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School Admissions

An official questions-paper heading. 246 questions (4 oral, 242 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.

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Education 245
Children 1

Debates under the same heading

Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.

DateDebate section
2026-04-23 School Admissions
2026-02-19 School Admissions
2026-02-12 School Admissions
2026-02-12 School Admissions
2026-01-21 School Admissions
2025-06-12 School Admissions
2025-04-08 School Admissions

The questions

Louis O'Hara written 2025-07-29 · to Education
1054. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if support will be provided to a parent trying to find a school place for their 16-year-old child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41436/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh written 2025-07-29 · to Education
1256. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children, by county who are without a school place for September as of 24 July 2025. [43838/25]
Paul McAuliffe written 2025-07-29 · to Education
1270. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school place for a pupil (details supplied). [43986/25]
John Clendennen written 2025-07-29 · to Education
1280. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a suitable school placement for a child (details supplied) for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44073/25]
Thomas Gould written 2025-07-29 · to Education
1284. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children at primary and secondary level without a school place for September 2025 in Cork, in tabular form. [44150/25]
Thomas Gould written 2025-07-29 · to Education
1285. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children directly in contact with the NCSE seeking assistance in sourcing a school place in September 2025. [44151/25]
Eamon Scanlon written 2025-07-17 · to Education
349. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an additional needs application from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40591/25]
Roderic O'Gorman written 2025-07-15 · to Education
476. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a situation has come about that parents of children with autism were, at the end of May, offered places in an autism class in a school (details supplied) to start in September but now the parents have been told that he class will not start for an indefinite period of time; the examination has been carried out of oth…
Pádraig Rice written 2025-07-08 · to Education
418. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been brought to the lack of availability of co-educational primary schools in Cork (details supplied); the actions her Department is taking to increase the availability of co-education learning opportunities for children and parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37538/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí written 2025-07-01 · to Education
341. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a secondary school application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35331/25]
Jennifer Whitmore written 2025-07-01 · to Education
379. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether Greystones is one of the areas to be included in the pilot common application system for the 2025-2026 admissions process; if not, if she would include it in light of the annual enrolment difficulties in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35727/25]
Shane Moynihan written 2025-07-01 · to Education
404. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional primary and secondary school places are planned for the Saggart, Rathcoole and Citywest areas to meet the needs of a rising school-age population. [36085/25]
Colm Burke written 2025-06-26 · to Education
234. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that she and her Department will intervene to ensure that more school places will be made available in the Mallow, County Cork region for the forthcoming school year, as schools in the area are fully subscribed such as a school (details supplied) and there are a number of pupils from Mallow without school places for the f…
Niall Collins written 2025-06-24 · to Education
405. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a child (details supplied) can avail of tutor summer provision if the dates and activities in the school-based summer provision do not suit the child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33853/25]
Tom Brabazon written 2025-06-24 · to Education
422. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it can be ensured that a child (details supplied) can avail of an appropriate school place in time for the coming school year.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33989/25]
Cian O'Callaghan written 2025-06-17 · to Education
429. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a case can be examined (details supplied) where a child does not have an appropriate school place for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32303/25]
Conor D McGuinness written 2025-06-17 · to Children
719. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will have access to an appropriate preschool education in their locality. [32438/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú oral 2025-06-12 · to Education
94. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the work being done to ensure appropriate primary and secondary school placements for all children for the 2025-26 academic year; if this work includes updating of admissions policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31242/25]
Paul Murphy written 2025-06-12 · to Education
165. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to ensure every child will have access to an appropriate school place in their local community this September. [30980/25]
Paul Murphy written 2025-06-12 · to Education
173. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will guarantee that every child will have access to an appropriate school place in their local community this September. [30979/25]
Jen Cummins written 2025-06-12 · to Education
322. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the number of children without an appropriate school place for this September. [30860/25]
Barry Ward written 2025-06-10 · to Education
534. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a family (details supplied), relating to an admissions policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29321/25]
Duncan Smith written 2025-06-10 · to Education
535. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the pupil enrolment and waiting list figures for a school (details supplied); if she will provide an update on the provision of a new primary school for Rush; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29323/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil written 2025-06-10 · to Education
553. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a streamlined school allocation process for primary and post-primary allocation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29542/25]
Duncan Smith written 2025-06-10 · to Education
585. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children living on the Donabate peninsula that access primary and secondary schools outside the Donabate area; to include details of the schools and to confirm the number of children who were unable to secure school places locally over the last three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
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