Education Costs

327. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount spent on emergency works, summer works, additional accommodation scheme, and any other capital works programme on schools (details supplied) in the past six years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53298/26]

888. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated total student contributions paid by all higher education students in 2024 and 2025; the expected contributions in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51352/26]

934. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the proposed student assistance fund pilot placement project which is currently in draft stage and due to be rolled out in 2026-2027 to support students. [49036/26]

245. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reasons for delays in the payment of approved funding by the national student financial support scheme (NSLF) to higher education institutions; the reason a number of students (details supplied) have been unable to access their examination results due to outstanding tuition fee balances that remain unpaid by…

239. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has data on the average distance travelled by students to their further or higher educational institution. [46115/26]

582. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the planning or impact assessment carried out by her Department prior to the introduction of the revised senior cycle programme in relation to students' access to digital devices; if the financial burden on families of providing laptops was considered; and the measures put in place to mitigate this. [39523/26]

583. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional resources, funding, or supports that have been provided to post-primary schools to meet the increased digital and project work demands arising from the revised senior cycle programme; and if such supports are intended to remove the need for families to purchase personal laptops. [39524/26]

584. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department considers it necessary for each post-primary student to have their own personal laptop in order to fully participate in the revised senior cycle programme; and if not, the alternative arrangements that should be in place within schools. [39525/26]

795. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason students undertaking a university degree (details supplied) that is fully delivered online are not receiving the €500 reduction in the student contribution, while students who do the exact same programme on campus do receive the €500 reduction; and if he will make a stateme…

207. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to update the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34829/26]

21. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in light of the cost-of-living crisis and cost-of-doing-business crisis, if she will reverse the reintroduction of leaving certificate and junior certificate fees, and increases in school transport fees; and if she will engage with school transport operators to ensure that they are adequately supported with the increased cost of…

44. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Education and Youth her proposals to address the increased costs borne by parents putting through primary and secondary education in the 2026-2027 academic year. [29130/26]

368. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reasons for re-introducing the State examination fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29248/26]

388. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to help with the cost of education technology. [29474/26]

1239. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently review the refusal of home tuition support for two students (details supplied) in County Tipperary who are unable to attend school due to serious ongoing medical conditions; the basis for the refusal, particularly given the medical evidence provided; if discretion can be applied in exceptional cases where p…

1266. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual salary cost per SNA in primary schools in comparison to post-primary schools, based on current salary scales, for the school year beginning September 2026, in tabular form. [24116/26]

3463. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the targeted measures his Department is taking to support lone parents in re-entering education; to outline his engagements with other government departments to facilitate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24978/26]

3468. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports that can be made available to students who have come here fleeing the war in Ukraine and who are in the guardianship of their grandparents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25186/26]

619. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools asking parents for 'voluntary contributions', by county, in tabular form. [18341/26]

620. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ban 'Voluntary Contributions'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18342/26]

835. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there will be a re-instatement of Junior- and Leaving Certificate fees for the academic year 2026-2027; and her plans to ensure that these fees are covered by her Department, as they were last year. [59411/25]

2124. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will work with higher education providers to standardise postgraduate fees across the higher education sector. [58625/25]

2134. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his intention to decrease the age where parental income is taken into account to access SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59066/25]

2135. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the stipulation that those over the age of 23 living at home have their parents' income taken into account to get access to the SUSI grant. [59067/25]

2142. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason a parent's income is included in calculations of household income for the purposes of determining eligibility for SUSI where a student, or applicant for studies, is over the age of 23 and not considered a dependent child according to the Family Law Act 1995 as revised.…