Questions

316. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth the special educational needs organiser, SENO, that has been allocated to west Wicklow, including Donard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31931/26]

317. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) will have no ASD classroom for the next academic year, as its current rental agreement is coming to an end; if she will intervene to ensure that appropriate classroom accommodation is provided; if the delivery of an approved extension to the school will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on…

318. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a primary school (details supplied) that is awaiting a decision for works to be carried out under the emergency works scheme will receive approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31980/26]

319. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of land (details supplied) which is owned by her Department; her plans for this land; if she will arrange for officials from her Department to meet with a local residents' group to discuss this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31990/26]

320. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm that an organisation (details supplied) was selected as the facilitator and note-taker for the four sessions of the Convention on Education; and if she will outline the full tender evaluation process, including the scoring criteria applied and the names of all shortlisted bidders, given that one of the organisation's co-founders ha…

321. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she accepts that the appointment of an organisation (details supplied) as facilitator for the Convention on Education raises a reasonable apprehension of bias, given that one co-founder has a documented history of left-wing activism; and if she will acknowledge that this creates at minimum a perception problem for the denominational education …

322. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will state whether any conflict-of-interest assessment was carried out prior to awarding the €250,000 facilitation contract to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will publish any such assessment or explain why none was deemed necessary. [31995/26]

323. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific safeguards, if any, that have been put in place to guarantee the objectivity and neutrality of the facilitation and note-taking services provided by an organisation (details supplied) at the Convention on Education; if she will acknowledge that, without such visible and robust safeguards, the process risks being perceived as pre-disposed …

324. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an organisation (details supplied) with documented ties to left-wing activist campaigns was chosen over other potential providers to facilitate a once-in-a-generation Convention on Education whose recommendations will shape Irish education policy for decades; if she will now commit to publishing the full tender documentation, including the …

325. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction will begin on a new school building (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32002/26]

326. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the State is planning to mark the 200th anniversary of the founding of the national school system of education (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32013/26]

327. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of all the post-primary schools in the Drumcondra and Marino, Dublin 1 SPA; the number of first year places that were available in each school for the 2024-25 school year; the number of available first year places in each school in 2025-26 that were not filled; if she will provide the same information for Killester, Raheny, Clontarf, Beaumo…

328. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding drawn down nationally to date on the Mobile Phone Storage Fund; to detail the type of materials purchased to date as part of this fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32030/26]

329. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide detailed information on the consultations that are scheduled to take place with the youth work sector and other key stakeholders in May and June 2026 on the workforce development strategy; when these will take place; the way youth workers will be informed and advised to participate; when she intends to publish the data collecte…

330. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an outline of all the events being planned by her Department for the EU Presidency; if she will provide details of all bursaries or grants being supported by her Department for stakeholder events or activities for the EU Presidency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32068/26]

331. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a date for Oíche na hÓige will be announced; the budget her Department has allocated for the running of the event for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32069/26]

332. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support the retention of a teacher in a school (details supplied). [32075/26]

333. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32090/26]

334. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth to reply to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32117/26]

335. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will be announcing details of this year's summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32136/26]

336. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to her commitment to develop guidance on best practice arrangements for pupils in denominational schools whose parents request that they do not attend religious instruction, if she will ensure that this guidance is framed in order that it expressly covers all conscience-based opt-outs under section 30(2)(e) of the Education Act 1998, and not …

337. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that any Departmental guidance on opt-out arrangements covers all conscience-based opt-outs and does not create an artificial distinction between families who invoke the same statutory right in respect to different elements of the curriculum given that the same practical and rights-based issues arise; and if she will make a stateme…

338. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she accepts that providing no more than ad hoc supervision, or requiring a child to sit in the same classroom while instruction contrary to conscience is delivered, is inconsistent with the State’s duty to vindicate parental rights under the Constitution; the way in which upcoming guidance will address this; and if she will make a statement on the…

339. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update in respect of the NDFA’s project Shannon; if she will clarify the extent to which it is funded; and if she will clarify the hierarchy in which projects contained within project Shannon will be advanced. [32162/26]

340. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm whether a designated email account (details supplied) remains active and monitored for correspondence from public representatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32164/26]