Parliamentary questions

Schools Refurbishment

Gino Kenny

419. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the latest developments on the refurbishment of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13893/24]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Pa Daly

420. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to consider expanding the eligibility period for the Covid Amendment Regulation route for trainee teachers, to expand the potentially eligible number of returning trainees. [13900/24]

Departmental Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

421. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education how many planners are employed by her Department; and how many architects are employed by her Department. [13903/24]

School Enrolments

David Stanton

422. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 13 February 2024, when she expects publication of the latest enrolment projection report for primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13938/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pat Buckley

423. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a progress report on a school (details supplied); if tenders have been awarded to begin the school builds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13977/24]

Departmental Data

Patrick Costello

424. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of all second-level education institutions aided by her Department that are located on public land, and a separate list of all second-level institutions aided by her Department that are located on land not in public ownership. [13982/24]

Departmental Data

Patrick Costello

425. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 276 of 23 January 2024, to list in tabular form the 103 new post-primary schools and 90 newly-established multi-denominational schools referenced, providing school roll numbers for all schools identified. [13983/24]

Schools Building Projects

Robert Troy

426. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education when construction works will commence on schools (details supplied). [14004/24]

Departmental Data

Robert Troy

427. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the annual capital budget for schools in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and her views that this allocation is keeping pace with housing allocation and to keep pace with population increase. [14005/24]

School Transport

Anne Rabbitte

428. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education the status of a school transport query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14033/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Marian Harkin

429. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if a non-EU/EEA citizen, qualified as a primary teacher (details supplied) can teach in Ireland without having Irish; if not, what mechanisms are open to this person to teach primary school children in Ireland; what training will need to be undertaken to teach in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14038/24]

Departmental Policies

Paul Kehoe

430. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) can expect a response to their application for incremental credit under Circular 0139/2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14041/24]

School Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

431. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education what steps her Department is taking to address the teacher shortage at a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14050/24]

Schools Amalgamation

Denis Naughten

432. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the engagement to date with schools (details supplied) regarding amalgamation and the provision of a co-educational offering; if she will review the options for 2nd level facilities in the catchment, in the interest of pupils, their subject choices, and the maximisation in the use of educational facilities funded by the local community and the Exchequer; if consideration has been given to options for coordination in advance of approving any request from individual schools boards of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14057/24]

School Accommodation

Claire Kerrane

433. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education to advise when a decision on funding for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be given works are to commence on a new extension involving some demolition works and six months are required for site preparation, and the funding request for temporary accommodation was made in November 2023 and the school are concerned as time goes on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14070/24]

Schools Building Projects

Claire Kerrane

434. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite a stage 2a application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14071/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Claire Kerrane

435. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education to advise when emergency works will be funded for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14072/24]

School Transport

Aindrias Moynihan

436. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the areas in Cork north west that are being considered under the pilot schemes under the new school transport scheme to be rolled out in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14079/24]

Bus Services

Jackie Cahill

437. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 11 October 2022, if Bus Éireann will reconsider an alternative stop for students at a destination (details supplied) now that the students using this pick-up/drop-off point are now attending secondary school and are no longer on concessionary tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14086/24]

Disadvantaged Status

Jackie Cahill

438. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education what financial supports are available to DEIS schools to run breakfast clubs and after school clubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14088/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

439. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of a school application for works funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14099/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

440. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of a school application for works funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14100/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

441. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 5%, 10% and 20%, in tabular form. [14122/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

442. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the cost of increasing the salary of special needs assistants, in mainstream schools and special classes respectively, by 1%, 2% and 5%, in tabular form. [14123/24]

Capitation Grants

Sorca Clarke

443. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to specify the cost of increasing capitation rates for primary school pupils and post-primary school pupils respectively by 10% in the academic year 2024/2025 and by a further 10% in the academic year 2025/2026, in tabular form. [14126/24]

Capitation Grants

Sorca Clarke

444. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to specify the cost of increasing capitation rates for primary school pupils and post-primary school pupils respectively by an additional €10 per pupil in the academic year 2024/2025 and by a further 10% in the academic year 2025/2026, in tabular form. [14127/24]

