Parliamentary questions

School Accommodation

Catherine Murphy

336. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the annual cost to date in 2024 for security on an accommodation facility (details supplied) in Naas, County Kildare; and the estimated cost of retaining the security for 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [19291/24]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

337. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the budget available for completion works at a school (details supplied) in Naas, County Kildare; and the timeline for the completion and opening of the building. [19292/24]

Teacher Training

Jackie Cahill

338. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education what plans his Department has to subsidise the Gaeltacht fees for post primary teaching students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19299/24]

Fee Paying Schools

Sorca Clarke

339. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of public funding provided to fee-charging schools in 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19305/24]

Schools Administration

Seán Haughey

340. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education her Department’s views on whether the guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours prohibits the provision of sibling hour and afterschool facilities in a school building, as per the decision of the board of management at the school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19323/24]

Schools Administration

Seán Haughey

341. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education if the governance manual for primary schools 2023-2027 in anyway prohibits the use of primary schools for sibling hour and/or afterschool services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19324/24]

School Management

Seán Haughey

342. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education the oversight mechanisms that are in place by which parents can hold board of managements to account; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19325/24]

School Management

Seán Haughey

343. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education to clarify the obligation of patron bodies of national schools to have in place formal complaints procedures for parents to formally complain about the performance of boards of management acting under their patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19326/24]

School Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

344. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school teachers in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for 2024-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19333/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jim O'Callaghan

345. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the total number of special needs assistants in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for special needs assistants for 2024-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19334/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jim O'Callaghan

346. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the total number of special teachers in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for special teachers for 2024-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19335/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jim O'Callaghan

347. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the total number of special classes in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for special classes for 2024-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19336/24]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

348. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 23 April 2024, if she will provide an update on the school application (details supplied) for an ASD unit considering the application was submitted in July 2022; when it is expected that a judgement will be given on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19337/24]

Grant Payments

Seán Sherlock

349. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when the ancillary services grant and ICT digital strategy grants will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19342/24]

Local Authorities

Catherine Murphy

350. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of which it was intended for. [19357/24]

Schools Building Projects

Joe Flaherty

351. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will direct Department officials to meet with a school (details supplied) and their architect for their new build in order to resolve outstanding issues. [19373/24]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

352. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if exceptional teaching posts are still available for special schools. [19374/24]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

353. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will consider an exceptional teaching post for a school (details supplied). [19375/24]

Special Educational Needs

Joe Flaherty

354. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will examine changing the requirements to provide substitute teaching cover in special schools. [19376/24]

School Textbooks

Colm Burke

355. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to include private schools under the free books scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19389/24]