Parliamentary questions

319. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a specific timeline for the commencement and completion of works at a school (details supplied); acknowledging that previous responses have indicated that works are scheduled to commence in the second half of 2026; if she will clarify whether the planning permission will remain in place to allow the project to p…

320. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider expanding the remote working policy to include a specific organisation (details supplied); to clarify whether this organisation currently has a remote working policy in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22965/25]

321. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the name of the circular that pertains to the leave granted-allowed to post-primary school teachers for duties on a county council; if she will provide the circular; and if, in the absence of a circular covering post primary teachers, she will provide a circular which includes post primary teachers. [22969/25]

322. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to correspondence regarding autism class funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22975/25]

323. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was not permitted an additional junior infants class by the Department, despite prior assurances and demand within the local community; if this decision will be amended and the establishment of an additional class permitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22976/25]

324. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the status of the new building project for a scholl (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22994/25]

325. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to increase the number of early intervention classes in primary schools in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23039/25]

326. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken tot increase the number of specific speech and language classes in primary schools in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23040/25]

327. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measure being taken to increase the number of moderate general learning disability classes in mainstream schools in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23041/25]

328. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is her intention to commence the EPSEN Act; if so, to provide a timeline for its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23045/25]

329. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review an application for a school building project (details supplied); and the reason approval has not yet been granted. [23155/25]

330. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the schools that were included in the 14 pilot projects for the school transport scheme in the 2024-2025 school year; if she will confirm the timeline when the findings of these projects will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23233/25]

331. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a school (details supplied) which requires an urgent extension; if she is aware that the school is seeking a two-storey build as per plans submitted but were refused by her Department despite a school in a similar position within the county being granted approval for a two-storey extension; and if she will mak…

332. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school building project in Cavan will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23235/25]

333. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the proposed building project in Leitrim (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23236/25]

334. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will lift the cap on the number of primary teacher training places imposed on public universities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23237/25]

335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23753/25]

153. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support the allocation of additional resources to the Department of Education to fund a proposed scheme where caretakers are paid directly by a Department body; if he will ensure that small rural DEIS schools, such as a school (details supplied), receive adequate funding to cover essential maintenance and upkeep; and …

154. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has investigated the costs associated with providing funding for the mandatory ‘Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht’ for all student teachers, including public and private colleges and including higher education institutions transport costs; if she will share these costs; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

155. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason that funding under the emergency works scheme was refused for urgent repairs to the playground of a school (details supplied) given recent injuries to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22022/25]

156. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she or her Department plan to enhance communication between her Department and the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22052/25]

157. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the NCSE does not record the demand for mild learning classes; and if there is a plan to implement records. [22053/25]

158. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason gradates of inclusive education cannot work solely for children with additional needs and are instead being made go through the Teaching Council for mainstream schools. [22054/25]

159. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she recognises the need for a specialised route into special education teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22055/25]

160. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is the case that funding constraints mean that the breakfast clubs at schools, including in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11, are forced to cancel; the number of schools affected by this; if she will immediately address this funding shortfall and ensure the continuation and re-instatement of breakfast clubs in the…