Parliamentary questions

466. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the supports that are being provided by her Department to national schools under the threat of closure due to low enrolment numbers. [2870/25]

467. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the supports and guidance given to national schools in regards to the leasing of sections of their premises to pre-schools. [2871/25]

468. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the current collaboration between the Department of Children, Disability and Equality and her Department in terms of signposting the level of need for assessments of needs and disability services among students and the timely provision of those services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2872/25]

469. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if funding will be made available to carry out necessary works in a special school (details supplied) given the poor and unsafe conditions. [2876/25]

470. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2877/25]

471. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education the current status of the proposed expansion works at a school (details supplied). [2906/25]

472. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education to meet with representatives of a school bus campaign (details supplied). [2908/25]

473. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education whether she would consider the idea, as exists in social housing, of a mutual transfer facility for students with neurological challenges who find that the educational setting for them is either above or below their needs and whose schooling is inadequate as a consequence if they were able to mutually transfer with a child from another schoo…

474. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied with the current Junior Certificate grading system; if she would consider reviewing to bring in line with the Leaving Certificate grading system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2951/25]

475. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education how she intends to ensure that the voices of students and young people will influence Department policy; what mechanisms are and will be put in place for such purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2952/25]

476. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education the number of public sector workers in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare, per sector (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2973/25]

477. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education to provide a schedule of special advisers attached to her, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that special adviser. [2994/25]

478. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3069/25]

479. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education to give the go-ahead for the provision of two modular classrooms which are urgently required for a school (details supplied); to address this with senior officials in her Department to alleviate the current shortage of space in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3071/25]

480. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education to advise on a policy matter (details supplied) based on correspondence the Minister has received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3125/25]

481. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education if her Department has approved an extension to an existing school (details supplied), which is to meet the needs of children on the autism spectrum; why provision has not been made in this extension for changing or toilet facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3128/25]

482. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education when information will be published about changes to senior cycle subjects, which can be used to help 5th year students pick their final year subjects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3157/25]

483. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education for an update on the new building for a school (details supplied), including overall student intake and the timings and phases for construction and delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3167/25]

484. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education for any details on the general location of an additional special school in Dublin north; the projected student intake; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3169/25]

485. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education for an update on the special schools pilot providing delivery of in-school therapy supports to children in selected special schools, in addition to existing services being provided through children’s disability network teams (CDNTs); if there are plans to extend this scheme to other special schools such as a school in Dublin (details supplie…

486. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently review the case of a child (details supplied). [3172/25]

487. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the plans in place for a new special needs school at a location (details supplied); the time frame for the completion of works; whether the new building will be a temporary or permanent structure; the number of students it is envisaged this school will accommodate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3174/25]

488. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education her plans, if any, to consider a school (details supplied) for the DEIS programme, similar to the national school in the same area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3179/25]

489. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education the number of DEIS schools in County Meath; and the location and name of these schools, in tabular format. [3180/25]

490. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if her Department, or any body under its aegis, currently outsources cleaning services and/or service officer/security officer roles to private companies; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3193/25]