school planning areas, particularly where significant amounts of development have changed since the school planning areas were last updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67313/25]

214. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on this person's PME scheme application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67351/25]

215. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider allocating funding for employment of a youth officer in each of the Gaeltacht language planning areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67353/25]

216. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is the policy of her Department to not permit young people over the age of 18 years-of-age to attend special schools; if so, the reason this differs from mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67372/25]

217. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the EWS application for a school (details supplied); to provide a timeline on the assessment of the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67393/25]

218. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a project (details supplied) will receive stage 2 approval for the extension required; when outstanding stage one payments will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67416/25]

219. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if approval will be granted for the required four modular classrooms and a modular technology engineering room for a school (details supplied) to allow it to cater for current students and to cater for the increasing enrolment in September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67417/25]

220. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to finding a proper AI detection system in order that second-level senior certificate cycle projects can be graded fairly, and any cheaters identified and excluded from the process. [67426/25]

221. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aindrias Moynihan den Minister for Education and Youth cén cineál caiteachais a bheadh i gceist aici a chur ar fáil don mhaoiniú a fhaigheann scoileanna a bhfuil stádas Scoile Gaeltachta acu; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [67432/25]

222. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 553 of 12 November 2025, if there is financial assistance available for parents/guardians who cannot afford the cost of transition year in certain schools. [67433/25]

223. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the role of the board of management regarding holding principals to account in secondary schools. [67434/25]

224. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken by her Department to ensure schools are protected from noise pollution from Dublin Airport. [67445/25]

225. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in the case of Elevate 25, carried out by DAA, the number of other State-owned companies that provide funding to schools; and if this will become more prominent in the years ahead. [67446/25]

226. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the obligations placed on schools that receive funding from State-owned companies (details supplied). [67447/25]