Parliamentary questions

365. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year cost of reinstating the numbers of assistant principals to the highest previous level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35652/25]

366. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 1,500, 2,000, and 2,500 respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35653/25]

367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of special education teachers by 500, 1,000, and 1,500 respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35654/25]

368. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of psychologists currently employed by NEPS; the number of sanctioned psychologist posts in NEPS; the estimated full-year cost of running NEPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35655/25]

369. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children enrolled in the school transport scheme in 2023 and 2024; the total cost of the scheme in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35656/25]

370. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide free school transport to all primary and post-primary school students in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35657/25]

371. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an urgent update regarding a school merge (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35684/25]

372. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will provide an urgent update regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35685/25]

373. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a case (details supplied); and if she will instruct her Department to review this case and ensure that the child in question is able to attend the special school in the 2025-2026 school year. [35690/25]

374. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application for a contract of indefinite duration for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35701/25]

375. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an appeal for the July Provision for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35709/25]

376. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an appeal for the July Provision for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35710/25]

377. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth considering the rising population and increasing demand in Dunshaughlin, Ratoath and Ashbourne, the measures she is taking to secure additional ASD classes in schools in these areas. [35714/25]

378. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify a matter regarding a school (details supplied). [35718/25]

379. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether 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 would include it in light of the annual enrolment difficulties in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35727/25]

380. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the summer camp services in a school (details supplied) have not been run in the past number of years. [35830/25]

381. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the free bus service to school drops for over-18-year-olds with disabilities who are still in education have ceased (details supplied). [35831/25]

382. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence regarding mild general learning disability designation of schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35864/25]

383. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a request for a teacher by a school (details supplied) will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35904/25]

384. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review and streamline the process for engagement with the payroll section in her Department in cases in which a teacher reduces their work hours and substitutes for part of their working week to care for their child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35908/25]

385. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans for increased ASD class capacity at primary level for boys in the Clondalkin area for 2025-2026, and 2026-2027, given some ASD classes in the locality are situated in mixed-sex junior schools that progress to single-sex female senior schools and do not cater for boys in their ASD units; and if she will make a statement o…

386. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason there is currently no appeals mechanism available to schools via the NCSE website; when it will be available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35926/25]

387. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the communication made with a union (details supplied) regarding the proposed strike action being taken by all school secretaries in the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35930/25]

388. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) is a recipient of all supports outlined in the Education Plan 2025 and, in particular, supports offered through the new education therapy service, which will see therapists working in special schools in the next school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35932/2…

389. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) have a class of 35 pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35948/25]