Parliamentary questions

401. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of her Department’s social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under its remit, including closed captioning and subtitling and Irish Sign Language translations, between 1 January …

402. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a situation raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14063/25]

403. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that further funding be made available with the utmost urgency to two schools (details supplied). [14064/25]

404. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of an issue presenting for a primary school and an early learning and childcare facility (details supplied); if her Department has engaged with the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14067/25]

405. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans in place to set up a regional scheme to assist parents who wish to give their children the opportunity to complete transition year, but whose school either does not provide the year or holds lotteries that exclude students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14076/25]

406. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education on the assumption that a child who wished to complete a place in transition year, but was denied the opportunity due to not being picked in a school lottery, to clarify that her Department will accept any application to repeat fifth year on that basis, so that students can take their Leaving Certificate exams at an appropriate age …

407. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the reason schools, that have autonomy on enrolment but nonetheless must complete the designated curriculum, are given leeway in terms of running a transition year programme or limiting numbers and subjecting students and parents to lotteries; whether there are plans to make transition year a mandatory component of the senior cycle…

408. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education what legal mechanisms exist for parents whose children have been refused a transition year place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14079/25]

409. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education what advice parents should be given if their children do not get offered a desired place on a transition year programme; whether leeway would be given by education welfare officers to parents who arrange work experience and educational trips for their children in terms of missing official school days; and if she will make a stateme…

410. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if she will facilitate parents who have suitable arrangements in place collectively or individually and who wish to give their children a transition tear experience in the absence of a place being available in the school, by means of a home tuition grant being made available to these children; and if she will make a statement on th…

411. 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. [14107/25]

412. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education if she will make provision for school secretaries to access pensions as Government employees. [14124/25]

413. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the number of enrolment applications in a school (details supplied) in each of the past five years, compared to the number of students enrolled in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14126/25]

414. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education for the number of National Educational Psychological Service assessments being made available for schools in Dublin South Central; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14127/25]

415. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education to provide details of plans to build primary and secondary schools in an area (details supplied). [14128/25]

416. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the current subvention paid to schools for transition year, per student; whether there is a cap on such subventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14149/25]

417. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the deadline for schools to provide final numbers for transition year each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14150/25]

418. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if a school has reached its quota for transition year places and has to create a lottery, whether the school can apply for supplemental supports from the Department in the event it decides in the best interests of students to facilitate additional numbers. [14151/25]

419. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education whether it is possible for parents to be Garda vetted to assist second level schools in providing sufficient ratios of adults to children for school trips, including transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14152/25]

420. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of schools referred to the Financial Support Services Unit due to concerns in relation to financial pressures, for each of the past three years, in tabular form, broken down by primary or secondary school, DEIS or non-DEIS, and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14165/25]

421. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to develop ASD places in pre-school settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14186/25]

422. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for a review of the contracts for taxi drivers with Bus Éireann providing transport for children in special education, due to the age limit of 70 years of age restricting the number of drivers who can provide the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14188/25]

423. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 5 February 2025, for an update on the status of an additional needs application from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14189/25]

424. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to provide mixed gender schools in the Raheny area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14192/25]

425. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will direct the Teaching Council to introduce a primary teaching degree programme in autism, for the purpose or teaching in autism classes (details supplied); if, given the shortage of primary teachers with a special education qualification in Ireland, she will direct the Teaching Council to admit to the register teachers who have …