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Ivana Bacik Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
826. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average age of applicants for redress schemes relating to child sexual abuse, across statutory schemes, including in respect of schemes that have closed. [42204/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
827. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applicants for redress under a statutory scheme relating to institutional abuse and historic child sexual abuse within an institution who died prior to payment of compensation under that scheme, in tabular form. [42206/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
828. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the shortfall between State expenditure and institutional contributions to redress schemes operated under the auspices of her Department, in tabular form. [42209/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
858. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students studying each foreign language offered at Leaving Certificate level, in each year from 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42648/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
865. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who participated in transition year, in each year from 2016 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42744/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
880. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers on the supplementary panel list in County Mayo broken down by the number of months they are on this list, in tabular form. [42856/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
895. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide information, and a map, identifying the school planning areas in the Dublin Mid-West constituency. [42986/26]
Jen Cummins Written 20 May 2026 · to Education
149. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of pupils in primary and secondary schools who have Down's syndrome, in tabular form. [38162/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
459. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average response time for representations submitted by Oireachtas members through an email address (details supplied) in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by regional office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36525/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
460. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of representations submitted through an email address (details supplied) that remained unanswered after 10 working days and 20 working days in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, broken down by regional office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36526/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
511. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new primary schools that have opened in County Roscommon for each of the years 2021 to 2025 respectively. [37266/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
514. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new primary schools that have opened in County Cavan for each of the years 2021 to 2025. [37269/26]
Jen Cummins Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
517. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the school level data to be released will include school level data for all multi-denominational schools and denominational schools. [37301/26]
Jen Cummins Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
518. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she plans to publish the full percentage response from all parents, including parents of preschool children and parents of children in multi-denominational schools to the question of whether denominational education or multi-denominational education is preferred as per question 1 of the Parental Survey. [37302/26]
Jen Cummins Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
519. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all of the school level data reports will be published online. [37303/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
525. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received, granted and refused by the Primary Staffing Appeals Board from 2020-2025; the criteria used by the board to assess appeals; whether her Department published analysis of trends in primary class consolidation arising from the staffing schedule, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37421/…
Barry Heneghan Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
526. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number and percentage of students who left post primary education before completing senior cycle in each of the past five years, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37425/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
527. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated second level school retention rate to Leaving Certificate level in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37426/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
528. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in post primary education in fifth year; the number completing Leaving Certificate in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37427/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
529. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students identified through Departmental retention statistics as leaving post primary education before completion of senior cycle in DEIS and non DEIS schools respectively, by county over the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37428/26]
Paul Murphy Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
539. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school days that have been lost nationally and in DEIS primary schools in Tallaght, Dublin 24 to teacher training and in-service days in the past two academic years. [37719/26]
Paul Murphy Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
540. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current Department policy on scheduling CPD during term time; and if it includes any exemptions or protections for children with additional needs. [37720/26]
Paul Murphy Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
541. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason teacher training cannot be scheduled exclusively outside pupil contact time evenings, weekends or the paid summer period when repeated mid-term closures are causing serious disruption and regression for children with disabilities in schools such as Knockmore, Tallaght, Dublin 24. [37721/26]
Paul Murphy Written 19 May 2026 · to Education
543. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of times per academic year primary schools are permitted to close for teacher training and staff days; and if she will cap the number of such closures in order that children, especially those with additional needs, are not repeatedly removed from routine within the same term. [37723/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 14 May 2026 · to Education
298. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to explain comprehensively the rationale of the decision to omit one school out of a cluster of eight local schools, from the extension of HSCL provision (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35856/26]