Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Education Policy

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

222. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education what specific measures are being taken to address menstruation-related absenteeism in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20733/24]

Education Policy

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

223. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education what specific measures are being taken to address the severe effects period symptoms have on students' ability to participate, engage and learn in educational settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20734/24]

School Staff

Mairéad Farrell

224. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she has she any plans to reinstate the special education diploma allowance in full on 1 September 2025 through the local bargaining fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20741/24]

School Transport

Johnny Guirke

225. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education to indicate if there are any plans by her Department to run a pilot bus route for school transport from certain areas (details supplied) under the recently announced review of the school bus transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20742/24]

School Transport

Marian Harkin

226. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if she will consider an issue in regard to school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20775/24]

Departmental Properties

Cian O'Callaghan

227. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details on a squash club at the back of a school (details supplied); is this in the ownership of her Department; if there are any plans for its use, as it has been vacant for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20797/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Cian O'Callaghan

228. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will consider a scheme to acknowledge teaching years accrued abroad for the purposes of determining salary, in order to entice teachers who have emigrated to return; if this could be considered as a measure to increase trained teachers in Ireland and address the teacher shortage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20798/24]

School Staff

Cian O'Callaghan

229. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the measures she intends to take to address the shortage of 13 teachers due to recruitment difficulties at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20800/24]

Schools Administration

Paul Kehoe

230. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education for an update regarding the formal lease agreement documentation being issued by her Department to the patron of a school (details supplied) to be signed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20823/24]

School Staff

Catherine Connolly

231. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education her plans to extend the special education diploma allowance to include eligible teachers who started working post-2012; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20831/24]

Bus Éireann

Mairéad Farrell

232. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if she will consider engaging with Bus Éireann to allow flexibility to secondary school students who take part in after-school activities to use regular Bus Éireann services with their school transport ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20849/24]

School Accommodation

John Lahart

233. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if there is funding available for resourcing a sensory room in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20868/24]

School Funding

John Lahart

234. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education to explain the process in applying for funding for a four-teacher school (detail supplied); and any other advice she can offer in this matter. [20869/24]

School Accommodation

Michael Lowry

235. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will provide assistance to a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the delay in providing this additional accommodation will result in a large number of children being forced to be educated in overcrowded classrooms for September 2024; if she will expedite the processing of this school’s DES re: R1 Form on health and safety grounds; if she will ensure that all steps and processes are being considered to address the accommodation issues highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20881/24]

Departmental Schemes

Sorca Clarke

236. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of HAA cards that are currently in existence. [20927/24]

Departmental Schemes

Sorca Clarke

237. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the annual cost of services provided under HAA. [20928/24]

Residential Institutions

Sorca Clarke

238. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of people excluded from the Caranua scheme. [20929/24]

School Funding

Éamon Ó Cuív

156. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when the auxiliary services grant, which is normally paid in March, will be paid to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19909/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Whitmore

157. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education for an update on the timeline of the permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19919/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Whitmore

158. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education for an update on the timeline of the permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19919/24]