Results 2,841-2,860 of 6,188 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the issues facing a special school (details supplied) that is finding it increasingly difficult to find places for its students in mainstream settings in secondary schools in its local area; and the steps she will take to ensure that children attending special schools are not disadvantaged by the feeder...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools can be afforded autonomy in circumstances in which they are willing to do so to provide the 20-hour supplementary programme in the school setting during school hours for children with additional needs attending mainstream classes. [9639/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students who left school after completing the school-based junior cycle assessment in 2020 will receive their State certificate of completion of the junior cycle from her Department; and if no student who left school after this junior cycle programme will be disadvantaged in taking up apprenticeships due to the fact that they have not yet...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional choice will be provided on the written leaving certificate examination papers in June 2021 to take into account the significant loss of learning time encountered by this cohort of students. [10444/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether children who attend literacy classes in a school setting for support with reading and writing have missed out on this support as schools have been closed; and if the difficulties these children have experienced without these in-school supports will be kept in mind during discussions on the reopening of school buildings....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students who opt for State Examinations Commission-accredited grades in language subjects and not to sit a written exam but who excel in the oral component of this subject can be afforded the option of taking an informal oral exam with their teacher which will help form the basis of this SEC-accredited grade. [10437/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students will be given a period of time before the exams begin on 9 June 2021 to solely study and prepare for these exams without being expected to submit additional work to form the basis of their SEC-accredited grades. [10438/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will issue clear guidelines to schools and students on the way in which the SEC-accredited grades will be calculated in 2021; and if she will provide clarity on the work by students that will form the basis of this grade. [10439/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if mock exams will be taken into account when deciding on SEC-accredited grades for leaving certificate students. [10449/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if project work for technology and design and communication graphics will be taken into account when providing SEC-accredited grades; and if students can have the option of choosing to have their project work taken into account. [10450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students will receive their SEC-accredited grades and the results of written exams they have taken. [10440/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students will not receive their SEC-accredited grades in advance of the written exams in June 2021. [10448/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans that have been put in place for the holding of the written leaving certificate exams in June 2021 should Ireland remain in level 5 restrictions or otherwise. [10441/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans that have been put in place for students who must self-isolate during the written leaving certificate exam period in June 2021; and if they will be given the opportunity to sit the written exam in the subjects they have missed at a later stage but still in time to progress to third-level in September 2021. [10442/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the appeals process that will be put in place in 2021 for students who may wish to appeal their SEC-accredited grade. [10443/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide further detail on the plan for junior cycle qualifications in 2021. [10445/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for junior cycle 2021 students who plan to leave school after this school year; and the certification they will be provided with to allow them to progress with their chosen apprenticeships and careers. [10446/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which out-of-school learners will be provided with SEC-accredited grades; and if all students will be facilitated with the choice between SEC-accredited grades and written exams, including those who are home-schooled and-or studying subjects outside of school. [10447/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the standardisation process for the SEC-accredited grades; if a student's junior certificate results will form part of this process; and if the previous history of the school a student attends will form part of same. [10456/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (24 Feb 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assurances will be provided that any potential delay in the issuing of the 2021 A level results will not disadvantage students in Northern Ireland from accessing third-level places here; and the ongoing engagement between the two jurisdictions on these issues. [9547/21]