802. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has examined the relationship between school bullying, educational exclusion and long-term economic outcomes for LGBTQ+ people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42069/26]
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 | 27,764 | 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 | 2,665 | 1,495 | 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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803. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of successful section 29 appeals since 2020 onwards, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42103/26]
804. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to reopen the Summer Programme applications due to the short notice of the deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42104/26]
805. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on legislation proposed by an organisation (details supplied); if her Department is considering similar proposals and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42124/26]
806. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way the DEIS identification model accounts for rural schools (details supplied) whose enrolment profile changed rapidly due to the placement of a large number of international protection applicants in nearby accommodation centres, resulting in the displacement of local pupils and a complete shift in the school’s socio-educational profile; and if …
807. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific metrics, indicators, and weightings used in the DEIS identification model; the way in which the geographical area is calculated; the way non-local enrolments are treated; the way in which schools with high concentrations of need but low local deprivation scores are assessed, particularly in the case of a school (details supplied); and if…
808. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the DEIS eligibility of a school (details supplied) whose enrolment profile was transformed as a direct consequence of State decisions on international protection accommodation, resulting in the school becoming reliant on non-local, high-need pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42127/26]
809. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the interim supports that can be provided to a school (details supplied) whose teaching workload is now dominated by English-language instruction for newly arrived pupils, following the redistribution of international protection families to the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42128/26]
810. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will establish an appeals mechanism for schools including a school (details supplied) whose DEIS ineligibility arises from geographical indicators that no longer reflect the actual pupil population, due to State-driven redistribution of international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42129/26]
811. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the specific criteria, indicators, data sources, and weightings used to determine eligibility for DEIS status and DEIS Plus status at both primary and post-primary level, including the way socio-economic disadvantage is measured, the way geographical indicators are applied and the way in which pupil-level data is incorporated into the model; and if s…
812. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount sought from religious orders and associated trusts and organisations for statutory compensation schemes in respect of child abuse, including sexual abuse, in tabular form; the total amount pledged by religious orders and associated trusts and organisations; the total amount paid out by religious orders and associated trusts and organi…
813. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the value of unpaid pledges by religious orders to statutory redress schemes in respect of child abuse, including sexual abuse. [42135/26]
814. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total State expenditure by her Department on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, separated by scheme; the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, adjusted for inflation; and the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory re…
815. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will supply a schedule of requests by her Department to religious orders for contribution to compensation and redress for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse; and the outcome of each request. [42143/26]
816. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether schools continue to receive the full capitation grant and all associated per-pupil funding in respect of pupils who are formally enrolled, but are either placed on reduced school hours or reduced timetables, or not attending school for extended periods while remaining on the school roll; and whether schools are required to make formal returns …
817. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention pre-school classes in County Galway; the number that were in place for each of the previous five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42145/26]
818. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the early intervention class at a school (details supplied) was repurposed into a special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42146/26]
819. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for such a short window for schools to apply for July Provision this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42152/26]
820. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) has received reduced funding for July Provision, which parents are informed will limit the number of children who can take part; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42153/26]
821. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department will circulate a single email to all primary schools in mid-August 2026, in advance of the new school year and coinciding with Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, publicising Key to the EU, an innovative and engaging education programme on active European citizenship at primary level, fully funded and high…
822. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a highly-regarded European programme (details supplied) cannot get her Departments support. [42157/26]
823. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount spent by her Department on public procurement in 2025; to provide a breakdown, where available, by goods, services, works procurement expenditure, by expenditure procured directly by her Department and expenditure procured through central purchasing arrangements or frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42166/26…
824. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department is fully compliant with the requirements of the Freedom of Information Model Publication Scheme Guidance, issued under section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, specifically the requirements under section D and section E (details supplied); to publish quarterly the contracts awarded above €25,000 (exclusive of VAT), inc…
825. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the budget for the Summer Programme in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026; the number of students who participated in each of these years in the primary, post-primary, home-based programme and the school-based programme in special schools; the number who applied to participate in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42202/26]
826. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average age of applicants for redress schemes relating to child sexual abuse, across statutory schemes, including in respect of schemes that have closed. [42204/26]