605. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will give funding for bus transport for students attending a school (details supplied). [65382/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,342 | 145 | 27,197 |
| Education | 13,896 | 145 | 13,751 |
| Transport | 11,008 | 139 | 10,869 |
| Justice | 9,783 | 135 | 9,648 |
| Housing | 9,020 | 160 | 8,860 |
| Children | 8,676 | 129 | 8,547 |
| Finance | 5,833 | 153 | 5,680 |
| Social | 5,830 | 135 | 5,695 |
| Agriculture | 4,888 | 136 | 4,752 |
| Enterprise | 3,878 | 139 | 3,739 |
| Foreign | 3,856 | 190 | 3,666 |
| Climate | 3,825 | 114 | 3,711 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,685 | 167 | 3,518 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,394 | 127 | 3,267 |
| Taoiseach | 2,628 | 1,479 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,516 | 179 | 2,337 |
| Culture | 2,376 | 147 | 2,229 |
| Rural | 2,331 | 140 | 2,191 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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606. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth in cases in which a building under her control is not wheelchair accessible, the reason for this; her plans to remedy this; and the timeline for measures to be completed. [65344/26]
607. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the wheelchair accessibility of all buildings under her control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65314/26]
608. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that future surveys conducted by her Department include an option for respondents to submit observations without requiring a MyGovID account, thereby improving accessibility and recognising that many people do not have an account. [65484/26]
609. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for clarity on an issue regarding DEY Circular 38/26 (details supplied). [65497/26]
610. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a project (details supplied). [65498/26]
611. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the commencement of a project (details supplied). [65496/26]
612. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm when special schools will receive formal approval to appoint the additional Senior Cycle Level 1 and Level 2 Learning Programmes Co-ordinator post of responsibility provided for under Circular 0038/2026; to outline the reason for the delay in providing this confirmation to special schools, particularly given that mainstream post-primary sc…
613. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm the action she and her Department are taking with regards to the review of the Leaving Certificate mathematics curriculum following resignations from the Subject Development Group. [65613/26]
614. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on school transport for a student (details supplied). [65686/26]
615. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the planned new school building project for a school in County Clare (details supplied); the timeline for the progression of this project; when it is expected to advance to the formal planning and design stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65715/26]
616. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school bus driver (details supplied) who was driving school buses up until June of 2025 will be permitted to drive school transport under the new over 70 rules [65752/26]
617. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Bus Éireann will increase the capacity on a post primary school transport route to cater for the 11 students (details supplied) who have were on this service last year. [65751/26]
618. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used by Bus Éireann when allocating concessionary seats; and the reason children living further from school on dangerous rural roads are being refused while others living closer are granted places. [65870/26]
619. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the policy basis for allocating school transport scheme seats to temporary foreign exchange students on private programmes in Mayo; if they are prioritised ahead of local concessionary applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65869/26]
620. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual cost of providing school transport for temporary exchange students; and if Bus Éireann will review current allocations to free up seats for local children. [65872/26]
621. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth If she will consider the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to assistive technology supports for a primary school student. [65516/26]
622. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school bus ticket application (details supplied); and if the ticket can be issued in the circumstances. [65818/26]
623. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if permanent teachers on job share will continue to be permitted to take on substitute teaching, when they are otherwise available to work this year. [65925/26]
624. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department intends to lift the restriction on job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/2027. [65929/26]
625. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when teachers can expect a formal announcement on the restriction on job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/2027. [65938/26]
626. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a decision has already been made on the restriction on job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/2027; and if not, if it is currently being discussed with an organisation (details supplied). [65935/26]
627. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason qualified job-sharing teachers are being prevented from substituting in 2026/2027, that unqualified or not-yet-qualified people can be working in classrooms while qualified teachers who are available and willing to work are being excluded. [65943/26]
628. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is considering refusing the extension for job-sharing teachers substituting during their non-working days for 2026/2027; the justification for preventing qualified and experienced teachers from filling substitute vacancies at a time when schools need them. [65941/26]
629. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of incremental credit a Teaching Council-registered teacher with 15 years verified experience abroad in the UK and Singapore could receive under the current rules. [65945/26]