Parliamentary questions

1159. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up to date position of the education therapy rollout; the number of special schools included to date; the number of these located in Cork north-west; the timeline for wider rollout to additional schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55464/26]

1160. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made in recruiting speech and language therapists and occupational therapists for education therapy service for Cork county; the number of posts sanctioned, filled and vacant for Cork county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55465/26]

1161. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to strengthen digital literacy, AI awareness and misinformation education across primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55466/26]

1162. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current position on the implementation of teacher supply measures announced in 2025, including the proposal to allow eligible teachers to access permanency after one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55467/26]

1163. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she expects to provide a consolidated update on each Programme for Government commitment assigned to her Department; the timeframe for this update to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55468/26]

1164. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement her Department has had with Cork County Council and the Department of Transport regarding traffic management and road safety measures at schools experiencing significant congestion at drop-off and collection times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55469/26]

1165. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to support schools in tackling bullying, cyberbullying and online harassment; the resources available to schools in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55471/26]

1166. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 30 June 2026, to advise on the project progression for a new school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55472/26]

1167. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a new school building (details supplied) will be sanctioned, as students and staff are currently experiencing leaks, inaccessible and unsafe conditions due to the deteriorating building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55489/26]

1168. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is considering changes to the method of payment for school bus escorts, given the financial pressures the current model places on primary schools to pay and receive retrospective reimbursement; the measures being taken by her Department to mitigate such financial challenges faced by primary schools; if earlier …

1169. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school bus escort reimbursement payment for a primary school (details supplied) in light of financial pressures faced by the school; when it is expected that full reimbursement will be received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55498/26]

1170. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efficiency and reform proposals that her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within her…

1171. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the legal, contractual or other basis upon which her Department decided not to implement, or to withdraw, the local bargaining measures agreed in respect of special needs assistants following the recent ballots; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55547/26]

1172. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific clause or provision in any public service agreement, local bargaining agreement, collective agreement, memorandum, circular or other written instrument which made implementation of the agreed local bargaining measures for special needs assistants conditional upon acceptance of the workforce development plan. [55548/2…

1173. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason special needs assistants were asked to vote separately on the local bargaining proposal where implementation of that proposal was subsequently deemed to be dependent on the outcome of a separate ballot on the workforce development plan; and whether this conditionality was communicated clearly to members before the ball…

1174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the additional school accommodation scheme; whether funding will be provided for the rental and installation of temporary prefabricated accommodation to enable the school to accommodate its EAL teacher and the full-time home-school liaison, HSCL, and well-b…

1175. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new special classes and new classes in special schools that will be opened in Dublin West for September 2026 across secondary and primary levels, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55565/26]

1176. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the most up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under her Department, in tabular form. [55578/26]

1177. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of WTE structural engineers employed within her Department as of 14 July 2026, in tabular form. [55619/26]

1178. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Donegal at present; and the number in 2022, in tabular form. [55620/26]

1179. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth following a submission of stage 2b paperwork under the ASA scheme by a school (details supplied), the estimated timeline and when a decision is expected to be made regarding this application: and the number of ASA scheme applications awaiting approval nationally. [55683/26]

1180. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 15 July 2026, to provide information on the identified level of need for a special education place at primary school level for a school planning area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55684/26]

1181. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if condition surveys have been undertaken at schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55709/26]

1182. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school transport routes for children with additional needs over the past five years, in tabular form. [55747/26]

1183. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the application for an extension for a school (details supplied) will be finalised, as funding was granted in excess of three years ago and has been at the same stage for the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55752/26]