Education Schemes

991. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a remote area grant payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40782/25]

1192. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding allocated for the Deis Plus programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43033/25]

2372. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress that has been made by her Department to host state led after school care and support start up supports for groups involved in after-school activities in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42048/25]

133. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure that children have access to summer provision and adequate supports during the summer months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32483/25]

283. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the new doctorate in educational psychology at Maynooth University, scheduled to commence in September 2025, includes mandatory placements in health and social care settings, including primary care, disability services and CAMHS, in line with current Psychological Society of Ireland accreditation standards and expected CORU…

284. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the new doctorate in educational psychology at Maynooth University is structured to ensure that graduates are eligible to practice across all public psychology services, and not solely within the National Educational Psychological Service. [40302/25]

285. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if any assessment has been carried out on the implications of limiting public funding for professional training to psychologists who may be qualified for only one employment context. [40303/25]

286. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the new doctorate in educational psychology at Maynooth University has received formal approval from PSI and confirmation from CORU that it will meet professional training and registration standards within 18 months. [40304/25]

287. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to reviewing public funding of educational psychology training to ensure that future cohorts are equipped to work across the full range of educational, health and social care settings, in line with the Taoiseach’s stated objective to break down silos in children’s disability services. [40305/25]

292. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is taking any steps to streamline the application process for the summer programme for parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40215/25]

1045. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to revise the SUSI grant qualifying criteria to allow students, who are under 23 years-of-age and are financially independent from their parents and guardians to be eligible to receive the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39674/25]

257. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if specific transport will be put in place for a student (details supplied) with additional needs [38011/25]

466. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) was refused under the teacher refund scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32794/25]

96. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to broaden the criteria to allow more schools to be classified as DEIS schools; and if she will ensure that schools, such as one in County Clare (details supplied) which takes in students from three DEIS schools, are classified as DEIS as a consequence. [30557/25]

494. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount in funding in total that has been secured from REPowerEU to fund an expanded school pathfinder decarbonisation and retrofit programme in 2025; if she will provide the names of the 40 schools that have been selected for initial assessment based on their building profile for the programme; and if she will make a statement on …

495. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria used by her Department to allow a school to qualify for inclusion for initial assessment under the pathfinder decarbonisation and retrofit programme for 2025; if all schools that have been selected for initial assessment have been confirmed and have been contacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29027/25…

359. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the school (details supplied) can be included in the 5-year attendance strategy pilot project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28574/25]

2491. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider increasing the parental income threshold for SUSI grant applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18707/25]

115. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education for an update on the Dublin 15 Special Education Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17231/25]

120. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education her plans to implement the employment and governance structures of the school completion programme. [14634/25]

640. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied), which was included in the original early start pilot, only has one year of early start; and IF it is possible to expand this to two years. [11408/25]

378. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the free schoolbooks scheme to all children in secondary education, including fee-paying schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9365/25]

15. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to establish a new DEIS plus scheme, as per the programme for Government commitment. [8506/25]

17. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education what steps will be taken to operationalise the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce a new national small schools project for all 1,300 small primary schools to protect these school communities and develop new administrative supports. [8505/25]

453. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give urgent consideration to the inclusion of a school in a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8149/25]