Schools Building Projects

Rose Conway-Walsh

445. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education to outline what progress has been made for the relocation of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14132/24]

Departmental Advertising

Jackie Cahill

446. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education if her Department uses community radio for advertising and public awareness campaigns; if not, the reason, given the vital role community radio often plays in the dissemination of information to local communities; if her Department will consider using community radio for public awareness campaigns in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14165/24]

Special Educational Needs

Robert Troy

447. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure an ASD place is allocated to a student (details supplied). [14186/24]

Schools Building Projects

Duncan Smith

448. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education in the context of condition 4(c) of planning permission (details supplied), does she accept that the transfer of ownership of the school site to the Department of Education needs to take place urgently, to enable the planning process for the proposed school to commence and on behalf of parents and their children of the peninsula will she raise this issue with both Fingal County Council and the applicant/developer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14188/24]

School Staff

Bríd Smith

449. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the significant delays in processing teachers’ service papers from abroad and the impact on teachers who have returned to teach in Ireland; if she will acknowledge the welcome return of much-needed teachers but concede to the fact that the higher cost of living and exorbitant rents, especially in Dublin and other cities, puts huge financial pressure on teachers who are placed on step 1 of the pay scale while they wait for their prior service papers to be processed; if there are any plans to speed up the process and/or if there are ways in which to expedite particular cases (details supplied), especially in areas that urgently need teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14208/24]

School Admissions

Bernard Durkan

450. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education if and when a school place can and will be facilitated in the desired school of a child (details supplied); if all efforts can be made to ensure a school place in the required school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14242/24]

School Funding

Alan Dillon

451. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education when an ancillary grant for a school (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14245/24]

School Funding

Alan Dillon

452. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education when the capitation grant for a school (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14246/24]

School Staff

Louise O'Reilly

453. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the current staffing crisis facing a school (details supplied); if there is any scope for the school to increase their staffing complement to alleviate pressure on class sizes at infant level and meet their needs due to exceptional accommodation difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14249/24]

School Accommodation

David Stanton

454. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a request for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied), if she will ensure that such accommodation is in place for the beginning of the 2024/2025 school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14250/24]

Departmental Schemes

David Stanton

455. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 20 March 2024, to outline the status with regards to per cent for arts scheme funding for a project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14251/24]

Special Educational Needs

Brendan Griffin

456. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if an educational assessment will be provided to a primary school pupil (details supplied) attending an ASD unit, given his last assessment was 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14276/24]

School Staff

Eoin Ó Broin

457. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education why the key factor for determining the level of staffing resources for a school is based on enrolments on the previous 30 September 2024 given children can and do enrol in schools throughout the school year; and if this will be taken under review in light of the impact it is having on teaching allocations for schools that have currently surpassed their target figure for retaining a teacher but not before the date provided. [14277/24]

Schools Building Projects

Patricia Ryan

458. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the date for the official opening of the new primary school in Monasterevin, County Kildare. [14305/24]

School Enrolments

Patricia Ryan

459. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the number of pupils the new primary school soon to be opened in Monasterevin, County Kildare will accommodate. [14306/24]

School Transport

James Lawless

460. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education to examine whether it could be possible to put a new school bus on a route where there is a lack of school bus places currently (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14321/24]

School Accommodation

Éamon Ó Cuív

461. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when the provision of extra accommodation will be approved for a school in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a decision on the school’s application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14329/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Paul Donnelly

462. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the status of the works and renovations at a school (details supplied). [14334/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Paul Donnelly

463. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the status of the works and renovations at a school (details supplied). [14335/24]

School Facilities

Colm Burke

464. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if funding will be made available for a school (details supplied) to demolish an existing structure and build a new facility to accommodate ASD classes. [14347/24]

School Discipline

Michael Creed

465. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 20 March 2024, if the reason boards of management cannot act on cases of confirmed assault are to do with GDPR (details supplied); if she will specifically address these issues in new guidelines to schools Cinnealtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14362/24]

