Parliamentary questions

184. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the information, guidance or explanations made available by her Department or schools to students and parents regarding who may have access to special category personal data provided to schools; the safeguards, security measures and confidentiality requirements that apply to such information; and the measures in place to ensur…

185. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the State Examinations Commission issues any guidance, instructions, policies, protocols, circulars, retention schedules or other documents to schools in connection with the provision of State Examination results, records of results and result transcripts, including provisional and final results; whether any such docum…

186. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the information, guidance or explanations made available by the State Examinations Commission, by her Department or schools to students and parents regarding the purposes for which State Examination results, provisional results and records of results provided to schools may subsequently be retained, used, disclosed, shared or …

187. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a decision will be made on an appeal by schools (details supplied) in regard to the DEIS Plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48218/26]

188. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48252/26]

189. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to resolve delays with the schools summer programme, including in a particular school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48255/26]

190. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an additional SNA will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48330/26]

191. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the Programme for Government commitment regarding a reduction of the pupil teacher ratio at primary school level to 19:1 over the term; if timeframes are available as to when this will be achieved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48341/26]

297. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in County Mayo that applied for the emergency works scheme in the past 12-months; and the status of each application, in tabular form. [46829/26]

298. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Tipperary that applied for the emergency works scheme in the past 12-months; and the status of each application, in tabular form. [46830/26]

299. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [46831/26]

300. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when works will move to construction phase at a school (details supplied). [46832/26]

301. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Circular 10/01 amendments to the scheme for the award of incremental credit will be revised, particularly section 8, which refers to private schools within the EU but in practice is being applied to private schools both within and outside the EU. [46850/26]

302. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers who have been refused an award of incremental credit from 2020 to 2026 to date for time spent teaching overseas; the reasons for these refusals; the appeal options available to these teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46851/26]

303. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have undertaken courses in trauma informed training, organised by NEPS, during the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will consider making it compulsory. [46871/26]

304. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the home-based summer provision sanction letters will be issued; the reasoning for the delay in the issuance of these letters; the measures her Department plan to take next year to prevent a repeat of such delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46901/26]

305. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department monitors school compliance with the Bí Cineálta procedures; the recourse if any a parent or guardian has in circumstances where they feel a given school is not complying with Bí Cineálta procedures with respect to allegations of bullying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46938/26]

306. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she accepts that the revised parental complaints procedure for schools provides adequate independence for parents at each stage of the process; whether her Department has considered introducing an independent element such as a mediator or independent investigator at some point in the procedure before the Ombudsman for Children b…

307. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46963/26]

308. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which special classes in mainstream schools are intended to operate for students with different categories of educational needs, including autism, general learning disabilities, sensory impairments and others; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46985/26]

309. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extent to which the newly sanctioned special classes for the 2026/2027 school year will cater for all students with special educational needs; to provide a breakdown of classes, by category of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46986/26]

310. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a proposal for a school extension (details supplied) in Cork will progress to construction. [46993/26]

311. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to reducing class sizes (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47002/26]

312. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a July provision for children with additional needs is cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, lack of staff, inadequate allocation of staff, if parents whose child had previously been granted a place in the provision will receive home tuition instead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47028/26]

313. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on proposed refurbishment works at a school (details supplied); the status of the plans; the timeframe for her Department’s engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47043/26]