Written answers
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Staff
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are personnel in her Department who could be classified as having a significant or exclusive focus of their role dedicated to dealing... - School Transport
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can review an application for school transport for Ukrainian students to attend a school (details supplied); when a decision will be... - Freedom of Information
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests... - School Staff
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress her Department has made regarding redeployment facilities for post primary teachers to allow for a system whereby more teachers can... - School Admissions
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which both primary and second level school places are available and will be ready for occupation in time for the next school year... - Special Educational Needs
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the cost of translation services provided to schools for the deaf in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; the... - Schools Building Projects
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the redevelopment of a building for a school (details supplied); the timetable for the design and design... - School Facilities
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will oversee the introduction of new guidelines to develop new school playground guidelines and an analysis of spaces and funds for... - School Curriculum
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will oversee the introduction of the Brain Calm Programme to the curriculum in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Admissions
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans her Department has to increase the amount of secondary school places in the Newcastle area of South County Dublin to be in line with... - Special Educational Needs
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the formula used in calculating EAL posts with schools applying for such posts, as is the case already with NEEAL posts where... - Schools Building Projects
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has allocated funding to a school (details supplied) for a permanent building to extend the school; and when it expects... - Departmental Advertising
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs incurred by her Department arising from the placing of advertisements with the national broadcaster, RTÉ, in any format, for... - Departmental Communications
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department, or any body under the aegis of her Department, has facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issue by organisations... - School Patronage
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for primary schools in the Ballyfermot area identified as having potential demand for a transfer or divestment of school... - School Accommodation
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there are enough primary and secondary school places in the Ballyfermot area to service the population in the area; or... - School Transport
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the details of the school transport grant; who can apply for same; what the application process is; and if she will make a statement... - School Facilities
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has been approved funding under the summer works scheme to erect a boundary fence; and if she will make a... - School Staff
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school secretaries have had their new pay backdated; if not, when this will happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52271/23] - Special Educational Needs
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on advances in her announced plan to introduce a foreign language in primary schools across the State; when it will... - School Admissions
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 21 November 2023, the steps she will take to ensure that all qualifying applicants to secondary... - Schools Building Projects
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for its completion; and if she will make a statement... - School Patronage
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list, in tabular form, the number of Irish medium post-primary schools which are ETB and those which are voluntary schools; to add a breakdown... - Schools Building Projects
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the design team will be appointed for a new school building (details supplied), given that discussions about the site between the Department... - School Facilities
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline any programmes or initiatives which are being undertaken to encourage and support recycling and composting in secondary schools; the... - School Staff
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that retired teachers with a class A stamp lose the benefit of their supplementary pension if they step in to assist a local... - School Transport
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the ongoing review of the school transport scheme; if the review will be completed and recommendations enacted... - Departmental Schemes
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any funding options open to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52417/23] - Disability Services
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she has taken or if he has plans to provide additional funding to organisations that provide equine therapy and assistance dogs to... - School Transport
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for assistance in securing transport arrangements for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52471/23] - Teaching Qualifications
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an individual who sat their Leaving Certificate in 2014 and received a C3 in Gaeilge would be permitted to undertake the primary school... - Schools of Music
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a series of data (details supplied) will be provided in relation to the Cork ETB School of Music, showing the situation before and after Covid... - Psychological Assessments
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she will endeavour to expedite an urgently needed NEPS appointment for a person (details supplied). [52538/23] - School Funding
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital funding her Department has provided to each national school in County Cavan in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [52539/23] - Schools Building Projects
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of school places at primary and second level in Kildare north; the steps she is taking to address... - Teaching Qualifications
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures she is taking to allow primary school teachers who have qualified in the UK to more easily qualify to teach in Ireland; and if she... - School Accommodation
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her Department’s intention to sign a waiver on the Sherkin Island national school property in order to facilitate... - School Transport
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that school bus route (details supplied) has been cancelled until further notice; when she expects this service to be returned; and if...
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