School Staff

774. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the limited teaching staff allocation granted to a school (details supplied) in consideration of the increase in the number enrolled for September 2025. [44753/25]

777. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth to offer a timeline for caretakers and cleaners to be transferred to the centralised public payroll as school secretaries were in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44762/25]

780. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions she will take to prevent the proposed all out strike planned for affected school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); the steps she will take to engage with Forsa and address their rights to a pension upon retirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44816/25]

802. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has been in contact with a union (details supplied) in relation to planned strike action by school secretaries and caretakers beginning on 28 August 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45264/25]

811. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school teachers employed on temporary contracts, in tabular form for each of the years from 2020 to date in 2025; the measures introduced to offer teachers on temporary contracts full-time positions in response to the shortage of fully qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […

815. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will take action to recognise school secretaries as public servants to ensure that they have access to the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45385/25]

824. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to visit the United Arab Emirates to attract Irish trained teachers to return home and work in the Irish Educational System. [45522/25]

828. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Carlow at present and the number in 2020, in tabular form. [45526/25]

836. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, following her announcement that teachers taking up their first contract in a viable teaching post in September 2025 will become eligible for a permanent contract in September 2026, with the eligibility contingent upon successful re-appointment following a competitive recruitment process, if this extends to teachers who are in t…

840. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to deliver pension parity for school secretaries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45771/25]

843. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently engage with Forsa to advert strike action and allow for school secretaries/caretakers to have access to pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45795/25]

871. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has considered the introduction of gender balance quotas, or other targeted measures, to encourage greater male participation in the teaching profession, including in the early years and preschool sector, given the significant gender imbalance and ongoing staffing shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4…

872. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department holds statistics on the gender breakdown of teachers and educators at early years/preschool, primary, secondary, and third level; and if she will provide the most recent available figures. [45946/25]

879. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of post-primary teaching posts that currently remain unfilled, for each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45984/25]

880. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary teaching posts that currently remain unfilled, for each county , in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45985/25]

883. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement she has had with unions representing school secretaries and caretakers regarding their planned industrial action over pension parity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45988/25]

899. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that all school secretaries and caretakers are provided with a public service pension and public sector terms of employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46097/25]

956. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if newly qualified teachers are entitled to payment during the school holidays if they are covering a teacher on sick leave indefinitely and employed on a year-by-year basis. [46484/25]

957. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if teachers who are employed on a year-by-year basis, or a fixed contract, to cover a teacher who is on sick leave have to sign on for jobseeker's benefit during the holidays. [46485/25]

962. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department plans to directly pay the salaries of school caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46546/25]

978. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46648/25]

979. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to give favourable consideration to pension parity, critical illness leave and bereavement leave in respect of school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46649/25]

981. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline her position on the school secretaries dispute; how she intends to resolve this dispute, if she will examine correspondence on the matter as sent to this Deputy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46651/25]

983. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she has taken, and will continue to take, to ensure that non-teaching staff in schools are recognised appropriately and that their rights and entitlements are enhanced to reflect their service to the education system. [46730/25]

989. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department will immediately take to resolve the current dispute involving school secretaries and caretakers; if she accepts that some of these critical workers are in an invidious position vis-a-vis their education and training board counterparts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46763/25]