Parliamentary questions

1020. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider raising the percentage weight of the Leaving Certificate oral exam to 50% rather than decreasing it to 35%, to incentivise improving the standard of students’ spoken language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40991/25]

1021. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason there is no compulsory standardised test for Irish in T2 primary schools, as currently there is no national baseline for pupils in English-medium schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40992/25]

1022. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether additional special education teaching hours will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41014/25]

1023. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a tender report for a school (details supplied) that applied for planning for new school building; and the next steps that are required in order to progress the project if the planning application is successful. [41034/25]

1024. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are any additional avenues of support available for students with a diagnosis of dyslexia when undertaking second-level examinations who do not meet the criteria for RACE accommodations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41037/25]

1025. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Department or through it…

1026. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the timeframe for commencement of a new school building (details supplied). [41076/25]

1027. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the FASD Ireland pilot project in secondary schools in County Clare; and if she would expand this pilot project elsewhere. [41077/25]

1028. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will roll out a classroom based programme that raises awareness of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in every secondary school across the State for students in transition year. [41078/25]

1029. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to ensure people are educated about foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in post primary schools. [41079/25]

1030. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of the costs incurred annually from 2000 to date to the State in legal fees and associated fees, in respect of all legal proceedings regarding the survivors of sexual abuse at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41127/25]

1031. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth how survivors who were not part of the scoping inquiry can engage with the Commission of Investigation into the Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41170/25]

1032. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider an update to the leaving certificate Portuguese curriculum and examination to facilitate Brazilian students who speak a Brazilian Portuguese dialect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41182/25]

1033. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider allowing for Brazilian Portuguese to make up an equal part of the existing Portuguese leaving certificate curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41183/25]

1034. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will allocate sufficient funding to fully implement the national therapy service in mainstream education settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41189/25]

1035. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide clarification regarding a school lease recoupment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41196/25]

1036. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will make the State's education system truly free by removing costs and charges to families; remove mock exam and correction fees; provide funding support for electronic devices in schools where they are mandatory; and increase the capitation grant by 25%, with a higher rate of 30% made available to schools that implemen…

1037. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she supports the concept that every school should become a school of sanctuary; and her views on the role of schools as champions of inclusion. [41229/25]

1038. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has plans for a school to become co-educational (details supplied) considering that other schools in its catchment are changing to co-educational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41247/25]

1039. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for SEN transport by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41260/25]

1040. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41298/25]

1041. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to amending a school bus route to accommodate a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41308/25]

1042. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently review the eligibility of a school (details supplied) for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41322/25]

1043. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the points made in correspondence (details supplied) regarding school funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41372/25]

1044. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to schools in Kerry that wish to partially integrate children with ASD into mainstream classes; and if an increase to SNAs and staff training will be provided in the region to make this feasible. [41379/25]