308. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update for a school placement for a child (details supplied); if she will engage constructively with the parents of the child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54301/26]
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
Which departments get asked most
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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309. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for when appeals by schools who did not receive DEIS Plus designation will be decided; when schools will be informed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54307/26]
310. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing salary dispute between her Department and a former teacher (details supplied); the actions she will take to ensure that this is resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54317/26]
311. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any appeals mechanism available for a former teacher (details supplied) in relation to an ongoing salary dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54318/26]
312. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will facilitate a meeting with a former teacher (details supplied) in relation to an ongoing salary dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54319/26]
313. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications for Teaching Council registration received from teachers qualified outside the State in the past five years; the number of applicants found to have qualification shortfalls; the average time taken to process such applications; whether the impact of these requirements on teacher recruitment and supply has been assessed; …
314. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the applications submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54357/26]
315. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider amending the current procedure for funding the cost of school bus escorts (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54377/26]
316. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide funding to a school (details supplied) for improved parking facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54379/26]
317. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reasons agreed local bargaining measures were withdrawn for SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54426/26]
318. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address issues that have arisen around a local bargaining measure (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54427/26]
319. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on a new building for a second level CETB Gaelcholáiste in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54449/26]
320. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the legal or contractual basis under which her Department decided to withdraw the agreed local bargaining measures for SNAs; the clause within the Public Service Agreement, Local Bargaining Agreement or any other written agreement that made implementation of the local bargaining measures conditional upon acceptance of the Workforce Development Plan; the…
321. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the legal or contractual basis her Department has decided to withdraw the agreed local bargaining measures for SNA's; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54495/26]
322. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will identify the clause within the public service agreement, local bargaining agreement or any other written agreement that made implementation of the local bargaining measures conditional upon acceptance of the Workforce Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54496/26]
323. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason Members were asked to vote separately on the local bargaining proposal if it was dependent on the outcome of a separate ballot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54497/26]
324. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to the Teaching Council for a post primary qualifications assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54505/26]
325. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will publish the correspondence or agreement upon which the decision by her Department to withdraw the agreed local bargaining measures has been based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54513/26]
326. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason managers of the summer programme are prevented by the ESINET system being paid as manager until the entire programme concludes at the end of August. [54516/26]
327. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider an emergency works scheme appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54518/26]
328. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an additional accommodation scheme application by a school (details supplied); the stage the application is at; when the school will move to the next phase of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54519/26]
329. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action taken to reduce class sizes and the pupil teacher ratio at primary school level since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54540/26]
330. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action taken to improve financial supports for primary schools since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54541/26]
331. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the action taken to improve the pay, working conditions and opportunities for career development for primary school teachers since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54542/26]
332. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the expenditure on ICT in schools since 27 June 2020, on a local authority basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54543/26]