261. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the procedures for allocating the number of posts of responsibility and the remuneration for principalship and deputy principalship within special schools, as at present only the number of teachers employed directly by the Board is recognised by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67659/25]
Topics / School Management
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchool Management
76 questions from 39 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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76 written, 0 oral
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 2 |
| March 2025 | 3 |
| April 2025 | 6 |
| May 2025 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 3 |
| July 2025 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 3 |
| November 2025 | 4 |
| December 2025 | 5 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 1 |
| April 2026 | 12 |
| May 2026 | 9 |
| June 2026 | 2 |
| July 2026 | 3 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 3 |
| October 2026 | 3 |
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420. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider establishing an in-school management team appropriate to the size of a school’s staff (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65912/25]
472. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns regarding the preparedness of schools to treat medical emergencies, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63365/25]
475. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process for schools to change patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63410/25]
113. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to establish a board of management for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60319/25]
187. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a new IT system for school payroll systems; the scope and stage of development of this system and the anticipated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56013/25]
174. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider giving greater devolved power over school spending to school management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53081/25]
189. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the closure of schools in some cases is at the discretion of her Department. [53221/25]
70. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to changing the date of return for all schools from summer holidays to the beginning of September as such a move will extend the tourist season and will be a major boost to businesses across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50733/25]
299. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a detailed update on the proposed lease agreement between schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49981/25]
898. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will act to prevent the unnecessary merging of two classes in schools (details supplied), which may have a negative impact on the education received by the pupils. [46088/25]
70. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she proposes to address the administrative burdens that arise in very large primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32885/25]
401. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a board of management will be reinstated at a school (details supplied). [32013/25]
160. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to reduce the workload and administrative burden on school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30558/25]
835. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education the management training, including project management training, that primary school principals and deputy principals receive to enable them to fulfil their duties. [19070/25]
1069. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she has begun the process of trialling new administrative supports and arrangements for school principals, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21300/25]
1070. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education if a report has began in reviewing the leadership and continuous professional development supports to aid school management structures, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21301/25]
464. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the status or regard a school should have for a doctor’s recommendation that action be taken to support a pupil who is suffering mentally with the stress of an ongoing series of incidents, where that doctor’s letter recommends that action be taken by the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16619/25]
465. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if there are special provisions in place where a transfer to another school is recommended by a medical professional but where there are no suitable school places in the immediate vicinity of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16620/25]
466. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if there are any circumstances in which her Department or her office will intervene to protect the health, safety and welfare of a child where the school management have not responded adequately to the recommendations of a medical professional; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16621/25]
285. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education if her Department will take account of the concerns raised by the Board of Management of a school (details supplied) regarding the design of the new modular unit and make some changes to reflect these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10547/25]
385. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm that a court protection order that includes named children applies to all schools and should be enforced by school management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9396/25]
387. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the ownership of a school (details supplied); if she will confirm the details; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9398/25]
385. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if her Department will consider the proposal put forward by the board of management a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7131/25]
492. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education if her Department can clarify when they first have records of a school (details supplied). [3228/25]