Parliamentary questions

364. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the decision to reduce the mainstream teaching allocation for a school (details supplied) for the 2026-2027 school year; if she will consider allowing the school to retain its current teaching post in light of the likely impact on class sizes and educational supports; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

365. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of parents or guardians required to complete forms or applications relating to children leaving school at age 16 in each of the past five years, despite the majority of young people now remaining in second-level education until age 18 or 19; whether consideration has been given to extending supports such as child bene…

366. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on emergency works funding applications by a school (details supplied); if these have been approved; if not, the alternatives available to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41338/26]

367. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is any reduction of funding for the July provision programme in national schools; if she will commit to restoring and safeguarding this funding to ensure adequate provision for summer 2026 and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41358/26]

368. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a report on the progress made implementing the Programme for Government commitments within her remit and on the achievements since the formation of the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41383/26]

369. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special education classes in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by county, in tabular form. [41396/26]

370. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNAS in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by county, in tabular form. [41397/26]

371. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by county, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41398/26]

372. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current rules governing the award of incremental credit to teachers returning to the State who have taught abroad; the rationale for the distinction in treatment between teaching service in EU member states, which is recognised under Circular 0027/2016, and teaching service in private schools outside the EU, which is not; if …

373. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received in each of the past five years from teachers returning from abroad seeking incremental credit for overseas teaching experience; the number approved and refused in each year, in tabular form; the engagement her Department has had with the teacher unions on the recognition of non-EU teaching expe…

75. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of available places in special schools for 13-15 year-olds within the Lucan school planning area; the schools in which these places are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40350/26]

76. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of available places in special schools for 13-15 year-olds across west Dublin and Kildare; the schools in which these places are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40351/26]

77. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of available places in special schools for 16-18 year-olds within the Lucan school planning area; the schools in which these places are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40352/26]

78. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of available places in special schools for 16-18 year-olds across west Dublin and Kildare; the schools in which these places are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40353/26]

79. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has assessed the number of teachers who remain in fixed-term employment contracts for five years or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40359/26]

80. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has assessed whether current CID and panel rules are limiting access to permanency for long-serving teachers; if there has been a review of how continuity rules across multiple schools operate in practice; if reforms are being considered to ensure more transparent and accessible pathways to permanency for experien…

81. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received for the school transport scheme for the 2026-2027 school year for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40370/26]

82. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth following the recent survey conducted by her Department, the percentage of parents of preschool children that stated they would prefer a non-denominational school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40371/26]

83. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth following the recent survey conducted by her Department, the percentage of parents of children currently in a non-denominational school that stated they are happy with their school being non-denominational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40372/26]

84. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider and respond to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding their request for consideration for a standalone secondary school for Newcastle, County Dublin. [40373/26]

85. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) for additional school accommodation; the timeline for same; if it can be prioritised given the current conditions in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40379/26]

86. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is committed to ensuring low student-teacher ratios for DEIS and DEIS Plus schools; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is due to lose a mainstream class teacher as their pupil numbers on 30 September were 165 and not 166; if she will engage with the school to ensure th…

87. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if representations have been made by retired teachers’ organisations regarding the importance of maintaining parity between pension increases for retired teachers, pay increases awarded to serving teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40403/26]

88. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a schedule of contracts will be provided that her Department and bodies under her aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or its subsidiaries; the value of each; the type and/or name of each project; if any project has been abandoned, paused, put on hold and completed; if any projects over ran on cost and de…

89. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the cost on many families of purchasing tablets and notebooks outside of the free book scheme; the reason many schools are dictating to families that the new Leaving Certificate syllabus demands such technology; the steps she will take to bring in any support for hard pressed families to support such…