Parliamentary questions

842. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's policy in relation to above SERC SNA allocations; and to provide copies of any circulars and policy documents relating to this. [59462/25]

843. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of cases taken against the NCSE in each of the past five years including 2025 to date. [59463/25]

844. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans for increasing supports for special schools; if she will meet with a school (details supplied) regarding resourcing needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59466/25]

845. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students per classroom in either primary or secondary school; her Department recommendations for schools in a situation where there are more than the recommended allocated number of students in a classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59539/25]

846. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the development of a new school site (details supplied); when the new schools will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59554/25]

847. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application (details supplied) by a primary school for additional school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59560/25]

848. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will meet with the principal of a school (details supplied) to discuss the urgent need for an additional autism class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59562/25]

849. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application for a school extension could go to construction (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59570/25]

850. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Connolly den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cén tacaíocht ar leith atá ar fáil do mheánscoileanna atá ag feidhmiú ar na hoileáin amach ón gcósta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [59579/25]

851. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for the future employment of teachers taken on due to the large influx of students arriving here, escaping the invasion of Ukraine; if they will be retained by their present schools; if the pupil teacher ratio will be adjusted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59587/25]

852. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on when a new school building (details supplied) will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59607/25]

853. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on when an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59608/25]

854. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the suppressed teaching post at a school (details supplied) could be retained until the end of the school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59648/25]

855. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a response will issue regarding a proposal from University College Cork (details supplied); for a timeline when the Department’s decision on the application can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59664/25]

856. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to fund play therapists, including play therapists through school completion programme. [59692/25]

857. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action her Department is taking to tackle recruitment challenges of bus drivers under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59739/25]

858. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to increase the number of special education places in Limerick city schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59751/25]

859. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline any indicative plans for the increase to core funding (capitation grant) for the primary education sector to bring it in line with that of second-level funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59761/25]

860. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the plans by her Department to ensure the timely delivery of DEIS Plus resources, before the end of the 2025/2026 school year, given the proposed start date for DEIS Plus of September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59762/25]

861. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she expects the eligibility criteria and additional time allowed in the SEC’s pilot for extra time in State exams under the RACE accommodations to be published; when she expects the full details of the pilot to be communicated to schools; if she or her Department officials have met with the SEC to discuss the pilot; to report…

862. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the RACE Scheme for 2026, to outline the details behind the extra time pilot, including which candidates will be included in the pilot, the amount of extra time they will receive and when these details will be provided to schools, considering the closing date for reactivation and new applications is 21 November for Leavi…

863. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department expects to review the new pilot online school admissions system; if this system can be expanded nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59767/25]

864. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her Department’s plans to increase the number of SNAs and special education places, and to improve school buildings, school funding, school transport, teacher recruitment and retention for schools in Fingal east (details supplied). [59770/25]

865. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of parents that gave notice to the NCSE that their child requires a special class/special school place for the 2026/2027 school year, up to the deadline of 1 October 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59775/25]

866. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the name and location of UBU-funded youth services, per ETB; the funding provided to each service in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the planned allocation for 2026; the number of staff and the number of young people engaged in the service for each of those years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statem…