877. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the roll-out of therapeutic supports in special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42849/26]
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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878. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of her Department’s engagement with the two special school campaigns in County Cork, including one in Cork city and one in east Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42850/26]
879. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider the creation of an online platform accessible to both parents and tuition providers for the administration of the home tuition scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42854/26]
880. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers on the supplementary panel list in County Mayo broken down by the number of months they are on this list, in tabular form. [42856/26]
881. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to clarify when this school will receive confirmation regarding their application; the reasons the timelines were delayed; to provide an explanation as to the reason the home-based portal closed before schools received programme confirmation; the measures her Department will put in pl…
882. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address an administrative anomaly in the online application portal for the summer provision scheme: home tuition, whereby the restrictive drop-down menu options on the portal prevent schools from processing applications for students who have documented complex physical, sensory, or occupational therapy needs but are currently registered a…
883. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding emergency works appeal for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42903/26]
884. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); to detail the level of engagement which has taken place with school on accommodation needs since December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42908/26]
885. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding tender approval for urgent project at a school (details supplied) recently granted DEIS Plus status to address issues with roof currently in state of disrepair; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42909/26]
886. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of SNA Exceptional Review for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42910/26]
887. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the timeline for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42912/26]
888. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the assessment process of an application for additional school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42913/26]
889. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address the matters of a school (details supplied) seeking intervention regarding redeployment protections for SNAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42914/26]
890. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the pension entitlements of current mainstream teachers who previously worked in qualified teaching roles under the School Completion Programme (SCP) between 2003 and 2014; if her Department will allow these teachers to retrospectively purchase these uncredited years of public service under the terms of the Programme for Competitiv…
891. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to admitting a child (details supplied) to the afterschool and weekend supports even though no new referrals are being accepted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42939/26]
892. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to a mode of school transport for students in the Dunfierth/Johnstown Bridge area to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42940/26]
893. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 27 May 2026, if the required funding will be made available to the school, given the newly sanctioned SEN classrooms will be unable to progress without substantial funding in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42944/26]
894. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department has reneged on its written agreement (November 2024) to build a 9-room configuration on the site already purchased next door for a school (details supplied) ; if she will honour the original agreement which is a critical matter for families seeking education through Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [429…
895. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide information, and a map, identifying the school planning areas in the Dublin Mid-West constituency. [42986/26]
896. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of letters of eligibility received by her Department in 2026, broken down by school planning area. [42987/26]
897. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the timeline of a schools (details supplied) stage 1B meeting with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42988/26]
898. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department met with the school authorities in regard to the progression of construction of a school (details supplied); if she discussed any potential shortfall in funds; the way in which that shortfall may be bridged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43009/26]
899. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date for completion of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43010/26]
900. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is considering bringing forward legislation to remove children of parents and grandparents who attended a school as a priority category for school admission in cases where the school is oversubscribed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43023/26]
901. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 473 of 14 April 2026, to provide additional information (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43035/26]