Parliamentary questions

314. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated total cost per year of reinstating the special education teacher diploma allowance for all existing teachers in special education who hold the diploma and do not receive the allowance. [41119/26]

315. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding special education for the coming academic year. [37946/26]

316. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a home tuition grant programme payment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40836/26]

317. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an emergency works application from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40837/26]

318. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently examine whether a school placement for a student (details supplied) can be facilitated for the remainder of the current term; and the additional supports or intervention that can be provided locally (details supplied). [40816/26]

319. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Cork that have had SET hours reduced and the overall gross reduction. [40326/26]

320. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Cork that have availed of the phone pouch scheme; and the overall cost of the scheme in Cork. [40327/26]

321. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to address teacher recruitment and retention challenges in rural schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40858/26]

322. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools approved for funding under the summer works scheme in Cork County in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40859/26]

323. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the expansion of special education provision in Cork North-West in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40860/26]

324. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will assist in addressing a school transport booking issue for the 2026-27 academic year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40880/26]

325. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the concerns among parents regarding the apparent withdrawal or reduction of access to Department-funded summer camps in primary schools; the reason children who have previously attended and benefited significantly from these summer programmes are now unable to access them in 2026; if changes hav…

326. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider introducing measures to improve SNA pay and conditions such as tax credits for SNAs, EPV days for CPD courses completed, increased pension payments or increased payment for July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40935/26]

327. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on concerns regarding the use of social media by schools (details supplied); if her Department has considered offering guidance to schools on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40946/26]

328. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding bid her Department submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in advance of budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40963/26]

329. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the work her Department has been engaged in to advance the building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40972/26]

330. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will provide the shortfall in funding to complete the construction of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40973/26]

331. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [40980/26]

332. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a decision will be made on the application submitted by the board of management of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40981/26]

333. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on an application for additional school accommodation (details supplied) which was acknowledged by her office in March 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40985/26]

334. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown by county of children without an appropriate school place for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41082/26]

335. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline as to when the promised SNA circular which will replace 30/2014 will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41083/26]

336. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline as to when the promised SNA redeployment circular will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41084/26]

337. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown, by county and primary/post primary of the number of schools have signed up to the school-based summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41085/26]

338. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown, by county of the number of families have registered for the home-based summer programme; if she can detail the supports that will be made available to those who missed the deadline or who cannot find teachers and SNAs to provide the programme, due to the new portal system and the late release o…