Written answers

Thursday, 13 November 2025

  • Departmental Surveys
    247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to stop an individual, or group of individuals, from undertaking the Primary School Survey multiple times by inserting a...
  • Schools Building Projects
    250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the progression to stage 2 to provide two special education teacher rooms at a school (details supplied); and if she will...
  • School Transport
    251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a request for school transport from a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Special Educational Needs
    252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) which has four children with additional needs including autism who started in September 2025 will not be...
  • Educational Disadvantage
    253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money allocated to the DEIS + programme; the amount which will be allocated to primary education; the amount which will be...
  • School Curriculum
    254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a specific TY curriculum. [62318/25]
  • Schools Building Projects
    258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in view of her reply (details supplied) her Department will cover the costs of the re-tendering process for the school in question; and if she...
  • Special Educational Needs
    259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be given permission to establish a special class within their school to support children with additional...
  • School Transport
    260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are plans to review the decision to disallow over 70s from driving school buses, as this is placing significant strain on school...
  • Special Educational Needs
    261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has an official policy on the use of sensory or quiet rooms in schools for students with autism; whether schools are permitted...
  • Education Schemes
    262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support schools in the southwest inner city with mental health supports similar to the programme in the northeast inner city. [62403/25]
  • Educational Reform
    264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure all schools in Dublin south central are prepared and equipped for leaving cert reform especially, in STEM subjects. [62405/25]
  • School Staff
    265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the appeal to retain a teacher at a school in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Bullying in Educational Institutions
    266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases of intimate image abuse that have been reported by schools to her Department since the enactment of Coco's law; if any of...
  • Special Educational Needs
    267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who availed of July special provision during Summer 2025; the requirements to qualify; if there are plans to expand the...
  • Teacher Training
    268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the subject areas that are currently identified where there are staff shortages at second level; the measures in place to address this; and if...
  • School Facilities
    269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the Department's plans to make school sports facilities more available to the wider community. [62444/25]
  • Special Educational Needs
    270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if classes can be sanctioned for autistic children for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62451/25]
  • Child Abuse
    271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her intention to provide a written agreement to the survivors of industrial schools, and a definitive timeline for when their demands will be...
  • Pension Provisions
    272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by her Department will meet their obligations...
  • Departmental Funding
    273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation, charity or service provider directly funded by her Department; and the details of...
  • Special Educational Needs
    274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of deaf children and deaf parents currently known to Tusla; the measures in place to ensure they receive accessible, culturally...
  • School Facilities
    275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 816 of 4 November 2025, the number of schools who have mechanical ventilation heat recovery systems...
  • State Examinations
    276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the use of a standardised marking distribution also known as a bell curve for Irish as is used in English and maths...
  • Schools Building Projects
    277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new primary school for Carrigaline, County Cork (details supplied); the stage this project is currently at; the remaining...
  • National Council for Special Education
    280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the results of recruitment campaigns by the Health Service Executive and National Council for Special Education for healthcare professional roles...
  • School Transport
    281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals to amend and improve the criteria for the establishment of school transport to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on...
  • School Funding
    282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to support schools in transitioning to using renewable sources of energy. [62618/25]
  • School Curriculum
    283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the introduction of drama, film, and theatre studies as a second level school subject; if additional resources have been...
  • School Funding
    285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is aware of sports complexes attached to community schools in Cork and Dublin, the funding stream these can be supported under; and...
  • Fire Safety
    286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application for fire safety works at a sports complex (details supplied). [62624/25]
  • School Patronage
    287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proportion of religious to non-denominational schools in Kildare; the number of schools successfully reconfigured in Kildare; and if she will...
  • Departmental Properties
    288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by her Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location of the...
  • Arts Council
    290. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has made the Arts Council aware in writing of his objective as expressed publicly on a programme (details...
  • Arts Funding
    291. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of places which will be available in the permanent basic income for the arts scheme; when the positions will...

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