Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Accommodation

Michael Lowry

291. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education what assistance can be offered to a school (details supplied); when this school will be provided with a modular unit; the plans to increase the provision of ASD places in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17551/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

292. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the plans that are in place to increase the provision of ASD places in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17552/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

293. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update and details of her plans to construct a new primary school in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17584/24]

School Enrolments

Joe Flaherty

294. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education the enrolment numbers at 30 March 2024 for all national schools in County Longford. [17592/24]

School Enrolments

Joe Flaherty

295. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education the enrolment numbers at 30 March 2024 for all secondary schools in County Longford. [17593/24]

Teacher Training

Michael Ring

296. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if she plans to expand a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17594/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

297. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the details of plans for the building of a new primary school in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17601/24]

School Enrolments

Jim O'Callaghan

298. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will detail, on a county-by-county basis, as of 15 April 2024, or the latest date available, the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in Irish schools at primary level and at post-primary level, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17607/24]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Brendan Griffin

299. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education to provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17639/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Brendan Griffin

300. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17641/24]

School Transport

Seán Crowe

301. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the reason a replacement school bus service for children attending a school (details supplied) was not put in place when the existing service was disrupted before Easter; if she is aware of complaints from parents about the service being subject to frequent disruption; and if she shares their concerns about the significant obstacle this creates in their access to education. [17662/24]

School Textbooks

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

302. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the roll-out of the primary school book grant scheme; and to confirm when the revised guidelines for 2024/2025 will be published. [17700/24]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Ged Nash

303. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education to request that the Teaching Council addresses an issue raised with me by a person (details supplied); if the Council will set out the precise reasons registration with the Council continues to be denied to this person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17737/24]

School Accommodation

Paul Murphy

304. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure an ASD unit is added to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17746/24]

Special Educational Needs

Matt Carthy

305. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the reason the special education teaching hours allocated to a school (details supplied) have been reduced by ten hours; if she will reallocate these hours without imposing the burden of a full school review as proposed by the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17759/24]

Special Educational Needs

Matt Carthy

306. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will examine the process for schools to appeal their allocation of special education teaching hours considering the current burden on schools of completing a comprehensive appeal form, followed by a school visit and a full school review places an excessive pressure on school staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17760/24]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Marian Harkin

307. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on an application for incremental credits submitted by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17831/24]

Schools Building Projects

Niall Collins

308. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education for an update on an application for additional funding for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17833/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Cian O'Callaghan

309. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 20 March 2024, if the Teaching Council will introduce new measures to allow teachers who have qualified outside Ireland to complete their teaching induction in Ireland; if this can be considered as a measure to address the current teacher crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17855/24]

School Transport

Danny Healy-Rae

310. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education in view of proposed changes to the school bus transport system, when the new changes will become effective (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17872/24]

School Accommodation

Frankie Feighan

311. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education if her Department has received an application for additional accommodation for a primary school in County Leitrim (details supplied); when the board of management will receive confirmation of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17875/24]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

312. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if her Department has considered supporting the installation of ASD units in school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17914/24]

Residential Institutions

Mark Ward

313. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education her views on a letter (details supplied); the options available to this person to assist them in locating their family member’s remains; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17920/24]

Schools Building Projects

John McGuinness

314. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if approval will be issued as soon as possible. [17941/24]

Physical Education

John McGuinness

315. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if every school providing physical education will be adequately funded to meet the needs of those participating and to include PE equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17946/24]

National Educational Psychological Service

Robert Troy

316. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education how a school requests a NEPS assessment for a student. [17949/24]

School Accommodation

Michael Creed

317. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the current situation regarding a request for approval for a modular classroom at a school (details supplied). [17951/24]

Schools Building Projects

Louise O'Reilly

318. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the current status of the construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for the delivery of the new school given it has been in temporary accommodation for over 40 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17976/24]

Special Educational Needs

Ged Nash

319. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the reason several parents in an area, including one couple (details supplied), have been denied places for their children when they had previously been promised at a school’s ASD unit for the school year starting in September 2024; if she will commit to give the school the resources necessary in order that none of these children are denied their place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17977/24]

Water Services

Paul Murphy

320. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure a cancellation of a debt to Irish Water in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17987/24]

Schools Building Projects

Fergus O'Dowd

321. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18002/24]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

322. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to expand the number of places for special education class provision at preschool, primary and secondary level for those with complex needs, beyond autism spectrum and those with rare diseases that meet the needs in the growing south Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18028/24]

School Accommodation

Aindrias Moynihan

323. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the up-to-date position on a classroom extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18033/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Farrell

324. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education for an update on a planning application by a school (details supplied) with Fingal County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18034/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Farrell

325. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the status of the master plan for the new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18035/24]

School Accommodation

Alan Farrell

326. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education if her Department is working on plans to enlarge a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18036/24]

Schools Building Projects

Alan Farrell

327. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education for an update on the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18037/24]

School Enrolments

Alan Farrell

328. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the work her Department has undertaken to assist the primary schools in Portmarnock, County Dublin, with oversubscriptions for 2024-25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18038/24]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Farrell

329. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of autism class school places that will be available in Dublin Fingal East for the school year 2024-25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18039/24]

School Accommodation

David Stanton

330. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 14 February 2024, the progress made with respect to the application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18050/24]

School Accommodation

Pearse Doherty

331. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the reason for the continued delay in providing a promised SEN provision for a school (details supplied), despite the school being approved under her Department's additional school accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18085/24]

School Transport

Patrick Costello

332. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if her Department will liaise with the relevant authorities to introduce a school pupil's free travel scheme bus pass, similar to the free travel scheme for adults, recognising that children in rural areas can avail of free travel, but not those in urban areas, and recognising that, if delivered upon, this would be directly meeting one of the objectives in the school transports review. [18091/24]

Water Supply

Seán Sherlock

333. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the share of all primary schools in the country that have access to drinking water from the mains, local water scheme or their own well; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18276/24]

School Enrolments

Patricia Ryan

174. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the measures, if any, in place to deal with the fact that a school (details supplied) is already at maximum pupil capacity now and cannot accept any pupil from even its main feeder primary school, even considering the other two schools in the area. [17084/24]

Schools Building Projects

Patricia Ryan

175. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify, with regard to the new school premises built in Kildare town to house a school (details supplied) whose building is being reclaimed for Army use, whether the school will be accepting pupils from the Kildare town area at its new location, not just pupils from the Suncroft and Curragh areas. [17085/24]

Schools Building Projects

Patricia Ryan

176. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify, with regard to claims being made that a new building for a school (details supplied) in Kildare is a new school for Kildare town, whether it is a new school or just the old school being accommodated in new premises. [17086/24]

School Staff

Patricia Ryan

177. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education to outline any measures she or her Department are considering to offer incentives to teachers to fill the many vacant teaching posts in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17087/24]

School Enrolments

Fergus O'Dowd

178. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No.119 of 11 April 2024, if she will arrange for a further response to issue to follow-up queries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17090/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cian O'Callaghan

179. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will reconsider the implementation of Circular 0002/2024, given the serious concerns around the reduction in SET hours for students and the removal of children with complex needs as a criterion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17096/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul McAuliffe

180. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the new ASD classes for a school (details supplied). [17100/24]

Special Educational Needs

Brendan Howlin

181. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education the reasons the application of a school (details supplied) in County Wexford for an increase in special education teaching hours has been denied; if the needs of pupils in this school, contained in a 34-page document submitted to the National Council for Special Education, were fully considered; the reasons the case made failed to meet the criteria for additional SET hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17104/24]

School Accommodation

Mattie McGrath

182. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education for an update on an application for additional accommodation for an ASD class (details supplied) in south Tipperary; the reason for the delays in progressing this project, which has been ongoing since 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17114/24]

Schools Building Projects

Richard Bruton

183. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the present status of the project to redevelop a school (details supplied), where many strains are being experienced in the existing facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17115/24]

Irish Language

Aindrias Moynihan

184. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education her consideration of and response to an individual (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17120/24]

School Accommodation

John McGuinness

185. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if she will approve the construction of two classrooms for a school (details supplied) as they are urgently required and given the tender provided to her Department, which is less than what was predicted, expires on 3 June 2024; if she will expedite the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17127/24]

School Textbooks

Brian Stanley

186. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education if her Department will review the tendering arrangements for secondary school books; and if consideration can be given to tendering in smaller lots, such as by school year or subject, to allow local bookshops to be able to tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17135/24]

Schools Building Projects

Colm Burke

187. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) is included in the funding of €800 million for 90 school building projects announced by her Department recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17166/24]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Gould

188. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the reason an application for ASD classes in a school (details supplied) was refused; and if she will reconsider this. [17182/24]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Gould

189. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education whether the NCSE refused an application by a school (details supplied) for ASD classes or if this decision was made by her Department. [17183/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Sorca Clarke

190. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing capitation rates for primary and post-primary school pupils, respectively, by an additional €10 per pupil in the 2024-25 academic year compared with the baseline capitation rates allocated in the academic year 2023-24 academic year, in tabular form. [17187/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Sorca Clarke

191. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing capitation rates for primary and post-primary school pupils, respectively, by 10% in the 2024-25 academic year compared with the baseline capitation rates allocated in the 2023-24 academic year, in tabular form. [17188/24]

Schools Building Projects

Colm Burke

192. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) is included in the funding of €800 million for 90 school building projects announced by her Department recently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17191/24]

Schools Building Projects

Paul Kehoe

193. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school building application (details supplied); when the school might expect to be given permission to move to the next stage of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17254/24]

Schools Building Projects

Duncan Smith

33. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progress of a new school building (details supplied); the reason for the delays in the delivery of this new building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16772/24]

School Staff

Niamh Smyth

34. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if the case of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed in relation to the allocation of a permanent EAL post at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16774/24]

Special Educational Needs

Niamh Smyth

35. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 20 March 2024, if correspondence will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16784/24]

