Parliamentary questions

162. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans she has to start the process of opening up new primary or secondary schools to serve the Kilternan school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66309/25]

163. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans she has to invest in extending primary schools located in the Kilternan school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66310/25]

164. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans she has to revise the school planning areas in Dublin for secondary schools, particularly those school planning areas that do not have a secondary school such as (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66311/25]

165. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding phase 2 of the SEN reconfiguration with regard to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66335/25]

166. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the climate action summer works application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66336/25]

167. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding emergency works application submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66337/25]

168. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the budget allocated for free sanitary products for secondary schools since the launch in 2022; to list the schools that have availed of the scheme in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66346/25]

169. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to schools (details supplied) to help them address the issue of period poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66347/25]

170. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the major building project at a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; when progress can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66368/25]

171. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school bus ticket will be awarded to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66391/25]

172. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria for determining which schools will be designated for the DEIS Plus plan; whether two significantly disadvantaged schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66398/25]

173. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the school transport scheme will be amended to support students who do not travel to their most local mixed post-primary school, but instead choose to attend a single-sex school, as is their right; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66433/25]

174. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when period products will be available for free in all secondary schools, as per the Programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66440/25]

175. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding mechanism his Department has in place to assist schools that require to purchase land in order to create a safe parking space for school drop-offs and pick-ups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66451/25]

176. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for school building projects in areas of rapid population growth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66476/25]

177. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for expanding digital learning infrastructure in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66477/25]

178. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students currently supported by reading schools or specialist classes for severe dyslexia, by region and by local authority area, in tabular form; the projected future demand for such provision; the planned timeline for expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66490/25]

179. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason that school children in areas (details supplied) were not picked up for school by school transport on several dates in September and October, with no notice and leaving children on the side of the road without a way to school, if the Minister will seek an explanation for this and provide reassurance that this will not…

180. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on a new school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66548/25]

181. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); her views on whether on the appropriateness of same; if action can be taken in the short-to-medium term to mitigate this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66551/25]

182. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs waiting for an appropriate school place a month after schools returned from the summer holidays, on a county-by-county basis, in tabular form, for the years 2022 to 2025 date, inclusive. [66618/25]

183. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the increased capitation grant for primary and post-primary schools announced in Budget 2026 will come into effect. [66619/25]

184. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a large waiting list for a school (details supplied) where these children are in the catchment area and there is no other school in the town, if the Minister will ask her Department to engage with the school principal to offer all necessary supports; if the school's ASA application can be fast-tracked to meet …

185. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will assist with the emergency provision of a boiler for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66635/25]

186. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used in assessing eligibility for ill health early retirement in the case of a teacher employed by her Department; the person or body that makes this decision (details supplied); the level at which the decision is made; the person or body that is consulted in relation to same; the precedents for this benefit being aw…