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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I agree the Minister has given much time to ensuring the fastest possible delivery takes place and that accommodation needs and the needs of children in education are kept to the fore. St. Farnan's Post Primary School in Prosperous is another one we all thought would be well advanced by now but it is not. I reiterate the point I made on the climate element. This is a red herring that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Does the Minister have information on the number of post-primary schools which do not deliver the social and political curriculum?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Is the Minister satisfied all schools are participating equally or is there a variation between different areas, particularly disadvantaged areas? Can she evaluate the extent to which that is happening? For example, is there a known situation whereby particular schools invariably do not participate or do not participate fully?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Would it be possible to get information from the inspectorate on the level to which it has witnessed the participation that is expected and which would provide invaluable educational support to children, particularly in areas of DEIS schools and where there is obvious social deprivation?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 8. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she remains confident she and her Department will be in a position to meet the full requirement of school places at primary and second level throughout Kildare North and the rest of the country on time for September 2024 enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23853/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Enrolments (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain from the Minister the extent to which she remains satisfied she can accommodate primary and secondary level schoolchildren throughout County Kildare and throughout the country in time for the enrolment next September. This is a very important time for children, and the indecision or doubt we had last September would not be a help if it were to reoccur.

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am glad to have an opportunity to speak in this very important debate. While many people in the House have said that this has come too late and should have come earlier, the fact is that it has come. It is the right decision and it had to be taken now, in view of the happenings over the past six or seven months. The situation was not started by the Israelis but it was continued by the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will be issued in the case of a person (details supplied), given the passport was supposed to issue on 24 April 2024; if every effort can be made to ensure that this passport is expedited given its now one month since the processing target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23829/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an ASD school place will be provided for the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23732/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every effort can be made to ensure a school place in a local Gaelscoil is accommodated and confirmed for September 2024 in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied) who has completed two years of an ECCE programme, and whose teachers have advised they are ready to proceed to primary school education; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in recent months in respect of the provision of extra classroom accommodation/spaces at a school (details supplied), with particular reference to the time by which she can anticipate the completion of the school in line with specification; and when she expects this accommodation to be completed and made available. [24112/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts in hand to ensure that all students in Kill secure a school place in September 2024, in view of the fact that a number of primary school children have so far been refused a place for the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24113/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that all primary and second level school places required for September 2024 are available throughout County Kildare, including but not limited to, Prosperous, Clane, Naas, Maynooth, Leixlip, Celbridge, Kilcock and Straffan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24114/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which emergency measures are being taken to ensure the availability of the adequate number of school places at primary and second level in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24115/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 252. 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 Prosperous, County Kildare at pre-primary, primary and post-primary levels, with a view to ensuring that sufficient places are being made available to meet the demand of the current and subsequent years without interruption...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in 2024 in the provision of a new school building (details supplied), in view of the fact that the current premises was only intended to be temporary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24117/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 254. 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-level schools throughout the country, with particular reference to the need for locums; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24118/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of the review for DCA in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23592/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the maximum rate of State pension (contributory) a person (details supplied) qualifies for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23864/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a change in visa status for a person (details supplied) can be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23676/24]