Written answers
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised by parents regarding the school... - Youth Services
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans in her Department, including Budget 2026 plans, for an assessment of the funding of youthwork services in the State; and if... - School Staff
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her and the Government's engagements and plans to deal with the ongoing strike by school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans and timelines for the expansion of the School Inclusion Model and school-based therapies for special schools, for autism classes and... - Schools Building Projects
440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to streamline the school building programme application model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47581/25] - Special Educational Needs
443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department intends to develop a strategic plan for the provision of SEN at primary schools over the next three years; and if she will make... - School Transport
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to update the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47585/25] - Special Educational Needs
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to update the educational system at primary and secondary level to cater for students with mild learning disabilities; and if... - Educational Disadvantage
447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment process for the next round of DEIS; the criteria for schools to qualify for DEIS status; the process by which principals of... - School Accommodation
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the position regarding assessment... - Special Educational Needs
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct the NCSE to engage with a school (details supplied) awaiting official decisions on two SERCs and an exceptional needs review;... - School Accommodation
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the assessment process of an application for additional school accommodation (details supplied); and if she will make a... - School Facilities
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on the proposal by school principals to her Department to slightly alter the location of modular units to maximise the playground... - School Transport
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of applications for school transport in counties Westmeath and Longford for the 2025-2026 academic year; the number... - Public Procurement Contracts
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the web links for her Department’s quarter 1 2025 and quarter 2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or... - School Transport
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus ticket can be issued to a pupil (details supplied). [47781/25] - School Admissions
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a child with an unsuitable school place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47819/25] - Schools Building Projects
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a modular build for a school (details supplied) will be expedited. [47828/25] - School Facilities
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to respond to a survey at a school (details supplied) which is reported as being in very poor condition. [47849/25] - Departmental Funding
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided in each county under the summer works scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular... - Teacher Training
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding in place for the training of teachers at all school levels; the specific training that will be provided to teachers in response to... - Pension Provisions
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of providing pension parity to school caretakers and secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47899/25] - Schools Building Projects
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the refurbishment project for a school (details supplied); the actions she will take to progress this work; and if she... - EU Funding
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a REPowerEU Programme application by a school (details supplied); if she plans to approve further applications; and if she will... - After-School Support Services
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to identify primary schools for after-school childcare services; the up-to-date position on the review of guidelines on... - School Uniforms
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidance she has given to schools in 2025, to encourage school uniform swap shops to reduce the financial burden of sending children back to... - Departmental Expenditure
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of paying student teachers on placement in schools as part of their college degree. [47963/25] - Departmental Schemes
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision on a home tuition grant will be reconsidered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Correspondence
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine and respond to points raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48029/25] - Education Schemes
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for schools to qualify for DEIS status; the progress of a DEIS+ model and when this will be delivered; if she will consider a school... - Special Educational Needs
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider addressing issues on the lack of certainty around work hours for special transport assistants (details supplied); and if she... - School Transport
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process in place to ensure bus services will be in place prior to the commencement of the school term for students, particularly for children... - Special Educational Needs
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools, by county for which an outstanding SNA review was ongoing at the commencement of the new school year; if she will... - State Examinations
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeline for the expansion of the Junior Certificate school programme demonstration library project as committed to in the Programme... - Special Educational Needs
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which parents can meet the deadline when the system is not equipped to provide documentation which is a legal requirement (details... - Schools Building Projects
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the nature of capital works projects funded by her Department carried out at a school (details supplied) from 2023 to date in 2025, by year, in... - Special Educational Needs
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to expedite the opening of an autism unit in a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48123/25] - School Transport
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on imbalances in the tendering system for transport in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to commencing the reduction in the student to teacher ratio from 23:1 to 19:1 in Budget 2026 as outlined in the Programme for... - Schools Building Projects
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date toward the construction of new premises at a school (details supplied); when the project will progress to the next... - Departmental Data
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school students in the State. [48175/25] - Education and Training Provision
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding plans for the provision of secondary school places in Cherrywood, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Funding
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding targeted funding to support schools to provide HEPA filters in areas that are prone to wildfires that lead to poor air... - Schools Building Projects
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to build new post primary schools and or expand capacity at other schools within County Kildare. [48197/25] - Departmental Data
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs
506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the delivery of autism classes in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48246/25] - Schools Building Projects
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the delivery of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Teaching Qualifications
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will implement criteria that acknowledges the service of those teaching abroad if they return to Ireland and teach here; and if, the... - Pension Provisions
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that teachers who return to Ireland from teaching abroad find that there is no scheme for repaying public sector pension... - Public Sector Pay
