129. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth when special needs assistant allocations for mainstream classes for the 2025/2026 school year will be finalised by the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31038/25]
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
145. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will include school secretaries and caretakers in the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27338/25]
478. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail any grants or schemes available to primary schools to support the employment of disabled staff members (details supplied). [28933/25]
492. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether is a connection between the huge increases in absenteeism at primary and secondary schools and the increase in working from home in recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28996/25]
501. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to review the policy that allows teachers to apply for a career break after completing 12 months of continuous employment with their school, in light of national teacher shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29064/25]
504. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress that has been made towards her Department directly employing cleaners and caretakers in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29076/25]
537. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reconsider the way staff are counted in special schools from a management point of view (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29405/25]
580. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth to reverse the decision to remove a teacher from the allocation of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29787/25]
583. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm the current status of negotiations regarding bereavement leave entitlements for school secretaries now employed directly by her Department; if she will outline when parity with other public servants in this regard will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29839/25]
586. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently engage with the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and address the disparity faced by school secretaries and caretakers, who are directly paid by her Department but who are being denied a pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29846/25]
620. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to investigate and allow for paid bereavement leave for a school secretary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29899/25]
676. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is reviewing the loss of a teaching post in a school (details supplied); if consideration is being given to reinstating the post; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30530/25]
679. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) has had its teacher allocation cut, forcing it to form multigrade classes of first and second class pupils; if she agrees it is not desirable to have different grades in the same class where an alternative is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30564/25]
686. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consultation is underway with regard to outstanding pay and conditions for school secretaries and ancillary staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30578/25]
692. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will liaise with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform to grant public-service status to school secretaries to enable them to have access to the single public pension service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30646/25]
340. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that the HSCL will be funded and operational for all DEIS schools in the State; and if she will ensure that every rural school without a HSCL scheme will be provided with one as soon as possible. [28429/25]
189. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on school secretaries and caretakers not receiving a State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27920/25]
261. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school secretaries will be given public service status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27701/25]
267. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on plans to regularise the status of school secretaries and caretakers; and if these employees will be included in her Department's pension scheme in the near future. [26781/25]
294. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on measures to introduce public sector status, revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27121/25]
300. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the annual additional cost of providing pensions parity to school secretaries and caretakers, in line with the demands of a union (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27210/25]
306. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to allow school secretaries and school caretakers access to the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27233/25]
338. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 20 May 2025, if she will provide an update specifically for school caretakers, not school secretaries; and the progress made on a survey which was undertaken by her Department to schools regarding caretakers, to ensure a similar improvements in pay and terms and conditions as achieved for Secretaries. [2…
204. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted a review of the pension entitlements for all school secretaries and caretakers, given that the current legislative provisions do not afford them the same pension benefits as teachers and other staff who are directly employed by the Department. [26388/25]
205. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria for schools to have a home school liaison officer; if she plans to provide for every second level school to have such an officer or to expand the criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26397/25]