Parliamentary questions

450. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are now over 23,600 SNAs for the coming academic year. [32627/25]

451. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNA posts that are part-time hours or job-sharing posts. [32628/25]

452. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to reverse the national budgetary cap on SNA posts. [32629/25]

453. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the costs incurred by her Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32637/25]

454. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to increase the primary capitation grant by €75 per pupil to ensure schools can meet elevated running costs and reduce the burden on parents. [32654/25]

455. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to reduce primary school class sizes to 19 pupils. [32655/25]

456. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a new national small school’s project will be introduced. [32656/25]

457. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to introduce special educational needs coordinators to support students with a disability in transitioning through all educational settings. [32657/25]

458. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the allocation of an additional teacher to a school (details supplied) in County Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32697/25]

459. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a speech and language therapist will be appointed at a school (details supplied) for the duration of a period of leave. [32702/25]

460. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the plans to build SET classrooms during the summer holidays (details supplied). [32710/25]

461. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address serious and ongoing health and safety issues with a prefab unit at a school which is used as accommodation for a special class (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32731/25]

462. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason that capitation payments per secondary-school student are significantly higher than those per primary-school student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32748/25]

463. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students that left school during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 without completing the Leaving Certificate or Leaving Certificate Applied; if there are any figures as to where those students went next; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32749/25]

464. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on programmes to improve media literacy in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32750/25]

465. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to increasing the number of multi-denominational schools; the progress that has been made since 2011; if she plans to survey parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32792/25]

466. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) was refused under the teacher refund scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32794/25]

467. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the proposed building programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32812/25]

468. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can report any progress regarding plans for a building programme at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32813/25]

469. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for ASD classrooms within the approval process for a school (details supplied); the projected timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32830/25]

470. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of judicial review cases her Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if she will make a statement…

471. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of legal cases defended by her Department in each of the past ten years in which the statutory and constitutional right to an education was invoked; of those cases, the number in which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases…

472. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of legal cases defended by her Department in each of the past ten years in which the next friend of a minor was the plaintiff or applicant; of those cases, the number in which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that set…

85. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline, in the context of special education preparedness for September 2025, the number of children with special educational needs but currently without an appropriate school place for September 2025, and the plans to address this; the way in which special needs assistant, SNA, posts will be allocated to these children and a…

86. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her engagement with stakeholders, including trade unions representing teachers, regarding the proposed reforms for the leaving certificate, as of June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30862/25]