Parliamentary questions

646. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11515/25]

647. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education to examine the case of a child (details supplied) who is at risk of expulsion from primary school due to a lack of additional supports available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11544/25]

648. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the provision a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11549/25]

649. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education the current position regarding a redress scheme for victims of historical child sexual abuse in Primary and Secondary schools; if a similar approach will be adopted for victims of abuse in Primary and Secondary Schools to that of the previous redress scheme for victims of abuse in Industrial and Reformatory schools as the Government has b…

650. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the status of a new school building (details supplied); the status of the appointment of a multi-disciplinary design team; the timeline for the overall project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11565/25]

651. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the steps taken to address the lack of school places in Carlow for children with special educational needs, specifically referring to a five-year-old boy (details supplied) whose parents have applied to 11 different schools in Carlow, Laois and Athy and have been refused by each one due to a lack of spaces; and if she will make a state…

652. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education if she plans to approve a special learning difficulties reading class in north Dublin; the timeline for this expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11591/25]

653. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education if an additional SNA would be provided to a school (details supplied). [11616/25]

654. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the measures being considered to support children with special educational needs who are unable to attend mainstream or special schools due to severe anxiety, ASD, or other related conditions; if there are plans to expand long-term online learning options beyond temporary home tuition schemes; if consideration will be given to developing str…

655. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education the current status of a planned new school (details supplied); to provide a timeframe for its completion; her views on whether it will be adequate to meet second-level education need in the Gorey area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11642/25]

656. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the changes being implemented on the school transport scheme for the 2025-2026 year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11659/25]

657. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will examine a pilot scheme to include areas of high urban school densities, like Douglas in Cork city, as a school transport for all hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11660/25]

658. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the changes being implemented on the school transport scheme for the 2025-2026 year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11661/25]

659. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will implement a use-it-or-lose-it check on school transport tickets for the forthcoming 2025-2026 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11662/25]

660. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the mapping technologies that will be used for distance criteria under school transport changes announced in the review in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11663/25]

661. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if the changes announced on school transport due to come in for September 2025 on rule changes for distance and nearest school have taken place; the number of additional buses and drivers required, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11664/25]

662. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education the status of the review of terms and conditions for school bus escorts as outlined in the 2024 review of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11665/25]

663. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education to provide Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas with direct name and contact details of the managers in each county for school transport. [11666/25]

664. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to the option of opening a second ASD classroom in school (details supplied) for the coming academic year, 2025-2026, given the school has a classroom fitted and ready to go and has seven children on its current waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11667/25]

665. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 393 of 4 March 2025, the amount of funding under the science implementation support grant received by each school in Cork north central; the name of schools that did not receive any funding within Cork north central; the amount of the committed €200 million funding to support the implementation of the d…

666. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to ensure a child (details supplied) receives appropriate education and support, following the child's expulsion from school after a decision by the school board; if it is her policy to allow a child with additional needs, including a diagnosis of autism and ADHD, to be expelled from primary education without alternat…

667. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education the reason current 5th year students have to study 20 sraith pictiúir for the Irish oral exam in 2026 compared to current 6th year students having to study ten; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11697/25]

668. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 221 of 20 February 2025, if the case will be re-examined given that further information has come to hand on the matter of school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11698/25]

669. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of US-based Catholic missionary organisations (details supplied) running pilot programmes in State-funded primary schools for pre-confirmation classes; if the content of these programmes has been examined by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11713/25]

670. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if her Department has issued advice to primary schools on specific requirements or criteria for outside organisations brought into primary schools to run educational programmes; and if the learning outcomes of said programmes are overseen in any way by her Department. [11714/25]