• Apprenticeship Programmes
  246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support the development of a national hairdressing apprenticeship by an organisation (details supplied). [18561/19]
• School Transport
  247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the maintenance charges on the Bus Éireann school transport fleet are charged on a per mile basis in accordance with the 1975 agreement...
• Apprenticeship Programmes
  248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has been offered an apprenticeship course in Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, instead of...
• National Educational Psychological Service
  249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to establish a national school-based counselling initiative to support the existing structures available in schools and which would be...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a new build for a school (details supplied) since the announcement in December 2018. [18412/19]
• School Accommodation
  253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the commitment to increase the capacity by five classrooms of a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion of...
• School Expulsions
  254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken in 2019 to investigate the prevalence of exclusion of pupils from schools for behavioural reasons; and if he will make a...
• Apprenticeship Data
  255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprenticeships under way; the number of female apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18446/19]
• Teachers' Remuneration
  256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the resolution of an issue that resulted in additional taxes being paid by substitute teachers in 2019; and if he will make a...
• Technological Universities Status
  257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of university status to institutes of technology which have indicated an interest in same; and if he will make a...
• School Patronage
  258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a patronage process will be announced for schools to be established in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18449/19]
• Third Level Funding
  259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the referral of an economic analysis related to third level funding to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on...
• School Funding
  260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis has been conducted of the prevalence of voluntary contributions to schools by county; if so, if the analysis will be published;...
• School Transport
  261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the decision to have an age limit of 70 years of age for taxi drivers transporting special needs children to school under the...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works are due to commence with the installation of the three temporary classrooms and toilet block at a school (details supplied). [18492/19]
• Autism Support Services
  263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with an autism diagnosis that require school placement in preschool settings, mainstream primary schools or ASD units or...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18557/19]
• School Accommodation
  265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a proposal to house six classes from a secondary school in a nearby Gaelscoil (details supplied); if his...
• School Staff Appeals Mechanism
  266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an appeal under circular 0019/2019, appendix F(e), criterion E - small schools, by a school (details supplied) in March 2019 regarding...
• Pupil-Teacher Ratio
  267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional primary teaching posts required in order to restore the appointment figure to 48 pupils for the third teacher in a...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of 7 March 2019, the status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18619/19]
• Teachers' Remuneration
  269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of allowances previously available to teachers which were removed following a review of allowances during the recession; the estimated...
• Autism Support Services
  270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans for a new primary school at a location (details supplied) include a provision for an ASD unit with another school; and if he will make a...
• Special Educational Needs Service Provision
  271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of special educational needs hours for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Schools Building Projects Status
  272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be allocated for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18692/19]
• Student Grant Scheme Applications Data
  273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that failed to qualify for third level SUSI grants in 2017 and 2018 due to their earnings being above the €4,500...
• Student Grant Scheme Reform
  275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the earnings limit for third level students to allow them work more hours in part-time jobs without losing their grants....
• Student Grant Scheme Administration
  276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the annual scheme and regulations for the student grant will be published. [18707/19]
• Junior Cycle Reform
  277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if history will be reinstated to the junior certificate programme as a compulsory subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18708/19]
• Teacher Recruitment
  278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific initiatives he has taken to increase the recruitment of teachers at primary and second level. [18709/19]
• School Accommodation
  280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of prefabs and portakabins in use at primary and second level schools here. [18711/19]
• Emergency Works Scheme Applications
  285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for emergency funding by a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Road Safety
  286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure education for primary school children regarding road safety and pedestrian crossings; the further measures...
• School Transport Eligibility
  287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18754/19]
• Insurance Costs
  288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions being put in place to support a school (details supplied) that has been presented with an insurance quote of €26,000; and...
• Emergency Works Scheme Funding
  289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) did not receive the full funding sought under the emergency works programme; if he will review this...
• Autism Support Services
  290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the location of an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit in a school (details supplied) and-or another school in accordance with...
• Remote Area Boarding Grant
  292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the remote area boarding grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18814/19]
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to representations recently submitted by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Third Level Fees
  294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost if the student contribution to fees was reduced by €250 to €2,250; if he will consider the matter in the context...
• School Curriculum
  295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the concerns of rural and farming parents that school curricula will include negative depictions of beef consumption will be addressed; and if...
• Student Universal Support Ireland
  296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants, scholarships, a bursary or financial aid are available for a person (details supplied) in County Cork who wishes to study abroad....
• Schools Amalgamation
  297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding an amalgamation of schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18881/19]
• Home Tuition Scheme Provision
  298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when home tuition hours and a suitably qualified tutor will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
• School Expulsions
  300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a section 29 appeal in respect of a student will be completed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/19]
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the exclusion of mental injury which may arise as a result of an assault for the leave of absence following assault scheme; and...
