Written answers
Wednesday, 20 March 2024
Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support an application from a school (details supplied) for funding to complete the building of a general purpose/early years room,... - Educational Disadvantage
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what actions she has planned to deal with calls from a number of primary school principals in Tallaght for enhanced supports for disadvantaged... - School Accommodation
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite an application for a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11563/24] - Schools Building Projects
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can indicate a definite schedule for when a permanent build project (details supplied) will start construction; when it is scheduled for... - An Garda Síochána
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if their Department has had the need to contact An Garda Síochána due to verbal, written (including electronically) or physical threats... - Education Policy
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is funding available for students to attend immersive modern foreign language courses similar to the funding available for post-primary... - Language Schools
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the best course of action for a European language school owner to engage with the relevant parties in relation to funding; and if she will make a... - Teaching Qualifications
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the exemption allowing teachers who qualified abroad are allowed complete their induction in Ireland be extended in view of the pressure on... - Special Educational Needs
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the best route forward for a school (details supplied) in terms of progressing their request for an identified ASD need within the... - Schools Building Projects
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the tender process and construction of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing school bus application for (details supplied); if her Department can seek a resolution with Bus... - School Accommodation
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that funding sanctioned in June 2020, for four new classrooms for an ASD unit at a school (details supplied) has not yet delivered;... - School Transport
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can get a place on the school bus to Virginia college; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11687/24] - School Staff
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department plans to address significant delays in returning teachers from abroad receiving payroll as the backlog can take up to 22... - School Accommodation
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can address the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11708/24] - Special Educational Needs
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a case (details supplied) whereby a child does not have a special education place for September 2024; and if she will make a... - School Staff
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the ongoing recruitment issues in St. Michael's House; if there is a strategy in place to address these issues; and if she... - Special Educational Needs
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a situation in a school (details supplied) whereby there should be seven SET teachers, but they currently only have one due to... - Schools Building Projects
369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11749/24] - Special Educational Needs
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support an application for an ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11753/24] - School Transport
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 7 February 2024, to provide an update on when a person (details supplied) will receive a personal... - Education Policy
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's stance on the awarding of exemptions from the study of the Irish language for students diagnosed with dyslexia (details... - School Funding
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to delays in allocating emergency funding for a school (details supplied); if a timeline for drawdown can be... - School Accommodation
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the second modular classroom in a school (details supplied) will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11777/24] - Special Educational Needs
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide further clarity on the proposed changes to the current integration model for children with autism accessing special... - School Accommodation
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the building project for an ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11785/24] - School Textbooks
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown, by county of the 212,000 students enrolled in approximately 670 post-primary schools who will benefit from the new scheme to... - School Accommodation
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action in hand to address the ongoing safety concerns of parents regarding their children's safety travelling to a school (details... - School Funding
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason all schools were not accepted to the recent STEM grant competition which was held for funding for a core curricular area and a key... - Special Educational Needs
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to regularise or provide guidelines for the assessment of needs process vis a vis regulation of interpretation of diagnoses; if there... - National Educational Psychological Service
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists per annum in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11850/24] - Education Schemes
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) has not been sanctioned for home tuition hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11851/24] - Schools Building Projects
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the second tender report for a school (details supplied); when the school can expect to be contacted on this... - School Funding
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a lottery was held when the number of applications for the STEM grant exceeded expectations; if she will point to the relevant area in... - School Admissions
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) can get accepted into a school in Letterkenny, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a full update on the school site at Hollywoodrath, including the appointment of contractors; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SENO vacancies nationwide; the number per county; the average waiting time for the appointment of a new SENO, in tabular form; and... - Departmental Schemes
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the schools summer works scheme; if the scheme will open for summer 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11897/24] - School Accommodation
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's position on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11900/24] - Departmental Regulations
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the Covid Amendment Regulation 2023 will be extended in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11902/24] - Departmental Correspondence
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the board of management of a school (details supplied) in Donegal can expect a response to its letter of 21 February 2024; and if she will... - Education Policy
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the process whereby a parent can appeal a decision taken by a primary school and its board of management in... - Teaching Qualifications
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on a specific case (details supplied) regarding a student who is due to graduate and wishes to return to Ireland to complete... - School Accommodation
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on progress under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building works programme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11939/24] - School Transport
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department and Bus Éireann will consider establishing a special communications unit to deal with specific queries around school... - Special Educational Needs
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a response to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11950/24] - Teacher Training
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of places in each master's degree in primary teaching per public university in Ireland. [11956/24] - Teaching Qualifications
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11960/24] - Teacher Training
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of places offered and the total number of persons enrolled in primary and post-primary masters in a college (details supplied)... - School Facilities
