Parliamentary questions

51. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cad é an próiseas lenar féidir le Bunscoileanna páirt a ghlacadh i Scéim Aitheantais na Scoileanna Gaeltachta, agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [26163/25]

52. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of transfer of lands from the HSE to the Department of Education for a school (details supplied); if further efforts will be made to proceed with this transfer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26179/25]

53. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the classification of secretaries and caretakers as public sector workers. [26181/25]

54. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the Department are currently developing plans to amalgamate two schools (details supplied) onto a greenfield site which can cater for current and future demand, as Westmeath County Council have identified a suitable site in the current county development Plan. [26192/25]

55. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the planned works for school buildings (details supplied); the current stage each project is at; and the expected timeline for completion. [26200/25]

56. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address an urgent and critical issue for a school (details supplied). [26224/25]

57. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the budget for a school will be reviewed in view of the additional costs incurred (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26226/25]

58. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding for a school (details supplied) will be provided. [26235/25]

59. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on an application for emergency works made by a School (details supplied), if she will consider the initial application submitted by the School, subsequently revised by the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26256/25]

60. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a limit has been placed by her Department on the hours allotted to schools for teacher employment; the amount of hours sanctioned for the school year 2024 – 2025; if there are plans to increase the provision of hours to schools for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26270/25]

61. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for its delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26271/25]

62. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the level of communication between her Department and the NCSE; if the NCSE report to her Department on the demand for mild learning classes in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26274/25]

63. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is a record of demand for mild learning classes in north Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26275/25]

64. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she expects the minor works grant and the ICT grant payments to be made to applicant schools; the measures she is taking to ensure that the grants are paid well in advance of the upcoming school year; if she is considering any changes to the payment process for these grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26…

65. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding caretaker and secretary pension provisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26285/25]

66. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to insure that mainstream schools will have the funding, resources and ability to effectively teach children with mild general learning disabilities in mainstream schools; if sufficient special education teachers will be available for one on one teaching; if sufficient special needs assistants will be availabl…

67. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is aware of the demand for mild learning classes; if this information is provided to her Department by the NCSE; if there is a plan to implement those records into a broader strategy of opening more mild learning classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26340/25]

68. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department mandates the NCSE to record data on mild learning classes demand; if there is an awareness of the level of demand for mild learning classes nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26341/25]

393. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently on a waiting list with the NCSE for an assessment of needs; the number of children on a waiting list from 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; the average time children spend on a waiting list; the plans to lower the number of children on a waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2…

394. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the feasibility study to allow for over 70s drivers to drive school buses, be complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25875/25]

395. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 will progress and be implemented (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25078/25]

396. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the decision to stop a school bus service (details supplied) will be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25080/25]

397. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the establishment of a commission of investigation, as recommended in the Scoping Inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25081/25]

398. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of NEPS psychologists employed in each NEPS local office throughout the country; the number of primary and secondary schools serviced by each office; and the number of psychological assessments undertaken by each office in the 2023/2024 academic year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the …

399. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of psychological assessments undertaken through the scheme for commissioning psychological assessments sanctioned by each NEPS local office in the 2023/2024 academic year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25088/25]