353. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to ensure occupational injuries do not ultimately consume an employee's ordinary sick leave entitlement while working in special education. [72152/26]
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354. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to create an appropriate leave mechanism for staff employed in special education where occupational health advises that an employee should remain away from a particular working environment while identified workplace safety measures are implemented. [72151/26]
539. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth which body or bodies have legal responsibility for ensuring that teachers employed in voluntary secondary schools have their employment rights protected and are provided with a safe working environment. [64920/26]
99. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to improve employment conditions for teachers since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51943/26]
643. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to address the lack of statutory protections for job sharing or flexible work arrangements for parent carers working in the education sector; if her attention has been drawn to the financial vulnerability created by forcing skilled professionals on to unpaid, or poorly compensated, leave; her plans to address the absence o…
348. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the categories of teachers providing substitution cover who do not have their hours of work set out in their pay slip from her Department; her views on whether this is a breach of the terms of the Payment of Wages Act 1991. [16005/26]
349. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the controls that exist within the payroll section of her Department to prevent against the late or irregular payment of wages to teachers providing regular substitution cover and to prevent against the payment of the wrong pay rate. [16006/26]
350. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason teachers who have taken carers leave and are providing regular part-time substitution cover appear to be treated discriminately relative to all other category of teachers; and if she can clarify if this is a breach of the Carer’s Leave Act 2001. [16007/26]
351. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) has been paid late and irregularly between the period November 2024 and February 2026; the reason her Department has no controls in place to identify that they were paid the incorrect rate for six months; and if they will be paid on a regular basis, at the correct rate with immediate effect. [16008/26]