Parliamentary questions

1070. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene to sanction a home school liaison officer for a primary school in County Clare (details supplied) which has an exceptionally high number of students deemed at risk of experiencing disadvantage in their schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41655/25]

1071. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the planning permission submissions for two post primary schools in Cherrywood; the status of each application including a timeline for their progression; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41673/25]

1072. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the safeguards that are in place to ensure that redeployment does not result in SNAs repeatedly being treated as the “last in” in every new post under the SNA redeployment scheme. [41692/25]

1073. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there will be a cap on the number of redeployments an SNA can undergo, or a time limit on their probationary status in a new school. [41693/25]

1074. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the maximum distance an SNA may be required to travel if redeployed to a different school under the redeployment scheme for SNAs. [41694/25]

1075. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth what happens in a situation where a SNA cannot realistically travel to the new school offered under the SNA redeployment scheme; and if they cannot travel, whether they remain in their current school. [41695/25]

1076. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in circumstances where an SNA with ten years’ service in a school and is redeployed to a different school with SNAs who have less than ten years’ service built up, whether the transferee will have seniority. [41696/25]

1077. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding pupils with a diagnosis of autism who have been granted additional supports in schools, the interim measures her Department will support between now and 2027 to ensure pupils have daily access to a qualified SLT in a school (details supplied); the services or pilots available to these pupils this coming term; the n…

1078. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school suspensions and expulsions for the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41723/25]

1079. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs who are on short school days this year, and for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41726/25]

1080. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update, including a timeline, for the new ASD classes for a school (details supplied). [41727/25]

1081. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update including a timeline for the new ASD classes for a school (details supplied). [41729/25]

1082. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the full details in relation to the free schoolbooks scheme at both primary and secondary school levels, by all items covered and the items not covered, by the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41741/25]

1083. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); when the project will move to construction stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41759/25]

1084. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); when the project will move to construction stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41760/25]

1085. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on an extension for a school (details supplied); when the project will move to construction stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41761/25]

1086. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on an extension for a school (details supplied); when it is likely that the project will move to tender and construction stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41762/25]

1087. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); to confirm at what stage the project is currently at; the estimated timeframe from construction to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41763/25]

1088. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has carried out any further evaluations in relation to constructing a new secondary school in a location (details supplied) considering the growth in population and pressures on school places in the local area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41764/25]

1089. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the building project for a school (details supplied); to confirm at what stage the project is at; when it is likely that the project will move forward to design and construction stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41765/25]

1090. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the building project for a school (details supplied); to confirm at what stage the project is at; when it is likely that the project will move forward to design and construction stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41766/25]

1091. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current stage of plans for the building of a new primary school in a location (details supplied) considering the influx of new homes and population growth in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41767/25]

1092. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and when it is likely that the building project will be completed. [41768/25]

1093. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 461, 462 and 463 of 15 July 2025, if she will acknowledge that the new circular facilitating admissions to developmental language disorder/speech sound disorder classes is exclusionary towards one particular cohort of students who would benefit from the supports offered in these cl…

1094. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of mental health professionals currently working directly in post-primary schools; if her Department has costed the expansion of in school counselling and therapeutic supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41785/25]