186. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports and services each school will lose in circumstances (details supplied); the supports that would be available from her Department to support such a merge; the position with regard to the re-deployment of staff including principal, teachers and support staff; and the procedure for the school community to follow in this instance. [69771/2…
Topics / Schools Amalgamation
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchools Amalgamation
17 questions from 13 TDs, between 6 March 2025 and 6 October 2026.
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54. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to amalgamate two schools (details supplied) into a co-education school. [67347/26]
210. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has specific plans to amalgamate schools (details supplied). [66216/26]
1218. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) will be delivered in a way that will accommodate co-education provision in the future. [56147/26]
91. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied); the current status of discussions with the respective school patrons and Boards of Management; the proposed timeline for any decision on amalgamation; and the steps her Department is taking to support this process. [17298/26]
1341. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that a school (details supplied) operates across split campuses, whether consideration has been given to the added costs of same in the school's capitation grant. [24980/26]
1342. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that a school (details supplied) operates across split campuses, whether considerations are given to the added costs of same in the school's capitation grant. [24981/26]
595. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the provision of a new school building to accommodate the amalgamation of school (details supplied); if approval will be given to allow the project to move to the next stage, as committed to previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15182/26]
193. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made on co-educational reform and proposed school amalgamations in Dublin Bay North, particularly in view of clear parental interest shown in recent surveys; the next steps in the decision making process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70839/25]
543. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the decision not to provide capital funding for the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) given the extensive local consultation, the educational benefits of a co-educational Catholic secondary school, and the broader pattern of delays in school building projects nationwide. [61845/25]
395. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on whether there is a need to review the processes in place for the amalgamations of second level schools; her further views whether the existing consultation process requires updating when two schools are being amalgamated; if amendments have been made to the Report on the Amalgamation of Second Level Schools published in 2001; if she is…
396. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are specific rules in place in relation to consultation both in the locality and with past pupils in cases in which two schools are amalgamating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36050/25]
54. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the Department are currently developing plans to amalgamate two schools (details supplied) onto a greenfield site which can cater for current and future demand, as Westmeath County Council have identified a suitable site in the current county development Plan. [26192/25]
445. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the policies her Department applies to small schools and the point at which it is decided that one should close and amalgamate with a larger school. [25430/25]
446. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide overview of the consultation processes that her Department leads when a school closure or amalgamation is likely; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25431/25]
591. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education if there are proposed plans to amalgamate the primary schools in Graiguenamanagh, County Kilkenny, to form a co-educational primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11050/25]
278. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the status of the application to amalgamate two schools (details supplied); and if the next step in the process will be expedited. [10466/25]