Written answers
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of difficulties facing many transport companies (details supplied); if she has plans to make changes to the process; and if she... - Youth Services
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the implementation plan of the National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services 2024-2028, which was published in... - Schools Building Projects
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52960/25] - Youth Services
167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been given to the youth sector for capital projects in the past ten years, broken down per county; and if she will make a... - School Facilities
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new toilet block in a school (details supplied) will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53010/25] - School Transport
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53022/25] - School Funding
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53024/25] - State Examinations
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the dates students will receive their junior certificate and leaving certificate results for the 2026 State examinations; and if she... - Special Educational Needs
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the serious concerns raised by parents, educators and school leaders regarding the recently published NCSE guidelines for the... - School Curriculum
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the opt-out arrangements for children in primary schools where parents choose to withdraw their child from the new relationships and... - School Management
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider giving greater devolved power over school spending to school management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53081/25] - School Transport
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) is still without school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53118/25] - School Funding
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53137/25] - Special Educational Needs
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to approving the establishment of a special class in a school (details supplied) for the 2026-27 academic year, in... - School Transport
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school transport for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53175/25] - Child Abuse
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend entitlement to the Health (Amendment) Act card to all survivors of industrial and reformatory schools, in recognition of the... - School Transport
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) can be examined; if a school transport ticket can be issued in this case; and if she will make a... - School Management
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the closure of schools in some cases is at the discretion of her Department. [53221/25] - Schools Building Projects
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all of the ongoing projects in Dublin West under the planning and building unit, broken down into five core stages (details... - Tionscadail Tógála Scoileanna
191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an stádas reatha chun foirgneamh buan a thógáil do scoil (sonraí curtha ar fáil) i gContae Bhaile Átha... - School Funding
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will set out the process by which schools may apply for funding for the development of playground facilities, particularly where such... - Teacher Training
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to keep teachers who return home from abroad up to date with the new curriculum. [53277/25] - Special Educational Needs
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend Circular 0010/2013 to allow for funding to be deposited into a school's account in order for it to purchase assistive... - School Admissions
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 541 of 17 September 2025, to provide an update on the response of the school in question to the instruction... - School Accommodation
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the position of a school (details supplied) will be considered having regard to the fact the school, when requested, opened a special ASD... - Schools Building Projects
197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of a school (details supplied) will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53343/25] - Departmental Schemes
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 25 September 2025, if she will provide the figures confirming the cost to date of the installation... - Health and Safety
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the departmental policy relating to the presence of asbestos in school buildings and whether it is acceptable that children would be walking on... - Schools Building Projects
200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools a project management company (details supplied) has been appointed by her Department to project manage or provide other... - School Staff
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently address the disparity in salary for special needs assistants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Child Abuse
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider providing access to a HAA medical card and a full pension to industrial school survivors; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to alter the status of tutors working under the home tuition scheme in terms of their recognition and inclusion within the broader... - School Funding
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 September 2025, the plans to allow private independent music schools access to funding for the... - School Transport
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify growing concerns among school bus escorts around their payment; if it is the case that school bus escorts are only paid from the... - National Educational Psychological Service
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment for dyslexia, given they are not meeting developmental milestones; and if she will... - School Funding
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the amount of the €450,000 total Education for Sustainable Development Fund available for schools that has been drawn down; and... - Departmental Inquiries
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider establishing an independent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details supplied); and if she... - School Accommodation
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding a request for additional accommodation for a school in Cork city (details supplied) to provide appropriate and urgently... - School Funding
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53617/25] - School Attendance
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is taking to address the rise in absenteeism in Cork secondary schools, where the percentage of school days lost has... - School Enrolments
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the number of children from the Donabate and Portrane area travelling to primary and secondary school outside of the area in the 2024... - Schools Building Projects
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the details of the schools included in the national development plan in the Donabate area; to confirm if funding has been secured for... - School Transport
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 23 September 2025, if she will confirm the length of time families ordinarily expect to wait before... - Teaching Council of Ireland
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the number of skills assessment tests (textiles, fashion and design skills for home economics) that have been requested by the... - School Accommodation
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the applications for the additional accommodation scheme for both primary and post-primary schools in Cork county; the... - Youth Services
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider her Department's policy for the UBU project applications submitted for each county; if she will reconsider that Cork... - School Funding
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of school principals related to the level of capitation funding not keeping pace with the rate of... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); if she will have this matter examined; and if she will make a statement on... - School Funding
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in capitation funding for primary schools will be considered in view of rising costs; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the opening of a special class at a school (details supplied). [53785/25] - School Transport
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 23 September 2025, the number of children who have availed of the exceptional interim grant in Cork;...
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