Parliamentary questions

137. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made on introducing a new common application system for children applying to special schools and classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31232/25]

138. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to expand the National Educational Psychological Service to support an increased number of assessments each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31233/25]

139. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will make a decision on the provision of an emergency works grant to a school (details supplied) to enable it undertake repairs to its roof which has multiple leaks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30076/25]

140. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding to date this year for independent youth projects in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31113/25]

141. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on concerns in relation to ICT funding for 2025, as raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30864/25]

142. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will pause the introduction of senior-cycle redevelopment for all tranche 2 subjects, not just English and accounting, in order to allow for adequate preparation particularly relating to school resourcing, the impact of artificial intelligence and evaluation of additional assessment components; and if she will make a sta…

143. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail the most recent occasion her Department provided guidance, through Department circular, curriculum guidelines or any other method, to primary schools on the allocation of homework to pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31158/25]

144. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will prioritise Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board, ETB, for new UBU projects in 2025, given its status as the lowest-funded ETB under the Department of Children, Disability and Equality and the urgent need for improved youth services in the region. [29525/25]

145. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth how she plans to expand trauma-based therapy; if this will be focussed in DEIS and DEIS+ schools or otherwise; the extent to which these supports will be resourced in terms of staffing and funding; a timeline for implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31223/25]

146. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her engagement with stakeholders, including trade unions, regarding pay and pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers, and other ancillary school staff, as of June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30863/25]

147. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process by which a school can appeal refusal of its application for DEIS status. [31312/25]

148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the urgent need for investment in national schools in Donegal; if she will take action to provide the much-needed funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31012/25]

149. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will pay primary-school caretakers' wages directly rather than wages being paid by schools themselves. [30172/25]

150. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up-to-date position on advancing a school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31162/25]

151. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail her plans to hold an education convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30555/25]

152. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a meeting of all stakeholders will be organised to discuss the revised design options for the building projects taking place at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30559/25]

153. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the shortfall in availability of after-school places in the Dún Laoghaire area, including, but not limited to, Blackrock, Monkstown and Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin; the actions she will take to address this concern; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30442/25]

154. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1018 of 29 April 2025, if her Department has considered the transition of an existing post-primary school in a particular school planning area (details supplied) to multidenominational, co-educational status, rather than the establishment of a new school; the demographic data, including Geog…

155. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special classes in County Mayo; the number of autistic children currently awaiting a school place in County Mayo, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18852/25]

156. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her Department’s views on the need to provide a playing pitch for a school campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31239/25]

157. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will introduce a legal maximum class size for primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30981/25]

158. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the timelines and details for the roll-out of school-based therapies for special schools, schools with units and general mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31243/25]

159. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consultation is under way with regard to outstanding pay and conditions for school secretaries and ancillary staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30610/25]

160. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to reduce the workload and administrative burden on school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30558/25]

161. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans, if any, her Department has to increase the capacity nationwide of school transport currently available organised under her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30867/25]