Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

61. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with a school (details supplied) regarding the urgent need for an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16186/24]

Education Schemes

Marian Harkin

62. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education the reason no counsellor is available to a school in north Leitrim under the Counselling in Primary Schools pilot (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16346/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Whitmore

63. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education for an update on delivery of the new school build for a school (details supplied), and the planned building extensions for other schools in Greystones. [16426/24]

School Accommodation

David Stanton

64. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education her plans to establish a new second level school in the east Cork area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16461/24]

Special Educational Needs

Gary Gannon

65. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the reason funding for students in special classes for Summer Programmes has been reduced from €60 per student in 2022, to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024; and the reasons for and evidence used to inform this 50% cut. [16494/24]

Disadvantaged Status

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

66. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the proposal to introduce a DEIS plus scheme for the most acutely disadvantaged schools in the country. [16367/24]

Schools Building Projects

Paul McAuliffe

67. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education for an update on the new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16459/24]

School Staff

Paul Donnelly

68. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progress made in relation to guidance counsellors for post-primary schools in the context of the public consultation on the national policy group on lifelong guidance. [16269/24]

Schools Building Projects

Paul McAuliffe

69. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education when approval will be granted for the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) as the current building is a fire hazard and more space is required. [16460/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

70. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when she will meet the board of management of a school (details supplied) and urgently review the decision by her Department not to include the school in the school capital buildings programme; and if she has received correspondence from the board of management of the school, confirming that it can provide an alternative and appropriate site for a new school at no cost to the State. [16350/24]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

71. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cén uair faoina mbeidh an t-athbhreithniú ar chóras soláthair iar-bhunscoileanna nua i mBaile Átha Cliath Theas foilsithe, agus cén uair faoina mbeidh an Polasaí don Oideachas lán-Ghaeilge lasmuigh den Ghaeltacht foilsithe. [16352/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

72. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase capacity of secondary school places in the Dublin mid-west area; the status of any proposed school building projects in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16365/24]

School Enrolments

Brian Leddin

73. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Education the status of offers of secondary school places in Limerick; the steps that have been taken since 2023 to ensure every student receives a place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16464/24]

School Staff

Paul Donnelly

74. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education for an update on a survey by her Department completed by 100% of the membership of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to providing a pathway to the appropriate route of registration for those who are working as guidance counsellors in post-primary schools without the specific qualifications required to register as a post-primary teacher. [16270/24]

School Transport

Aindrias Moynihan

75. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education what areas in mid Cork are being considered under the pilot scheme under the new school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16376/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Sorca Clarke

76. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she plans to remove the Catholic certificate that is required to teach in most schools in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16253/24]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

77. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that schools that are looking to open special classes and that have a waiting list for these classes are not inhibited from doing so because of lack of physical space; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16471/24]

Special Educational Needs

Claire Kerrane

78. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education how she will ensure that special classes meet demand and that every child who needs a special class place gets one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15954/24]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Boyd Barrett

79. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if the method of calculating the allocation of special needs resources to schools that has seen a third of primary schools lose resources for 2024/2025 will be changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16470/24]

School Transport

Christopher O'Sullivan

80. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if approval will be given to a pay increase for school transport bus escorts (details supplied) as they have not received any pay increase since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16316/24]