345. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of unfilled teaching posts and the number of days schools were unable to secure a substitute teacher for each county in each year 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [3170/26]
Topics / School Staff
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchool Staff
914 questions from 127 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
914
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909 written, 5 oral
127
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 17 |
| February 2025 | 24 |
| March 2025 | 23 |
| April 2025 | 58 |
| May 2025 | 52 |
| June 2025 | 63 |
| July 2025 | 55 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 54 |
| October 2025 | 18 |
| November 2025 | 61 |
| December 2025 | 51 |
| January 2026 | 45 |
| February 2026 | 65 |
| March 2026 | 37 |
| April 2026 | 40 |
| May 2026 | 54 |
| June 2026 | 71 |
| July 2026 | 34 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 63 |
| October 2026 | 29 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
357. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to the recognition of teaching service abroad for incremental credit following a career break; the status of this application; the expected timeframe for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3271/26]
60. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding pension parity for caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2622/26]
1092. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently examine a matter (details supplied) in respect of pension entitlements for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74501/25]
1189. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the total number of teachers employed by her Department in primary school, by county and employment status, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1228/26]
1190. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the total number of teachers employed by her Department in secondary schools, by county and employment status, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1229/26]
1191. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the total number of teachers employed by her Department in secondary schools that are located in the Dún Laoghaire constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1230/26]
1192. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the total number of teachers employed by her Department in primary schools that are located in the Dún Laoghaire constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1231/26]
1193. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of teachers assigned to a school (details supplied) broken down by full-time and part-time roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1232/26]
1222. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the merits of creating a requirement for all schools to ensure that all job applicants receive a reply to a job application, regardless of their success in the application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1675/26]
1256. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the figures of attrition rates in Ireland for both male and female primary school teachers for each of the years 2010 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2168/26]
1257. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she believes that acknowledging teaching service for teachers who teach in a jurisdiction outside of the EU and recognising this previous service on the teacher salary scale would help to alleviate the teacher recruitment and retention crisis in this state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2169/26]
1270. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider covering the costs of a substitute teacher from the first day of a teacher’s absence, particularly in the case of a special class or special school teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2406/26]
424. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the new teaching posts that will be funded under Budget 2026. [73346/25]
425. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the new school leadership (deputy principal) posts that will be funded under Budget 2026. [73347/25]
432. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of male and female teachers in primary schools on a county-by-county breakdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73410/25]
433. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of male and female teachers in post primary schools on a county-by-county breakdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73411/25]
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 campaigns were run. …
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 significant language-le…