School Curriculum

131. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the possibility of making the driving theory test a mandatory element of the transition year cycle programme will be investigated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31104/25]

411. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to schools to implement the revised Junior Cycle digital literacy curriculum, including staff training and infrastructure grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25140/25]

569. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the comments made by Government colleagues regarding sacrament preparation outside of school time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23494/25]

177. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department is taking to ensure that children in publicly funded schools are not required to attend religious instruction against the wishes of their parents, in line with the constitutional right to freedom of conscience and Article 44.2.4 of the Constitution; if she supports children's constitutional rights not t…

70. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) has been provided with sufficient teaching resources to make transition year available for all students who wish to undertake it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21363/25]

767. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools nationwide participating in the module say yes to languages, in the school year 2024-2025; if she will detail cumulatively the languages offered in each school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18702/25]

861. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the number of schools that require students to take religion as a mandatory Junior Certificate subject, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19265/25]

862. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the number of schools that require students to take religion as a mandatory Leaving Certificate subject, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19267/25]

863. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding any guidance issued by her Department to all schools regarding how to approach situations whereby children wish to opt out of religious education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19270/25]

873. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education if she will consider introducing a standalone financial literacy module at junior and or senior cycle level, considering recent research is showing that almost 50% of Irish adults are financially illiterate and that there is a clear link between early financial education and improved long-term financial wellbeing (details supplied); and i…

878. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education her plans to support more girls to take STEM subjects in school. [19357/25]

879. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education her plans to support more students to enter STEM subjects in school. [19359/25]

880. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the number of students taking biology, chemistry and physics, by gender, in tabular form. [19360/25]

986. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that a school (details supplied) will not be able to run enough transition year classes to accommodate all of its pupils in the upcoming school year due to a lack of resources; her views on the impact this might have on the education and stress levels of pupils who are expected to go directly to fifth year despite not choo…

1050. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education if she will increase the 2025/2026 transition year programme funding for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20947/25]

1054. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to establish a post-primary special school in the Youghal area of County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21046/25]

1056. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education if Ireland is going to participate in the next ‘TIMSS Advanced’, which measures STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) preparedness for senior-cycle students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21071/25]

149. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education her plans to expand the social and emotional support in all schools. [14638/25]

178. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Education the reason the Government commitment to return therapists, such as speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, to schools has not been fulfilled; the reason responsibility is being shifted between Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16852/25]

200. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on plans for senior cycle reform, in particular the practical steps that she has taken since previous Minister's Questions on 27 February 2025; the date on which sample papers will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16935/25]

446. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the number of single sex boys’ schools that teach home economics. [16575/25]

460. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the number of students who have applied for an Irish exemption in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [16592/25]

494. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education the status of the traditional Irish harp in primary and post primary curriculum; if, given the expense of purchasing an Irish harp, funding is available from her Department or agencies associated with these significant instruments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16928/25]

519. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will consider seeking a re-running of Schools' Folklore Project 1937-1938 which had a significant output now stored in the National Archives, in order that current students might be encouraged to record stories from their elderly relatives. [17290/25]

427. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will identify every secondary school in Dublin 2,4,6 and 8 which has Politics and Society on their Leaving Certificate curriculum, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15710/25]