Written answers
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
Department of Education and Skills
- Education Schemes
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which a school can apply for a home liaison officer. [68039/26] - School Staff
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she will take to specifically intervene in the case of a school (details supplied) whereby their allocation of secretary hours has... - Capitation Grants
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase the capitation grant for schools in the budget. [68003/26] - School Admissions
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to ensure a student (details supplied) can avail of a suitable secondary school place in order that he can complete his... - School Facilities
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the rotten wooden utility covers outside of (details supplied). [68117/26] - Education Policy
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need to distinguish between exception and twice exception students as part of the Saibhriú pilot programme as outlined in... - School Staff
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If this principal can be given consideration for retaining her administrative time by 80% even though her enrolment has increased and an ASD... - Residential Institutions
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) for the formal education grant under the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional... - School Transport
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to correspondence (details supplied), if she will provide an update on school transport for a child; if a tender for the relevant route... - Schools Refurbishment
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of all building and remedial works taken place at a school (details supplied) in 2025 and to date in 2026; and to provide a... - Education Schemes
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Counselling in Primary Schools Pilot 2023-2026, following the publication of its evaluation report in August 2026; if her... - School Facilities
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the possibility of a JCSP Library and Librarian for a school (details supplied). [68174/26] - School Attendance
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available to a child in a primary school with no home-school liaison who is experiencing school refusal. [68171/26] - School Enrolments
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected enrollment figures for a school (details supplied) for each year from 2027-2032 inclusive, in tabular form. [68195/26] - Schools Building Projects
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the plans with timelines and details of type of buildings; the access to the school and a complex (details supplied); and the parking... - Special Educational Needs
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the number of primary and secondary school children and children travelling to special schools from the Donabate and Portrane area in... - Education Policy
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (detail supplied). [68309/26] - School Transport
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage with a family and school to assist in providing school transport assistance for a pupil (details supplied) due to... - School Staff
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the considerations given to recognising service prior to 1 May 2015 in calculating the ex‑gratia lump sum for school secretaries and... - Special Educational Needs
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to fast-track home tuition funding approvals currently delayed in the Department's section in Athlone, which are leaving... - School Transport
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on school transport provision for students (details supplied); and whether arrangements will be in place when these students... - Iontrála Scoile
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills [68356/26] - School Transport
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full review of the school transport scheme has been scheduled; when this will be carried out; the scope and criteria of this review; and if... - School Staff
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a teacher will be added to her Department's payroll and commence receiving their salary; the reason for the delay; and whether payment of... - Schools Building Projects
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the commencement of the next phase of a school building project (details supplied) and preparatory works being undertaken by her... - School Transport
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review and increase capacity on the post-primary school transport route serving Burncourt and surrounding areas to schools in Mitchelstown, in... - School Staff
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If she is aware that the new initiative allowing newly qualified teachers to secure contracts of indefinite duration may disadvantage experienced... - Special Educational Needs
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department would consider a dedicated activity and inclusion grant for special classes participating in the Summer Programme, based on the... - Schools Building Projects
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update to this Deputy in relation to application for an extension for a school building in County Cork (details supplied);... - Scéimeanna Oideachais
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an líon páistí atá ag foghlaim ón mbaile i mbliana; an líon iarratas a rinneadh gach bliain le cúig bliana... - School Staff
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a review or assessment available for a school (details supplied) in relation to their allocation under the home school... - Capitation Grants
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year costs should the basic capitation rate be increased to €310 per pupil. [68650/26] - School Curriculum
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to criticisms in relation to the new leaving cert maths curriculum (details supplied); and if she can outline the... - Disadvantaged Status
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding requirement for the rollout of DEIS plus in 2027; to provide an itemised breakdown of the projected additional costs; and... - Schools Building Projects
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the status of the proposed building extension at a school (details supplied); the reason this project was omitted from the Department's... - School Transport
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a county by county breakdown of the number of pupils availing of the school transport scheme for primary, secondary and special... - Disadvantaged Status
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to improve the data used to identify schools for the DEIS plus scheme, including the use of administrative data held by... - State Examinations
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the formal, alternative infrastructure the State examinations commission is establishing to authenticate additional assessment components of... - Disadvantaged Status
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of Action 3.1.1 of the DEIS Strategy Implementation Plan 2026–2028, which provides for a review of the allocation model for... - School Transport
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 65106/26 of 16 September 2026, the rationale for the difference in the level of fuel support provided to... - School Costs
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 65399/26 whether her Department has carried out or will carry out an assessment of the average cost... - Schools Building Projects
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a building project for a school (details supplied) to expand on site facilities which will include a kitchen. [68828/26] - School Staff
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify when a teacher (details supplied) will have their wages rectified; and if her Department will look into this case as a matter... - School Enrolments
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide guidance to a parent who cannot secure a school place for their child in their new locality and has exhausted all application... - Budget 2027
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied) regarding Budget 2027; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68553/26] - School Transport
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review an application for school transport for a student (details supplied). [68271/26] - Solar Energy Guidelines
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the Solar for Schools Programme specifications to facilitate the installation of battery storage in schools, thereby allowing... - School Transport
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the recommencement of a school transport route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68219/26] - School Staff
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of SNA’s employed in special class and special school settings; and to make a statement on the matter. [68903/26] - Special Educational Needs
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a person (details supplied). [68929/26] - School Staff
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the staffing ratio for teachers, special needs assistants (SNAs), and therapeutic staff in all newly established special education... - School Curriculum
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the NCCA/SEC and other appropriate bodies to ensure that American football and other minority sports are designated as... - State Examinations
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the State Examinations Commission will authenticate Additional Assessment Components for home educated and medically vulnerable... - Special Educational Needs
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils with SEN who had no suitable school place in the last school year; and to make a statement on the matter. [68899/26] - School Staff
440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full annual cost of providing one classroom teacher per 20 pupils at second level; and to make a statement on the matter. [68894/26] - Departmental Funding
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total annual figure for increasing the secondary school capitation grant to €500 per pupil; and to make a statement on the matter.... - Teacher Training
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers who carried out CPD through Oide and the NCSE, respectively; and the mechanism that exists within her Department to... - School Transport
446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend a post primary school transport route to collect a student (details supplied) who is attending a special class from her house.... - Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills [68686/26]
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