Written answers

Thursday, 17 July 2025

  • Education Schemes
    283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the new doctorate in educational psychology at Maynooth University, scheduled to commence in September 2025, includes mandatory...
  • Trade Unions
    288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on engagements he has had with representatives of school secretaries and caretakers in relation to their demand to be included in civil...
  • Disability Services
    289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to pause the reconfiguration of mild general learning disability schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40609/25]
  • Education Schemes
    292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is taking any steps to streamline the application process for the summer programme for parents; and if she will make a...
  • School Staff
    293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the number of teachers allocated in a school (details supplied) for the academic year 2025/2026 has been reduced; and if so, the reason. [40217/25]
  • Electoral Commission
    296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department offers senior cycle students talks or workshops from election registration teams about the election voting process, to ensure...
  • Departmental Data
    297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants working in all schools, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40234/25]
  • Departmental Policies
    307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has reviewed international models of one-stop-shop State run support services tailored to young people; if so, how these...
  • School Costs
    308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which she will support schools facing funding challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40259/25]
  • School Staff
    309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the SNA allocation for a school (details supplied). [40274/25]
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all capital projects currently underway in Kilkenny city and county, in tabular form; the stages the various...
  • School Accommodation
    312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school classrooms during the 2024-2025 school year of 30 pupils or more; the location of each nationwide; and if she will...
  • School Patronage
    313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of schools in Dublin south-central that currently operate under multi-denominational patronage; and the specific actions being...
  • School Funding
    314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a timetable for rolling out DEIS+ in Dublin south central, including confirmation of funding allocations and implementation dates, in...
  • School Staff
    320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans on introducing changes to the Irish-language requirements for PME courses to allow access to increased numbers and in turn more...
  • Departmental Data
    321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full year cost of providing an additional nurture room to every DEIS school with a special educational class. [40347/25]
  • International Protection
    326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the emergency supports available for schools adjacent to IPAS and Ukrainian refugees that accommodate high percentages of such children and may...
  • Irish Language
    327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional EAL supports can be made available to Gaelscoileanna in non-Gaeltacht areas that taken in high proportions of children whose first...
  • International Protection
    328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools that applied for DEIS status in March 2022 will be permitted to reapply, given the increases in population reflected in the Census,...
  • School Funding
    329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports and allowances that can be made to schools experiencing unpredictable mid-year enrolment and withdrawal, such as a school...
  • Departmental Data
    330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of detailed correspondence received from a school (details supplied) regarding the need for DEIS status to be formally reviewed...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 329 and 331 of 24 June 2025, to the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform...
  • Public Private Partnerships
    333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all Public-Private Partnership projects under her remit, including project name, contract value, and start/end date since...
  • Teacher Training
    334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether applications to transfer initial teaching licences from overseas to the Teaching Council can be accepted (details supplied); and if she...
  • School Staff
    335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the recently announced changes around contracts of indefinite duration for teachers will differ from the current system for the...
  • Schools Building Projects
    336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project at a school will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40474/25]
  • School Funding
    339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding given to each county as part of the minor works grant in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular...
  • Departmental Contracts
    348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or any agency under its aegis, has procured services from a company (details supplied), including but not limited to internet...
  • School Admissions
    349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional needs application from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Schools Building Projects
    350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her plans for a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40632/25]

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