Parliamentary questions

819. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the NCSE to open additional reading school places to meet the demands of children living in the Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock, Donabate and surrounding areas for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18949/25]

820. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the qualifications needed for teachers to teach in reading classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18950/25]

821. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the qualifications needed for teachers to teach children in need of special education teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18951/25]

822. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education for the number of students enrolled in various primary and post-primary schools (details supplied), and for a class-by-class breakdown of numbers for each, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18985/25]

823. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she will review correspondence in relation to school transport (details supplied) and provide an update on the matter. [18988/25]

824. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education what is being done to ensure the provision of appropriate numbers of primary school places for children with autism in the Coolock and Darndale area; if she can provide any guidance to assure that a child (details supplied) will have an appropriate place in a local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18996/25]

825. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education if she will consider an emergency utility grant for schools that are unable to afford to pay their utility bills having exhausted other options such as liaising with the FSSU. [19001/25]

826. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the lack of education provision in Donabate (details supplied) for children with ASD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19021/25]

827. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education if she will acknowledge the disadvantage facing this year’s Leaving Certificate students compared to students who sat the Leaving Certificate in previous years if her Department’s proposed changes to the Leaving Certificate grading system are introduced; if her Department will proceed with these proposed changes despite these concerns;…

828. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the enquiry into abuse in religious schools including a college (details supplied); the timeline for the completion of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19029/25]

829. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a detailed up to date report in regard to the extension to a college (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19030/25]

830. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider restoring the special education diploma allowance for those who are classed as "new entrants" (entered since September 2012); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19050/25]

831. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education her plans for additional resources for a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19056/25]

832. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the number of special needs assistants, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, and psychology supports in a school (details supplied). [19057/25]

833. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education when the budgetary cap will be removed for SNA reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19058/25]

834. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the budget allocations for special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19059/25]

835. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education the management training, including project management training, that primary school principals and deputy principals receive to enable them to fulfil their duties. [19070/25]

836. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education the number of pilot schemes run under the revised school transport scheme for 2025-2026; the current stage of each pilot run under the revised scheme; when the revised school transport scheme for 2025/2026 will be ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19078/25]

837. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education the steps taken in Meath to ensure all children that require a school place have the possibility of securing a place in an ASD class or ASD unit in a school for the next academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19079/25]

838. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education if she will outline, given the significant disparities in terms and conditions between school secretaries and their peers, including the lack of sick pay, family leave, and equitable pension rights, the steps she is taking to ensure that school secretaries receive the same employment benefits as special needs assistants and teachers; and i…

839. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education her views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support her Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19093/25]

840. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide fair pension for school secretaries and caretakers to ensure equity is provided as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19115/25]

841. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education the possible funding options for a secondary school in County Cork (details supplied) to carry essential roof replacement works to its sports hall. [19134/25]

842. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by her Department and agencies under her remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, gr…

843. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education when the necessary changes to the school transport scheme will be implemented that will allow students who live less than 3.2km from their local national primary school and students who live less than 4.8km from their local national secondary school avail of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19190/25]