The cap applies to full-day care of 40 to 50 hours and follows a fee freeze introduced in 2022.

Children’s Minister Norma Foley said she would be supportive of women being provided with paid leave after a miscarriage.

The Farrelly Commission was set up in 2017 to examine the case of the woman, identified only as Grace.

Evidence does not establish sexual abuse in Grace case, commission finds.

The Department of Children had asked religious orders to pay €267 million towards the scheme.

Another group offered to make a charitable donation outside the scheme while five made no offer.

The figures provided to Peadar Tóibín TD (Aontú) show that the spend of €1.005 billion last year was a 54 per cent increase on the €651.75 million paid out in 2023 on IP applicants.

Education Minister Norma Foley said the number of pupils travelling daily had risen from 117,500 in 2019 to 172,000 in the current school year.

The Government announced multimillion-euro funding for a school phone pouch scheme in Budget 2025.

The final Leaders’ Questions was marked by raised voices and repeated interruptions.

The Government has announced that a Commission of Investigation is to be established to examine the abuse allegations.

The report reviewed allegations of historical child sexual abuse, made against religious, lay staff, and clergy.

Survivors who spoke to the scoping inquiry said it affected their intimate relationships, parenting and careers.

Education Minister Norma Foley has announced that a Commission of Investigation will examine historical abuse allegations.

The Government-appointed scoping inquiry said it had contacted 73 religious orders that ran or are still running schools in Ireland.

Taoiseach Simon Harris said the government would be taking a victim-led approach.

Education Minister Norma Foley made her comments as she liaised with school management about how to implement a ban on mobile phones.

Norma Foley said she is prepared to ‘look at everything on the table’, as many schools struggle to secure enough staff for the academic year.

Mr Crone was responding to reports that Minister for Education Norma Foley plans to ask second-level schools to ban the use of mobile phones by students during the school day

The Department of Education published guidelines for parents last year, as part of an initiative to ‘keep childhood smartphone free’.

An estimated 800,000 people are set to benefit from the scheme.

Norma Foley said the department and schools needed to ‘work harder’ when a child was unhappy and not included.

Minister for Education Norma Foley made the remarks at a press event to launch the second year of the free schoolbooks scheme for primary schools

The State Examinations Commission confirmed this year's Leaving Cert results will be issued on August 23rd

Dylan Coady Coleman was injured in an incident in Shannon on Sunday and died in hospital days later

There are currently 161,000 students using state transport.

Minister for Education Norma Foley is to seek Cabinet approval for the publication of the review

It comes despite a plea from the Department of Education earlier this week for social media firms to increase their minimum age to 16

The Minister for Education said there was ‘very robust engagement’ at the meeting.

Matthew Healy was a ‘much-loved and treasured’ member of the school community, Minister for Education Norma Foley said

The school emerged from 180 schools across the country to become national champions

Six Leaving Cert subjects have been reviewed and updated, including Arabic, Latin, and Ancient Greek, all of which have now gone out for public consultation.

Minister for Education Norma Foley is getting sign-off from cabinet this morning for moves to help limit the devices for young children.

The general secretary of the Irish National Teachers' Organisation John Boyle has retracted comments he made about the Minister for Education when he suggested that she had reneged on a commitment she made earlier this year about post responsibility