1037. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that have utilised funding from her Department to enrol teachers in upskilling courses in high-demand subject areas. [20821/25]
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1044. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to provide a cost breakdown of the expenditure of the “Teachers’ Professional Journeys: The First Decade” longitudinal research study, in tabular form. [20828/25]
1045. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 20 March 2025, the reason an applicant (details supplied) was denied leave in 2012 and therefore refused incremental credit despite a circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20835/25]
1047. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if her recent announcement that teachers will be given permanent contracts after one year favours newly qualified teachers over highly experienced Irish teachers who have returned from teaching abroad and are fighting to obtain CID; if her Department will recognise Irish teachers for their work in international schools outside the EU and put in place an effic…
1048. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to review the case of pension entitlements for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20941/25]
1049. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education regarding her recent announcement about offering teachers permanent contracts earlier in their career, whether she will clarify if she is proposing to reduce the current requirement of two years of continuous service down to one year for contract of indefinite duration eligibility; when these changes will come into effect; and if they will apply to those c…
1051. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for details of her proposal for newly qualified teachers to gain a permanent contract a year earlier; what classifies as a 'viable post' in this instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20953/25]
1052. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when details of the main panel and supplementary panel for primary schools will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20954/25]
1053. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for the urgent approval under a review request for an additional SNA for a school under medical needs for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20970/25]
1057. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education if she will consider changing the initial teacher training programme for secondary school teachers back to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21072/25]
1062. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to urgently address the disparity faced by school secretaries and caretakers, who are directly paid by the Department but who are being denied a pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21177/25]
1068. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education if she will introduce a pension scheme for those school secretaries that are employed by boards of management and to give them parity with other school staff such as SNAs and teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21279/25]
230. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if there is any assistance her Department can provide in securing an SNA post in a school with relevant qualifications. [18232/25]
233. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if a DEIS Band 1 school (details supplied) will lose its 10th teacher (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18237/25]
237. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of how the 1,600 new special needs assistant posts for 2025 will be distributed across the country, and specifically how many will be allocated to schools in Dublin Bay north, given ongoing reports of unmet need in the area. [18327/25]
238. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education whether she will commit to streamlining the NCSE review process for schools seeking additional special needs assistant support, in light of concerns that delays in decision making are impacting students with autism and complex needs; and if she will provide average processing times for such reviews in the past 12 months. [18328/25]
116. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she plans to ensure that school secretaries employed by boards of management receive equivalent pensions, leave entitlements and the equivalent benefits and conditions enjoyed by her Department or ETB-employed school secretaries/administrators; her views on whether this is an inequity and anomaly that is required to be addressed in the interests of fairness; an…
128. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education if she will review the policy on incremental credit for post-primary teachers with overseas experience in private schools, given that such experience is recognised for primary teachers but not at post-primary level (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18087/25]
117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of teacher posts currently vacant, by county. [17203/25]
125. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to address the recruitment and retention crisis in education and the related increase in numbers of unqualified teachers employed in the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16936/25]
203. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to keeping a teacher at a primary school in Louth (details supplied) as its projected pupil numbers will be higher in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16889/25]
207. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to ensure the full complement of special needs assistant posts are filled in September 2025 in order to adequately staff the 400 promised new special classes and 300 special school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16934/25]
437. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in the education system, in tabular form. [16566/25]
438. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the educational qualifications needed to become an SNA; whether this should be adjusted to reflect the experience and expertise needed to fully support the children and young people they work with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16567/25]
472. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education if she will review and reverse a recent decision to suppress two mainstream class teacher positions in a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16635/25]