Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the reasons for the delay with building works for a school (details supplied) a project that was authorised by the Department of... - Special Educational Needs
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 10 December 2025, if she plans to increase the provision of early intervention ASD classes in line... - School Equipment
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved for an application for furniture and equipment in the practical rooms in a school (details supplied); and if she... - National Council for Special Education
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department can instruct the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) to provide an eligibility letter for a special school... - School Transport
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the €69 million investment allocated to strengthen the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of a new secondary school in Kildare town (details supplied), including the expected start of construction,... - Special Educational Needs
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73311/25] - Residential Institutions
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agreement made in November 2025 between the Government and institutional abuse survivors who had been on hunger strike. [73341/25] - School Curriculum
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the Programme for Government commitment to increase the number of schools offering physical education as a Leaving Certificate... - School Staff
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the new teaching posts that will be funded under Budget 2026. [73346/25] - School Enrolments
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on schools (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73378/25] - School Transport
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the following case (details supplied) and if she will instruct her Department to ensure that the child in question is able to... - School Staff
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of male and female teachers in primary schools on a county-by-county breakdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73410/25] - Special Educational Needs
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in schools across the state at primary and post primary level with a diagnosis of an additional need ad; and if she will... - School Staff
439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on WRC talks with a union (details supplied) involving school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Meals Programme
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has concerns regarding aspects of the tendering process (details supplied) for the provision of free school meals; and if she will make a... - School Staff
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently intervene and address the pension parity issues in respect of school secretaries and caretakers (details supplied); and if... - School Accommodation
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional accommodation scheme application lodged by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the national roll out of the single application system for special education classes; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Schemes
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the climate action summer works scheme application submitted by a school (details supplied), specifically... - School Funding
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the funding and resource supports available to a school (details supplied) in light of the significant infrastructural,... - Educational Disadvantage
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria currently used to determine DEIS status for primary schools; if she will review the eligibility of a school (details supplied) for... - School Staff
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the recent loss of two full-time English-as-an-Additional-Language teaching posts and one full-time SNA post at a school... - School Funding
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accept an invitation to visit a school (details supplied) to see firsthand the challenges relating to infrastructure, language... - School Staff
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has been seeking the correction of her pay scale and recognition of service... - Schools Building Projects
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the extensive population growth on the north side of Drogheda; if her Department has any plans to develop a new second-level... - Departmental Surveys
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an overview of the primary school survey in terms of numbers of surveys completed, by county and as a percentage of overall eligible... - School Transport
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is proposed to allow persons aged 70 and over, subject to appropriate medical checks, to undertake school transport work; and if she will... - Departmental Funding
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives her Department has in place in relation to the prevention of drug addiction in young people [73673/25] - School Curriculum
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if drug addiction prevention is covered in the post-primary curriculum; and if so, to outline the main elements of the curriculum which cover... - Special Educational Needs
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child will be facilitated in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73676/25] - School Staff
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73744/25] - School Funding
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total capital and emergency works funding allocated to schools in each county in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [73754/25] - Special Educational Needs
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs and special education teachers allocated to schools in County Waterford at the end of 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by... - Education Schemes
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the number of schools that have availed of the scheme to install solar panels on their roof; the number of completed... - Departmental Schemes
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the widespread disappointment for many schools whose applications were not approved under the climate action summer works... - Special Educational Needs
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the number of SNA vacancies, by county, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [73837/25] - School Staff
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the school teacher vacancies in schools, by primary and secondary education and by county, in each of the years 2020 to... - Special Educational Needs
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the number of special education classes, by county and by primary or secondary education, in each of the years 2020 to...
No comments