Parliamentary questions

746. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education the supports and additional accommodations available to children and young people with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder at primary and post-primary level in Irish schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12511/25]

747. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education the level of mandatory training in initial teacher training on managing children with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in the classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12513/25]

748. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education the level of mandatory training within the national training programme for SNAs on managing children living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12514/25]

749. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the engagement her Department is having with a school (details supplied) in Donegal to deal with ongoing issues within the school including defective blocks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12526/25]

750. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to outline the options available to a person (details supplied) who has been unable to secure a mainstream junior infant placement in schools in their area for the 2025/2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12535/25]

751. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the amount her Department has spent on works under the emergency works scheme in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [12548/25]

752. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the position regarding issues outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12552/25]

753. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education how many schools in Dublin mid-west expressed interest in opening a special class in a mainstream school for the years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026; how many of these were refused; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12561/25]

754. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education how many schools in Dublin mid-west were approached by the NCSE to open a special class in a mainstream school for the school year 2024-2025; how many refusals were received; the reasons for refusal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12562/25]

755. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education how many schools in Dublin mid-west have been approached by the NCSE to open a special class in a mainstream school for the coming school year 2025-2026. [12563/25]

756. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the number of schools, primary and post-primary, in the Dublin south west area that expressed an interest in opening a specialist class in the past 2024-2025 academic year; the number of those applications that were refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12594/25]

757. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the number of schools, primary and post-primary, in the Dublin south west area that were approached by the National Council for Special Education to open a specialist class; the number of schools that declined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12595/25]

758. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if a person with 18 years’ instruction experience (details supplied) will be allowed to claim incremental credit with respect to his teaching salary; if she will accept that the incremental credit scheme as currently defined is inflexible and may result in the unwillingness of experienced persons from taking up a teaching position; and if sh…

759. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Lucan that expressed an interest in opening an additional needs class in the past five years; the number of these applications that were refused; the reasons given for the refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12621/25]

760. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in Lucan that were approached by the National Council for Special Education to open an additional needs class; the number of schools that declined; the reasons given for these refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12622/25]

761. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education for an update on plans to reform the school transport system, particularly the eligibility criteria and likely timeframe for the implementation of changes. [12639/25]

762. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education to ensure that a child (details supplied) has a place in an autism class or special school as soon as possible as recommended by their local children’s disability network team; the provisions being made to ensure children in the Balgriffin and Belmayne area of north Dublin will have access to a special school in the near future; when add…

763. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if a rule-circular exists setting a limit of one sensory room per primary school, irrespective of class-school size. [12691/25]

764. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if any rule-circular exists that precludes primary schools receiving more than one sensory room grant in a six-year period; and the time limit of that rule. [12692/25]

765. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) had its application for a sensory room rejected when it is currently adding two autism classes to the school. [12693/25]

766. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) is being penalised and precluded from having a sensory room to accompany the two autism classes currently being built, all because the school hosts a pre-school class with a sensory room for pre-schoolers only in the same building. [12694/25]

767. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will examine the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12730/25]

768. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in north Kildare that expressed an interest in the opening of a specialist class in the last academic year; whether any of those expressions of interests were rejected; if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12763/25]

769. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in north Kildare that were approached by the National Council for Special Education to open a specialist class; the number of schools that ultimately declined said offer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12764/25]

770. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if an updated psychological assessment is required for a child diagnosed with autism to be eligible to apply for a school place; if a particular body is required to conduct said assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12765/25]