Written answers
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- School Staff
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department maintains data on the number of teachers currently assigned to special education needs classes who hold specific qualifications... - School Admissions
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a secondary school place for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [56482/25] - School Transport
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that school bus escorts were paid from the moment they began their working day and now they are not being paid until the moment a... - Departmental Surveys
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will launch an online national survey of all primary parents and preschool parents to determine local preferences for school type,... - School Transport
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on correspondence regarding an application for a child (details supplied) and ensure that school transport has been arranged. [56510/25] - Departmental Properties
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of empty buildings that the Department of Education and Youth have in County Meath, in tabular form. [56543/25] - Schools Building Projects
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine issues in correspondence (details supplied) affecting an amalgamation project for a school; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Funding
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the reason a school (details supplied) was excluded from the science implementation support grant; and if she will make a statement on... - School Costs
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the policy rationale for the continued exclusion of minority faith schools from the school improvement service guarantee, the free... - Schools Building Projects
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application submitted by a school (details supplied) to have their roof replaced under the Climate Action Summer Works... - Education Schemes
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the exceptional interim grant for parents of children in special schools who have not received school transport. [56579/25] - Special Educational Needs
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special transport grants paid out, by county, in tabular form. [56580/25] - School Funding
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the sanctioned ASA extension for a school (details supplied) falls within the capital expenditure allocation referenced in the Department... - Schools Building Projects
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the emergency funding application submitted by a school (details supplied), regarding structural issues arising from... - Departmental Contracts
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent by her Department to conduct tendering processes for public infrastructure projects in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and... - Departmental Correspondence
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the actions her Department is taking to address the staffing... - Emigrant Support Services
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the work being done by her Department, and agencies under its remit, to facilitate, in line with the commitment under the... - Departmental Data
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to end the Industrial and Reformatory School Survivors hunger strike; and if she will make a statement on the... - Scoileanna DEIS
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the new DEIS plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56816/25] - Youth Services
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the way in which expenditure allocated to youth work in Budget 2026 will be spent; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that children with disabilities are frequently granted exemptions from studying Irish in order to access special educational... - Departmental Data
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons capitation per head for second level students is significantly higher than for primary; whether there is any intention to equalise... - Schools Building Projects
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there is any restriction on a school seeking external funding for a building project; whether a school is permitted to seek... - School Funding
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the mainstream class teacher grant, which encompasses a furniture and ICT grant, has not been paid to schools yet, despite commitments... - Schools Building Projects
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a local school building project (details supplied); the reason for the ongoing delays in realising this project; and if she will... - Departmental Correspondence
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address issues raised in correspondence regarding the urgent needs of teachers, particularly in primary and special schools (details... - School Transport
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification and information in relation to school bus ticket for a child (details supplied). [57018/25] - Schools Building Projects
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress of school building projects in Donabate, including any sites earmarked for schools as part of housing developments... - School Accommodation
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a school (details supplied) can proceed to re-open much needed capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57032/25] - Teaching Council of Ireland
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of the proposed timebound provision for transferring teachers from route 3 to route 1 of the Teaching Council... - Teacher Training
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact the current barriers to registration and induction are having on teacher supply, particularly in areas experiencing acute shortages... - Teaching Council of Ireland
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assess the impact of Teaching Council registration delays and route transfer barriers on the availability of qualified teachers in... - Teaching Qualifications
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Teaching Council’s current policy regarding the recognition of teaching qualifications obtained through online programmes from UK... - Vacant Properties
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the vacant buildings owned by her Department or by agencies under the remit of her Department in Dublin 2, 4, 6, and 6W,... - Departmental Budgets
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on comments regarding the education budget for 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57139/25] - Departmental Funding
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 482 of 14 October 2025, if she will provide a breakdown of the capital funding for youth affairs under... - School Transport
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of applications for school transport in County Wexford for the 2025/2026 academic year; the number of pupils who were... - Special Educational Needs
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with additional needs in County Wexford who are currently without a suitable school place for the upcoming academic year;... - School Curriculum
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where parents can find guidance on the structure for children opted out of religion under the new primary school curriculum. [57241/25] - Pensions Reform
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that single teachers appointed since 2004 are required to make mandatory 1.5% pension contributions to the spouses’ and... - Schools Building Projects
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57243/25] - Departmental Data
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of suspensions and expulsions in special schools under the patronage of the ETBs in the school years 2021–22, 2022–23... - Departmental Schemes
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when grants awarded under her Department’s physical activity in teaching and learning scheme will be announced; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to calls from parents and representative groups in relation to students with dyslexia and dyspraxia and other... - Departmental Reports
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all reports, including consultancy reports commissioned by her Department from 1 January 2024 to date in 2025, that could be... - School Transport
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to urban parents for school transport (details supplied); the funding schemes which are available to assist such parents;... - Departmental Correspondence
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding accessibility of Leaving Certificate applied examinations for students... - Teaching Council of Ireland
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for incremental credit (details supplied); if the Teaching Council will accept the documents provided; and if she... - Departmental Funding
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 197 of 9 October 2025, and the fourth Topical Issue selected of 9 October, if she has reviewed this issue... - Departmental Projects
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the design stage of each project under her Department, in each county, and year of application submitted, in tabular form. [57346/25] - Departmental Funding
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the name and location of UBU-funded youth services, per constituency, and the funding provided to each service in 2020, 2021, 2022,... - Schools Building Projects
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all the construction-related reports required to progress a school building project (details supplied) advised by her Department in July 2024... - Departmental Correspondence
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57363/25] - Departmental Staff
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options in place for the provision of education to secondary school students where there is a shortage of teachers for a core curriculum... - School Accommodation
440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the timeline for a decision in... - Budget 2026
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote number 26, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations.... - School Accommodation
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of additional school accommodation projects approved for County Offaly in each of the past ten years, 2015-2025; the date of their... - Special Educational Needs
443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in respect of opening the autism class in a school (details supplied). [57431/25]
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