Schools Building Projects

Peter Burke

466. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if a building unit site visit can be facilitated for two schools (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14364/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Sherlock

467. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the reason funding for pupils in special classes for summer programme has been reduced from €60 per pupil in 2022 to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024, and what evidence was used to inform this 50% cut. [14372/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

468. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the reason funding for pupils in special classes for the summer programme has been reduced from €60 per pupil in 2022 to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024, and what evidence was used to inform this 50% cut. [14374/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

469. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to outline the process of planning, construction and delivery of major projects for schools, including the typical timeframes for each stage of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14375/24]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

470. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education the reason funding for pupils in special classes for the summer programme has been reduced from €60 per pupil in 2022, to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024; what evidence was used to inform this 50% cut; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14376/24]

School Facilities

Mattie McGrath

471. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education to provide details on the provision of a modular unit for a school (details supplied) for the provision of an additional ASD classroom given the current demand in south Tipperary; when this school will be provided with a modular unit; the plans to increase provision of ASD places in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14399/24]

School Accommodation

Carol Nolan

472. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if the concerns of a school (details supplied) regarding accommodation capacity will be urgently addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14408/24]

Special Educational Needs

Ivana Bacik

473. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education her views on the summer programme 2023 in relation to funding for autism classes; and the rationale for reducing funding for pupils in special classes in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [14444/24]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

474. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education for a full update on the remediation and retrofitting work on a school (details supplied), including timings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14488/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Sean Fleming

475. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14497/24]

Special Educational Needs

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

476. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) who is 13 years of age has been refused a SENO grant for their school. [14499/24]

School Facilities

Niamh Smyth

477. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education her plans to assist with the shrinking play area at a school (details supplied) due to extensions and a growing school population in the area; if she will record the current situation regarding inadequate parking space at the school and the ongoing safety issues presenting due to same; if she will review this case urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14532/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Réada Cronin

478. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the development situation regarding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14541/24]

Special Educational Needs

John Brady

479. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the reason the special education teaching allocation for students who are blind or vision-impaired has been removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14550/24]

Special Educational Needs

John Brady

480. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the reason the special education teaching allocation for students who are blind or vision-impaired has been removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14551/24]

Special Educational Needs

John Brady

481. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education if impact studies have been carried out to determine the effect on students of the decision to reduce special education teaching allocation hours for schools by 30% for students who are blind or vision-impaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14552/24]

Special Educational Needs

John Brady

482. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education if impact studies have been carried out to determine the effect on students of the decision to reduce special education teaching allocation hours for schools by 30% for students who are blind or vision-impaired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14553/24]

Special Educational Needs

Matt Carthy

483. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the special schools for children with disabilities currently operating in each county; the number of children currently enrolled in each; the number of children on waiting lists in each; the criteria for admission in each, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14555/24]

Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge

Catherine Connolly

484. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Oideachais an é an tAonad um Oideachas Gaeltachta atá ag stiúradh an bheartais don oideachas lán-Ghaeilge atá le foilsiú in 2024, ar beartas é a bhaineann le taighde agus taithí agus le comhairle ar phróiseas oifigiúil a bheidh ag an Roinn Oideachais chun scoil a iompú ina scoil lán-Ghaeilge, nó chun soláthar lán-Ghaeilge nua a bhunú laistigh de scoil reatha; an dáta a fhoilseofar an taighde sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [14589/24]

Education Schemes

Robert Troy

485. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will approve an application under the pilot physical activity in teaching and learning scheme for a school (details supplied). [14606/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

486. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of funding per child allocated to the July programme for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [14619/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Kehoe

487. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the number of new special classes that will be opened for September 2024 in Dublin 15 at secondary school level where seven students will require places, at primary senior level where 11 places are required for students entering third class, and at primary school level, listing the schools the NCSE and her Department are currently in discussions with, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14621/24]

School Facilities

David Stanton

488. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 17 January 2024, to provide an update on the review of the guidelines of the use of school buildings outside of school hours; when she expects new procedures for the use of school buildings to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14635/24]

