Parliamentary questions

184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that survivors of industrial and reformatory schools who reside abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom, will receive equal pension entitlements and supports as survivors resident in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53212/25]

185. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review current access to medical and psychological supports for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools; if she will expand entitlements to include unlimited trauma counselling, psychiatric services, mobility aids, and access to the Treatment Purchase Fund, as proposed in the 2020 survivor-led consultation; and …

186. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a costing of introducing a contributory State pension and enhanced HAA medical card scheme for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools, based on the current estimated survivor population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53215/25]

187. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that ring-fenced funding will be allocated in Budget 2026 for survivor supports, including pensions, health entitlements, and the completion of a national memorial; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53216/25]

188. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the case of a person (details supplied) can be examined; if a school transport ticket can be issued in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53219/25]

189. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the closure of schools in some cases is at the discretion of her Department. [53221/25]

190. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all of the ongoing projects in Dublin West under the planning and building unit, broken down into five core stages (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53226/25]

191. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Jen Cummins den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cad é an stádas reatha chun foirgneamh buan a thógáil do scoil (sonraí curtha ar fáil) i gContae Bhaile Átha Cliath; cad í an chúis leis an moill; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [53230/25]

192. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will set out the process by which schools may apply for funding for the development of playground facilities, particularly where such facilities would be available for use both by pupils and by the wider community; and if she will provide details of any funding schemes or application processes currently available to …

193. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to keep teachers who return home from abroad up to date with the new curriculum. [53277/25]

194. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will amend Circular 0010/2013 to allow for funding to be deposited into a school's account in order for it to purchase assistive technology equipment for eligible students, rather than the current scheme which puts pressure on smaller schools as they must purchase the equipment first and then be reimbursed, which creates…

195. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 17 September 2025, to provide an update on the response of the school in question to the instruction that only one waiting list should be in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53324/25]

196. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the position of a school (details supplied) will be considered having regard to the fact the school, when requested, opened a special ASD class four years ago on the specific understanding that additional accommodation would be provided; the reason the proposed extension has not yet been approved to go to construction; and …

197. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction of a school (details supplied) will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53343/25]

198. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 25 September 2025, if she will provide the figures confirming the cost to date of the installation of solar panels under the solar for schools programme (schools PV programme) since the scheme was introduced in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53366/25]

199. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the departmental policy relating to the presence of asbestos in school buildings and whether it is acceptable that children would be walking on broken asbestos tiles on a daily basis. [53375/25]

200. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools a project management company (details supplied) has been appointed by her Department to project manage or provide other construction consultancy services between 2019 and 2025. [53376/25]

201. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address the disparity in salary for special needs assistants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53378/25]

202. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider providing access to a HAA medical card and a full pension to industrial school survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53385/25]

203. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address the underinvestment in schools, the overcrowded classrooms, the stretched resources and the growing demands on staff (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53401/25]

204. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to alter the status of tutors working under the home tuition scheme in terms of their recognition and inclusion within the broader education system, and their entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53432/25]

205. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 September 2025, the plans to allow private independent music schools access to funding for the delivery of subsidised music lessons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53434/25]

206. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify growing concerns among school bus escorts around their payment; if it is the case that school bus escorts are only paid from the minute a child gets on the school bus until they get off, despite many escorts spending up to an hour on the bus before a child gets on; and if Circular 0085/2024 can provide clarity to sch…

207. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school bus service will return for a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53532/25]

208. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment for dyslexia, given they are not meeting developmental milestones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53538/25]