Written answers
Thursday, 26 March 2026
Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Correspondence
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will address the issues raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23124/26] - Disadvantaged Status
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a scheme and whether a school will be included (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23125/26] - Special Educational Needs
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 910 of 18 March 2026, if she will provide the exact numerical data requested; the exact number of... - School Equipment
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department is aware that some secondary schools are requesting that parents purchase laptops or digital devices for senior cycle... - Schools Building Projects
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to introduce a new Gaelscoil (details supplied) in Cavan; if her Department have held any discussions on this to date; and if she... - School Staff
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the NCSE refused full-time SNA support for a pupil (details supplied) in a primary school with ADHD and type 1 diabetes requiring... - School Facilities
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the request issued by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) to a school (details supplied) to open a special class;... - Schools Building Projects
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if staff (coordinators and project workers) for School Completion Programme clusters are allocated according to specific criteria; if so, the... - School Attendance
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the reintroduction of a child to school (details supplied); the steps her Department is taking to reintroduce them into school; and if she... - Departmental Programmes
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Departments involvement with the promotion of the Erasmus + Programme in schools and youth organisations; and if she will make a statement on... - School Facilities
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of the revised change order submission relating to roof works at a school (details supplied); and when a final... - Schools Administration
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reclassifying schools (details supplied) as DEIS Band 1, given the needs of students at the schools; if she will agree to a... - Departmental Reviews
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned to have a review of DEIS banding. [23322/26] - School Admissions
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a child in Cork (details supplied) that has been without a school place since October 2025; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Reviews
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a remote area boarding grant application in respect of a student (details supplied) from Killorglin, County Kerry; if she will... - School Curriculum
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which financial literacy is currently delivered within the post-primary curriculum; the subjects and programmes through which it is... - School Facilities
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a status update on the planned science labs for a school (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23341/26] - School Attendance
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the spend to date on the school attendance campaign; and the overall expected spend. [23356/26] - Special Educational Needs
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason in certain cases, an official from the National Council for Special Education does not visit a school applying for a special class... - National Educational Psychological Service
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 841 of 18 March 2026, which was unanswered in the reply provided, when a NEPS assessment will be made... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average, median, maximum and minimum primary school class sizes for the Cork City and Cork County Council areas from 2019 to date in 2026, in... - National Council for Special Education
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals to the NCSE, by county; and the number of successful appeals, over each of the past five years. [23420/26] - School Facilities
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the need to provide additional funding for sports halls in schools. [23421/26] - Special Educational Needs
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the recent changes to the allocation model for special education. [23422/26] - Schools Building Projects
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in advancing a project (details supplied); when this proposal will advance to the next stage; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the proposed reform of the assessment of need process will ensure that gifted and twice exceptional children those who are both... - Departmental Inquiries
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included in the next expansion of a programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23486/26] - Special Educational Needs
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a special class will be sanctioned in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23508/26] - Departmental Inquiries
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position in relation to school planning in the Ashbourne school planning area in Meath; the existing and projected, capacity; how... - School Facilities
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the forward planning methodologies and datasets being used to ensure the timely or advance delivery of social infrastructure in the rapidly...
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