Parliamentary questions

224. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence (details supplied) regarding a school pick-up point; if she will address the concerns raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49393/25]

225. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school building project being processed by the large scale development section of her Department which is to provide a new building for the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied); if she will outline the steps in this process; the timeline for its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matte…

226. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has engaged with Bus Éireann regarding the ongoing failure to secure a school transport provider for students at a school (details supplied); will she outline how her Department intends to support the resumption of this essential service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49527/25]

227. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has considered the use of smaller buses or local operators to bridge the gap in school transport provision for children at a school (details supplied); to confirm the timeline envisaged for implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49528/25]

228. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department is coordinating with the Department of Education and Youth to ensure that children with additional needs do not lose out on schooling due to tendering failures or shortages of bus drivers; if either Department have an estimate of the number of children currently missing school or relying on …

229. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the correspondence regarding school transport (details supplied); if tickets for the children mentioned will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49534/25]

230. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the correspondence (details supplied); if ticket for the child will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49537/25]

231. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views regarding the disparity in the health and safety leave policy between pregnant teachers and SNAs in special schools. [49337/25]

232. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason some teachers have not yet received an outcome to their PME refund scheme application (details supplied); when all applicants will receive same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49355/25]

233. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review correspondence regarding a school (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised; if she will expedite the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49361/25]

234. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) is allocated €75,000 to cover the cost of modernisation of school facilities. [49401/25]

235. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the NCSE carries out risk assessments such as to identify flight risks of children in determination of SNA allocations to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49408/25]

236. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of risk assessments carried out by the NCSE in advance of the determination of SNA allocations, in total and per county, for each year since 2020-2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49409/25]

237. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) is in the Cabra-Phibsborough or Finglas-Scribblestown school planning area. [49442/25]

238. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a record of the number of children of school-going age who are not attending primary school or are simply refusing to attend; if a similar record exists for secondary schools; if she will provide the figures available to her Department; the number of applications submitted to her Department for home tuitio…

239. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average daily minutes available for lunch in primary and post-primary schools for 2022 to 2025, with the distribution (median, inter-quartile range), by school; to confirm whether her Department has minimum enforceable standards for time to eat a school meal; and if not, the reason why not, given international evidence that 30 …

240. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that lack kitchen facilities to prepare or safely reheat meals on site; and to provide a capital plan with timelines and budget to achieve minimum kitchen capacity standards, by county. [49466/25]

241. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that there are children due to attend the east Cork special school still awaiting a start date.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49497/25]

242. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that at least 12-children accepted into a school (details supplied) have been unable to attend school this term due to the absence of a transport provider; the immediate steps her Department will take to guarantee school transport for these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49523/25…

243. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has contingency measures in place for children with additional needs when a bus provider withdraws from a route or retires; the reason such measures have not been applied in the case of students attending a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49524/25]

244. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to families currently being advised to use taxis at a cost of approximately €80 per day in the absence of school transport such as the case in a school (details supplied); if her Department will cover the full cost of such transport until a permanent solution is found; and if she will make a statemen…

245. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will review the current school transport tendering process to ensure continuity of service for children with special educational needs; the changes which are being considered to avoid repeated disruption to vulnerable students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49526/25]

246. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the additional accommodation scheme project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49536/25]

247. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an emergency works application by a school (details supplied). [49538/25]

248. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students in Galway city, due to enter special classes in second level this year, who had not secured places by the end of the 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49542/25]