School Staff

434. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of male and female teachers in primary schools across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73412/25]

435. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of male and female teachers in post primary schools across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73413/25]

436. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of male teachers and female teachers in the education system at both primary and secondary level each year for the period 2015 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73414/25]

439. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on WRC talks with a union (details supplied) involving school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73444/25]

440. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a schedule of campaigns over the last five years aimed at attracting teachers working abroad to come back to work in Ireland; the duration of the campaigns; the format they took; the total expenditure associated with each; a schedule of external parties used in respect of the campaigns; and the jurisdictions in which …

442. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently intervene and address the pension parity issues in respect of school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73458/25]

443. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, in view of the breakdown in talks, she will urgently intervene and address the pension parity issues in respect of school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73460/25]

456. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the recent loss of two full-time English-as-an-Additional-Language teaching posts and one full-time SNA post at a school (details supplied); if she will review the allocation model in cases where the vast majority of pupils do not speak English at home; if she will restore appropriate supports to meet the sig…

457. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional supports, teaching resources and staffing allocations available to schools where more than 80% of pupils are non-native English speakers; if she will consider targeted interventions for schools such as one in County Kerry (details supplied), where the absence of such supports creates barriers to learning; and if s…

459. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made to date on discussions between her Department, the Workplace Relations Commission and other relevant stakeholders to find a resolution to the school secretaries and caretakers dispute; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73496/25]

460. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been seeking the correction of her pay scale and recognition of service following a period of career break and study leave; if she will clarify why the appropriate pay scale adjustment has not yet been applied despite the submission of the required documentation and…

471. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73744/25]

481. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the school teacher vacancies in schools, by primary and secondary education and by county, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [73838/25]

231. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on discussions with school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72703/25]

239. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) will lose two SNAs from September 2026; the steps being taken to ensure this does not happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72788/25]

397. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has engaged with the Department of Education and Youth regarding the ongoing dispute about pay and conditions of school secretaries and will his Department assist the Department of Education and Youth with additional funding to meet the requirement…

443. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the ratio of male to female teachers in primary and secondary schools respectively; the measures he will introduce to increase the number of males training to become primary and secondary school teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71569/25]

466. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the engagement her Department is having with unions representing school caretakers and secretaries in relation to pension parity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71935/25]

508. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on her Department’s engagement with trade unions representing school secretaries with a view to finding a solution to the ongoing dispute about pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72427/25]

513. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the key measures taken to improve employment conditions for teachers during 2025; her priorities for same in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72471/25]

125. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that some schools are now facing up to a 60% crisis around getting a substitute teacher according to an organisation (details supplied), that is 336 schools saying they are finding this very difficult; the action her Department is taking to help alleviate this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…

128. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of panels which are in County Laois for substitute teachers; the number of teachers on each panel; the number of schools serviced by each panel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61036/25]

134. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she supports school secretaries and caretakers being treated equally with teachers in terms of access to a public sector pension and leave entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70817/25]

167. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a pensions deal for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70818/25]

175. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure that school secretaries and caretakers do not suffer hardship following retirement due to loss of income. [70740/25]