Parliamentary questions

375. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the projected demand for school places in mainstream primary schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31788/25]

376. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the projected demand for school places in mainstream secondary schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31789/25]

377. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the projected demand for school places in special schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31790/25]

378. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the development of a new site to accommodate a school (details supplied); when the new schools will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31814/25]

379. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of ASD places available in primary schools in Ballincollig, County Cork for September 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31815/25]

380. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement her Department has had with a school (details supplied), regarding the provision of ASD places in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31816/25]

381. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth if capital funding will be provided to a school (details supplied), to provide ASD classes in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31817/25]

382. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31821/25]

383. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31822/25]

384. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31823/25]

385. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update in respect of the delivery of ASD classrooms at a school (details supplied); the date on which officials in the Department communicated with the school; the local authority in respect of the matter; and the steps she can take to expediate the processing of the transfer of deeds. [31834/25]

386. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the allocation of SNA posts for the 2025/2026 school year; to outline the redeployment process in schools where surplus SNA posts have been identified; to outline the appeals process available to schools where SNA posts are identified as surplus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31871/25]

387. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding reduction in ICT grant funding allocated to school (details supplied); if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31875/25]

388. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised by some school principals regarding proposed changes to the allocation of special schools (details supplied); the actions she will take to ensure that these students are not negatively impacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31877/25]

389. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school (details supplied) in Roscrea will move on to the next stage in the capital development plan. [31883/25]

390. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has considered introducing a national policy on menstrual health education that includes conditions such as endometriosis and PCOS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31889/25]

391. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of an application of a school (details enclosed) to renovate and extend their school campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31926/25]

392. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he has a plan in place to bridge the shortfall of €90 million that was outlined at the presentation for school bus places by Bus Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31951/25]

393. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school bus travelling to secondary schools (details supplied) will include new stops, given concerns regarding the safety of the current bus stops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31973/25]

394. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider updating concessionary rules to align with the school transport scheme 2030, allowing students school choice rather than catchment restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31974/25]

395. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a progress report on when the PE hall aspect of the development at a college (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31995/25]

396. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will stop all payslips being sent out to SNA’s and school staff as they can be received online and reassign the funds of sending them via post to school facilities and classrooms. [32003/25]

397. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) in south Tipperary has not been allocated a single SNA despite a number of children with needs in the school; if this decision will be reviewed on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32004/25]

398. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school transport can be provided for a child (details supplied). [32005/25]

399. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will look to remove the question on “short story” Junior Cycle Higher Level English paper (details supplied) from the marking scheme entirely and have the marks divided up into the other questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32006/25]