Parliamentary questions

436. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the status of a person's application for a school transport remote area grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15812/25]

437. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) and allocate them a place in an early intervention class. [15823/25]

438. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) can get assisted technology and an SNA, following recommendation by the occupational therapist after assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15824/25]

217. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the efforts being made by her Department to support parents and communities in helping children to navigate online risks. [14658/25]

218. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to issue as a matter of extreme urgency and as previously promised, enhanced medical cards to all survivors of industrial schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14812/25]

219. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education to outline the work being done by her Department to promote digital literacy and online safety programmes in primary and post-primary education. [14657/25]

220. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education the number of actual and attempted cyberattacks on her Department during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, the countries of origin of those attacks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14687/25]

221. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to urgently examine and allow an appeal for the retention of a mainstream teacher in a school in County Kerry, in light of the reasons outlined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14738/25]

222. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she can confirm that a student council exists in every second level school in the State; the importance she attaches to student councils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14705/25]

223. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department issued a statement to schools in February 2025 to disregard a purported circular; if there has been a problem with fake circulars; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14706/25]

224. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with the parents of a child (details supplied) who has additional needs but has been unable to secure an appropriate place in a secondary school for this coming September, despite extensive engagement with the National Council for Special Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14710/25]

225. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education the total sum spent on cybersecurity measures within her Department during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [14669/25]

226. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the number of children in Dublin 1, 3, 7,9, that are on a waiting list for a school place in special schools, for 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14743/25]

227. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the number of school places available for enrolment in September in special schools in Dublin 1, 3, 7 ,9, for 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14744/25]

228. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education if there is a freeze on special needs assistants supports in schools; if so the steps she will take to end this freeze; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14745/25]

229. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the reason for the freeze on special needs assistants supports in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14746/25]

230. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) were turned down special needs assistants (SNA) supports after engaging with a complex review for SNA support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14747/25]

231. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) were turned down special needs assistants (SNA) supports after engaging with a complex review for SNA support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14748/25]

232. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education to review the case of a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14757/25]

233. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will investigate a case (details supplied) where the practice of determining teaching staff numbers based on the enrolment figures from the year before is resulting in this school facing huge class sizes in the autumn of this year, putting undue pressure on staff and pupils alike; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14780/25…

234. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she accepts the case made by the principal of a school (details supplied); when will her Department will make a determination on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14781/25]

235. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education to outline, in light of a widely-reported funding crisis at a school (details supplied), the number of primary schools which have contacted her Department this school year about serious funding challenges; the number of such schools which are designated as 'DEIS' schools; if her Department has an emergency fund to assist schools in financia…

236. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to invest in more technology classes for secondary schools to meet demand, given the increasing interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics at third level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14786/25]

237. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education how SNAs who work in Donegal can register for the Donegal Education Centre AGM (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14787/25]

238. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education how retired teachers who previously worked as teachers in Donegal can register for the Donegal Education Centre AGM (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14788/25]