1465. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department will review the job-sharing scheme for teachers and special needs assistants to allow more flexible patterns of attendance, including family-friendly arrangements such as a two-day/three-day split across alternating weeks, where compatible with school needs. [26045/26]
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1466. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extent to which schools currently have discretion to approve flexible job-sharing patterns for teachers and special needs assistants; the guidance issued by her Department on this matter; and whether updated guidance will issue to promote greater flexibility for parents. [26046/26]
1467. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has considered if the present operation of the job-sharing scheme, including timetabling arrangements that may still spread attendance across five days, undermines its usefulness for parents trying to manage childcare responsibilities. [26047/26]
1471. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the allocation of DEIS status in Thurles town, County Tipperary, considering there is no DEIS primary school in the town despite clear indicators of disadvantage in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26088/26]
1472. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an agreement will be reached to ensure school caretakers are not left without pay during the upcoming school summer holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26090/26]
1473. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) will move to its new and permanent location. [26116/26]
1476. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school will be granted approval for another reading class (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26183/26]
1477. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth when an employer's declaration form, received by her Department six weeks ago, will be returned to a person (details supplied), who cannot receive a job seekers payment until it is returned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26233/26]
1479. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the evaluation of Oíche na hÓige; if it will be an annual event; if a date has been set for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26310/26]
1489. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding available to schools to allow for the installation of water refill stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26470/26]
1491. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if teachers holding AP1 posts-assistant principal grade 1 in community and comprehensive schools are entitled to a reduction of four hours per week in teaching time from 21 hours 20 minutes to 17 hours 20 minutes; the circular under which this arrangement was authorised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26524/26]
1492. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on construction works for the planned ASD classrooms at a school (details supplied); the expected timeline for completion and opening of the new ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26528/26]
1493. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the School Completion Programmes are organised around the country; if they are organised in clusters; the numbers including their name, location and number of students per school from 2016 to 2026. [26579/26]
1494. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of School Completion Programme (SCP) whole time equivalent staff per School Completion Programme (SCP) cluster from 2016 to 2026. [26580/26]
1495. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the School Completion Programme (SCP) funding in total, and by cluster, from 2016 to 2026. [26581/26]
1498. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether it has been considered if a school can be assigned as DEIS rather than a geographical area; and if not, the policy reasons for not doing so if the need is established [26584/26]
1499. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if annual returns as part of the School Completion Programme are considered when evaluating DEIS needs. [26585/26]
1500. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process for increasing resources for schools that are included in the DEIS and School Completion Programme. [26586/26]
1501. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a secondary school is included in DEIS Plus and home school community liaison but a neighbouring primary school is not. [26587/26]
1502. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for choosing schools for inclusion under DEIS Plus and HSCL. [26588/26]
1504. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options or assistance available to a school (details supplied) to ensure that all pupils interested in participating in transition year can be accommodated. [26629/26]
1506. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider an extension to the route 3 Teaching Council registration from the current three year time limit to get a PME; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26667/26]
290. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be included in the next expansion of a programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23486/26]
292. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the position in relation to school planning in the Ashbourne school planning area in Meath; the existing and projected, capacity; how additional demand will be accommodated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23509/26]
138. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 12 February 2026, if the required documents have been received from Tailte Éireann; and if a further timeline is available for conclusion of this long outstanding matter. [22983/26]