Parliamentary questions

538. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will undertake a review of the way in which we provide special education classes and special school places for children with additional needs given that the nature of how we undertake assessment of needs is an all year round process that does not conform to the policies surrounding mainstream enrolment; and if she will make a s…

539. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if her Department’s building unit provides for additional headroom capacity in the area of special needs given that the children present with a diagnosis on an all year round basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17442/25]

540. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education to address an issue regarding a contract for a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17444/25]

541. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17449/25]

542. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a request for the establishment of a special class and an SET increase at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17460/25]

543. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide school caretakers with access to the single public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17462/25]

544. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of delays in relation to the construction of a new school campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17463/25]

545. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the construction of a new school campus (details supplied). [17464/25]

546. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delays in the granting of planning permission for a new school campus (details supplied); and the steps being taken to resolve them. [17465/25]

547. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education how she will remedy the issue of rising insurance premiums for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17466/25]

548. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education when her Department will make a determination regarding plans for the new school building at a school (details supplied) which have been with her Department since 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17467/25]

549. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education when her Department will reply to a school (details supplied) which wants to confirm a timeline with her Department with respect to a planned school extension which is urgently required, and to which it has not received a response since February 2025. [17469/25]

550. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education the additional demand for special class and special school places for September 2025 that has now been identified at primary and secondary school level in Drogheda, following new measures set out to support the forward planning of special education provision in Circular 0080/2024; the measures that are now being taken to ensure the necessar…

551. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education if her Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been derelict, in tabular form; and her plans to bring any vacant or derelict buildings back into use. [17474/25]

552. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education the options available for a child (details supplied) to get to school where there is no Bus Éireann school service available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17491/25]

553. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of current DEIS schools within the Drogheda school planning area (including the location and name of school). [17495/25]

554. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of current primary and secondary schools within the Drogheda school planning area (including the location and name of school). [17496/25]

555. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of the total number of primary and secondary school students currently enrolled in schools within the Drogheda school planning area (including the location and name of school). [17497/25]

556. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to review the Drogheda school planning area, noting the population increases and further projected population increases, which is potentially impacting students’ ability to secure a nearest primary/secondary school placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17498/25]

557. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on plans to provide additional primary and secondary school places within the Drogheda school planning area, noting the projected population increases in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17499/25]

558. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on primary projects planned within the Drogheda school planning area (details supplied). [17502/25]

559. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on post primary projects planned within the Drogheda school planning area (details supplied). [17503/25]

560. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on post primary school projects underway within the Drogheda school planning area. [17504/25]

561. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department is taking to ensure that this year’s Leaving Certificate students are not at a disadvantage as a result of her Department’s move to reduce grade inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17505/25]

562. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education when a derelict and unsafe prefab at a school (details supplied) will be removed as it has become unsafe and is no longer fit for purpose. [17518/25]