School Staff

167. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an overview of steps she is taking to ensure that school secretaries and care-takers receive better pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39851/25]

293. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the number of teachers allocated in a school (details supplied) for the academic year 2025/2026 has been reduced; and if so, the reason. [40217/25]

294. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special education teachers and SNA's allocated to a school (details supplied), in tabular form. [40218/25]

295. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he plans to deliver pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers to remedy the current situation of unfair situation under which different rights are extended to different types of employees with the same employer; if he will engage with the trade unions on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

309. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to increase the SNA allocation for a school (details supplied). [40274/25]

320. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans on introducing changes to the Irish-language requirements for PME courses to allow access to increased numbers and in turn more teachers to deal with current shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40331/25]

335. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which the recently announced changes around contracts of indefinite duration for teachers will differ from the current system for the treatment of contracts of indefinite duration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40470/25]

99. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of teacher recruitment for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39682/25]

100. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of teacher recruitment for September 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39909/25]

111. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to her publication of the senior cycle redevelopment implementation support measures, which commits to establishing a dedicated post of responsibility in schools which offer level 1 and level 2 learning programmes, what will the role of the post of responsibility entail; if it will be a new recruitment; if it will inv…

112. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the extent of his engagement on the pension claim of school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38946/25]

113. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, following the recent newspaper editorial (details supplied) that claimed "almost all primary schools, for example, had to employ unqualified individuals without teaching qualifications as substitutes in the past year", her Department will recognise early childhood care and education graduates as being a viable workforce for the …

115. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update in relation to recruitment for the education therapy service; the number of the 90 posts announced by her that have been opened; the number have been filled; the number still vacant at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40017/25]

116. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the terms of recruitment of the 90 therapists being recruited under the Education Therapy Service; the pool from which these therapists will be recruited from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40019/25]

470. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure that school secretaries are not forced to take strike action, as is currently proposed to take place in August; if she will ensure school secretaries are given access to the Single Public Service Pension Scheme given they have been on her Department’s centralised payroll since 2023; and if she wil…

516. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the recent SNA allocation decision for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39672/25]

517. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details on the measures being taken to address the severe lack of therapy and psychological support at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39673/25]

519. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the allocation of special needs assistants (SNAs) for moderate general learning disability classes is not on par with the SNA allocation in autism spectrum disorder classes given that the social-emotional and medical needs are complex in these classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39702/25]

520. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure that school secretaries have pension parity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39709/25]

521. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure that school caretakers have pension parity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39710/25]

522. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the formulas for the allocation of hours to schools for secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39711/25]

38. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to correspondence received by a teacher (details supplied), if she will clarify the position relating to the provision of incremental credit; if clear guidance will be provided by her Department in respect of whether incremental credit can be awarded in this case, in advance of the teacher having to go back on the Department…

54. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has plans to reform how teaching posts are allocated to schools; if she recognises that a system based on the previous year’s admissions cannot accurately reflect future demand; if a system could be put in place that uses confirmed admissions for the coming year as a more accurate measure for teaching post requirement…

55. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, after an unsuccessful appeal, there is any further recourse for a school (details supplied) which has lost a teaching post based on figures for last year’s admissions which do not reflect demands on the school’s resources in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38098/25]

395. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reasons for a reduction in teacher allocation at a school (details supplied), how this will impact junior and senior infants at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37201/25]