167. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the long waiting lists for NEPS assessments, noting that some schools with over 200 pupils receive only two assessments per year; and if she will outline the actions being taken to tackle the shortage of NEPS assessments in schools. [50003/26]
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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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All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,148 | 145 | 14,003 |
| Transport | 11,178 | 139 | 11,039 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,139 | 160 | 8,979 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,914 | 135 | 5,779 |
| Finance | 5,884 | 153 | 5,731 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 3,942 | 139 | 3,803 |
| Climate | 3,915 | 130 | 3,785 |
| Foreign | 3,868 | 190 | 3,678 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,737 | 167 | 3,570 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,649 | 1,479 | 1,170 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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168. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of students who availed of home tuition hours; the total Departmental expenditure on home tuition; the number of teachers engaged in the service in each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50015/26]
169. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students placed on reduced school days in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50016/26]
170. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students with special educational needs enrolled in schools in County Cork in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50017/26]
171. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of special educational needs provision in County Cork, including the number of special education teachers and the total number of special needs assistants for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50018/26]
172. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of suspensions and expulsions recorded in schools in Cork city and county, for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50019/26]
173. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address an issue with the Teaching Council in relation to a teaching post (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50032/26]
174. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the eligibility of a school (details supplied) for inclusion in the DEIS programme; if her attention has been drawn to pupil Eircodes that had not been entered on the Primary Online Database at the time of the most recent DEIS review; to outline a mechanism through which the school may seek a reassessment of its DEIS status; and if she wil…
175. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is satisfied that there is an adequate number of Gaelcholáistí across the country, and therefore an adequate number of young people with the sufficient language skills, to ensure that 20% of recruits to the public sector will be competent in the Irish language by the end of 2030. [50151/26]
176. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available for establishing a Gaelcholáiste. [50154/26]
177. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available for a secondary school wishing to transition to a Gaelcholáiste. [50155/26]
178. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department’s plans to assist in meeting the target of 20% of recruits to the public sector to be competent in the Irish language by the end of 2030. [50156/26]
179. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is satisfied that there is an adequate number of Irish language medium schools across the country, and therefore an adequate number of young people with the sufficient language skills, to ensure that 20% of recruits to the public sector will be competent in the Irish language by the end of 2030. [50157/26]
180. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to review the policy around students who experience a family bereavement during the Leaving Certificate as the current policy only allows for a three day deferral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50164/26]
181. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the transport provisions provided to ensure that children who have been offered July provision can avail of the places offered. [50186/26]
182. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to transport issues impacting July provision at a Cork school (details supplied); and if a plan has been put in place to allow children attend in July. [50187/26]
183. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers providing summer provision for each year 2022,2023,2024,2025 and 2026. [50225/26]
184. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students availing of summer provision for each year 2022,2023,2024,2025 and 2026. [50226/26]
185. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school classrooms, by school comprising of 30 of more children. [50227/26]
186. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on plans to provide for sporting facilities or a general purpose room for a school (details supplied). [50228/26]
187. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled in all special schools in Ireland; and if any projections have been carried out as to enrolments over the next five years. [50229/26]
188. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the climate action summer works scheme 2026 application (details supplied) submitted by in June 2025 under the climate action and roof works category; whether the application has now been assessed; the stage it has reached in the evaluation process; the timeframe for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50291/2…
189. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the status of an application (details supplied) under the community sport facilities fund; when a decision is expected on this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49931/26]
190. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the supports and grants available to a boxing club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50289/26]
191. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding an application made by Galway County Council to the housing activation office in respect of the next section of the Athenry Ring Road; the progress from his Department to Galway County Council in respect of the Athenry Ring Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49963/26]