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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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134 questions match, newest first.

Pa Daly Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Education
477. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of schools that have availed of the scheme to install solar panels on their roof; the number of completed installations; the number that applied and are on a waiting list; the number that applied and were unsuccessful, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73786/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Education
242. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will expedite an incremental credit for a post-primary school teacher (details supplied) in recognition of earlier experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72902/25]
Pa Daly Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Education
243. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to sanction more early intervention classes in Kerry; the number which will be available in 2026; the number of places which will be available in total; the number of places which will be available for new students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72922/25]
Pat Buckley Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Education
244. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) will lose an SNA from September 2026; the steps being taken to ensure this does not happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73159/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Education
251. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department is taking to address the shortage of autism class places at national school level in the Dublin Rathdown constituency and nationally in advance of the academic year 2026-27; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73197/25]
Barry Ward Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
421. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of people currently participating in the Alternative Learning Programme in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71344/25]
Barry Ward Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
422. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of people that have participated in the Alternative Learning Programme since its inception in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71345/25]
Barry Ward Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
423. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of spaces available in the Alternative Learning Programme per annum in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71346/25]
George Lawlor Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Education
388. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school that meets all of the nationally established criteria for inclusion in a School Completion Programme (SCP) cluster (details supplied) continues to be excluded from an SCP cluster; the process by which such schools can be admitted to an existing SCP cluster; the reason that schools with demonstrably high levels of need are repeate…
Niamh Smyth Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Education
214. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on this person's PME scheme application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67351/25]
Emer Currie Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Education
217. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the EWS application for a school (details supplied); to provide a timeline on the assessment of the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67393/25]
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Education
218. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a project (details supplied) will receive stage 2 approval for the extension required; when outstanding stage one payments will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67416/25]
Michael Murphy Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Education
327. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are delays in the emergency works scheme affecting small rural schools; the average decision timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67146/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
486. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have been awarded the active school flag post primary; the successful schools, by county; the schools that applied that were not successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63571/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
487. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the means by which the use of recording devices and voice activated computers under the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations is validated and verified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63573/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
488. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the means by which the use of recording devices and voice activated computers under the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations is quality assured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63574/25]
Jen Cummins Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Education
262. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to support schools in the southwest inner city with mental health supports similar to the programme in the northeast inner city. [62403/25]
Jen Cummins Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Education
263. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the resources which will be needed to expand counselling and primary schools pilot programme for strand one and two. [62404/25]
Grace Boland Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
18. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the review of the assistive technology scheme; if her Department plans to move away from diagnosis-based eligibility criteria; when the new application portal will be launched; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59754/25]
Matt Carthy Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
628. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the decision to exclude a school (details supplied) from the DEIS Band 1 programme; if she will outline the process that resulted in this school’s exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57715/25]
Emer Currie Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
814. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current supports available to provide music education in primary schools across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59129/25]
Emer Currie Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
815. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department are taking to expand access to music education in primary schools across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59130/25]
Thomas Gould Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
384. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the exceptional interim grant for parents of children in special schools who have not received school transport. [56579/25]
Brendan Smith Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
470. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for the approval of projects under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55137/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 8 Oct 2025 · to Education
228. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the implementation group will be established to oversee implementation of the recommendations of the review of out-of-school education provision published in May 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54218/25]