Parliamentary questions

118. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide, the list of capital projects, by her Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5million, which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30818/25]

119. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth that staff allocation a school (details supplied) will have for the upcoming school term beginning in September 2025 through to 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30857/25]

120. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) was refused funding for an additional ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30869/25]

121. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to issue a letter to approval as a matter of urgency to a school (details supplied). [30889/25]

122. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will urgently issue a letter of approval to a school (details supplied) for the provision of SET classrooms. [30897/25]

123. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for the secure unit allowance to be extended to all teachers teaching in both closed medium and high security prisons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30900/25]

124. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30911/25]

125. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30960/25]

126. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the difficulties being encountered by students with dyslexia sitting State exams (details supplied); the plans her Department has in place to address these issues and to make appropriate accommodations for such students at exam time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30977/25]

127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposed date for the completed construction of a school (details supplied); the reason for the delays to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31000/25]

128. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the schedule of grans for schools will be available for the 2025/2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31037/25]

129. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth when special needs assistant allocations for mainstream classes for the 2025/2026 school year will be finalised by the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31038/25]

130. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a grant received by a school (details supplied) will be reviewed given the school has been refused the sensory room grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31101/25]

131. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the possibility of making the driving theory test a mandatory element of the transition year cycle programme will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31104/25]

132. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth following her announcement of €65 million in minor works and ICT funding for schools, if she will confirm the difference between funding allocated in 2024 and the funding for 2025.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30146/25]

133. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ICT grant allocation to each applicable school in County Monaghan in 2025; the corresponding allocations for 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31134/25]

134. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ICT grant allocation to each applicable school in County Cavan in 2025; the corresponding allocations for 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31135/25]

135. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update in relation to a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31172/25]

136. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31175/25]

137. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction will commence for the delivery of a new classroom for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31176/25]

138. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the delivery of a new classroom at a school (details supplied); the current stages completed and outstanding within the project lifecycle for delivery of this permanent building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31177/25]

139. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31178/25]

140. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31179/25]

141. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing training to student teachers and qualified teachers to complete work placements in special education settings; and the resources already being provided to help qualified teachers upskill and become more knowledgeable of children with extra educational needs or disabilities. [31211/25]

142. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures the Government is taking to tackle the inequalities between school children with extra educational needs or disabilities. [30281/25]