Parliamentary questions

436. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of NEPS psychologists employed and working in the system to date. [37754/25]

437. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of sensory rooms there in schools across the State; and the further number required to address demand. [37756/25]

438. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of implementing the DEIS plus programme from September 2025. [37757/25]

439. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 1 July 2025, the way in which she can justify 22 early intervention classes in Cork and only two in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37759/25]

440. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a request for financial support from a newly amalgamated school (details supplied) where only one grant funding will be provided to subsidise the pay of secretaries upon amalgamation, reducing the amount the school receives from €46,550 to €23,275 despite no reduction in staffing levels; if she will support th…

441. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average cost of opening a new Gaelcholáiste in Dublin. [37847/25]

442. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a funding model will be provided to introduce talks from former gambling industry employees to secondary school students; as schools are currently asked to provide funding to invite guests themselves which is often not feasible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37852/25]

443. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether TUSLA staff have been provided with a practice directive policy or internal guidance concerning the use of physical restraint in Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37863/25]

444. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of all capital works on schools in Tipperary that exceeded €500,000, from 2020 to 1 July 2025, by year and school, in tabular form. [37880/25]

445. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to support people learning Braille, Irish Sign Language and other ways of communication in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37899/25]

446. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to recruit teachers qualified in Braille, Irish Sign Language and other ways of communication in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37900/25]

447. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to recruit more teachers with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37901/25]

448. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to give an explanation that of the 399 new special classes due to open in September, only two are designated for students with mild general learning disabilities at post-primary level; the reason both are being established in the same school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37905/25]

449. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will prioritise the establishment of additional special classes in mainstream post-primary schools for students with mild general learning disabilities, including those with Down's syndrome; if she will address the current shortfall in such provision, given the majority of existing classes are focused on students with aut…

450. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will develop a specific plan to support parents of children with Down's syndrome who are seeking a place in a special class in a mainstream post-primary school (details supplied); if she will respond to concerns that some students are currently not being accommodated in the existing system; and if she will make…

451. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the provision of a new modular special educational needs unit at a school (details supplied). [37930/25]

203. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason there was a reduction in special needs assistant support for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36688/25]

204. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department tracks the number of children living in emergency homeless accommodation who have missed school days or changed schools mid-year; the supports that are in place for educational continuity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36698/25]

205. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of secondary school students who do not have access to a personal digital device at home. [36700/25]

206. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools in DEIS band 1 areas that currently have waiting lists for junior infants; and the plans in place to increase capacity in areas with growing school age populations. [36705/25]

207. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of qualified teachers working in non-teaching posts in her Department, for example, in the inspectorate. [36709/25]

208. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure a child (details supplied) is allocated an SNA as recommended by separate assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36713/25]

209. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who have been in receipt of the July provision for each county for each of the past five years; and if she will ensure that the necessary resources are put in place so that children can receive July provision as is necessary. [36716/25]

210. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review a bus ticket for a child (details supplied) due to exceptional circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36727/25]

211. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reintroduce the route for people who undertook an early childhood care bachelor degree to attend a postgraduate course in St. Nicholas Montessori college (previously offered a route 4 pathway to Teaching Council recognition) and extend this to other colleges. [36742/25]