203. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to the findings of the National Primary School Survey 2026, which found that 73% of parents with children attending single-sex primary schools favoured a move towards co-education, whether her Department has plans to encourage or facilitate the amalgamation of single-sex schools that do not wish to move towards a co-educational model; the m…
Topics / Education Policy
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEducation Policy
449 questions from 98 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
449
questions
442 written, 7 oral
98
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
5
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 19 |
| March 2025 | 12 |
| April 2025 | 31 |
| May 2025 | 4 |
| June 2025 | 9 |
| July 2025 | 18 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 23 |
| October 2025 | 11 |
| November 2025 | 28 |
| December 2025 | 25 |
| January 2026 | 25 |
| February 2026 | 60 |
| March 2026 | 9 |
| April 2026 | 43 |
| May 2026 | 26 |
| June 2026 | 15 |
| July 2026 | 16 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 61 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
205. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to further expand the Health Alliances for Practice-Based Professional Education and Engagement Project at the University of Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53930/26]
277. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the Irish-medium post-primary education options currently available to students residing in County Offaly; the number of students from County Offaly currently attending Gaelcholáistí or Irish-medium post-primary units outside the county; whether her Department has assessed the demand for Irish-medium second-level education within County Offaly; wh…
278. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria, considerations and thresholds applied by her Department when determining whether a Gaelcholáiste or Irish-medium post-primary unit should be established in an area; the role of demographic projections, parental demand, existing Irish-medium primary provision and school capacity in that assessment; and if she will make a statement on …
323. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the mechanisms in place for reporting of historical physical and mental abuse at schools in Ireland; the mechanisms used to address these cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53228/26]
332. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to improve education and awareness around women's health issues, including menstruation, endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and reproductive health, within the primary and secondary school curriculum; whether the Department plans to expand age-appropriate women's health education in schools; and if she will …
333. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has reviewed the extent to which women's health issues, including menstrual health, endometriosis, and PCOS are covered in the SPHE and RSE curricula; the steps being taken to ensure students receive comprehensive and evidence-based education on these topics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53459/26]
97. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to improve primary education since January 2025; her priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51941/26]
255. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if. during discussions with a college (details supplied) and SETU prior to the announcement of the closure of the former, his Department was aware that redundancies would be a necessary or likely outcome of the negotiations. [52140/26]
256. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the person or body that completed the independent valuation of the lands and property of a college (details supplied) ; whether the report will be released to the public or interested parties; whether any other valuations carried out, and if so, by which organisations; and whether there was any disco…
257. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department has ensured that certain conditions were attached to the finances made available for the wind down of operations and teach-out at a college (details supplied), namely redundancy packages ringfenced for all staff. [52142/26]
396. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is considering designating special schools as a specific sector, to account for the highly varied age groups contained therein; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51721/26]
347. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding circular 0039-2025 Approach and key measures to support the Forward Planning for Special Education Provision for the 2026/2027 school year and beyond [49072/26]
393. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding STEM; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49486/26]
357. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the "best practice guidelines" to support schools in accommodating children who have opted out of religious instruction are expected to be published; whether schools will have any obligation to implement or adhere to these guidelines; or whether they will be advisory only; the key stakeholders that the Government consulted with to write these guide…
375. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the first meeting of the AI in Schools External Advisory Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47645/26]
376. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the terms of reference of the AI in Schools External Advisory Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47646/26]
380. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to sanction more Gaelcholáistí for the Fingal area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47687/26]
381. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department plans to sanction more Gaelcholáistí for the Malahide area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47688/26]
631. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the National Conversation on Education: The First Five Years and School-Age Care National event will be taking place; the reason the originally proposed date of 17th June was cancelled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47557/26]
925. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to develop national tools to record and monitor commuter students, including numbers, commuting characteristics, intersectional factors and educational outcomes and to build commuter student data collection into existing national data collection tools. [47878/26]
93. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 17 December 2025, if she can provide an update on progress of the taskforce set to implement the Government’s commitment to ‘expand opportunities for students to attend Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí’, as set out in the Programme for Government 2025; to outline any plan given by the taskforce to her D…
103. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted an assessment of the locations most appropriate for new Irish-medium provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46343/26]
104. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has sought legal advice on the rights of families to compel the State to provide Irish-medium education on the grounds of discrimination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46344/26]
780. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the criteria for allocating primary school teachers based on number of pupils was last reviewed; if consideration is being given to a review of this process; the steps being taken to reduce the number of pupils per teacher [41786/26]