Parliamentary questions

245. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools that provide swimming lessons to pupils; if the aquatics module of the physical education curriculum is offered in all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35185/25]

246. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to primary schools to provide swimming lessons to their pupils. [35186/25]

247. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to secondary schools to provide swimming lessons to their pupils. [35188/25]

72. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of concerns of school principals, boards of management, and parents of children with additional needs where there is not sufficient provision of SNAs in some schools for the 2025/2026 school year, if additional appointments can be sanctioned without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34…

73. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether it is the school or her Department which bears responsibility under the Bí Cineálta framework, in circumstances where a child is affirmed in a new gender identity at school, but later comes to believe this caused more harm than good; the reason, when numerous education agencies around the world have shifted towards more c…

74. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 17 June 2025, regarding a school (details supplied) if she will ensure, given the significant health and safety issues that are involved, together with the unavoidable delay in delivering a special education unit at the school, urgent approval will be given to ensure that essential w…

75. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns raised by a school (details supplied) with respect to caretaker costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34670/25]

76. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns raised by a school (details supplied) with respect to SET hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34671/25]

77. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when SNA allocations for school year 2025-2026 will be announced, given that primary schools still have not been given their allocations.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34672/25]

78. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether an organisation in receipt of State funding (details supplied) should provide an apology to the mother of a girl who died in their care, in circumstances in which as a result of a civil action, the organisation admitted liability. [34674/25]

79. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide, in the context of teacher supply challenges, a date for the implementation of the Teaching Council's proposed creation of a timebound provision within the revised Teaching Council (Registration) Regulations 2016 (details supplied); if she is aware of the difficulties being caused to some by the continuing delay in …

80. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34712/25]

81. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34713/25]

82. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline all schools in the Swords area, as of June 2025, that will be providing special classes for the 2025/2026 school year; the number of classes that will be provided by each respective school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34719/25]

83. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to address teacher shortages in schools in north County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34720/25]

84. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the teacher allocation in a primary school (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34757/25]

85. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be provided a third temporary autism class for the 2025-2026 academic year only, creating junior, middle and senior autism classes for one year only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34781/25]

86. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the redesignation of special schools that cater for children with mild general learning disabilities; the impact this may have on their current students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34799/25]

87. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extra capacity that will be provided by redesignating schools for children with mild general learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34800/25]

88. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current capacity for special education places in County Offaly; how this compares to the potential places within the county from September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34801/25]

89. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on proposals to provide new accommodation for a school in County Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34804/25]

90. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the project to deliver two modular units for St. John’s Special School in Dungarvan; to confirm precisely when her Department’s modular accommodation unit was tasked with progressing the project; if she will commit to ensuring the units are in place by September 2025; and if she will make a statement on…

91. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding allocated to schools in each county, by funding scheme, for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [34845/25]

92. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure fairness and parity for school secretaries and caretakers; if she will engage with their trade union (details supplied) to seek a resolution to the long-standing issues affecting these workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34846/25]

93. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has undertaken a cost analysis of providing school secretaries and caretakers with public sector pay and conditions; if so, to detail the estimated cost; whether she considers that the social cost of not granting pay parity is greater in the long term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34847/…