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Paul Lawless Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
543. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the decision not to provide capital funding for the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) given the extensive local consultation, the educational benefits of a co-educational Catholic secondary school, and the broader pattern of delays in school building projects nationwide. [61845/25]
Pat Buckley Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
544. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school (details supplied) for safety works under the climate action summer works scheme; and when they will receive a decision on their application. [61858/25]
Brian Brennan Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
545. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when an outstanding payment will be made to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61866/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
546. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of cases taken against her Department in each of the past five years including to date in 2025; the number of those which relate to issues of school places in each of the past five years including to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61876/25]
Noel McCarthy Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
547. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 15 July 2025, when a decision is expected to be reached on a climate action summer works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61932/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
548. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has given consideration to the inclusion of existing non-curricular languages as curricular languages within the Leaving Certificate, following the implementation and interim review of the Languages Connect strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61933/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
549. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has given consideration to the inclusion of Romanian as a curricular language within the Leaving Certificate, following the implementation and interim review of the Languages Connect strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61934/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
550. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of school bus tickets (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61952/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the SNA Review Process guidelines for 2025/26 published by the NCSE. in particular: the evidence or consultation informed the narrowed application window (15 September – 24 October) and the reason mid-year applications are not accommodated; the way in which the unification of SNA allocations across mainstream and special classes ensures tha…
Pat Buckley Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
552. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be granted an additional autism class for 2026-2027. [62027/25]
Ann Graves Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
553. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a role in putting a cap on transition year fees in secondary schools to ensure lower income families can afford these fees. [62092/25]
Ann Graves Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
554. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth when an SNA is under a temporary and fixed term contract, and is actively looking for a permanent role, the reason they can only be placed on a panel when they have a permanent role. [62110/25]
Ann Graves Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
555. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has put in place a pathway for those qualified as primary school teachers with a recognised British teaching qualification, who have not completed the two-year induction period in that jurisdiction, to allow them to complete their induction in Ireland. [62112/25]
Jen Cummins Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
556. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to support deaf children within the Leaving Cert Applied programme. [62117/25]
Ann Graves Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
557. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has any plans to increase capacity in a school (details supplied) to cater for the growing number of applicants in the area. [62119/25]
John Brady Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
558. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the remaining improvement works to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62126/25]
Albert Dolan Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
559. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address issues concerning the interpretation of the term “SSD of unknown origin” by SLT’s in the HSE to exclude children with disabilities from accessing developmental language disorder or speech sound disorder special classes (details supplied). [62128/25]
James O'Connor Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
560. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth he will outline his Department’s plans for a site north of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62151/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
561. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an employee's pension can be transferred to a different pension scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62198/25]
Colm Burke Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
562. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school’s application under the additional accommodation scheme; when a decision will be taken whether to progress the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62216/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
563. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a response will issue to correspondence from this Deputy regarding an application for a seat on a special needs school transport for a child in County Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62218/25]
Réada Cronin Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
564. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to sanction more early intervention classes in Kildare; the number that will be available in 2026; the number of places that will be available in total; the number that will be available for new students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62238/25]
Carol Nolan Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Education
227. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a protest being conducted by four survivors of Industrial schools outside Leinster House; if her Department is engaging in any work to respond to their demand for State Contributary Pension rights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60593/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Education
228. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider sanctioning an ASD special class in a school (details supplied) for September 2026, considering the significant need demonstrated in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60521/25]
Grace Boland Written 6 Nov 2025 · to Education
229. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm if any construction related reports are still outstanding and waiting completion required to progress a building project (details supplied) advised by your Department in July 2024 to proceed with a new planning application, which should include decarbonisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60543/25]