304. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth If her Department will review the current conditions pertaining to illness leave for school secretaries employed through her Department. [71616/26]
Parliamentary questions
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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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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 | 2,585 | 1,436 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,499 | 162 | 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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305. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the engagement between her Department and trade unions representing school secretaries and caretakers. [71615/26]
306. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the review of the formal recognition of QQI level 6 qualification for special needs assistants relative to their pay scale and conditions. [71611/26]
307. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will consider introducing interim measures, pending the enactment of the Education (Medical Emergencies in Schools) Bill 2026, to ensure that all schools have clear medical emergency protocols, appropriately trained personnel and the necessary safeguards to respond effectively to life-threatening medical incidents. [71651/26]
308. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to address the absence of a comprehensive statutory framework requiring schools to implement standardised medical emergency policies, ensure appropriate access to emergency medication and provide mandatory, regularly updated training for designated school staff. [71650/26]
309. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she acknowledges the significant gaps in medical emergency preparedness across Irish schools, particularly in relation to the recognition and management of life-threatening conditions such as anaphylaxis, epileptic seizures and severe asthma attacks. [71649/26]
310. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the Education (Medical Emergencies in Schools) Bill 2026, introduced by Deputy Eoghan Kenny, including whether the Government intends to support the progression of the Bill through the Houses of the Oireachtas and the anticipated timeframe for its consideration at Committee Stage. [71648/26]
311. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm what supports are in place to assist special schools that are understaffed due to leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71714/26]
312. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that families attending a school (details supplied) are currently privately funding school transport at significant cost due to the absence of a Bus Éireann school transport service; if her Department has assessed the transport needs of pupils attending the school; whether consideration will be given to establishing a dedicated scho…
313. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Education and Youth the processes and supports in place to protect a child's right to education in the event that a school does not have enough SNAs to open at regular hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71722/26]
314. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department became aware of an urgent matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71704/26]
315. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm an appeal regarding teacher allocation has been received from a school (details supplied); if the points outlined in the appeal will be comprehensively considered, taking into account the school's previous enrollment; and the unique experience of the school. [71675/26]
316. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason Bus Éireann reserves payments and then in many cases to refuse access to school bus transport and issue a refund (details supplied); her views on after offering/providing a place/service; and if this practice has been assessed and deemed financially sound. [71732/26]
317. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions she is taking to increase access to specialist reading classes within children's local communities. [71759/26]
318. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions she is taking to improve the systems in place to ensure that children with dyslexia and other reading challenges are identified at as early an age as possible. [71758/26]
319. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the mechanisms in place to ensure that children with dyslexia and other reading challenges are identified at as early an age as possible. [71756/26]
320. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the arrangements in place for Leaving Certificate students who, due to disability, medical needs or school avoidance, cannot regularly attend school to complete required coursework or additional assessment components; whether alternative arrangements are available to allow these students to complete the assessments; and the way in which she will en…
321. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the proposal by a school (details supplied) to transition from an English-medium school to a Gaelscoil; the outcome of the meeting between Department officials; and the projected timeline for progressing the proposal. [71779/26]
322. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are funding schemes, grants or other avenues of support available for a school (details supplied) in County Laois. [71739/26]
323. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application (details supplied). [71801/26]
324. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of post-primary schools in the Dublin Rathdown constituency that offer autism classes, broken down by whether they are single sex or co-ed schools, fee-paying or public, in tabular form; her Department’s plans to oblige schools without autism classes to provide them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71806/26]
325. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an updated timeframe on when the works on a new school build (details supplied) will recommence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71939/26]
326. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, given her confirmation that her Department does not monitor individual schools' implementation of Circular 0032/2017, she will explain how she can ensure compliance with its provisions that uniforms should be generic, available from multiple retailers and that exclusive supply arrangements should be regularly tendered; and, given her confirmation …
327. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth what constitutes “regularly” for the purposes of her Department's requirement that exclusive school uniform supply arrangements should be tendered regularly under Circular 0032/2017; the way in which her Department verifies that schools comply with this provision; and the number of schools that have been found not to comply since the circular was issu…
328. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail which organisations representing parents are currently being consulted on the complaints procedures being developed under the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019; and the way in which her Department will ensure that parents have an independent representative voice in the development of the new complaints procedures. [71896/26]