Questions

918. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the number of applications for school transport in County Meath for the 2025-2026 academic year; the number of pupils who were issued a bus ticket under the scheme; the number of pupils who were refused a place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60072/25]

919. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently on a waiting list for a cognitive assessment with the NCSE for an assessment of needs; the number of children on a waiting list from 2019 to 2025; the average time children spend on a waiting list; the plans to lower the number of children on a waiting list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …

920. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the additional resources being allocated to strengthen mental health supports within schools, including counselling, NEPS services and wellbeing programmes; if her Department plans to extend in-school mental health supports to primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60101/25]

921. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the shortage of special needs assistants across the education system; if regional or national workforce planning has been carried out to meet rising demand; the measures being taken to improve recruitment and retention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60102/25]

922. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing an ASD unit for a school in Kildare south (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60114/25]

923. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to formally recognise school assistance dogs within the implementation framework of the forthcoming National Human Rights Strategy 2025–2030 under Pillar One, Inclusive Learning and Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60115/25]

924. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider expanding the school assistance dog pilot programme to additional schools nationwide, ensuring regional balance and independent evaluation of outcomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60116/25]

925. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will examine the way in which school assistance dogs can be integrated as complementary supports within the new education therapy service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60117/25]

926. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an application for UBU funding for an area was not successful (details supplied); if this application will be reviewed given the real and increasing need for youth services for young people in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60133/25]

927. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure sufficient youth services and spaces in an area (details supplied) given the local need for such amenities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60134/25]

928. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted any condition assessment, structural survey, or capital review of the Mayfield Sports Complex in Cork City, which was established in 1975 under a joint Departmental and local authority agreement; if she will publish any such reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60139/25]

929. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department remains a financial stakeholder or co-funder of the Mayfield Sports Complex under the original 1975 partnership agreement between the then Department of Education and Cork Corporation; if she will confirm whether this agreement remains in force; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60140/25]

930. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding allocated to Mayfield Sports Complex in each of the past ten years; the purposes for which such funding was provided; and if she will outline any future capital investment planned for the facility. [60141/25]

931. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider a dedicated capital grant or inclusion in the 2026 school-community sports infrastructure programme for the refurbishment and redevelopment of Mayfield Sports Complex in light of its age, DEIS location, and community importance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60142/25]

932. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the nature and extent of State support provided to fee-paying schools in relation to the establishment and operation of special classes; the level and criteria of staffing supports such as teachers and special needs assistants; the availability and scale of any capital or ICT grants for such provision; any formal agreements or frameworks governing …

933. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the establishment of the committee for a root and branch review of the workload being placed on teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60182/25]

934. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on establishment of a sub committee on the use of AI in our schools, as per the senior cycle redevelopment support measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60183/25]

935. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the ring fenced SEN hours, as agreed in the ring fenced senior cycle redevelopment support measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60184/25]

936. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has signed off on a circular in relation to one year CID; if not, when she plans on doing so; if those who entered into a school this year will be entitled to a one year CID; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60185/25]

937. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the delays in the delivery of extra classrooms in a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; when the new building will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60186/25]

53. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) for speech and language therapy and occupational therapy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57440/25]

54. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application under the 2025-2026 summer works scheme (details supplied); and if she will assist in expediting the application in view of the urgent need for improvements. [57453/25]

55. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in County Kildare with ASD units each year from 2022 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57474/25]

56. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the financial difficulty a national school (details supplied) is experiencing; if she will takes steps to provide funding to address the deficit; is she aware that many schools throughout the country are in this situation often relying on fundraising and parents’ donations in an effort to plug gaps or funding deficits; her v…

57. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the additional monies her Department received in Budget 2026 will allow for the additional accommodation scheme application made by a school in Clare (details supplied) to progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57481/25]