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Shane Moynihan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
494. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers allocated to each post-primary school in 2025-2026, including the school roll-number, in tabular form. [64387/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
497. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers allocated to each post-primary school including the school roll-number, in 2025 and 2026, in tabular form.    [64379/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
506. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason job-sharing teachers are not permitted to undertake substitute teaching in primary schools during the 2026-2027 school year; if this policy will be urgently reviewed given the ongoing difficulty schools face in securing qualified substitute teachers; and if job-sharing teachers will be permitted to undertake substitute work on days whe…
Paul Lawless Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
554. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a teacher (details supplied); and if she will outline the measures being considered to retain experienced teachers in the profession, particularly in rural schools, amid the ongoing teacher shortage. [64979/26]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
556. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to give urgent consideration to an ongoing issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65046/26]
Robert Troy Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
563. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the staffing resources appeal of a school (details supplied). [65093/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
570. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provisions for school secretaries who retired between the commencement of the dispute and the date of the acceptance of the July 2026 Labour Court recommendations of an ex gratia lump sum at retirement for school secretaries and caretakers; the consideration that has been given to recognising service prior to 1 May 2015 in the calculation of t…
Niamh Smyth Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
574. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65154/26]
Grace Boland Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
596. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will review the guidance and professional development provided to teachers and special education teachers on evidence-informed approaches to supporting students with literacy and numeracy difficulties, including dyslexia and dyscalculia, in view of the PISA 2025 findings. [65235/26]
Grace Boland Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
598. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she is satisfied that schools have sufficient special education teaching resources to provide appropriate literacy and numeracy interventions for students experiencing persistent difficulties, including students with dyslexia and dyscalculia; and whether these allocations will be reviewed following the PISA 2025 results. [65233/26]
Shay Brennan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
623. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if permanent teachers on job share will continue to be permitted to take on substitute teaching, when they are otherwise available to work this year. [65925/26]
Shay Brennan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
624. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department intends to lift the restriction on job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/2027. [65929/26]
Shay Brennan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
625. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when teachers can expect a formal announcement on the restriction on job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/2027. [65938/26]
Shay Brennan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
626. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a decision has already been made on the restriction on job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/2027; and if not, if it is currently being discussed with an organisation (details supplied). [65935/26]
Shay Brennan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
627. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason qualified job-sharing teachers are being prevented from substituting in 2026/2027, that unqualified or not-yet-qualified people can be working in classrooms while qualified teachers who are available and willing to work are being excluded. [65943/26]
Shay Brennan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
628. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is considering refusing the extension for job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/2027; the justification for preventing qualified and experienced teachers from filling substitute vacancies at a time when schools need them. [65941/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Education
632. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the implementation of the 1% local bargaining provision due to post-primary teachers from 1 September 2025. [65710/26]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Education
1122. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) is due to lose a teaching post despite having been granted DEIS Plus status in 2026; whether any temporary one-year measures can be put in place to address this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54919/26]
Joe Cooney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Education
1142. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teaching posts allocated to County Clare schools under DEIS, special education and language support programmes. [55151/26]
Mark Wall Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Education
1153. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there will be additional funding provided to a school (details supplied) in County Kildare to employ a caretaker and a second secretary given the increasing demand on the school for both of these services [55444/26]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Education
1162. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current position on the implementation of teacher supply measures announced in 2025, including the proposal to allow eligible teachers to access permanency after one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55467/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Education
1178. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Donegal at present; and the number in 2022, in tabular form. [55620/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Education
1186. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has considered conducting a review of requirements for part-time teachers and carers (detailed supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55805/26]
Johnny Mythen Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Education
1205. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special education teachers and SNAs allocated to schools in County Wexford for the past three years; the increases that have been requested; and the further increases planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55982/26]
Barry Ward Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Education
1257. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an initiative that seeks to address the number of teaching posts that are not filled across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56795/26]