Parliamentary questions

1120. 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. [42429/25]

1121. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Greystones is one of the areas to be included in the pilot common application system for the 2025-2026 admissions process; if not, if she will include it in this pilot considering the recurring enrolment issues for secondary school places in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42430/25]

1122. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider the development of a post-primary school in Newtownmountkennedy as a result of the rapidly increasing demographic in the area and the lack of post-primary places in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42431/25]

1123. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the data her Department uses as a means of building new post-primary schools; the level of population increase that would have to be present in Newtownmountkennedy and surrounding areas to warrant a new post-primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42432/25]

1124. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider extending the €50 primary school and €75 post-primary school annual school transport fee to other public transport services, for students who are not eligible for the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42433/25]

1125. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount spent by her Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42462/25]

1126. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for when a common enrolment policy will be in place for post-primary schools in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42475/25]

1127. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, primary and secondary schools, respectively, that require students to have an iPad for learning instead of traditional textbooks. [42504/25]

1128. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of non-Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, primary and secondary schools, respectively, that require students to have an iPad for learning instead of traditional textbooks. [42505/25]

1129. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers working in the State across both primary and secondary schools. [42506/25]

1130. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational psychologists working in NEPS to date. [42507/25]

1131. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who register for a place on the school transport scheme; and the number of places that would need to be delivered to cope with capacity. [42508/25]

1132. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average cost of providing a nurture room in a school. [42509/25]

1133. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who received a place on the school transport scheme in 2024. [42510/25]

1134. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applicants who applied for the school transport scheme in 2025. [42511/25]

1135. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who received a place on the school transport scheme in 2025. [42512/25]

1136. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional NEPS educational psychologists that are needed for 2025/2026 to keep up with public need. [42513/25]

1137. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding allocated to special education from 2020 to date in 2025. [42514/25]

1138. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional teachers in the system from 2020 to date in 2025. [42515/25]

1139. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in view of the increase in capitation funding to €224 for primary schools please outline how much that is per child per day. [42516/25]

1140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action she has taken to ensure that there will be an appropriate special class for a group of students (details supplied) in the Dún Laoghaire area. [42524/25]

1141. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth the latest update on allowing those over 70 years of age drive a school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42555/25]

1142. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up-to-date position with the provision of a school bus ticket for a student in Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42556/25]

1143. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the free schoolbook scheme for students in Junior Cycle years; if consideration has been given to including private schools as part of this initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42693/25]

1144. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the existing free schoolbook scheme for students in Junior Cycle years is under review; if it is proposed to expand this to parents who send their children to private schools but may still require additional financial support to buy schoolbooks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42694/25]