Parliamentary questions

1149. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55383/26]

1150. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55384/26]

1151. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the school transport options available to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55403/26]

1152. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the next steps she will take for a school (details supplied); to outline a timetable for the commencement of construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55425/26]

1153. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there will be additional funding provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to employ a caretaker and a second secretary given the increasing demand on the school for both of these services [55444/26]

1154. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used by her Department to prioritise additional school accommodation applications, particularly where applications relate to special education classrooms or interim prefabricated accommodations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55459/26]

1155. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to reduce delays in progression of school building projects currently at Stage 2a and Stage 2b in Cork north-west; the average length of time these projects are spending at each stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55460/26]

1156. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools awaiting approval for prefabricated or modular accommodation for September 2026 in Cork north-west; the number of these applications relating to special education provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55461/26]

1157. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made in implementing the recommendation of the School Transport 2030 Report; the timeline for removing or amending the nearest school eligibility criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55462/26]

1158. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm the level of additional school transport pilot scheme that will operate for the 2026-2027 school year; the criteria used to select routes, the role of Bus Éireann in that selection process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55463/26]

1159. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up to date position of the education therapy rollout; the number of special schools included to date; the number of these located in Cork north-west; the timeline for wider rollout to additional schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55464/26]

1160. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made in recruiting speech and language therapists and occupational therapists for education therapy service for Cork county; the number of posts sanctioned, filled and vacant for Cork county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55465/26]

1161. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to strengthen digital literacy, AI awareness and misinformation education across primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55466/26]

1162. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current position on the implementation of teacher supply measures announced in 2025, including the proposal to allow eligible teachers to access permanency after one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55467/26]

1163. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she expects to provide a consolidated update on each Programme for Government commitment assigned to her Department; the timeframe for this update to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55468/26]

1164. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement her Department has had with Cork County Council and the Department of Transport regarding traffic management and road safety measures at schools experiencing significant congestion at drop-off and collection times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55469/26]

1165. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to support schools in tackling bullying, cyberbullying and online harassment; the resources available to schools in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55471/26]

1166. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 30 June 2026, to advise on the project progression for a new school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55472/26]

1167. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a new school building (details supplied) will be sanctioned, as students and staff are currently experiencing leaks, inaccessible and unsafe conditions due to the deteriorating building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55489/26]

1168. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is considering changes to the method of payment for school bus escorts, given the financial pressures the current model places on primary schools to pay and receive retrospective reimbursement; the measures being taken by her Department to mitigate such financial challenges faced by primary schools; if earlier …

1169. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school bus escort reimbursement payment for a primary school (details supplied) in light of financial pressures faced by the school; when it is expected that full reimbursement will be received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55498/26]

1170. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efficiency and reform proposals that her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within her…

1171. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the legal, contractual or other basis upon which her Department decided not to implement, or to withdraw, the local bargaining measures agreed in respect of special needs assistants following the recent ballots; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55547/26]

1172. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific clause or provision in any public service agreement, local bargaining agreement, collective agreement, memorandum, circular or other written instrument which made implementation of the agreed local bargaining measures for special needs assistants conditional upon acceptance of the workforce development plan. [55548/2…

1173. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason special needs assistants were asked to vote separately on the local bargaining proposal where implementation of that proposal was subsequently deemed to be dependent on the outcome of a separate ballot on the workforce development plan; and whether this conditionality was communicated clearly to members before the ball…