Questions

573. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth based on annual accounts, FSSU returns, ETB accounts or any other financial data available to her Department, the aggregate amount spent by recognised post-primary schools in each year from 2019 to 2025 on governance-related items, including board expenses, travel and subsistence, audit and accountancy, legal and professional fees, insurance, board tra…

574. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of expenditure incurred by Education and Training Boards in each year from 2019 to 2025, and projected for 2026, in supporting the governance of ETB post-primary schools, including board of management administration, induction, training, policy support, compliance, appeals, legal advice, secretarial support, meeting administration and any ce…

603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether schools receiving ICT grant funding under the Digital Strategy for Schools are required to demonstrate that reasonable measures are in place to support students whose families cannot afford personal digital devices [39732/26]

553. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ICT-related funding streams provided to post-primary schools, including digital strategy and technology grants, and to clarify whether such funding may be used to provide devices directly to students who cannot afford compulsory laptop costs. [37800/26]

554. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the oversight and enforcement mechanisms that exist to regulate school policies which impose compulsory laptop purchases on parents, including where parents are directed to a single supplier; and the actions available to the Department where such policies cause financial hardship. [37801/26]

558. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth in respect of funding provided to post-primary schools under the Digital Strategy for Schools and associated ICT and technology grant schemes, the checks and oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that such funding is being used to support student access to digital learning, including the provision of laptops or devices for students whose families ca…

561. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she is aware of the financial pressures faced by students and families arising from the cost of participating in extracurricular activities, including school sports, competitions and travel; whether additional funding or targeted supports are being considered to assist schools in reducing these costs and ensuring that all students can parti…

569. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the drawdown of summer works scheme funding approved for a school (details supplied) in October 2025; the current status of that funding; whether any issues are delaying drawdown; and to indicate when the school can expect to be in a position to draw down the approved funding. [34326/26]

577. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding allocated to schools in County Meath under the summer works scheme in each of the past three years, by school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34407/26]

626. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the basis on which the current levy arising from public expenditure overruns is being calculated and applied to her Department’s Vote; whether any categories of expenditure, including pay, pensions or staffing-related costs, are exempt from the levy within her Department; and if she will provide a breakdown of the areas against which the levy is bein…

304. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure the survival of an organisation (details supplied) and the vital services, funded by her Department. [31835/26]

435. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a response to correspondence from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33056/26]

104. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be included in increased funding for a home school liaison from September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31006/26]

513. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding streams available for schools to implement universal design for learning; the amount of funding that was provided in the past five years; and what that funding was spent on. [30110/26]

585. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any funding is available for low-cost full-scale productions of Leaving Certificate plays to ensure that all students have the opportunity to see these scripts as they were originally intended. [30532/26]

611. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total allocation of funding to each State agency under her Department’s remit, broken down by the allocation to each agency, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30792/26]

375. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the work her Department is undertaking to ensure that capital funding is keeping pace with rising demographic pressures, inflation in construction costs, and the growing demand for modern, energy-efficient school accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11080/26]

1313. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24502/26]

1319. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24626/26]

1475. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of non-governmental organisations that have received State funding from her Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by her Department; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public funds from her Department for each of the p…

520. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether funding is available for schools where children direct their own learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22062/26]

523. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth if financial supports are available to local schools due to the extensive nature of works required as result of their grounds flooding due to intensive heavy rain, works for which the maintenance grant is insufficient to cover; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22185/26]

798. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 339 and 341 of 5 March 2026, to provide a breakdown of the ‘Social Inclusion Miscellaneous’ for each year from 2020 to 2025 and to-date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19541/26]

339. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of what the social inclusion fund within her Department is spent on; if she plans to increase this fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17936/26]

341. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth how much the social inclusion fund amounted to for the purpose of tackling educational disadvantage for the year 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17938/26]