Parliamentary questions

908. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school (details supplied) in County Clare that was approved for a new classroom almost two years ago, which has since completed the full tender process, engaged an architectural engineer to complete all necessary documentation, and returned all required reports to her Department, and has been recently inform…

909. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to reform the recruitment process for teachers (details supplied). [43209/26]

910. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost to complete the works at a school (details supplied); if there is a funding shortfall, the plans to complete the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43291/26]

911. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she or her Department met with a school authorities in regard to the progression of construction (details supplied); if she has discussed any potential shortfall in funds; and the way that the shortfall may be bridged.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43292/26]

912. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of mainstream teachers approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43311/26]

913. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if details of the pilot Schools Energy Inventory Project which included Kildare, Meath, Offaly, Wexford and Wicklow have been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43312/26]

914. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a review of DEIS band classifications is planned; whether schools will be able to apply for reassessment or movement between bands as part of that process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43336/26]

915. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cé mhéad airgid caipitil a caitheadh ar thionscadail chaipitil i scoileanna a fheidhmíonn trí mheán an Bhéarla in 2025 [43389/26]

916. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige cé mhéad airgid caipitil a caitheadh ar thionscadail chaipitil i scoileanna a fheidhmíonn trí mheán na Gaeilge arna miondealú don bhliain 2025 [43390/26]

917. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais agus Óige an bhfuil na sonraí den mhéid airgid caipitil a caitheadh gach uile bhliain ó 2001 go dtí 2024 ar thionscadail chaipitil i scoileanna Béarla a bhíos á lorg i gceisteanna 93 agus 94 ó 9 Aibreán 2026 ar fáil go fóill [43391/26]

918. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason previously approved funding for a single classroom in a school (details supplied) has been cancelled; if it will be reinstated; if so, when this will occur. [43401/26]

919. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department is refusing to meet the urgent need it already formally recognised in November 2024 for the promised nine-room extension for a school (details supplied). [43406/26]

920. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department can justify spending €56,000 annually on top of the €500,000 already wasted on failing prefabs in a school (details supplied) while leaving purchased land adjacent to the school mostly vacant [43407/26]

921. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the exact timeline for the promised nine-room extension to meet the future needs of a school (details supplied); and the reason the schoolchildren must wait in substandard conditions in the interim. [43408/26]

922. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Ireland will participate in the basic skills support scheme being piloted by the European Commission in 2026, which aims to ensure that every child reaches an adequate level of basic skills by the end of compulsory schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43443/26]

923. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to address the concern raised in the European Commission's Education and Training Monitor 2025 that the move under the senior cycle redevelopment to 40% of student assessment occur outside the exam hall may disadvantage students from rural or disadvantaged backgrounds due to a shortage of resources an…

924. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth in light of the finding in the European Commission's Education and Training Monitor 2025 that the number of special classes has doubled since 2020 to approximately 3,735 special classes catering for nearly 23,000 students in the 2025-2026 school year, if she is satisfied that the current rate of expansion is sufficient to me…

925. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the scale of teacher shortages in Gaelscoileanna (details supplied); the extent to which she considers this a concern; the steps she is taking to address the problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43470/26]

926. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the scale of teacher shortages in DEIS Band 1 schools (details supplied); the extent to which she considers this a concern; the steps she is taking to address the problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43471/26]

927. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the scale of teacher shortages in DEIS Band 2 schools (details supplied); the extent to which she considers this a concern; the steps she is taking to address the problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43472/26]

928. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that her Department has projected that national post-primary enrolments are expected to begin to decline from 2026, whether she intends to use the resulting reduction in pupil numbers to reduce class sizes rather than to reduce teaching posts or provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43473/26]

929. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the deferral of the revised Leaving Certificate specifications for English and accounting, which were due to be introduced as part of Tranche 2 of the Senior Cycle Redevelopment in the 2026-2027 school year and have now been delayed by at least a year; the revised timeline for their introduction to schools; an…

930. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the guidance being developed by her Department on the use of artificial intelligence in teaching and learning will be published; the measures being put in place to protect the integrity of student assessment given the move under the Senior Cycle Redevelopment to have 40% of assessment occur outside the exam hall; and if…

931. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to provide special school places in the east Cork area, given that families in the Youghal catchment currently have no special school option closer than Dungarvan, Carrigtwohill or Cork city, and that a school (details supplied) was required last year to hold a lottery to allocate places from its waiting list; and …

932. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied) which is currently operating across two split sites in Heron's Wood and for which a permanent site was identified in January 2023 and subsequently purchased in January, but which does not appear on the list of projects prio…