258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department funds any helpline or individual support service for parents operated by an organisation (details supplied); if so, the number of contacts received in each of the years 2021 to 2025; and whether the support available extends to parents of pupils in special schools. [75047/26]
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259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 13 October 2026, the process by which an organisation other than an organisation (details supplied) may seek recognition as a national association of parents under the Education Act 1998; and the number of applications for such recognition received by her Department since 2016. [75044/26]
261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 13 October 2026, whether her Department has carried out any written assessment of possible duplication between the functions of an organisation (details supplied), her Department's parents and learners unit and the arrangements to be put in place under the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019; i…
262. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 333 and 343 of 13 October 2026, if her Department will issue guidance to boards of management on their obligations under sections 26(2)(a) and 26(3) of the Education Act 1998; and if the charter guidelines to be made under the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 will address the relationship between…
263. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the body or office to which a parents' association may bring a complaint where it considers that a board of management is not complying with section 26(3) of the Education Act 1998; whether her Department's parents and learners unit or inspectorate has any role in such cases; and the number of such complaints received by her Department in each of the …
273. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of whole time equivalent staff whose posts were funded in whole or in part by the Department's grant to the National Parents Council in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026. [75054/26]
274. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the National Parents Council submits annual reports and audited accounts to the Department as a condition of its funding; the date of the most recent evaluation or value for money review of that funding; and if she will publish same. [75053/26]
275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of parents' associations, and the number of individual parents, who received training funded by the Department through the National Parents Council in each of the years 2021 to 2025, broken down by each training programme. [75051/26]
276. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 340 of 13 October 2026, if she will provide a breakdown of the 2026 allocation of €810,465 to an organisation (details supplied) by funding stream, in the same format as provided for the years 2021 to 2025. [75050/26]
277. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 13 October 2026, if she will provide a copy of the funding agreement, service level agreement or grant conditions in place between the Department and the National Parents Council for 2025 and 2026; and to set out each performance indicator, target and reporting requirement attached to that funding. [75048/2…
280. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 13 October 2026, whether a principal or board of management may lawfully require a parents' association to obtain prior approval before communicating with the parents of pupils in the school; and if so, to state the specific statutory basis for such a requirement. [75056/26]
281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 13 October 2026, if she will confirm whether any provision of the Education Act 1998, or of any other enactment, confers on a principal, board of management or patron the power to suspend or dissolve a parents' association established under section 26 of the Act; and if such a power exists, to state the spe…
73. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has conducted a review of the respective functions of an organisation (details supplied), the Department’s own parent-support structures and the proposed Student and Parent Charter arrangements to identify any duplication of services; if so, to provide details of the findings; and if not, whether such a review will be undertaken …
74. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a copy of, or set out the specific services, outputs, performance targets and deliverables required of the National Parents Council under its 2026 State funding agreement, including the number of parents and parents’ associations to be supported, training to be delivered, reporting requirements and the measures used by her Department to asse…
75. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a function-by-function comparison of the responsibilities of the National Parents Council and those arising under the Student and Parent Charter, identifying any overlapping activities; the justification for continued separate funding; and the arrangements for evaluating the effectiveness of each function. [74782/26]
76. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has conducted a value-for-money review of funding provided to the National Parents Council since 2021, including an assessment of administrative costs, direct services, measurable outcomes and alternative methods of delivering parent support; and if she will publish the findings. [74781/26]
77. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the annual performance targets, service-level agreements and outcome reports required from the National Parents Council for each year from 2021 to 2026, including the number of parents and parents' associations supported, training delivered, and the results achieved against each target; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74780/…
328. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail which organisations representing parents are currently being consulted on the complaints procedures being developed under the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019; and the way in which her Department will ensure that parents have an independent representative voice in the development of the new complaints procedures. [71896/26]
331. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a principal, board of management or patron of a recognised school has any statutory authority to suspend, dissolve, restrict or prevent a parents’ association established under section 26 of the Education Act 1998 from exercising its functions; if so, to identify the precise statutory provision, regulation or departmental guidance which provid…
332. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a parents’ association established under section 26 of the Education Act 1998 is an independent representative body of the parents of pupils in the school; whether a principal, board of management or school patron has any statutory authority to direct or control the views, advice, communications or activities of a parents’ association; whether…
333. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the legal effect of section 26(2)(a) of the Education Act 1998, which provides that a parents’ association may advise the principal or board of management on any matter relating to the school and that the principal or board shall have regard to such advice; whether this requires the principal or board to formally consider advice submitted b…
335. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to set out, specifically in relation to section 26 of the Education Act 1998, the statutory role and functions of a parents’ association in a recognised school; to clarify whether a parents’ association is intended to act as an independent representative body for the parents of pupils in the school; and to identify the matters on which a parents’ asso…
336. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the functions the National Parents Council will perform following full implementation of the student and parent charter; and if she will provide a list of those functions. [71873/26]
337. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the relationship between a parents association established under section 26 of the Education Act 1998 and an association (details supplied); whether the association has any statutory or departmental mandate to represent or support parents associations in disputes with principals, boards of management or patrons; and the formal mechanism tha…
338. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has assessed if the functions performed by the National Parents Council will duplicate functions provided for under the student and parent charter. [71874/26]