229. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case for the retention for a further year of a teacher at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26574/25]
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236. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reconsider awarding incremental credits to a special needs assistant who has been employed in local authority-owned facilities which were managed by a private company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26684/25]
47. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to grant full public sector status to all school secretaries and caretakers; if so, the timeline for extending access to public service pay scales, pensions, and employment protections to these staff, who work alongside teachers and SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26297/25]
53. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the classification of secretaries and caretakers as public sector workers. [26181/25]
60. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a limit has been placed by her Department on the hours allotted to schools for teacher employment; the amount of hours sanctioned for the school year 2024 – 2025; if there are plans to increase the provision of hours to schools for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26270/25]
65. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding caretaker and secretary pension provisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26285/25]
408. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to increase permanent teaching posts to address the over-reliance on temporary contracts in certain schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25137/25]
427. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to retain qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25285/25]
428. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for any additional funding and staffing resources that will be provided to support the expansion of the School Completion Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25286/25]
461. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a pay deal for school caretakers, similar to that achieved for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25596/25]
475. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if urgent steps will be taken to address the continued lack of a proper pension scheme and the unequal terms and conditions under which school secretaries (details supplied) work compared to their colleagues, such as teachers and special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25721/25]
478. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider regarding secretaries and caretakers, who work side by side with teachers and SNAs in this country daily, to receive the same certainty of a pension on retirement and to receive fair wages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25763/25]
480. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support giving public sector status to all secretaries and caretakers in schools giving them the same access to protections and pensions as other workers in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25800/25]
486. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to give public sector status for all secretaries and caretakers working in schools, to be given access to the same rights, the same certainty of a pension on retirement and salaries as the teachers and SNAs that they work alongside; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25844/25]
492. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on school secretaries and caretakers not receiving a State pension, given their wages are paid by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25883/25]
495. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of implementing pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers. [25904/25]
496. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth for clarification on the announced changes to contracts of indefinite duration; when the new rules will regarding a one-year contract and then a contract of indefinite duration apply from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25949/25]
507. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a limit has been placed by her Department on the hours allotted to schools for teacher employment; the amount of hours sanctioned for the school year 2024-2025; if there are plans to increase the provision of hours to schools for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26047/25]
90. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a decision can be reversed to remove a teacher from the allocation to a school (details supplied), which is forcing the school to merge two classes, with a resultant class size of more than 30 students, including children with autism, which is significantly higher than the stated aim of this Government to reduce the pupil teacher ratio to 19:1; and…
555. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if this apparent discrepancy will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23246/25]
563. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application for approval for a teaching post in Kilkenny (details supplied) which was refused will be reconsidered as a matter of urgency as the school staff are under immense pressure currently and face the prospect of having in excess of 30 children per classroom causing serious accommodation issues; and if she will make a statement on the…
572. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will review the rules surrounding the retention of acting-up allowances for teachers who have served in acting deputy principal roles for more than five years, particularly in cases where the teacher covered for a colleague on a career break; if she will address the apparent discrepancy in treatment compared to those covering colle…
573. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an issue regarding an acting-up allowance can be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23556/25]
578. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused incremental credit. [23704/25]
582. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the campaigns her Department have undertaken to recruit teachers who qualified in Ireland and moved abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23803/25]