Parliamentary questions

15. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to address the growing financial pressures facing schools, particularly in relation to the rising costs of heating, electricity, and day-to-day operational expenses; if increased funding will be made available to ensure schools can continue to function effectively and safely through the winter mont…

16. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will formally announce the reforms of the way in which teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59682/25]

17. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the proposed summer works scheme for 2026; the amount of funding being made available for the scheme in 2026; the themes which will be considered as part of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59450/25]

18. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the review of the assistive technology scheme; if her Department plans to move away from diagnosis-based eligibility criteria; when the new application portal will be launched; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59754/25]

19. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a planned meeting of stakeholders will take place regarding a joint school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59677/25]

20. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether schools in Carlow and Kilkenny will lose teachers for the school year 2026-2027 due to a decline in pupil numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59448/25]

21. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59760/25]

22. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has received a request from the board of management and management team of a school (details supplied) to initiate a full rebuild of the school, considering it is over 50 years old; the status of this request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59676/25]

23. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to address the need for capital works at a school (details supplied) with defective concrete blocks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59695/25]

24. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update in relation to the school transport pilot scheme, in particular in relation to the evaluation of 14 pilot projects undertaken in the 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59700/25]

25. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has taken a position to open no more "reading classes" for children with severe dyslexia; to clarify the basis on which any such decision has been taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59675/25]

26. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there will be an increase in the capitation grant for secondary level schools; the cost to the exchequer of the €50 increase in capitation grant for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59399/25]

27. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking vis-à-vis AI and all of her Department's responsibilities, including primary and secondary education (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59716/25]

28. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to improve access to appropriate education for children with special needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59703/25]

29. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will recognise a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59737/25]

30. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to conduct a review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59398/25]

31. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education and Youth her proposals to address annual recurring chaos within the school transport scheme. [59475/25]

32. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to expand youth mental health support within schools and community youth centres; if there are plans to enhance coordination between local education providers and HSE mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59749/25]

33. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposals to ensure adequate provision of SNAs for schools this academic year. [59757/25]

34. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth to investigate the delays related to the design and planning of the new development for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59605/25]

35. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has advanced plans for a new school on the new site offered free of charge to the State within the town boundaries of Milford (details supplied). [59714/25]

36. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department's 'Guidance on Artificial Intelligence in Schools' was benchmarked, if it all, with European counterparts; the input the AI Advisory Council has had on the guidance; if she and her Department have reviewed the steps Estonia is taking in respect of AI in schools; if there are any lessons which coul…

37. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has any plans to open another non-denominational co-educational post-primary school in the Clontarf-Raheny-Killester catchment area; if so, to provide the timeline and proposed location; if not, the reasons for such decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59674/25]

38. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he is aware that Bus Éireann is failing to respond to representations made by elected members and parents regarding special school transport. [51723/25]

39. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to support children without a special needs school place in this school year. [59598/25]