Parliamentary questions

513. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to report on her Department’s efforts to reduce the student to teacher ratio in post-primary schools. [17176/25]

514. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education what her plans are to deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to "collect data to create more targeted, effective services for children with special needs"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17244/25]

515. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education the status of the approved extension for a school (details supplied); if the originally sanctioned seven-classroom remains unchanged; the current stage of the project and expected timeline for delivery. [17254/25]

516. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education to review the case of a DEIS Band 1 primary school (details supplied) which is set to lose its tenth mainstream teacher due to a rigid interpretation of enrolment figures. [17264/25]

517. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the plans to ensure a new school (details supplied) is compliant with fire safety regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17278/25]

518. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her assessment that school transportation be legally required to ensure appropriate supervision in an effort to prevent bullying. [17289/25]

519. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will consider seeking a re-running of Schools' Folklore Project 1937-1938 which had a significant output now stored in the National Archives, in order that current students might be encouraged to record stories from their elderly relatives. [17290/25]

520. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the efforts to increase the supply of primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14612/25]

521. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education with regard to the Gaeltacht learning period grant for primary ITE programmes, to consider the implementation of a similar grant model for post-primary ITE programmes, as the majority of Gaeilge post-primary student teachers have two compulsory cúrsaí Gaeltachta, each two weeks in duration, as part of their programme, and this is identical …

522. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education his views on the lack of action to provide a co-educational, non-denominational school in the Killester Raheny Clontarf school planning area (details supplied). [12434/25]

523. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education for an update on a new primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16900/25]

524. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if he is aware that students who undertook the graduate diploma in physical education at Portobello Institute were under the clear understanding that it would qualify them to teach physical education as an additional subject, only to be told by the Teaching Council that it does not; if he has been contacted in relation to this; his plans…

525. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 376 and 584 of 5 November 2024, with the report in relation to the extra funding requested for the foundations having been sent into the Department, the status of this application; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17336/25]

526. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education to address the lack of supports for single working parents of children with autism (details supplied) during school holidays, as they rely on term-time-only afterschool services, and need further assistance when schools and afterschool are closed for holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17337/25]

527. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children with additional needs waiting for a school place in Cork for the upcoming school year; if she will commit to ensuring that each child that needs one has a place in a special school or an ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17343/25]

528. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will review the quota system in operation for the allocation of SNAs; if she will ensure that the recommendation made by a Louth-based SNA to provide additional resources to a school in Drogheda, which has been declined, will be honoured (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17374/25]

529. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education if she will review the quota system in operation for the allocation of SNAs; if she will ensure that the recommendation made by a Louth-based SNA to provide additional resources to a school, which has been declined, will be honoured (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17375/25]

530. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on her plans to deal with the issue of grade inflation and will she consider allocating a quota of CAO places reserved for current Leaving Certificate candidates to ensure they are not unduly disadvantaged due to changes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17376/25]

531. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education to detail the investment of SEN classes across Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown over the past five years, specifically to detail the supports that now exist in those primary schools for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17377/25]

532. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the status of a school transport scheme for a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17382/25]

533. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the status of a school transport scheme for children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17384/25]

534. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 1 April 2025, the process that was used to determine the DEIS status of a school (details supplied); if there is a mechanism whereby the school can appeal the decision to exclude a school from the DEIS band 1 programme considering all other schools in the catchment area are within that programme; …

535. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education for an update on the expansion of the autism class in a school (details supplied); when the expanded class is expected to be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17414/25]

536. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the progress of the new extension at a school (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17439/25]

537. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to ensure that communication between NCSE and her Department’s building unit is operating effectively given the severe lack of special school places in 2025 and commit to a review to ensure that such a scenario does not materialise again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17440/25]