Parliamentary questions

542. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will set out the implementation timeline for DEIS Plus, including key milestones between now and September 2026; when detailed guidance and funding allocations will issue to participating schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61790/25]

543. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the decision not to provide capital funding for the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) given the extensive local consultation, the educational benefits of a co-educational Catholic secondary school, and the broader pattern of delays in school building projects nationwide. [61845/25]

544. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school (details supplied) for safety works under the climate action summer works scheme; and when they will receive a decision on their application. [61858/25]

545. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when an outstanding payment will be made to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61866/25]

546. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of cases taken against her Department in each of the past five years including to date in 2025; the number of those which relate to issues of school places in each of the past five years including to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61876/25]

547. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 15 July 2025, when a decision is expected to be reached on a climate action summer works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61932/25]

548. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has given consideration to the inclusion of existing non-curricular languages as curricular languages within the Leaving Certificate, following the implementation and interim review of the Languages Connect strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61933/25]

549. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has given consideration to the inclusion of Romanian as a curricular language within the Leaving Certificate, following the implementation and interim review of the Languages Connect strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61934/25]

550. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of school bus tickets (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61952/25]

551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the SNA Review Process guidelines for 2025/26 published by the NCSE. in particular: the evidence or consultation informed the narrowed application window (15 September – 24 October) and the reason mid-year applications are not accommodated; the way in which the unification of SNA allocations across mainstream and special…

552. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be granted an additional autism class for 2026-2027. [62027/25]

553. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a role in putting a cap on transition year fees in secondary schools to ensure lower income families can afford these fees. [62092/25]

554. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth when an SNA is under a temporary and fixed term contract, and is actively looking for a permanent role, the reason they can only be placed on a panel when they have a permanent role. [62110/25]

555. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has put in place a pathway for those qualified as primary school teachers with a recognised British teaching qualification, who have not completed the two-year induction period in that jurisdiction, to allow them to complete their induction in Ireland. [62112/25]

556. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to support deaf children within the Leaving Cert Applied programme. [62117/25]

557. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has any plans to increase capacity in a school (details supplied) to cater for the growing number of applicants in the area. [62119/25]

558. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the remaining improvement works to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62126/25]

559. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address issues concerning the interpretation of the term “SSD of unknown origin” by SLT’s in the HSE to exclude children with disabilities from accessing developmental language disorder or speech sound disorder special classes (details supplied). [62128/25]

560. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth he will outline his Department’s plans for a site north of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62151/25]

561. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an employee's pension can be transferred to a different pension scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62198/25]

562. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school’s application under the additional accommodation scheme; when a decision will be taken whether to progress the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62216/25]

563. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a response will issue to correspondence from this Deputy regarding an application for a seat on a special needs school transport for a child in County Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62218/25]

564. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to sanction more early intervention classes in Kildare; the number that will be available in 2026; the number of places that will be available in total; the number that will be available for new students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62238/25]

227. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a protest being conducted by four survivors of Industrial schools outside Leinster House; if her Department is engaging in any work to respond to their demand for State Contributary Pension rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60593/25]

228. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider sanctioning an ASD special class in a school (details supplied) for September 2026, considering the significant need demonstrated in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60521/25]