Written answers
Wednesday, 12 November 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- Youth Services
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual funding for youth services in Dublin City across all Departments from 2000, or latest available data to 2025 or most recent available... - School Accommodation
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently examine and expedite the granted extensions for autism rooms at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Public Procurement Contracts
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and value of contracts that underwent post-award variations; the net value change as a percentage of original awards, by CPV/category;... - Public Expenditure Policy
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated average public expenditure per pupil in primary, post-primary, and further/third-level education; and if these figures are in... - Irish Language
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who were granted an exemption from the study of Irish at primary level over the past five years, in tabular form; and if... - Special Educational Needs
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review enrolment policies for students with diagnosed language disorders who are professionally recommended to attend specialist... - Residential Institutions
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on his meetings with survivors of the industrial and reformatory school system and their requests for a Health (Amendment) Act... - Educational Disadvantage
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process involved for a school that wishes to acquire DEIS status; to provide details of the criteria it must satisfy; and if she will make a... - School Transport
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) will be allocated a concessionary or non-concessionary school bus ticket at this late stage; and if she will make... - Schools Building Projects
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61124/25] - Special Educational Needs
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of the €3 billion funding for special education in budget 2026 which will be spent on new measures; and if she will make a... - Educational Disadvantage
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a school (details supplied) in order for reconsideration to be given to the school’s application to be allocated... - School Funding
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application to fund a laptop for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61142/25] - Special Educational Needs
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the new process for completion of assessments and eligibility letters in advance of applying for special school places by 1 October,... - Teacher Training
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expenditure on recruitment campaigns of international hiring of teachers; and to compare this with the estimated cost of teacher training for... - Departmental Communications
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the... - School Enrolments
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment; if there are plans to roll this out in other areas; and if she will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently intervene to resolve the issues arising from the NCSE’s SNA Review Guidelines 30214, to protect the essential work of SNAs in... - National Educational Psychological Service
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS assessments that have been provided in schools to date in 2025; the locations of each; her plans to increase NEPS assessments;... - School Enrolments
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be fully open; the current opening hours; the number of pupils; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staff
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is not possible to transfer permanency of teacher posts from one school to another; the reason a teacher must resign from his or... - School Enrolments
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans to provide educational facilities for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect a response regarding stage 2A of its new school build project. [61330/25] - Special Educational Needs
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the National Council for Special Education records and reports local demand for autism-specific school placements; the number of... - School Transport
506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of children (details supplied); if she will provide an update from the school transport appeal board; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to refuse retrospective payment of set up grants for the autism special classes opened in 2021 and 2022 at a... - School Transport
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in the Roscommon–Galway constituency currently without access to school bus services, in tabular form; the steps... - School Curriculum
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to give more specific guidance to schools on how they can make meaningful provision for students who have opted out of... - School Admissions
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements being put in place to ensure that a child (details supplied) has an appropriate school placement for September 2026; and if she... - Special Educational Needs
518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Circular C30/2014 will be reviewed and updated given the document is over a decade old and given developments within special education in that... - Teacher Training
523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest update on the Teaching Council’s work to make it mandatory for all student teachers to undertake one mandatory school placement... - Educational Disadvantage
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when DEIS Plus resources will be allocated directly to schools; if she will commit to ensure these funds are made available as soon as possible... - Schools Building Projects
525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building project for a school; when the project is expected to go to tender; when construction is scheduled to commence; when... - School Accommodation
526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time a school (details supplied) will be required to remain in temporary accommodation which has been described as unsatisfactory;... - Health and Safety
528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with Kildare County Council in relation to the lack of signage and road safety markings at a school site (details supplied)... - Energy Conservation
529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider supporting and promoting a nationwide ‘Power Hour’ campaign, encouraging schools across Ireland to turn off all... - State Examinations
530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 21 October 2025, if she is satisfied that the response from the State Examinations Commission is... - Departmental Functions
531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of foresight or future planning that operates within her Department; who is responsible for long-term planning; the input these... - Departmental Funding
532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to continue to fund an organisation (details supplied); and when they will receive more funding. [61703/25] - Schools Building Projects
533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date in which her Department received the design team's report in respect of the new school building project for a school (details supplied);... - School Transport
534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport route (details supplied) will resume; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61720/25] - Special Educational Needs
535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the application process for reading schools; the NCSEs role in managing and determining applications to reading schools; and if she will make a... - School Accommodation
536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has read the correspondence sent to her by an organisation (details supplied); the urgent actions she will take to ensure a safe... - Educational Disadvantage
537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which DEIS Plus resources will be allocated; if she will ensure that all eligible schools will have access to these resources before... - Schools Amalgamation
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to provide capital funding for the proposed amalgamation of schools (details supplied) given the extensive... - School Accommodation
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school (details supplied) for safety works under the climate action summer works scheme; and when they will receive a decision... - School Funding
545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an outstanding payment will be made to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61866/25] - Departmental Legal Cases
546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases taken against her Department in each of the past five years including to date in 2025; the number of those which relate to... - Schools Building Projects
547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 15 July 2025, when a decision is expected to be reached on a climate action summer works scheme... - School Curriculum
548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has given consideration to the inclusion of existing non-curricular languages as curricular languages within the Leaving... - School Transport
550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school bus tickets (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61952/25] - Special Educational Needs
551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the SNA Review Process guidelines for 2025/26 published by the NCSE. in particular: the evidence or consultation informed the narrowed... - School Costs
553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a role in putting a cap on transition year fees in secondary schools to ensure lower income families can afford these fees.... - School Staff
554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an SNA is under a temporary and fixed term contract, and is actively looking for a permanent role, the reason they can only be placed on a... - Teaching Qualifications
555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has put in place a pathway for those qualified as primary school teachers with a recognised British teaching qualification, who... - State Examinations
556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support deaf children within the Leaving Cert Applied programme. [62117/25] - School Enrolments
557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has any plans to increase capacity in a school (details supplied) to cater for the growing number of applicants in the area.... - School Accommodation
558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the remaining improvement works to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62126/25] - Special Educational Needs
559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address issues concerning the interpretation of the term “SSD of unknown origin” by SLT’s in the HSE to exclude children... - Site Acquisitions
560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills he will outline his Department’s plans for a site north of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Public Sector Pensions
561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an employee's pension can be transferred to a different pension scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school’s application under the additional accommodation scheme; when a decision will be taken whether to progress the... - School Transport
563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response will issue to correspondence from this Deputy regarding an application for a seat on a special needs school transport for a child... - Special Educational Needs
564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to sanction more early intervention classes in Kildare; the number that will be available in 2026; the number of...
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