323. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was not permitted an additional junior infants class by the Department, despite prior assurances and demand within the local community; if this decision will be amended and the establishment of an additional class permitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22976/25]
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324. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the status of the new building project for a scholl (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22994/25]
325. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to increase the number of early intervention classes in primary schools in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23039/25]
326. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken tot increase the number of specific speech and language classes in primary schools in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23040/25]
327. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measure being taken to increase the number of moderate general learning disability classes in mainstream schools in Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23041/25]
328. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is her intention to commence the EPSEN Act; if so, to provide a timeline for its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23045/25]
329. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review an application for a school building project (details supplied); and the reason approval has not yet been granted. [23155/25]
330. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the schools that were included in the 14 pilot projects for the school transport scheme in the 2024-2025 school year; if she will confirm the timeline when the findings of these projects will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23233/25]
331. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a school (details supplied) which requires an urgent extension; if she is aware that the school is seeking a two-storey build as per plans submitted but were refused by her Department despite a school in a similar position within the county being granted approval for a two-storey extension; and if she will make a statement on the…
332. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school building project in Cavan will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23235/25]
333. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the proposed building project in Leitrim (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23236/25]
334. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will lift the cap on the number of primary teacher training places imposed on public universities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23237/25]
335. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23753/25]
153. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support the allocation of additional resources to the Department of Education to fund a proposed scheme where caretakers are paid directly by a Department body; if he will ensure that small rural DEIS schools, such as a school (details supplied), receive adequate funding to cover essential maintenance and upkeep; and if she will make a s…
154. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has investigated the costs associated with providing funding for the mandatory ‘Tréimhse Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht’ for all student teachers, including public and private colleges and including higher education institutions transport costs; if she will share these costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22775/25]
155. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason that funding under the emergency works scheme was refused for urgent repairs to the playground of a school (details supplied) given recent injuries to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22022/25]
156. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she or her Department plan to enhance communication between her Department and the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22052/25]
157. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the NCSE does not record the demand for mild learning classes; and if there is a plan to implement records. [22053/25]
158. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason gradates of inclusive education cannot work solely for children with additional needs and are instead being made go through the Teaching Council for mainstream schools. [22054/25]
159. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she recognises the need for a specialised route into special education teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22055/25]
160. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is the case that funding constraints mean that the breakfast clubs at schools, including in a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11, are forced to cancel; the number of schools affected by this; if she will immediately address this funding shortfall and ensure the continuation and re-instatement of breakfast clubs in these schools; and if s…
161. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the current status of a project (details supplied), including a delivery timeline. [22067/25]
162. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of unfilled and vacant posts currently in primary schools in North Kildare, including those unfilled from maternity or other long-term leave, in tabular form. [22068/25]
163. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the school reconfiguration programme at primary level for 2025, including schools currently engaged in the process. [22069/25]
164. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to comment on options available to parents of children with additional needs who wish to make complaints about the treatment of their children in schools (details supplied); beyond complaints to Boards of Management the recourse parents have when they feel their children have been badly treated or their rights infringed upon [22093/25]