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 the career for a numb…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchool Staff
914 questions from 127 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
914
questions
909 written, 5 oral
127
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
3
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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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 |
Who asks, by party
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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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The questions
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. [45945/25]
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]
991. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure a person (details supplied) is provided with full details of alleged overpayments in writing, that hardship consideration under Circular PAY 15/04, which allows recovery to be reduced to 3% of gross income in exceptional cases be invoked; and if she will ensure her Department will work for a mutually acceptable resolution; and …
1003. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will initiate meaningful discussions with an organisation (details supplied) and other representatives to negotiate an agreed resolution to the school secretaries and caretakers dispute. [46991/25]
1004. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she has taken to end the strike action by school secretaries and caretakers; the steps she will take to improve the pension and leave entitlements of secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47019/25]
1029. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth the support her Department will provide to teachers affected by a situation (details supplied) in relation to incremental credit for secondary school teachers and if she will make a statement on the matter taking the following into account. [47222/25]
1051. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent special needs assistants allocated to schools in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47483/25]
986. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first and full-year cost of re-introducing the allowance at the same rate for teachers teaching in Irish in Irish medium education schools to pre 2012. [40754/25]
1007. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary and secondary school teachers currently employed in public schools in Ireland, by region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40948/25]
1046. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to address the increasing number of staff injuries reported in autism classes in schools in Kerry, including assaults such as biting and hitting; and if additional training, protective supports, or staff welfare measures are being introduced. [41381/25]