Parliamentary questions

339. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) with a diagnosis of autism (level 3) has a school place in the local area for the upcoming academic year; if the new special school located temporarily on the grounds of a school will be open for the 2025/2026 academic year; when applications for places for this school will ope…

340. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that the HSCL will be funded and operational for all DEIS schools in the State; and if she will ensure that every rural school without a HSCL scheme will be provided with one as soon as possible. [28429/25]

341. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school in Donegal (details supplied) will receive a decision regarding a capital works project application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28430/25]

342. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether primary schools will be paid the minor works grant before the end of the current academic year; specifically, if a school (details supplied) will be paid the minor works grant before the end of the current academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28431/25]

343. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will take action to ensure there is an appropriate school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28472/25]

344. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the NCSE does not have certain information readily available (details supplied) given the importance of collecting this information. [28485/25]

345. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 487 of 20 May 2025, if she will outline when the outcomes of the now completed review into the upper age limit of drivers, as it relates to larger vehicles-school buses, will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28486/25]

346. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a budgetary cap for SNA posts of 23,179 posts is being operated; and whether she thinks that this budgetary cap is standing in the way of children getting the support they need in school. [28493/25]

347. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a child could avail of a school bus service with a closer pickup point to their home (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28499/25]

348. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth when will the issue of bus drivers over the age of 70 be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28500/25]

349. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case for provision of an ASD room in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28501/25]

350. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider expanding English as an additional language (EAL) teachers to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28521/25]

351. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing a multi-annual fund, available on a rolling basis, to special schools to help cover the cost of non-routine day-to-day expenses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28522/25]

352. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing additional support to help schools and special schools with the administrative burden of school transport for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28523/25]

353. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for the number of EAL teachers allocated to schools on a permanent and temporary basis over the past five years; the level of investment in EAL provision over those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28524/25]

354. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if English as an additional language (EAL) teachers are available to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28525/25]

355. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason special schools are not included in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28526/25]

356. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding or supports available to a school (details supplied) that does not meet the current criteria for school bus transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28539/25]

357. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a specific urgent case (details supplied) who is in need of full-time access to education; if she will provide an update on the relevant school’s application for additional autism classes; the immediate supports are available from her Department to ensure the child receives timely access to appropriate educati…

358. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason rural DEIS schools are excluded from the home school liaison scheme (details supplied); if she will consider including rural DEIS schools in the scheme as their omission is unfair and discriminatory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28573/25]

359. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the school (details supplied) can be included in the 5-year attendance strategy pilot project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28574/25]

360. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an explanation from the NCSE which has stated it is unaware of a family seeking a special class placement for their child (details supplied) despite the fact that the family has been engaged with their local SENO since October 2024 about this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28578/25]

361. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to the inclusion of a school (details supplied) in the school transport scheme pilot projects for 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28580/25]

362. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to advise on a matter raised in correspondence in relation to guidelines for school transport (details supplied); when she will implement revised guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28748/25]

363. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth where the surplus teachers from the panel in Kerry will be placed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28799/25]