Written answers
Tuesday, 13 February 2024
Department of Education and Skills
- Curaclam Scoile
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil cinneadh déanta maidir le líon na sraithphictiúir atá le déanamh ag daltaí atá ag ullmhú don... - Special Educational Needs
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs place at a particular school can be allocated to students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - National Educational Psychological Service
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a NEPS assessment will be made available to a person (details supplied). [6050/24] - Schools Building Projects
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail all payments made to a club (details supplied) in relation to the construction of a school; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue in relation to SNAs (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6086/24] - School Accommodation
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 21 November 2023, if she will provide an update and a timeframe for an extension to a school... - Special Educational Needs
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider a redeployment scheme for SNAs who lose positions in a school and are seeking to be deployed to another school. [6092/24] - Departmental Reviews
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review she ordered on the guidance document that relates to how to facilitate the use of the spaces and facilities for the... - School Staff
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the language of instruction in each primary school, the full complement of teachers each school should have; the number of... - Schools Building Projects
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reassess the proposal to split a school up across a town (details supplied); and to outline the cost of the measures involved in all... - Teaching Qualifications
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised by a teacher (details supplied) who qualifies for an allowance for the professional Master’s in... - School Enrolments
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a detailed update in respect of school places in Prosperous and Clane in County Kildare (details supplied). [6111/24] - Special Educational Needs
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay with the promised SEN provision for a school (details supplied), which includes an extension to the school; and if she... - School Equipment
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student requiring hearing aids would have to wait three months for software to be purchased for use with a system (details... - School Accommodation
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional rooms will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6190/24] - Schools Building Projects
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will resolve the issues relative to a construction project at a school (details supplied) as a matter of urgency to allow the project to... - Special Educational Needs
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism and special education class spaces currently in Kilkenny; and the number of spaces expected to be in place in Kilkenny in... - Schools Building Projects
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the school building programme in County Roscommon. [6217/24] - Special Educational Needs
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs organisers currently in place in Kerry. [6218/24] - Schools Building Projects
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction commencing on site. [6219/24] - Health Services Staff
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE educational psychologists attached to north-west/north midlands region in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [6220/24] - Schools Building Projects
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction commencing on site. [6221/24] - School Transport
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport scheme can be amended to allow qualified school bus drivers over the age of 70 drive school buses for Bus Éireann;... - Special Educational Needs
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a sanction will be granted for a reading school to be opened in an area (details supplied) to cater for the high number of dyslexic children... - School Transport
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review for school transport; and if she will publish the review in full. [6242/24] - School Staff
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the funding supports available for educational psychologists, in particular matching HSE funding; and if she... - Schools Building Projects
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed new secondary school to be built for Harold's Cross Educate Together; if a commitment could be given that the... - School Transport
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided to a pupil with additional needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6290/24] - Special Educational Needs
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the number of SNAs is allocated for an area; how is it decided how many autism units will be utilised/included/added in each area; and how... - School Staff
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can make an exception for the teacher registration deadline (details supplied), considering there is such a need for teachers in the... - School Facilities
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed extension to a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and the timeline for delivery of the... - Education Policy
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills about the recently published guide for parents on keeping childhood smartphone free; what funding is being provided by the Department to support... - School Admissions
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist a family in securing a school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6426/24] - Schools Building Projects
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the delay in the construction of a new school building (details supplied); if any plans are in place to address this delay;... - School Transport
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures are being taken by her Department to ensure that all eligible students who apply for school transport under the primary school... - School Curriculum
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the new and revised subjects with regard to the senior cycle redevelopment (details supplied) that are intended to... - School Enrolments
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking in 2024 to ensure adequate provision of second level school places in Bray and Greystones, County Wicklow, for 2027 and... - Pleananna Oideachais
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte No. 77 of 29 Samhain 2023, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta... - School Admissions
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop school catchment areas that would be applicable nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6461/24] - Home Schooling
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline any plans her Department has to make online home schooling available to children for whom in-class education is problematic for a... - School Staff
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans her Department has to recruit teachers who would teach on an online only basis, such an option proving attractive to many; and if she... - Health and Safety
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide clean air in school given public health announcements regarding measles, which, like Covid-19, is a highly contagious,... - Teaching Qualifications
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can seek assurance from the Teaching Council of Ireland that it will ensure that persons completing their masters in physical education in... - School Accommodation
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department’s proposed accommodation plans for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence regarding SET allocation to a school (details supplied); the reason these cuts have taken place; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will have an update on approval of its stage 3 report for a planned extension to the school; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what facilities are available for a national school child in Terenure who suffers from severe dyslexia and who has been refused a place in... - School Transport
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what provisions are being taken by her Department to ensure that all eligible students who apply for school transport under the post-primary... - School Management
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 17 January 2024, when her Department will issue a detailed and explanatory response to serious... - School Funding
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 17 January 2024, how the lottery system used during the STEM grant application process was... - School Enrolments
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline any plans being considered for a new second level school in the Blackrock/Haggardstown area of County Louth; if her... - Schools Refurbishment
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that planning permission for an extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) was granted in 2021; if she will... - School Facilities
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on the full and total cost of the provision of modular facilities at the site of a school (details supplied) since the... - Special Educational Needs
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application submitted by a school for assisted technology for a pupil (details supplied); and if she will... - School Transport
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to liaise with the parents and management of various schools throughout north Kildare, with a view to ensuring... - School Enrolments
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which ongoing dialogue continues between her Department, the KWETB and the relevant school authorities in Maynooth, County Kildare... - Special Educational Needs
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs teachers and SNAs continue to be available to the extent required in County Kildare, and all areas throughout... - Schools Building Projects
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of progress in ensuring the provision of a new primary school in Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare; the degree to which such provision... - School Staff
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address issues of teacher shortages at all primary and or second-levels schools throughout... - Schools Building Projects
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the provision of new school building for a school (details supplied) given the current premises was only intended to be... - Special Educational Needs
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs provision in terms of school places continues in line with requirements and discussions with the various school... - School Enrolments
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary school places at Johnstownbridge, County Kildare continue to be assessed with a view to ensuring that accommodation... - School Facilities
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress in the provision of extra school facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Enrolments
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary school places at Broadford, County Kildare continue to be assessed with a view to ensuring that accommodation is... - Schools Building Projects
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which progress has been made in respect of the provision of new school building for a school (details school); the recent progress... - Special Educational Needs
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for reducing the criteria for the allocation of SET hours to schools from five to three for the coming year; and if she will make a... - Education Policy
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional supports that may be required by children experiencing homelessness, children living in areas with high levels of crime,...
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