Parliamentary questions

386. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if officials from her Department will contact school management at a school (details supplied) to endeavour to find a way to allow the school keep their ancillary grant used to employ a caretaker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49311/26]

387. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to report on the cancellation of school based summer provision by some schools due to reduced staffing levels; the exclusion of children who had been approved for school based provision from home based provision; if these children will receive any school based provision this summer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4…

388. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address the need for a special class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49339/26]

389. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider amending the staffing schedule for Gaelscoileanna outside of Gaeltacht areas so that it is identical to that of Gaelscoileanna within Gaeltacht areas. [49425/26]

390. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to achieve the Programme for Government commitment of a pupil–teacher ratio of 19:1. [49426/26]

391. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on when a school building project (details supplied) will proceed, given the impending expiry of planning permission. [49427/26]

392. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for proposed upgrading works in schools (details supplied) on the Navan Road, Dublin 7. [49438/26]

393. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding STEM; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49486/26]

394. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the application to retain an 11th mainstream teacher for the coming school year at a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49487/26]

395. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason Leaving Certificate appeal results are provisionally scheduled to issue on 25 September 2026, after the completion of the first four rounds of CAO offers and their acceptance deadlines; whether she has assessed the impact on students whose grades and CAO points increase following a successful appeal, but who may be unabl…

396. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the loss of a mainstream teaching post at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49529/26]

397. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline of payments for the summer programme. [49571/26]

398. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on her Department’s priorities for Ireland’s EU Council Presidency. [49577/26]

399. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) has been forced to withdraw its summer programme due to her Department’s failure to sanction the necessary staffing levels, leaving children with special educational needs without vital supports over the summer; whether she intends on rectifying this so that the school’s summer prog…

400. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional support will be provided for the Summer Programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49614/26]

401. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth when DEIS status will be granted to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49618/26]

402. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide figures of the cost overruns by her Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026; the cost overruns by her Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026 for each State Agency under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49656/26]

403. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of ongoing health and safety issues faced by a school (details supplied); and the measures her Department will take to resolve these. [49689/26]

404. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the recommendations of the report on inclusive education for persons with disabilities published earlier this year; when she intends to implement the recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49696/26]

405. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a proposed special education needs extension will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49697/26]

406. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a person (details supplied) can be provided with an urgent date for an NEPS assessment. [49702/26]

407. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration can be given to a request concerning teacher shortages (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49704/26]

408. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No’s 445, 446 and 447 of 16 June 2026, whether the State Examinations Commission has confirmed to her Department that the established quality assurance, review and sign-off procedures for the setting of examination papers were followed in full in respect of the 2026 Leaving Certificate higher level…

409. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, where a school uses laptops/tablets instead of books, these laptops/tablets will be covered under the free schoolbook scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49716/26]

410. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth if schools opting to use laptops/tablets instead of books still receive funding for free schoolbooks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49717/26]