Parliamentary questions

884. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has completed her Department’s internal budgetary process for the Budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45992/25]

885. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if within her internal budgetary process she has identified a need to increase funding for ICT equipment, to assist pupils with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45993/25]

886. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if within her internal budgetary process she has identified a need to increase funding for the capitation grant in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46000/25]

887. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if within her internal budgetary process she has identified a need to increase funding for the capitation grant in post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46001/25]

888. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a timeline and budget allocation for the implementation of the DEIS+ programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46003/25]

889. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a status update on the arbitration talks between a union (details supplied) and the Department of Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46004/25]

890. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process for teachers that are qualified abroad to get a teaching post in Ireland. [46011/25]

891. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to broaden the ability for more people to become teachers within Ireland, to address the teacher shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46012/25]

892. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the teacher shortages in secondary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46013/25]

893. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the teacher shortages in primary school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46014/25]

894. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address the teacher shortages in special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46015/25]

895. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth to share the details of the school bus routes not operational for the start of the 2025-2026 school year on a county-by-county basis; the number of students impacted by those lacking services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46066/25]

896. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Department will pay the exceptional no service interim grant up front rather than retrospectively due to the financial impact on parents of the lacking school bus services at the start of this school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46067/25]

897. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the bidding for school bus contracts closed for the 2025-2026 school year on a county-by-county basis, if applicable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46068/25]

898. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will act to prevent the unnecessary merging of two classes in schools (details supplied), which may have a negative impact on the education received by the pupils. [46088/25]

899. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that all school secretaries and caretakers are provided with a public service pension and public sector terms of employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46097/25]

900. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for the latest update on the stage 2a report of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46101/25]

901. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is correct that parents of children attending a post primary school (details supplied) must purchase school books for home use under the schoolbooks scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46181/25]

902. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the two modular classrooms granted in May 2023 for a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the fact that construction on site was due to commence on 7 July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46185/25]

903. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who do not have an appropriate school place for the September 2025 school year, by constituency, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46186/25]

904. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason concessionary school transport ticket holders are not permitted to access public transport free of charge in cases where Bus Éireann has failed to provide a school bus service for their children. [46212/25]

905. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to children nationwide for the upcoming school year for which no corresponding bus service was available. [46213/25]

906. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to children in County Meath for the upcoming school year for which no corresponding bus service was available. [46214/25]

907. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of all-girls post-primary schools that do not offer each subject (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46237/25]

908. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the gender breakdown of students who sat subjects (details supplied) in each of the past three years at Leaving Certificate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46238/25]