339. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify whether a parents association established under section 26 of the Education Act 1998 is accountable to the principal, board of management or patron of the school in respect of the views it expresses or advice it provides; if not, to whom the association is accountable in carrying out its statutory functions; and to clarify whether the schoo…
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340. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount of State funding provided to the National Parents Council in each of the past five years; and the amount allocated for 2026, if available. [71875/26]
341. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the National Parents Council has statutory functions under the student and parent charter; and, if so, to specify each such function. [71876/26]
342. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the National Parents Council will have a role in monitoring schools’ compliance with student and parent charters; and, if so, to specify that role. [71877/26]
343. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the obligation imposed on a board of management by section 26(3) of the Education Act 1998 to facilitate and give all reasonable assistance to parents who establish a parents association and to the association once established; to define the meaning of what constitutes “all reasonable assistance” for the purposes of this provision; and to i…
344. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the functions relating to parent participation that are performed by the National Parents Council that are not performed by her Department’s parents and learners unit. [71878/26]
345. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether an organisation (details supplied) continues to be recognised by her Department as the national representative organisation for parents in primary and post primary education; whether its representative and policy development functions as described in Circular 24/91 remain part of her Department's current policy; and the body or mechanism that …
347. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she intends to review the continued State funding of the National Parents Council following full implementation of the Student and Parent Charter. [71880/26]
348. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific services, outputs and deliverables required from the National Parents Council in return for State funding in 2026. [71879/26]
2267. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the expected date on which the performance and evaluation framework for the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction will be formally approved; whether the framework will be published; and whether it will include measurable targets relating to housing output, training capacity, and cons…
2268. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the membership of the Project Advisory Group overseeing the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction; the entities that have entered into Memoranda of Understanding governing the development of the Park; and whether those agreements will be published. [20400/26]
2269. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether a written risk assessment or project assurance review was undertaken prior to the decision to commence capital works on the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction before the performance and evaluation framework had been finalised; and if so, whether he will publish or summaris…
2270. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total capital allocation approved to date for the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction; the expenditure incurred to date; and the projected total cost of completion. [20402/26]
1204. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the functions, staffing complement, and annual operating cost of the proposed National Skills Observatory; how it will operate within SOLAS; the nature of the labour-market intelligence and forecasting it will provide; and how its outputs will inform policy and funding decisions. [7638/26]
994. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the UK’s severe shortages of qualified physics teachers, affecting more than a quarter of state schools, if she will outline strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of STEM educators, particularly in remote areas such as Blarney, Mallow, and Glanmire. [46817/25]