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a new classroom and wheelchair accessible WC at a school (details supplied). [11977/24] - Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills anan bhfuil sé ag teacht salach ar chearta páistí go mbeadh an Stát ag brú orthu aistriú ó oideachas trí... - Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach dtugtar aitheantas do leanúnachas oidis trí Ghaeilge maidir le hiarratais ó dhaltaí a bhfuil an... - School Staff
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received an appeal from a school (details supplied); if favourable consideration will be given to this appeal; and when a decision is... - School Transport
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school bus route (details supplied) has not resumed since it was stopped during Covid restrictions. [12018/24] - Schools Building Projects
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the significant delays on this project; and if she... - School Admissions
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school place for September 2024 will be offered to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12045/24] - School Funding
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position regarding an application for funding for a school (details supplied) to meet an overrun on the cost of recent necessary... - Special Educational Needs
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12056/24] - School Transport
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus service will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12063/24] - School Staff
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that a school secretary (details supplied) will be transferred to DES payroll; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the tender process for the construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Departmental Schemes
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role her Department has in the operation of the per cent for art scheme as it applies to new school buildings and school extensions funded by... - Schools Building Projects
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12200/24] - Special Educational Needs
443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12207/24] - Education Policy
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a proposal (details supplied); if he will consider funding this and rolling it out State-wide; and if she will make a... - School Admissions
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a student (details supplied) will have a school place for the academic year beginning September 2024. [12226/24] - Residential Institutions
446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the package of supports for survivors of abuse in industrial schools, reformatories and related institutions to include a... - Departmental Funding
447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated for service provisions in St. Christophers, Longford, per heading for 2023, 2022, and 2021, in tabular form; and if she will... - School Staff
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current vacancies per role for St. Christophers in Longford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12247/24] - Schools Building Projects
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay to the start date of construction for a school (details supplied) from December 2024 to September 2025; when that... - School Curriculum
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if existing primary teachers will be required to teach modern foreign languages as part of the new primary language curriculum. [12253/24] - School Staff
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the selection process for these teachers will work; the professional development they will receive; the allowances they will... - School Facilities
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new sports hall for a school (details supplied); if she is concerned about the impact of having no indoor sports... - School Transport
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter in relation to school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12303/24] - School Funding
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can urgently reconsider a decision not to grant emergency works approval to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Accommodation
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update and timeline for a decision on an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current locations of special schools and the number of students at each centre; the locations in which new special schools are due to open in... - Departmental Staff
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by her Department, and bodies under her aegis and of bodies she funds in... - Special Educational Needs
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12366/24] - School Accommodation
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an extension application for a school in County Mayo (details supplied) will progress from pre-stage 1 to planning stage, in view of the... - School Funding
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the minor works scheme for primary schools, which for some if not many schools have not been paid for 2022 and 2023;... - Schools Building Projects
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a review being undertaken by her Department in respect of a Stage 2B submission will be finalised and the school (details supplied)... - Schools Amalgamation
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement to date with schools in general regarding amalgamation and the provision of a co-educational offering; if she will review the... - School Enrolments
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a central portal will be established for parents to enrol their children at both primary and second level schools in large towns (details... - Special Educational Needs
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs organisers (SENOs) that are currently assigned to County Monaghan; if Monaghan has been served by SENO... - School Accommodation
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the significant delay with the special four classroom extension progressing to tender for a school (details supplied); and if she... - Education Policy
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the Government's Divestment Programme; how many schools have been successfully reconfigured; how many schools... - School Admissions
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if boards of management are required to use catchment area as a selective criteria in their admission policy; and if she will make a statement on... - School Curriculum
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is considering including Ukrainian as an exam subject on the second level curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Inquiries
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will act immediately when the scoping inquiry into abuse in schools run by religious orders is provided to her in June 2024, given this... - School Staff
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a case (details supplied) regarding the allocation of a permanent EAL post at a school; to provide an update on this matter; and if she... - Education Policy
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will seek to establish a gaelcholáiste in Dublin 8, given the number of feeder primary schools which have no... - School Accommodation
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the additional school accommodation scheme in respect of a school (details supplied); if her Department has considered the... - School Costs
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that despite reduced pupil teacher ratios and increased capitation grants, many schools are finding it difficult to manage given... - School Admissions
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place will be provided as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12541/24] - School Facilities
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will fund the construction of a general purpose/physical education hall in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a... - School Admissions
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise on a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12577/24] - School Accommodation
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development project for a school (details supplied); the expected date for the completion of this project; and if she will make... - School Admissions
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can ensure a place is made available for a child in a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12594/24] - School Funding
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capital works funding her Department has provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023 and to-date in 2024; and the capital works... - Schools Building Projects