Public Sector Pensions

Brendan Griffin

36. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if a person (details supplied) is on the correct rate of teacher's pension; if there is any other pension or benefit available to the person from the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16785/24]

School Transport

Anne Rabbitte

37. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) is unable to access school transport when capacity is available; if this case will be considered further; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16791/24]

School Transport

Bernard Durkan

38. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education if urgent reconsideration can be given to the school transport application in the case of a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16825/24]

Schools Building Projects

Anne Rabbitte

39. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education the status of a school building project (details supplied); if her Department can clarify the points raised by the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16836/24]

School Accommodation

Michael Healy-Rae

40. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to boarding school facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16839/24]

School Accommodation

Michael Creed

41. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she has received an application for additional classroom accommodation from a school in County Cork (details supplied), and in light of significant planned increased enrolment and existing classroom inadequacies, if she will expedite approval in this case. [16874/24]

Schools Building Projects

Imelda Munster

42. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) for which the stage 2b file was submitted to her Department in August 2023; whether a date for construction is planned; the timeline for completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16890/24]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

43. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 20 March 2024, the date for when she expects the survey to commence; when the survey will be completed; and when action, if any, can be expected to be taken in response to the findings of the survey. [16901/24]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

44. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on any engagements her Department has had with a union (details supplied) regarding the issue of caretakers. [16902/24]

Special Educational Needs

Fergus O'Dowd

45. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education to urgently review and action the very concerning case of revoked autism places for the coming school term (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16921/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

46. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the measures and solutions that can be offered in the case of a child with additional needs who is receiving the home tuition grant but cannot source a tutor as tutors are not willing to travel the distance to the child living in rural Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16945/24]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Ring

47. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education the updated position on the construction of a school in County Mayo (details supplied); the stage it is at; when the school can expect further development on this project; when the school is expected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16949/24]

School Staff

Paul Kehoe

48. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education why the appeals board felt that a school (details supplied) did not meet the criteria under Circular 0011/2024 to retain its 12th teacher, as an explanation would help the school in understanding this final decision. [16973/24]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Gould

49. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 5 March 2024, the reason no contact has been made with the parents of a child (details supplied) in respect of securing a place in a primary school ASD unit for 2024-25. [16974/24]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Éamon Ó Cuív

50. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the number of schools with three mainstream teachers that, based on the enrolment figures of September 2023, are due to lose a teacher for the 2024-25 school year based on the current teacher retention requirement in their school; the number of schools with two mainstream teachers that, based on the enrolment figures of September 2024 are due to gain a teacher based on the present teacher-pupil schedule in their school; whether, in view of the data available, she intends adjusting the pupil-teacher ratio downwards for the 2024-25 school year to ensure rural schools can continue to provide a high level of education in their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16976/24]

School Transport

Éamon Ó Cuív

51. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education her plans to improve the school transport system for the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16977/24]

Teacher Training

Michael Fitzmaurice

52. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education if students from Ireland who have done their teacher training course in the UK can return to Ireland to complete their induction rather than doing so in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17011/24]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

53. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education how many permanent teaching posts are currently unfilled for the 2023-24 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17030/24]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

54. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education how many fixed-term teaching posts are currently unfilled for the 2023-24 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17031/24]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

55. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education how many maternity leave positions are currently unfilled for the 2023-24 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17032/24]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

56. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the collective number of unused substitute days for the 2022-23 school year; the resulting saving in wages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17033/24]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

57. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education how many teachers are expected to retire in the next five months, by 8 September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17034/24]

School Staff

Darren O'Rourke

58. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education how many unqualified teachers are currently working in the primary education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17035/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jim O'Callaghan

59. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if, in regard to her press release of 10 April 2024, which references that 800 school building projects have been completed since 2020 and 300 other projects are under construction, she will detail the number of school building projects that have been completed, by county, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the total number of projects under construction, per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17064/24]

School Funding

Jim O'Callaghan

60. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the minor works funding provided for each county in each school year 2020-21 to 2023-24, inclusive, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17065/24]

School Funding

Jim O'Callaghan

61. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the summer works funding provided for each county in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17066/24]

State Examinations

Sorca Clarke

54. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to address the concerns raised by organisation (details supplied) in relation to the 2023 draft specifications in leaving certificate biology, chemistry and physics. [16255/24]

Public Sector Pay

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

55. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her Department will support the introduction of a Dublin allowance for teachers to help to address the teacher retention crisis in the Dublin area. [16343/24]

School Accommodation

Sorca Clarke

56. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education her plans to tackle the oversubscription of secondary schools across Ireland. [16256/24]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

57. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education her current and future actions to tackle the recruitment and retention crisis in primary and secondary schools in the wake of Ireland’s annual teacher conferences which took place recently. [16490/24]

School Admissions

Sorca Clarke

58. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education her plans to ensure that no child is left without an appropriate school place. [16257/24]

Grant Payments

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

59. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education for an update on the minor works grant; when she expects this to be paid this year for schools in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16156/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

60. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education for an update on when construction will commence on new school buildings (details supplied). [16349/24]

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]