Parliamentary questions

408. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where her Department or agencies under the aegis of her Department acted as the contracting authority in each of the past five years, indicating the number of tenders where the final cost was under, on, or over the contract award value at the time of tendering, in tabular form.…

409. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education the total amount spent in excess of the contract award value for all public procurement tenders within her Department and agencies under the aegis her Department of in each of the past five years. [7520/25]

410. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education whether she or the Minister of State with responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion will meet with a representative group of parents who are struggling to find an appropriate school place in September for their children with additional needs. [7536/25]

411. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that pupils attending a school (details supplied) living in Naul and Swords cannot access school transport, and that Bus Éireann has exhausted all options for these pupils and they still have no school transport; if she has any plans to provide this additional route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7565/2…

412. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education when a suitable school place will be offered to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7581/25]

413. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education for an update on the delivery of SET rooms approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7620/25]

414. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the work her Department has undertaken to plan for a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7621/25]

415. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if schools can apply for funding to create and improve sensory rooms they create in their existing school buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7622/25]

416. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) has been sanctioned to open autism classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7623/25]

417. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if there is remit in the school bus transport scheme to consider Educate Together schools as a form of ethos; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7624/25]

418. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the work her Department has undertaken to provide a Gaelcholáiste in Swords to meet the needs of the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7625/25]

419. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if her Department provides transportation funding for children with special education needs who have to travel to attend an early years education setting appropriate for their needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7629/25]

420. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the City of Dublin Education and Training Board to develop and implement a remote working policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7630/25]

421. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will support the effort of a primary school in County Clare (details supplied) to develop a school playground for the specific benefit of children in its two new autism classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7659/25]

422. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the status of an application by a school (details supplied). [7661/25]

423. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education to respond to maters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7678/25]

424. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education when the new special unit for autism in a school (details supplied) will be ready for opening given the building and staffing are in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7731/25]

425. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by her Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs provided to Ministers of State of her Department; to outline the duties she intends to delegate by statutory instrument to her Minister of State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7746/25…

426. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) receives SNA support when he commences school in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7775/25]

427. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the school building programme with respect to two schools (details supplied); to provide a projected date for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7780/25]

428. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education when residents in Newcastle, County Dublin, will be in a position to avail of the free school transport scheme, given the lack of a secondary school in the immediate vicinity. [7781/25]

429. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education what plans have been made for the delivery of a secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin, given the growing population in the area which is exceeding the population projections for the 2022-2028 South Dublin County Development Plan. [7782/25]

430. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education what engagement has taken place with the community of a school (details supplied) especially with regard to facilitating its move to a new building, including road safety measures. [7783/25]

431. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if he will provide an update regarding works on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7816/25]

432. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education when a national therapy service for schools will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7844/25]