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

Norma Foley: ...service is available may be offered the Remote Area Grant towards the cost of making private transport arrangements. The Remote Area Grant is also payable for eligible children who may have to travel 3.2kms or more to or from a designated pick up/set down point. Temporary Alleviation Measures (TAMS) at post-primary level, which have been in place since 2019, are being continued for the...

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

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the funding that has been made available for STEM in schools; if there is a shortfall in funding; if more funding will become available to support STEM; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23683/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...needs, especially in special schools, should have access to a school-based summer programme. Since 2019, the Summer Programme has gone from strength to strength. In 2023, approximately 1,400 schools and more than 50,000 children took part in the Summer Programme. This is compared to the more than 300 schools and 13,000 children who took part in 2019. The Summer Programme is reliant...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Hildegarde Naughton: ...provide essential supports to children with special educational needs and allow for the opening of up to 400 new special classes in mainstream schools and 300 additional special school places. So far more than 320 new special classes have been sanctioned by the NCSE nationwide for the 2024/25 school year. Of these, 36 are in Dublin 23 in primary and 13 at post-primary level, this brings...

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

Norma Foley: .... Schools are allocated additional temporary Special Education Teaching hours and Special Needs Assistants where they enrol pupils from IPAS accommodation centres. Schools where 10 or more such students are enrolled are eligible for additional Special Education Teacher (SET) resources. Schools are also eligible for additional SNA resources where 15 or more such students are enrolled,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024) See 2 other results from this answer

Hildegarde Naughton: ...into account quality, robust evidence in respect of individual schools. This ensures that resources are in the right place at the right time to meet the needs of children in mainstream. There will more Special Education Teachers in our schools in September 2024 than ever before – an increase of 1,000 from 2020/21 school year. This is in addition to a significant reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ombudsman for Children (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...the NCSE work closely in relation to the forward planning of new special classes and additional special school places, work which is close to finalisation for the 2024/25 school year. So far more than 320 new special classes have been sanctioned by the NCSE nationwide for the 2024/25 school year. Of these 13 are in County Tipperary, 8 at primary and 5 at post-primary level. This...

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

Norma Foley: ...As part of planning for September 2024, data on applications for admission has been received by the Department from post-primary schools across areas of enrolment pressure, including Athenry, Oranmore and Galway City and updated data on offers and acceptances continues to be received as admissions processes transact. The sharing of this data has been very effective in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ombudsman for Children (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...on the provision of special classes at post-primary level. The vast majority of children with special educational needs are supported to attend mainstream classes with their peers. Where children with more complex needs require additional supports, special classes and special school places are provided. A range of supports designed to support children with special educational needs is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Hildegarde Naughton: ...and the NCSE work closely in relation to the forward planning of new special classes and additional special school places, work which is close to finalisation for the 2024/25 school year. So far more than 320 new special classes have been sanctioned by the NCSE nationwide for the 2024/25 school year. Of these, 36 are in Dublin of which 23 are at primary level and 13 at post-primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: ...the NCSE work closely in relation to the forward planning of new special classes and additional special school places, work which is close to finalisation for the 2024/25 school year. So far more than 320 new special classes have been sanctioned by the NCSE nationwide for the 2024/25 school year. Of these, 7 are in Cavan and 5 in County Monaghan. The NCSE continue to sanction some...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (28 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...for a State to be recognised by other States in circumstances where not all of these criteria are clearly or fully satisfied, and a State does not lose recognition should it cease to fulfil one or more of them. For instance, the government of a State under military occupation is unlikely to be able to exercise independent and effective control throughout its territory but a State under...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (28 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...Nos. 82 and 91 together. My EU colleagues and I regularly engage with our Georgian counterparts on a range of issues, including bilateral relations, Georgia’s EU membership perspective and, more recently, our concerns regarding increased democratic backsliding in the country. The Georgian Foreign Minister, Ilia Darchiashivili, visited Dublin on 13-16 September last. I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (28 May 2024)

Seán Fleming: ...context, the Government's Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) continues to be the main driver of our engagement with Irish communities abroad. Since its inception in 2004, the programme has assisted more than 850 organisations, in 51 countries, with total grants of more than €237 million. This money has been used to support the most vulnerable and marginalised in Irish communities all...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 May 2024)

Jack Chambers: ...posts by my Department last March, with the first additional testers entering active service last September. The RSA currently has sanction to employ up to 205 driver testers in total, which is more than double the 100 sanctioned posts in June 2022. To further assist with reducing waiting times, in October last year a change was made to the booking system to allow any unused test slots to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (28 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...process as required under the Infrastructure Guidelines. Noting the NTA's responsibility in this matter and the specific issues raised by the Deputy, I have referred the Deputy's questions to the NTA for a more detailed reply. Please contact my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Records (28 May 2024)

Jack Chambers: Medical reports are issued by registered medical practitioners. Medical reports accompanying an application for a driving licence or a learner permit shall be dated not more than one month prior to the date of application and should indicate that, in the opinion of the registered medical practitioner: (a) the applicant meets the required minimum standards of physical and mental fitness...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (28 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: .... The rationale for not reducing it further is that those who are in the position of being able to avail of a mortgage at a lower Loan-to-Value ratio are considered to have sufficient resources to more than meet the deposit requirements of the macro-prudential rules and thus less in need of assistance from the Exchequer. Lowering the Loan-to-Value ratio ceiling would therefore only...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (28 May 2024)

Michael McGrath: ..., cost savings from reduced claims should also help to lower premiums for such organisations, particularly those engaged in high-risk/high-footfall activity, where claims associated with ‘slips, trips and falls’ are more prevalent. This should benefit businesses in the tourism, hospitality and recreation/activity sectors. One of the main changes is that the law now allows...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (28 May 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Norma Foley: ...an enrolment policy in accordance with the Education Act, 1998. Parents have the right to choose which school to apply to and where the school has places available the pupil should be admitted. However, in schools where there are more applicants than places available a selection process may be necessary. This selection process and the enrolment policy on which it is based must be...