School Staff

304. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the guidance that exists regarding the use and deployment of Croke Park hours; the way schools are expected to utilise these hours; the way the effectiveness of their use is measured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33854/26]

332. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support the retention of a teacher in a school (details supplied). [32075/26]

333. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32090/26]

348. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32192/26]

396. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the continued exclusion of principals appointed after 2015 from receiving the secretarial allowance for acting as secretary to the board of management, given that principals appointed before this date continue to receive the allowance for carrying out the same statutory duties; whether a review of this inequity i…

397. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the current structure of principal release-day clusters to ensure that the calculation of base posts reflects the full scope of a principal’s management responsibilities, including the co-ordination and oversight of special needs assistants or SNAs, bus escorts and teaching staff; if she will consider including …

416. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm, based on information available to her Department, whether the behaviour support practitioner post allocated to Carrigaline Community Special School, Cork has been filled; and if not, the current status of that post and the expected timeline for the delivery of supports. [32574/26]

434. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33035/26]

454. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will provide an update on an incremental credit application submitted to her Department; if she will outline the expected timeframe for processing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33232/26]

132. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on discussions concerning the dispute involving the terms and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; if there is a timeline for resolution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31257/26]

531. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29781/26]

603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the NCSE behaviour support practitioner post referenced for a school (details supplied) has been filled; the date the successful candidate was appointed; the commencement date the practitioner will begin delivering supports; the exact number of hours per week the practitioner will be assigned to the school, including confir…

633. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the staffing schedule at primary schools to ensure greater fairness and equity, especially for smaller schools, as no changes have been made to the existing staffing schedule in the primary school staffing allocations for the 2026-2027 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30954/26]

634. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 430 of 24 June 2025, the way in which the person can access their retirement pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30955/26]

640. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider increasing the ANA allocations for school (details supplied), and addressing the shortage of supports for both mainstream classes and autism units in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30991/26]

20. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure the stability of special needs assistant allocations in County Clare following the distress caused to schools, children and parents by the proposed NCSE review earlier in 2026; whether she will confirm that no school in Clare will face a reduction in SNA support for the 2026-2027 academic year; and i…

22. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any discretion exists to extend career breaks beyond the five-year limit set out in circular 0054/2019 in exceptional or compassionate circumstances, particularly where a teacher has significant caregiving responsibilities for a child with profound additional needs; whether she will consider introducing or applying greate…

39. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the SNA redeployment scheme, workforce development plan and review of the 2014 circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29044/26]

45. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clearly outline where the €19 million for additional SNA’s will come from to allow the current SNA’s remain in their positions as-well as appointing new SNA’s to schools where schools presented with a need; the communication that has happened with the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Di…

53. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the progress being made to agree a new framework for SNAs in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28203/26]

63. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will amend circular 0030/2014 in line with the alternative circular proposed by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28993/26]

77. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she is taking to address the precarious employment conditions facing newly qualified teachers; her views on the current contractual arrangements are contributing to the substitution crisis being experienced by schools in County Clare and nationally; the timeline for systemic reform of teacher employment pathways; and if she…

79. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the current method of teacher allocation for primary schools, given that allocations are based on the previous year’s enrolment figures; if she will consider adopting a system that uses projected enrolment numbers in situations where schools are experiencing significant growth and large incoming junior Infant co…

87. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the declaration form in Appendix 1 of Circulars 0037/2026 and 0038/2026 requires teachers to declare union affiliation as a condition of applying for a post of responsibility; if she recognises this is without precedent in Irish education; if she will reverse this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matt…

92. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the €600 million overspend within her Department was identified; the controls that failed to identify this overspend; the consequences of same; what the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation has informed her of in relation to allowing this overspend to occur; the rationale b…