Parliamentary questions

574. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools her Department is aware of that are in a position to open additional special classes through adding modular accommodation, but which have not been sanctioned as of yet. [29711/25]

575. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the tender process will begin for a new school building for a school (details supplied); when it is expected that the tendering process will be completed; and when it is expected that construction on the new school building will begin. [29712/25]

576. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a national school (details supplied) will be facilitated by the department in establishing a 5th ASD class to cater for children in the community and the unprecedented demand for places in the special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29717/25]

577. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in the State that are requiring parents to pay for electronic devices for use in school. [29766/25]

578. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of DEIS schools in the State that are requiring parents to pay for electronic devices for use in school. [29767/25]

579. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to engage the SEAI Pathfinder Programme with a school in Drogheda (details supplied) to achieve their retrofit and energy goals, and replace inadequate heating and insulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29769/25]

580. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth to reverse the decision to remove a teacher from the allocation of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29787/25]

581. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the start date for a person’s contract of indefinite duration (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29829/25]

582. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the first and full year costing of funding Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate mock exams in tabular form. [29830/25]

583. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm the current status of negotiations regarding bereavement leave entitlements for school secretaries now employed directly by her Department; if she will outline when parity with other public servants in this regard will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29839/25]

584. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) did not receive sanction for a special class for the upcoming school year. [29840/25]

585. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children living on the Donabate peninsula that access primary and secondary schools outside the Donabate area; to include details of the schools and to confirm the number of children who were unable to secure school places locally over the last three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the mat…

586. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently engage with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and address the disparity faced by school secretaries and caretakers, who are directly paid by her Department but who are being denied a pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29846/25]

587. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will make a statement on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29850/25]

588. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider granting a third special class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29854/25]

589. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the status of the sanctioned autism class at a school (details supplied); to confirm the stage it is at within the school building unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29855/25]

590. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current allocation of educational welfare officers in County Longford, noting that there is only one officer currently in situ; if and when an additional officer will be appointed to meet the demand in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29856/25]

591. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children seeking special school places and special class places, by county, for the past five years; the projected demand for the next two years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29857/25]

592. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update in relation to the additional school accommodation application for a school (details supplied) given the need for urgent remedial works. [29858/25]

593. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the maximum distance a child should need to travel for a school place to be considered appropriate. [29859/25]

594. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children are seeking special class places in the various categories of special class, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29860/25]

595. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date by which all offers of school places for September 2025 will be issued. [29861/25]

596. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary and post primary schools in the country do not have a special class; the name and counties of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29862/25]

597. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will formally announce the reforms of how teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29863/25]

598. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who presented to the National Council For Special Education this year as requiring a place in a special class by county, and by type of special class place requested in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29869/25]