Written answers
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address an important issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37951/25] - School Staff
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to correspondence received by a teacher (details supplied), if she will clarify the position relating to the provision of incremental... - Special Educational Needs
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SNA allocation for moderate general learning disability classes could be reviewed in order that the allocation is on par with ASD classes,... - Mental Health Policy
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department accepts that the lack of dedicated spaces for young people is contributing to poor mental health outcomes and loneliness, given... - Youth Services
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider a pilot programme to fund the development and operation of State run one-stop-shop youth spaces in partnership... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address concerns (details supplied) and ensure that multi-grade classroom teacher pupil ratio will be given favourable consideration;... - Special Educational Needs
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for additional special needs assistants submitted to her Department; and the number of these applications approved and... - Schools Building Projects
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, and the reason why, a large number of trees were removed from their location by contractors, despite not being part of the site for a building... - School Staff
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to reform how teaching posts are allocated to schools; if she recognises that a system based on the previous... - Special Educational Needs
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) with a diagnosis of autism and a clear recommendation for one-on-one SNA support in a mainstream class has... - School Textbooks
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38125/25] - Special Educational Needs
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to ensure approval and that resources are allocated to allow the opening of an ASD unit at a school (details supplied).... - Teacher Training
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the Teaching Council’s work to make it mandatory for all student teachers to undertake one mandatory school placement in a... - School Enrolments
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 3 July 2025, the number of students enrolled in the school each September from 2015-2024; the number... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 372 of 1 July 2025, if she will review the current staffing appeals process to provide a mechanism for... - Special Educational Needs
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will overturn the planned freeze on SNA allocations for schools due to the increasing need for such staff and the vital role they play in... - Schools Building Projects
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new school building project (details supplied); if tenders have been assessed and awarded; if so, to whom; and if she will make... - School Accommodation
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the additional school accommodation scheme in respect of a school (details supplied); if steps will be taken to expedite this...
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