Parliamentary questions

1044. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to provide a cost breakdown of the expenditure of the “Teachers’ Professional Journeys: The First Decade” longitudinal research study, in tabular form. [20828/25]

1045. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 20 March 2025, the reason an applicant (details supplied) was denied leave in 2012 and therefore refused incremental credit despite a circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20835/25]

1046. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 18 February 2025, if she will provide an update on the matter; if the group has reported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20893/25]

1047. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if her recent announcement that teachers will be given permanent contracts after one year favours newly qualified teachers over highly experienced Irish teachers who have returned from teaching abroad and are fighting to obtain CID; if her Department will recognise Irish teachers for their work in international schools outside the EU and p…

1048. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to review the case of pension entitlements for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20941/25]

1049. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education regarding her recent announcement about offering teachers permanent contracts earlier in their career, whether she will clarify if she is proposing to reduce the current requirement of two years of continuous service down to one year for contract of indefinite duration eligibility; when these changes will come into effect; and if they w…

1050. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education if she will increase the 2025/2026 transition year programme funding for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20947/25]

1051. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for details of her proposal for newly qualified teachers to gain a permanent contract a year earlier; what classifies as a 'viable post' in this instance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20953/25]

1052. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education when details of the main panel and supplementary panel for primary schools will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20954/25]

1053. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for the urgent approval under a review request for an additional SNA for a school under medical needs for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20970/25]

1054. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to establish a post-primary special school in the Youghal area of County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21046/25]

1055. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cathain atá sí chun buaileadh le heagraíocht ainmnithe (sonraí tugtha) mar a bhí geallta aici agus ag an iar-Aire roimpi chun ceisteanna agus comhrá a thosnú maidir le réiteach a fháil ar cheisteanna praicticiúla a bhaineann leis an chinneadh an Gaelcholáiste a thosnú i gceantar eile i Meán Fómhair 2026. [21049/25]

1056. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education if Ireland is going to participate in the next ‘TIMSS Advanced’, which measures STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) preparedness for senior-cycle students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21071/25]

1057. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education if she will consider changing the initial teacher training programme for secondary school teachers back to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21072/25]

1058. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education when a child in County Kildare (details supplied) will receive a special school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21076/25]

1059. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the supports available for schools with autism classes where they require additional guidance or training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21116/25]

1060. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education to outline how a parent can appeal a decision for reasonable accommodation for a Leaving Certificate student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21154/25]

1061. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the strategy led by her Department to ensure that children resident in IPAS centres are provided with school places and integrated into their new school communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21174/25]

1062. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to urgently address the disparity faced by school secretaries and caretakers, who are directly paid by the Department but who are being denied a pension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21177/25]

1063. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education whether her Department has, or has access to, data on the number of children with an autism diagnosis who are enrolled in mainstream classes in primary schools; whether her Department has, or has access to, the number of children awaiting an assessment for autism who are enrolled in mainstream classes in primary schools; if she will prov…

1064. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school children with autism in special schools, special classes and mainstream classes respectively in each of the past five academic years and projected for the coming five years, in tabular form. [21184/25]

1065. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education where a student (details supplied) can access a special unit or a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21231/25]

1066. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21260/25]

1067. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21261/25]

1068. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education if she will introduce a pension scheme for those school secretaries that are employed by boards of management and to give them parity with other school staff such as SNAs and teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21279/25]