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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (21 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: Reply being processed for publication.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers is at Stage 2b Advanced Architectural Planning. The brief is a new 32 classroom school with 2 SEN classrooms, GP hall and all external ancillary accommodation and external works. A tender report was received from the Design Team in 2023 and was reviewed by my Department, during the course of this review it was noted that the Planning Permission was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (21 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the statutory body responsible for the provision of special education and allocating supports for children with special educational needs. In order to support the NCSE and forward planning my department published Circular 0039/2025. This circular informs school management and patrons of measures introduced to support forward planning...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (21 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: This Government is committed to ensuring that every child has a positive school experience, with access to qualified and engaged teachers who are dedicated to supporting their learning. There are more qualified teachers than ever working in schools nationwide. A recent analysis of teacher payroll data shows that there is a record number of teachers employed over 79,000 in all schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy that the school in question has submitted an application for additional accommodation, to meet the school’s accommodation needs under the Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme. The purpose of my department’s Additional School Accommodation (ASA) scheme is to ensure that essential mainstream classroom accommodation and accommodation for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (21 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: Parts I and II of the provisional 2026 Revised Estimates for my Department are set out on page 185 of the Budget 2026 Expenditure Report. This report was published on Budget day by the Department Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation and is available at the following gov.ie website address: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-public-expenditure-infrastructur...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: Since 2020, my department has invested over €6 billion in our schools throughout the country under the National Development Plan, involving the completion of over 1,300 school building projects. In addition, over 200 SEN Repurposing projects have been delivered maximising the use of existing accommodation while creating opportunities for inclusion and integration. Government support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is the statutory body responsible for the provision of special education and allocating supports for children with special educational needs. The NCSE is currently collating the data and information received through the parents notify process and are engaging with schools regarding where specialist provision is best placed for the 2026/27...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: I am pleased to announce that, arising from Budget 2026, an additional €8 million in current and capital funding has been allocated to support the sustainability and development of youth services. This investment strengthens the foundation for inclusive, high-quality provision — ensuring continuity, expanding reach, and enabling services to respond to the evolving needs of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Teaching Council is the professional standards body for the teaching profession, which promotes and regulates professional standards in teaching. The Teaching Council registers teachers under the and in line with the . There are five routes of registration, the minimum registration requirements for each route are set out in the Schedule of the Regulations. Under the Teaching Council...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The brief for the major building project referred to by the Deputy is for the delivery of a new 400 pupil post primary school with 3 classrooms for children with special education needs. This project is planned to be delivered as part of Phase 2 of my Department's ADAPT 4 Programme which uses a professional external Programme Manager to co-ordinate and drive the Integrated Project Team to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: Since 2020, my department has invested over €6 billion in our schools throughout the country under the National Development Plan, involving the completion of over 1,300 school building projects. In addition, over 200 SEN Repurposing projects have been delivered maximising the use of existing accommodation while creating opportunities for inclusion and integration. Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: Please find attached requested data. Data is collated from the final primary and post-primary enrolment lists for years 2015 to 2024, 2024 being the latest year we have final enrolment data. The lists can be found at the link below. www.gov.ie/en/department-of-education/collections/data-on-in dividual-schools/ Enrolments are tied to the census date 30th of September in each academic...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The major building project referred to by the Deputy will deliver a new 1,000 pupil post primary school with 6 classrooms for children with special education needs. The school will be delivered as part of a shared educational campus which will provide 2 new 1,000 pupil post primary schools with 6 classrooms for children with special education needs, a new 8 classroom primary school with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: My department’s main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking school places in the area.??Parents have the right to choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available for the relevant year, the student should be admitted. However, in schools where there are more applicants than places available, a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The key factor for determining the level of staffing resources provided at individual school level is the staffing schedule for the relevant school year and pupil enrolments on the previous 30 September. The staffing schedule operates in a clear and transparent manner and treats all similar types of schools equally. The primary school staffing arrangements for the 2025/26 school year are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The Social Personal and Health Education (SPHE) curriculum, which is currently mandatory for primary and Junior Cycle students, is focused on promoting the health and well-being of children. Teachers can include CPR/first-aid in their SPHE programme. Personal safety is currently addressed in a variety of ways in the primary and post primary curricula; for example, SPHE aims to develop...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: The school to which the Deputy refers is at Stage 2b Advanced Architectural Planning. The brief is a new 32 classroom school with 2 SEN classrooms, GP hall and all external ancillary accommodation and external works. A tender report was received from the Design Team in 2023 and was reviewed by my Department, during the course of this review it was noted that the Planning Permission was...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 237 and 238 together. The large scale capital project for the school to which the Deputy refers is included in my Department's construction programme which will be delivered under the National Development Plan (NDP) as part of Project Ireland 2040 Framework. A number of issues arose on site from the outset, which is not unusual given the nature of a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions (16 Oct 2025)

Helen McEntee: I can confirm to the Deputy that I, and officials from my department, have engaged with members of the group referred to by the Deputy. I met with the group personally on Monday 29 September. They recounted to me their traumatic experiences as children in residential institutions and also outlined their concerns regarding the further supports to be provided to survivors under the Supports...