Parliamentary questions

364. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Education if an application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9125/25]

365. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the date on which revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school caretakers will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9136/25]

366. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when school secretaries and caretakers will be included in the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9137/25]

367. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the progress of the additional accommodation works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9157/25]

368. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the progress of the additional accommodation works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9158/25]

369. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 250 additional special needs assistant posts. [9181/25]

370. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the reason school secretaries are not part of the public sector pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9202/25]

371. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education for an update on an extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9211/25]

372. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education for a detailed timeframe on the building works at a college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9219/25]

373. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to encourage more people to become post primary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9248/25]

374. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if people who do a postgraduate certificate in education in the north of Ireland can finish their induction in the south of Ireland; to provide details on this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9249/25]

375. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the status of a plan to open SEN classes in a school (details supplied); and if this will include a needed extension of the school building. [9297/25]

376. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the status of the application for capital works by a school (details supplied). [9298/25]

377. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the action she will take to ensure a student (details supplied) can secure a place in a local special school; the alternative provisions that can be made temporarily for this child who has to date been unable to secure a place in any local special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9347/25]

378. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the free schoolbooks scheme to all children in secondary education, including fee-paying schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9365/25]

379. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently intervene to support a secondary school (details supplied) in County Clare which has applied to her Department for a grant to replace chronically poor and unusable tools and equipment, relating to the teaching of practical subjects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9372/25]

380. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education what leave will be available to public sector staff in the education sector who have a child through surrogacy in July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9375/25]

381. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the findings of the establishment of the pilot scheme from the school transport scheme review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9378/25]

382. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if her Department will consider the abolishment of the ‘nearest school’ rule ahead of the 2025/26 school year; if her Department will consider the ‘central/closed school’ rule which allows busses to pick up children within their parish boundary rather than ‘nearest school’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9379/25]

383. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education when a project will proceed to the next stage in view of the urgent need to provide additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9385/25]

384. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the summer works scheme for a school (detail supplied); and if permission will be given for the works to go ahead as a matter of urgency. [9392/25]

385. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm that a court protection order that includes named children applies to all schools and should be enforced by school management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9396/25]

386. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education if a school place can be secured for a student (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9397/25]

387. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the ownership of a school (details supplied); if she will confirm the details; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9398/25]

388. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the status of a school feasibility study (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9466/25]