Parliamentary questions

375. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she will launch an online national survey of all primary parents and preschool parents to determine local preferences for school type, including for multidenominational patronage to inform potential future changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56503/25]

376. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the delay in publishing the national survey on parents' patronage choice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56504/25]

377. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on correspondence regarding an application for a child (details supplied) and ensure that school transport has been arranged. [56510/25]

378. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of empty buildings that the Department of Education and Youth have in County Meath, in tabular form. [56543/25]

379. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine issues in correspondence (details supplied) affecting an amalgamation project for a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56557/25]

380. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the reason a school (details supplied) was excluded from the science implementation support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56569/25]

381. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the policy rationale for the continued exclusion of minority faith schools from the school improvement service guarantee, the free schoolbooks scheme, and similar supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56570/25]

382. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's long-term strategy for supporting the sustainability and inclusivity of minority faith schools and their pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56571/25]

383. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the application submitted by a school (details supplied) to have their roof replaced under the Climate Action Summer Works Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56575/25]

384. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the exceptional interim grant for parents of children in special schools who have not received school transport. [56579/25]

385. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special transport grants paid out, by county, in tabular form. [56580/25]

386. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the sanctioned ASA extension for a school (details supplied) falls within the capital expenditure allocation referenced in the Department of Education and Youth Budget 2026 Document; whether it falls within the 260 schools or 80 school buildings referenced in that document; if not, when specifically it is expected tha…

387. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the emergency funding application submitted by a school (details supplied), regarding structural issues arising from defective concrete; if her Department has completed or commenced an assessment of the extent of the defects; the interim measures being put in place to ensure the safety of pupils and staff; an…

388. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an urgent update on a school buildings project (details supplied). [56626/25]

389. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount that has been spent by her Department to conduct tendering processes for public infrastructure projects in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56690/25]

390. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth is she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the actions her Department is taking to address the staffing shortages at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56711/25]

391. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is considering the inclusion of minority faith schools in initiatives such as the science implementation support grant, the free schoolbooks scheme and the climate action works scheme; if not, the reason such schools continue to be excluded from the schemes; the supports her Department is providing and is considering imple…

392. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the work being done by her Department, and agencies under its remit, to facilitate, in line with the commitment under the Programme for Government, the easier return to Ireland for emigrants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56785/25]

393. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department will take to end the Industrial and Reformatory School Survivors hunger strike; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56815/25]

394. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the new DEIS plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56816/25]

395. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the way in which expenditure allocated to youth work in Budget 2026 will be spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56841/25]

396. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that children with disabilities are frequently granted exemptions from studying Irish in order to access special educational needs support; if she accepts that this practice effectively denies these children access to the Irish language curriculum on the basis of their disability; if she will outline the steps s…

397. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reasons capitation per head for second level students is significantly higher than for primary; whether there is any intention to equalise the payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56922/25]

398. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether there is any restriction on a school seeking external funding for a building project; whether a school is permitted to seek private/corporate funding or sponsorship to progress a building project that has not been funded by the Department, such as a general purpose hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56…

399. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the mainstream class teacher grant, which encompasses a furniture and ICT grant, has not been paid to schools yet, despite commitments that this would be paid on 8 September 2025; and the measures being taken to ensure schools are paid this grant as quickly as possible. [56969/25]