444. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department plans on reviewing a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72735/25]
Topics / Education Schemes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEducation Schemes
172 questions from 67 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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questions
164 written, 8 oral
67
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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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 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 6 |
| March 2025 | 2 |
| April 2025 | 3 |
| May 2025 | 1 |
| June 2025 | 4 |
| July 2025 | 14 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 8 |
| October 2025 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 16 |
| December 2025 | 14 |
| January 2026 | 2 |
| February 2026 | 11 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 27 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| June 2026 | 6 |
| July 2026 | 14 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 11 |
| October 2026 | 6 |
Who asks, by party
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
421. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of people currently participating in the Alternative Learning Programme in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71344/25]
422. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of people that have participated in the Alternative Learning Programme since its inception in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71345/25]
423. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of spaces available in the Alternative Learning Programme per annum in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71346/25]
878. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the rationale for the recent amendments to the concluding years of certain mother and baby and county home institutions under the payment scheme; the number of applicants who have been affected by these changes; the steps being taken to update the information booklet and application form to reflect the revised eligibility rules; and whe…
388. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school that meets all of the nationally established criteria for inclusion in a School Completion Programme (SCP) cluster (details supplied) continues to be excluded from an SCP cluster; the process by which such schools can be admitted to an existing SCP cluster; the reason that schools with demonstrably high levels of need are repeate…
214. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on this person's PME scheme application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67351/25]
217. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the EWS application for a school (details supplied); to provide a timeline on the assessment of the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67393/25]
218. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a project (details supplied) will receive stage 2 approval for the extension required; when outstanding stage one payments will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67416/25]
327. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are delays in the emergency works scheme affecting small rural schools; the average decision timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67146/25]
967. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the procedures in place for determining verification of full-time status of programmes for the purpose of eligibility for the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66171/25]
968. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that discrepancies appear to exist between SUSI’s classification of what constitutes a full-time third level course and ATU’s official designation of the same course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66172/25]
969. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a SUSI grant application and subsequent appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed on the basis that verifiable factual errors in identifying the course concerned were included by the awarding authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66173/25]
486. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have been awarded the active school flag post primary; the successful schools, by county; the schools that applied that were not successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63571/25]
487. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the means by which the use of recording devices and voice activated computers under the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations is validated and verified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63573/25]
488. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the means by which the use of recording devices and voice activated computers under the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations is quality assured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63574/25]
708. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the schools across County Louth that operated a breakfast club for the academic school year 2024-2025 ; and the number of children in each school who received meals through each breakfast club, in tabular form. [63041/25]
710. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools in County Louth that have applied for the school meals scheme to date in the current academic school year 2025-2026. [63043/25]
262. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to support schools in the southwest inner city with mental health supports similar to the programme in the northeast inner city. [62403/25]
263. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the resources which will be needed to expand counselling and primary schools pilot programme for strand one and two. [62404/25]
18. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the review of the assistive technology scheme; if her Department plans to move away from diagnosis-based eligibility criteria; when the new application portal will be launched; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59754/25]
628. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the decision to exclude a school (details supplied) from the DEIS Band 1 programme; if she will outline the process that resulted in this school’s exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57715/25]
814. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current supports available to provide music education in primary schools across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59129/25]
815. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department are taking to expand access to music education in primary schools across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59130/25]
2153. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the additional supports available for students who lose their parents during their undergraduate years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60006/25]