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Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Joanna Byrne Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Ciarán Ahern Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
John Lahart Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Thomas Gould Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Duncan Smith Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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 matter. [29841/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Ivana Bacik Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Micheál Carrigy Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Micheál Carrigy Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Paul Murphy Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Emer Currie Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
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]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
599. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools each year that have signalled their interest to the National Council For Special Education in opening a special class, but have not yet been sanctioned a class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29870/25]
Mark Ward Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
600. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the prefabs at a school (details supplied); when they will be replaced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29871/25]
Duncan Smith Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
601. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the delivery of a new school (details supplied) on the previously purchased site on Fosterstown lands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29874/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
602. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children projected to transition into special classes in primary schools over the next five years, broken down by county and type of special class, in tabular form. [29875/25]