Parliamentary questions

671. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to her or her Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11759/25]

672. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which her Department or the HSE owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus to requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11778/25]

673. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11801/25]

674. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11802/25]

675. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11803/25]

676. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11804/25]

677. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the development of the new building for a school and the masterplan for the multi-school campus in Whitehall, Dublin 9. [11805/25]

678. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delays to the development of a school (details supplied) and the multi-school campus in Whitehall, Dublin 9, given that the appointment of the multi-disciplinary design team was due to be appointed by Q2 2024. [11806/25]

679. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education the projected number of junior infant enrolments in Dublin 15 and in Dublin west in September 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029, tabular form. [11807/25]

680. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if the National Council for Special Education runs a communications campaign; if so, the communication channels used to inform parents that they should contact the council to secure a school place for children with additional needs in a special class or special school; the budgetary allocation for such communication; and if she will make a s…

681. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has any engagement with third parties, such as pre-schools, public nurses, the HSE, assessment of need providers, primary care centres, community centres and resource and family centres, to inform parents that they should contact the NCSE to secure a school place for children with addition…

682. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education the steps and process the National Council for Special Education undertakes each year to identify demand for special classes and special school places in local areas, such as Dublin 15; if the council relies on parents contacting it directly or an overall national percentage is used as part of that process; and if she will make a statement o…

683. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education whether the NCSE has to report to her Department on the number of new special classes or special school classes are required in Dublin 15 for September 2025; and if so, when that report was received. [11811/25]

684. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department monitors the number of children who complete either primary school or secondary school but who remain illiterate or functionally illiterate; to provide a summary of the most recent findings in that regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11820/25]

685. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department has a policy in relation to allowing or prohibiting male students to compete in female-only sports; whether she is aware of this practice having been allowed in Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11823/25]

686. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education when the commitment in the Programme for Government that an independent assessment on the feasibility of removing the exclusion of drivers aged over 70 from the school transport scheme is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11824/25]

687. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if she will provide up-to-date statistics on the post-primary population in Dublin 15 across three school areas, Blanchardstown Village and West, Castleknock and Carpenterstown, and Mulhuddart Tyrrelstown, including the overall post-primary school population, school enrolment and school capacity figures, identifying the source of this inform…

688. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if she will provide up-to-date statistics on the post-primary population in Dublin 15 across three school areas: Blanchardstown Village and West, Castleknock and Carpenterstown, and Mulhuddart Tyrrelstown, including the number of students who travel to each of the other school areas for school, identifying the source of this information. [11…

689. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education if she will consider establishing a special school or pre-school unit for children with additional needs in a school building which is no longer in use (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11832/25]

690. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education when enrolment will be open for applicants for the new special school in Griffeen Avenue, Lucan; the process and criteria for new applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11836/25]

691. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education to consider establishing a special school, or pre-school unit for children with additional needs in a building no longer in use by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11876/25]

692. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of Leaving Certificate students in relation to a matter (details supplied); the engagement her Department has had with the State Examinations Commission on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11884/25]

693. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to review a bus ticket for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11891/25]

694. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) who has autism and is yet to receive a school placement; if she will instruct her Department to ensure this child has a place by September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11897/25]

695. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in the case of an additional special classroom for a primary school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11903/25]