Parliamentary questions

89. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has identified areas with no youth service provision or inadequate infrastructure; the number of such areas in the State; the plans to address the shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51909/26]

90. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has engaged with the OPW on the number of vacant sites in the state that could potentially be used for youth organisations and community use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51910/26]

91. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has conducted an assessment of the long-term impact of austerity-era cuts on youth services and youth infrastructure; the efforts being made to restore levels of funding to the era pre-austerity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51911/26]

92. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to develop youth-specific infrastructure, such as youth cafés and hang-out spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51912/26]

93. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify which Department holds lead responsibility for youth infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51913/26]

94. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she supports the establishment of a cross-government youth infrastructure unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51914/26]

95. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether there is currently a blanket pause on the processing of school transport applications; the reasons for any such pause, or systemic delays; and the steps she is taking to ensure that children with special educational needs and disabilities who have secured a suitable school place a significant distance from their home receiv…

96. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to improve special needs education provision since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51940/26]

97. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to improve primary education since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51941/26]

98. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to tackle educational disadvantage since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51942/26]

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]

100. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to support schools facing financial pressures since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51944/26]

101. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the development and rollout of the new DEIS resource allocation model; the expected implementation date; the consideration that will be given to schools where the junior school is DEIS Band 1 and the senior school is DEIS Band 2, despite serving the same families and experiencing similar levels of disadvantage, …

102. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on summer provision for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51970/26]

103. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth in relation to a school (details supplied), whether a new 2B form will have to be completed for the school to be included in the next tranche of National Development Plan projects. [51973/26]

104. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department will engage with a school (details supplied) in relation to the requirement to clear and secure a building site, triggered by correspondence from their insurers indicating that the school needed to engage a contractor to secure the building site as a matter of urgency. [51974/26]

105. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the amounts by which her Department or agencies within the aegis of her Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51981/26]

106. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of concerns raised by persons regarding a staffing allocation issue at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52067/26]

107. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a primary school teacher can amend their application for parental leave, following an error made on the application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52134/26]

108. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 383 of 30 June 2026, if she will consider granting an additional SNA to a school (details supplied) provisionally from 1 September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52139/26]

109. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will engage with a school (details supplied) to ensure that DEIS Plus students will not be negatively impacted by the loss of one mainstream class teacher this September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52180/26]

110. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the costs incurred by her Department for the delivery of training to staff on the Relate Framework in the 2025/2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52190/26]

111. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the costs incurred by her Department for the delivery of the Relate Lead School Pilot in the 2025/2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52191/26]

112. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the next steps for schools where a majority of respondents to her Department's primary school survey favoured a move to multi-denominational patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52263/26]

113. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has provided guidance to schools on how to engage with parents and communities prior to the 31 October deadline to discuss the publication of her Department's primary school survey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52264/26]