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects construction works at a school (details supplied) to be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [12596/24] - School Enrolments
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of each school in the Donaghmede, Howth D13 school planning area, primary and post primary; the capacity of each... - School Funding
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of schools in County Clare that applied for STEM Grants in 2023. [12599/24] - Education Policy
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail what future planning is undertaken to ensure that the necessary number of places required in both mainstream of special schools by... - Schools Building Projects
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of a new 1,000 pupil school at Magee Barracks in the Curragh; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Expenditure
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the individual total capital expenditure on new primary and post primary school accommodation projects in County Meath from 2019 to 2023, in... - School Accommodation
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress of an ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if the classroom will be operational for the 2024-2025... - Education Schemes
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) concerning the allocation of home tuition hours; the status of this case; the... - School Accommodation
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it will be possible for a school (details supplied) to make a decision to go ahead with a tender for a school extension; and if she will... - School Funding
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works application can be made retrospectively in the case of necessary works to ensure the functioning of the fire alarm system;... - School Staff
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made in addressing the contract of employment of school caretakers; her plans to include them under her Department; her... - Departmental Funding
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish a list of the NGOs funded by her Department; and the level the funding each NGO received in the past three years, in tabular... - Departmental Meetings
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings that she or officials from her Department, and... - Departmental Policies
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to review the apparent anomaly that sees first and second-year teaching students carry out unpaid work within schools during... - School Enrolments
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the issue of an added stream for junior infants in a school (details supplied), with whom the final decision in granting additional... - School Admissions
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a child (details supplied) who is living in the village of Dunmore who did not get a school place for next year in... - Social Welfare Schemes
506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ongoing supports available for survivors of abuse in industrial schools, reformatories and related institutions; and if she will make a... - School Accommodation
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can expedite a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12777/24] - Special Educational Needs
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide assistance and advice on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12780/24] - School Funding
509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide funding to a school (details supplied) to provide a SEN class to six pupils enrolled for the class to start next September;... - School Staff
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will retain the same number of teachers in the coming academic year; and if she will ensure the school can cater... - School Enrolments
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all steps possible can be taken to ensure that the son of a person (details supplied) secures a school place in the same school as their... - Bus Éireann
512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish the bank accounts of Bus Éireann that show the moneys held in reserve by Bus Éireann for school transport and on... - Gaeltacht Policy
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 24 March 2024, the status of the development of the next policy on Gaeltacht education, to replace... - School Funding
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence from a school (details supplied); what financial assistance can be offered to this school to assist it with the... - Schools Building Projects
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for a school extension (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12872/24] - School Facilities
517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a second ASD class will be sanctioned in a school (details supplied) to accommodate applications; and if she will make a statement on the... - Teaching Council of Ireland
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter in relation to Teaching Council registration (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Enrolments
520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts can be made to ensure a school place can be found for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Discipline
521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of Cineáltas as an effort to address bullying in schools; if the initiative will address any shortcomings with regard to... - Schools Building Projects
522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if potential sites or locations in County Monaghan have been yet considered for a new special school; the timeframe envisaged to deliver a new... - School Transport
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a maximum timeframe that it is considered appropriate for any child to spend on a school bus to travel to and from a special school;... - Departmental Expenditure
525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide in tabular form, the annual expenditure on design teams for capital projects each year since 2016; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Policies
526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to her Department recruiting on a permanent basis architects, engineers, and quantity surveyors in order to... - Teaching Qualifications
527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 7 February 2024, what criteria is actually examined and referenced with respect to this individual... - School Facilities
529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline recent allocations to a school (details supplied) for improvements to the buildings; and if she will outline any planned... - Schools Building Projects
531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for the start date for construction; and if... - Special Educational Needs
533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange for a further review of a case (details supplied) in respect of their need for a special education placement; and if she will... - Schools Building Projects
534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13005/24] - School Facilities
535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the prefabricated classroom which was applied for in March 2023 for a school in Donegal town (details supplied); and if she will... - Schools Building Projects
538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update and timeframe for the delivery of the development works at a school (details supplied). [13057/24] - School Transport
539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capacity of the school bus that services a school (details supplied) from the Wood Lane Pollagh Callan County Kilkenny area; and if she will... - School Admissions
540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will be adding additional places in existing reading schools for the children of Dublin mid-west; in the meantime, what additional... - Schools Building Projects
542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the provision of a new special school in Monasterevin, County Kildare; the type of special school it is or will be; which locations... - School Enrolments
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, with regard to the placement of people seeking temporary international protection in locations in south Kildare, she will outline the... - Schools Building Projects
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); and the timeline for completion of the project. [13170/24] - Public Private Partnerships
545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on all planned PPP projects and ongoing PPP contracts; the status of each project; the anticipated or known capital cost; the... - Schools Building Projects
546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in respect of the schedule of school projects in Kildare (details supplied). [13243/24]
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