School Transport

Niamh Smyth

489. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14636/24]

Special Educational Needs

David Stanton

490. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure a child (details supplied) will be allocated a place in a second level ASD class closer to their home address; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14638/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Sherlock

491. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education to account for the lack of ASD classes in north Cork and to advise what a family should do (details supplied). [14639/24]

School Transport

Niamh Smyth

492. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14652/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Niamh Smyth

493. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if assistance will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14657/24]

School Transport

Pearse Doherty

494. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 20 March 2024, where the answer claimed that children who have attended an all-Irish-language primary school may be eligible for school transport to an all-Irish secondary school if it is outside of the provisions included in the post-primary school transport scheme, if she will provide the exact criteria for this provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14659/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Michael Moynihan

495. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Education to clarify if a retiring teacher who previously served as a principal, but was not a principal at the time of retirement, can receive the principal’s allowance on their teacher’s pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14667/24]

School Funding

Peadar Tóibín

496. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if there is any financial assistance available to a school (details supplied). [14694/24]

School Accommodation

John Lahart

497. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education to outline the details of the works at a school (details supplied) approved by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14695/24]

School Funding

Alan Dillon

498. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education to provide information on the specific amount and the date for payment of the ancillary grant for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14696/24]

School Funding

Alan Dillon

499. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education when the remaining capitation grant will be disbursed for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14697/24]

School Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

500. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education her Department's plans to increase capacity at primary school level in the Dublin 22 area to meet demand in the coming years. [14712/24]

School Transport

Seán Sherlock

501. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if she will approve a new school bus route (details supplied). [14723/24]

Departmental Data

Joe Flaherty

502. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education the number of Church of Ireland patronage national schools, by county. [14725/24]

Departmental Data

Joe Flaherty

503. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education the number of Church of Ireland patronage national schools that have been funded for SEN capital development, by county, in tabular form; and the timeframe for the data would be most beneficial such as the past five or ten years. [14726/24]

Special Educational Needs

Niamh Smyth

504. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if children (details supplied) will be provided places in the local ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14740/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Pauline Tully

505. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) was denied DEIS status given that all other primary schools in Cavan town have DEIS status; if this decision can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14750/24]

State Examinations

Pauline Tully

506. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education what State exams supports exist for students who have experienced traumatic events in the run up to the exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14751/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Fergus O'Dowd

507. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education to respond to urgent concerns relating to a child’s enrolment in an ASD unit in Dundalk (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14753/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cian O'Callaghan

508. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education why her Department has cut the funding for the Summer Programme for children with complex special educational needs from €60 per pupil in 2022 to €45 in 2023 and €30 in 2024; if she will restore this essential funding to the 2022 level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14757/24]

School Staff

Marian Harkin

509. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if a decision on an application for redeployment could be brought forward for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14769/24]

Special Educational Needs

John McGuinness

510. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if she will give approval for two ASD rooms in schools (details supplied). [14779/24]

Educational Reform

Jennifer Whitmore

511. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the reason the use of assistive technology for students is only tested for in third year for the purposes of State exams; the reason it is not granted to first years in need of the technology to learn and prepare on the three-year cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14784/24]

Special Educational Needs

Ruairí Ó Murchú

512. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) is not able to open an additional autism unit at the school in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14810/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Niamh Smyth

513. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to review correspondence (details supplied) and if she will provide an update on the matter. [14841/24]

Departmental Correspondence

Niall Collins

514. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 508 of 20 March 2024, if she can advise in relation to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14845/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Kehoe

515. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the status of a new autism class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14856/24]

School Staff

Paul Kehoe

516. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if the twelfth teacher will be retained at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14857/24]

School Textbooks

Robert Troy

517. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education when the schoolbook scheme moneys will be paid out to schools; the full criteria for the scheme and the specific allocation per pupil; and if additional resources will be made available to schools for the administration of the scheme. [14876/24]

School Transport

Pearse Doherty

518. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if school transport can be extended for children (details supplied) in Creeslough, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14877/24]