Parliamentary questions

293. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of an additional accommodation project application by a school (details supplied); when they can proceed to the next phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31570/26]

294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to define the emergency in the context of emergency works funding; and the way a school can act proactively to prevent harm if funding applications are repeatedly denied due to being deemed as not 'sudden and unforeseen' (details supplied). [31577/26]

295. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was excluded form DEIS plus. [31578/26]

296. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was excluded form DEIS plus.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31579/26]

297. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was excluded form DEIS plus. [31580/26]

298. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the means available to schools to improve or increase their sports facilities. [31589/26]

299. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application for funding can be awarded for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31595/26]

300. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 29 January 2026, the outcome of the review being undertaken by her Department into the tender report submitted by the design team for the school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31596/26]

301. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans that exist to upgrade and modernise the school transport family portal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31612/26]

302. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the company contracted to operate the software behind the school transport family portal; the terms of the service agreement with the company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31613/26]

303. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the building unit's position on amendments proposed by a school (details supplied) to the previously approved addition of accommodation at the school, first announced in 2022; if her Department will meet directly with the school management and their agent(s) to discuss the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3161…

304. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of a school building (details supplied), specifically in relation to ownership of the building and its contents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31629/26]

305. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the future plans for a school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31630/26]

306. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if consideration has been given to reviewing the current arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31632/26]

307. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to open additional special classes at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31634/26]

308. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of Department of Education owned sites in Dublin 15; and whether a second special school has been identified as per the recommendation of the D15 Special Education Taskforce. [31636/26]

309. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an emergency works application will be expedited and a grant allocated in respect of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31640/26]

310. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of employees under the supervision and substitution scheme in each of the years from 2020 to 2025; if any participants in this scheme have transitioned to other roles within the schools in which they are employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31649/26]

311. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children seeking a special class or a special school place for the 2026/2027 school year in County Kerry; the number of additional special classes and special school places that will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31660/26]

312. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was not included in the list of DEIS Plus schools; if there is any mechanism for the school to appeal this exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31672/26]

313. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to the cost-of-living crisis and ensure that low to middle-income workers are a priority in the upcoming budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31678/26]

314. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the name, location, roll number, and current stage of all additional school accommodation scheme school building projects in County Offaly that are currently at the ‘Approved’ or ‘Tender Stage’ and could commence works if additional capital funding was brought forward; the estimated capital required for each such project to pro…

315. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the name, location, roll number, current stage of development for each school building project in County Offaly under the additional school accommodation scheme that is not yet on site; the date it reached that stage; the estimated capital required for its progression to the next stage; the specific reasons for any delays in pr…

316. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the additional school accommodation scheme project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31695/26]

317. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update further to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31696/26]