1048. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the difficulties faced by schools in Kerry in recruiting and retaining bus escorts for children with additional needs; and if this responsibility can be taken out of the hands of school principals. [41383/25]
Topics / School Staff
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
1070. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene to sanction a home school liaison officer for a primary school in County Clare (details supplied) which has an exceptionally high number of students deemed at risk of experiencing disadvantage in their schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41655/25]
1072. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the safeguards that are in place to ensure that redeployment does not result in SNAs repeatedly being treated as the “last in” in every new post under the SNA redeployment scheme. [41692/25]
1073. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there will be a cap on the number of redeployments an SNA can undergo, or a time limit on their probationary status in a new school. [41693/25]
1074. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the maximum distance an SNA may be required to travel if redeployed to a different school under the redeployment scheme for SNAs. [41694/25]
1075. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth what happens in a situation where a SNA cannot realistically travel to the new school offered under the SNA redeployment scheme; and if they cannot travel, whether they remain in their current school. [41695/25]
1076. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in circumstances where an SNA with ten years’ service in a school and is redeployed to a different school with SNAs who have less than ten years’ service built up, whether the transferee will have seniority. [41696/25]
1129. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers working in the State across both primary and secondary schools. [42506/25]
1138. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional teachers in the system from 2020 to date in 2025. [42515/25]
1160. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department could provide additional detail as to the reason the teacher allocation has resulted in the merger of four 3rd class groups into three groups at a school (details supplied); if her Department is exploring options for retaining the four 3rd class groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42775/25]
1240. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to address the shortage of qualified Irish-language teachers affecting Gaeltacht and Irish language schools. [43705/25]
1263. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to address teacher recruitment shortages in Dublin; if her Department is engaging with the Department of Housing in respect of addressing housing-related issues in an effort to attract and retain teachers; to provide details of any such engagement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43907/25]
1300. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional home school completion officer to a DEIS school. [44216/25]
134. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will introduce pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38943/25]
146. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to address the teacher supply crisis in advance of September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40112/25]
150. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efforts her Department are making to ensure a sufficient supply of primary school teachers are available to fill all outstanding vacancies within the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40078/25]
158. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the urgent steps being taken to ensure equality for school secretaries and caretakers; the details of her engagement to date with their trade union and with the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in this regard; if the analysis of the survey undertaken by her Department to understand the c…
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 matter. [40219/25]
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]