Parliamentary questions

1095. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current budget allocation for school-based mental health initiatives, including the Junior Cycle wellbeing programme, SPHE, and so on. [41786/25]

1096. Deputy Niamh Smyth 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. [41815/25]

1097. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the Teaching Council will not fully recognise a special education masters as an appropriate qualification for a special education teacher and are insisting on the primary masters education in addition given the shortage of special education teachers. [41834/25]

1098. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will examine the case of a child (details supplied); if she will set out the supports that will be made available to the child and the child’s family to address the child’s lack of a suitable school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41862/25]

1099. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the special education review committee was last reviewed in the context of moderate general learning classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41946/25]

1100. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to assist in securing a place in a primary school autism spectrum unit for a child (details supplied) with a diagnosis of ASD for the 2026-2027 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41962/25]

1101. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department expects construction works in a school (details supplied) to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41976/25]

1102. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for delays to review of SNA allocation at a school (details supplied), where parents are concerned that there are not enough resources to support their children's needs. [42027/25]

1103. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of the personal emails used for her Government business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42138/25]

1104. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of messaging providers downloaded on her ministerial phone; to detail any provider downloaded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42139/25]

1105. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider an approach of multi-annual funding commitment for the youth work sector to allow for more sustainable planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42183/25]

1106. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the legal costs incurred on Tusla from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42186/25]

1107. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider including corporal punishment and physical abuse post-1982 in the new commission of investigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42187/25]

1108. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if enrolment increases over the summer months, if a school (details supplied) will be entitled to keep its current staffing levels given it is due to lose a teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42214/25]

1109. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider reducing the pupil-teacher ratio for Gaelscoileanna; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42215/25]

1110. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio; the target she would like to reach for this ratio; the timeline for achieving same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42216/25]

1111. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who will be seeking secondary level special education provision in the east-central, Cork network in September 2025; and the number and location of available school places. [42240/25]

1112. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who will be seeking secondary level special education provision in the North- East, Cork network in September 2025, and for the number and location of available school places. [42241/25]

1113. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of students enrolled in Irish-medium schools, broken down by school, primary and secondary level, local authority area, Gaeltacht status, mixed or single sex status, and patronage since 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42292/25]

1114. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications submitted for school transport to two schools in County Sligo (details supplied) for the 2025/2026 school year; the number of eligible ticket holders at each school; the number of concessionary tickets issued at each school; the number of unsuccessful applications at each school; and if she will make a…

1115. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a response will issue to a matter raised in correspondence by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42397/25]

1116. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a school extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42399/25]

1117. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will expedite the expansion of the provision of special classes in mainstream post-primary schools for students with mild intellectual disabilities, including those with Down syndrome; if she is aware of the difficulties families are facing in securing appropriate placements for their children; and if she will make a sta…

1118. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will develop a dedicated strategy to ensure that children with Down syndrome who require a place in a special class in a mainstream school are appropriately accommodated; if she acknowledges that the current system is not meeting the needs of this group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42415/25]

1119. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the impact of the special schools redesignation on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42428/25]