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) regarding incremental credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48290/25] - Departmental Strategies
517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to recognise school assistance dogs within the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People’s implementation framework; and to... - School Transport
518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the development of a pilot school bus scheme linking Ferns, County Wexford with Bunclody County Wexford, in view of the fact... - School Staff
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to amend teacher allocation rules in order that the numbers allocated are not simply determined on enrolment returns from October of... - School Transport
520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the final number of tickets issued under the school transport scheme, by category, and by county, for each of the school years from 2015-2016 to... - Departmental Data
521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and name of schools in the Dublin 1, Dublin 3, Dublin 7 and Dublin 9 catchment area that have applied for upgrades to their school... - Schools Building Projects
522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the masterplan to be developed for the new educational campus to include a school (details supplied). [48335/25] - Departmental Data
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school age children, of whom her Department is aware, who are seeking a school place and have yet to receive one, as of September... - Departmental Strategies
528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to recognise school assistance dogs within the National Human Rights Strategy For Disabled People’s implementation framework; and to... - School Accommodation
529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 974 of 8 September 2025, if delivery of the permanent school building is due later in the calendar year or... - Schools Building Projects
530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the building of a school (details supplied) will be completed; the reason this school building project is ongoing since 2018; and if she... - School Staff
532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the introduction of the new model of allocation for school secretary hours, in light of increasing administrative workloads in... - Special Educational Needs
534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the expansion of special class provision in primary and post-primary schools for the 2025-2026 school year; the way in... - School Transport
536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for school transport for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48608/25] - School Staff
537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing one additional guidance counsellor positions for schools with more than six hundred students. [48617/25] - Schools Refurbishment
538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to renovate schools (details supplied); the timeframe for the renovation works of the schools; and if she will make a statement... - Teacher Discipline
539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the stage 3 process for a school (details supplied) began; the processes involved in Stage 3; the length of time on average Stage 3 will... - School Transport
540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interim arrangements in place to financially compensate parents impacted by the lack of school bus services at the start of this school year;... - School Admissions
541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the appointment of an inspector to investigate legal breaches (details supplied); and if she will make a... - School Transport
542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy on the eligibility of persons aged 70 years and over to drive school transport buses; her plans to revise this policy to allow... - Departmental Policies
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures for the way in which a primary school can be included in the DEIS scheme; if her Department has considered a school in County Cork... - Statutory Instruments
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by her in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48674/25] - State Examinations
545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra time will be provided to students sitting State exams in 2026 with dyslexia and other additional needs; and if she will make a statement... - School Transport
546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding school transport for children travelling from a location (details supplied). [48697/25] - Education Schemes
551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an updated report will be completed on the work done by the working groups, based on the findings, for the out of school education provision... - Schools Building Projects
552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine issues with a building project in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48746/25] - School Patronage
553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if patronage will feature as part of the national convention on education. [48809/25] - School Attendance
557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff on the School Completion Programme payroll, including coordinators, project workers and sessional staff; and the number who... - Departmental Data
561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount committed and paid by religious organisations to date, following the Ferns report, including any future commitments, in tabular form.... - Departmental Expenditure
562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department pays to religious orders or trusts for the rental of school property, broken down by county, in tabular form. [48818/25] - Schools Building Projects
563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Department funding for a school (details supplied) that is left over from completed works can be re-directed in view of damage caused by such... - Departmental Policies
564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay (details supplied) in opening the timebound provision system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48824/25] - Period Poverty
565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will ensure that period products are available for free in all schools, as per the Programme for Government commitment to... - Schools Building Projects
567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48890/25] - School Transport
568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on school transport for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48891/25] - Departmental Policies
569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the time-bound provision; and if she will confirm that the provision will open in Q4 of 2025. [48913/25] - School Staff
570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the removal of the ancillary grant to a school (details supplied); if the basis for this decision could be... - School Facilities
571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a parking solution for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48981/25] - Qualifications Recognition
572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an Irish citizen who trained in the UK cannot gain employment to carry out dyslexia assessments for young students in Ireland, despite... - School Funding
574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential funding options available to a Waterford school for a project (details supplied). [49017/25] - Special Educational Needs
575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education units in primary and secondary schools in Laois; the number of children in these units at primary and secondary... - School Staff
576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers, overall staff numbers and number of students at two schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport
577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school bus ticket (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49052/25] - Education Policy
583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if primary education measures, to reduce class sizes, increase school funding, support inclusive education and strengthen rural schools (details... - School Transport
585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the location of a school bus pick up point will be reviewed as it is on a turn with little or no parking for parents (details supplied). [49166/25] - School Attendance
586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all secondary schools in Wexford that are taking part in phase 1 and phase 2 of the attendance initiative, Anseo pilot... - Education and Training Boards
587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns in correspondence (details supplied) regarding pension entitlements in the ETB sector; and if she will make a...
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