Parliamentary questions

433. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education the measures she will implement in 2025 to ensure that there is appropriate access to therapies for children in special schools and in special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7845/25]

434. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently review the mandatory retirement age of 70 for Bus Éireann drivers, given the serious shortage of school bus drivers; if she will consider allowing medically fit and capable drivers to continue working beyond this age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7850/25]

435. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a full list of all primary and secondary schools in Dublin bay south, including their full address and Eircode, in tabular form. [7885/25]

436. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education when a new school (details supplied) will be completed and open for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7919/25]

437. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if the provision of a school bus service will be considered for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7924/25]

438. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education the exact location of the new special school in Cork which is due to open in September 2025 for the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7967/25]

439. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education the reasons that a suitable school placement has not been made available for a child (details supplied); the immediate measures her Department is taking to ensure that an appropriate educational placement, suited to their specific needs, is secured, given that a mainstream school setting is not a viable option; and if she will make a stateme…

440. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a child (details supplied) who is not receiving education due to their needs; her views on whether this situation needs to be resolved as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7993/25]

441. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education if she will resolve the case of a child (details supplied) who is due to start school in September but was not accepted in any ASD classes in their area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7994/25]

442. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education the efforts that have been made to date to provide proper reliable school transport for students attending a school (details supplied) who are without school transport; when it is anticipated transport will be provided to these students; and if she will supply more details on the special transport interim grant. [7997/25]

443. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she intends on commencing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if so, the timeline for commencement. [8000/25]

444. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 365 of 18 February 2025, the Department funding streams available to a school in the early stages of developing plans to build a multi-use hall, following on from the inclusion of plans to deliver a PE build and modernisation programme in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on…

445. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education for an update on an application by a school in south Tipperary (details supplied) to open an ASD class in their school; the status of this application; if this application will be expedited as there are children in the area without an appropriate school place for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8039/25]

446. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education for an update on when a school (details supplied) will be included in the school capital buildings programme, considering their seriously inadequate school facilities and amenities in a land locked site and the dangerous location of the school from a road safety perspective. [8042/25]

447. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the extent to which defective concrete blocks were used in the construction of school buildings across the State; the impact of the use of same on schools; the details of the number of schools and the locations of schools that have reported or raised concerns in relation to the presence of defective concrete bloc…

448. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education the assistance, supports and remedies available from her Department for schools with buildings that are affected by the use of defective concrete blocks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8065/25]

449. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education for a list of all primary and secondary schools in the East Cork Constituency. [8067/25]

450. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education to reconsider the awarding of incremental credits to teachers who have been employed in schools outside the EU (details supplied) and address the inconsistencies in the awarding of incremental credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8103/25]

451. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education for an update on progress in fulfilling the obligations in Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791 regarding a database for data centres. [8107/25]

452. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently intervene in a case of subject-specific classroom accommodation for a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8148/25]

453. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give urgent consideration to the inclusion of a school in a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8149/25]

454. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give urgent consideration to the expansion of a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8150/25]

455. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education when phase 2 of the construction of a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8156/25]

456. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education if work is being done to establish a multi-disciplinary team to deliver a child-centred, school-based service across occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and psychology in primary schools in the Ballymun area, given current levels of need; if she will engage with the Ballymun Implementation Board established by the Government i…

194. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she will detail her Department’s capital budget in each of the past five years; and the percentage of that budget spent at 31 December in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6830/25]