The assistive technology scheme supplements the overall funding provided to schools for digital technology and equipment. That is the reality of the assistive technology fund. At this point, he would require th…

When DEIS plus schools were announced in May, St. The appeal process allowed schools to correct inaccuracies in enrolment data or seek verification that the DEIS plus identification model had been correctly app…

Thomas Junior National School and Scoil Aíne Naofa in Lucan and Divine Mercy junior and senior national schools and St. A further four projects are at tender stage, including a new school building for Scoil Chr…

Céard go díreach atá ag tarlú leis an scoil ar an Tuairín i mBéal an Daingin? Is scoil bheag í seo i mBéal an Daingin, ach is scoil láidir í. Tá go leor páistí ag freastal ar an scoil ach tá na seomraí breise s…

Direct stakeholder consultation on the plan included: focus groups with SNAs, teachers and school leaders; consultation with children and young people; a survey of SNAs with which more than 13,000 SNAs engaged;…

A total of 297 projects were approved to proceed, including 198 under the new climate action summer works scheme and a further 99 that represent the final tranche of projects under the previous summer works sch…

Families who require school transport for 2026-27 were asked to apply and pay for their school bus tickets by the closing date of 8 May. The total cost of the school transport system in 2025 was €537 million, e…

Education about domestic and gender-based violence is addressed in the SPHE curriculum at both junior cycle and senior cycle. An updated junior cycle SPHE specification was rolled out in schools from September …

The triple lock, as amended, would ensure that we have recommendations from Óglaigh na hÉireann, which knows what it is doing and has for decades deployed its troops on peacekeeping missions. The triple lock is…

I have read with extreme concern the reports over the past week on the lack of support provided by the Department of Defence to Women of Honour, whose members are participating in the Defence Forces tribunal.…

I have said in the Chamber many times since I started taking these questions that the State Claims Agency is there and wants to mediate and work directly with people in order that cases do not go directly to th…

Will the Minister provide an update on recruitment numbers for the Defence Forces as of this month? Increases in application numbers and in the overall strength of the Permanent Defence Force over the past thre…

The Women of Honour have pushed for change so that if there is abuse within the Army there will, we hope, be mechanisms to deal with that, but what about women who are abused by Army personnel who are not in th…

I acknowledge all of those who have served on UN missions and who are currently abroad on missions. We have other missions that our troops are currently on.…

As Ireland holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, can the Minister outline what formal defence and security arrangements are currently in place with EU member states and the UK to ensure the…

There are currently 11 direct UN peacekeeping missions, with more under Chapter VIII, but this question primarily relates to the direct missions. As of 30 June 2026, Ireland is contributing 394 Defence Forces p…

I am absolutely committed to ensuring that Private Rooney’s family is kept informed on developments and it remains my intention to travel to Lebanon, where I will raise Private Rooney’s case directly with the L…

The triple lock and the UN constitute international law in action. We will have more members of the Defence Forces working in office roles in Brussels than we will on peacekeeping missions at the end of the yea…

This is despite that exports of alumina to Russia have more than doubled since the war broke out. The Tánaiste does not need a report to figure out that alumina from Auginish is ending up in Russian patents. Ex…

Offaly CAMHS has been told a number of times by this mother about the situation. As I said, I am appalled by the response of Offaly CAMHS in relation to this situation. My concern is that this is an emergency s…