• School Accommodation
  302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on modular classrooms, prefabricated units or both to meet additional classroom space in the past ten years; the amount...
• Special Educational Needs Data
  303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs organisers, SENOs, in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by county, in tabular form; and...
• Teacher Supply
  304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18924/19]
• Schools Building Projects Data
  305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that were put on the school building capital plans for new schools or large extensions between 2011 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 9 April 2019, if there is a deadline for the school build completion; and if he will make a...
• Autism Support Services
  308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) under construction and near completion will include an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit or a special needs...
• Teacher Data
  310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers nationally in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019 who were successful in obtaining deployment in their location of choice; and...
• School Enrolments
  311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on an appropriate school place being provided to a child (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Special Educational Needs Data
  312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capacity of a special school (details supplied) in County Cork; the number enrolled; the number of children on the waiting list; his plans to...
• School Services Staff
  313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the employment of school secretaries by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19128/19]
• Autism Support Services
  314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to autism spectrum disorder, ASD, special classes in secondary schools in each year; and if he will make a...
• School Transport Applications
  315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made regarding school transport home pick-up for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
• Autism Support Services
  316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will set out a policy on the provision of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, classes in each school catchment area; if he is satisfied with the...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will go under construction and completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19166/19]
• Teacher Recruitment
  318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts he is making to tackle the lack of full-time positions available to young teachers at present; if his attention has been drawn to the...
• Teaching Council of Ireland
  319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting for a lengthy period on a Teaching Council number; and if he will make a statement on the...
• Universities Legislation
  321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the value of borrowing, underwriting and guaranteeing activities notified to him under the borrowing framework provided for in section 38 of the...
• Education and Training Boards Expenditure
  325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the aggregate at any one time of moneys borrowed by each education and training board, in tabular form. [19207/19]
• Third Level Institutions Governance
  327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the appropriateness of university marketing activities here that go beyond providing information to potential students such as paid...
• Higher Education Institutions
  329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of construction, the university, the building or project name, the area and the cost of each university building programme costing in...
• Third Level Institutions
  331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the area of land owned or in the possession of each university and institute of technology in each year in the past 15 years, in tabular form....
• Third Level Fees
  332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discretion can be shown to prospective teachers returning from outside of the EU after a number of years of teaching (details supplied) in...
• School Transport Provision
  333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he is taking to provide school transport for 24 pupils who are attending schools (details supplied); if the pupils will be included in...
• School Enrolments
  334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19288/19]
• Autism Support Services
  335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if finance has been provided for ASD units at schools (details supplied); and if the necessary staff will be in place for September 2019. [19307/19]
• Departmental Correspondence
  336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will be issued to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19333/19]
• School Transport Provision
  337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the school bus operated by a bus service (details supplied) has run out of private funding; if...
• Special Educational Needs Service Provision
  340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place is available at the ASD unit of a school (details supplied) for a person; and if the matter will be expedited. [19407/19]
• School Staff
  341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied). [19420/19]
• SOLAS Funding
  342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding which has been committed by SOLAS towards an electronic marking system for adult and apprenticeships programmes; the progress of the...
• Higher Education Authority Administration
  343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that minutes of meetings of the Higher Education Authority have not been published on its website...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a development at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19444/19]
• Autism Support Services
  345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure enough special classes are attached to mainstream schools in order that all children diagnosed with autism who...
• School Transport Provision
  346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the school transport grant awarded to a person (details supplied) will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19468/19]
• School Transport Eligibility
  347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus place will be provided for a student (details supplied) to get to a school in Kells, County Meath; and if he will make a...
• Special Educational Needs
  349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when his officials will meet a union (details supplied) to discuss the recommendations following the review of the National Council for Special...
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to improve working conditions, terms of employment and job security for special needs assistants in view of the...
• Child Protection
  351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of child protection complaints received due to staffing levels in schools and not having the requisite number of adult teachers or...
• Legal Costs
  352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount paid in fees to legal professionals for the purpose of defending a case (details supplied) and other cases of day school sex abuse...
• Education Policy
  353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given from a public health perspective and to support lifelong healthy eating to funding a programme in which children...
• School Enrolments
  354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if priority access to a local secondary school will be given to those who live in the local catchment area and attend primary school there in the...
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation in which SNAs who were eligible to retire at the end of the 2017-18 school year but chose to...
• Special Educational Needs
  356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received a formal request from a trade union (details supplied) to meet with a view to discussing the recommendations of the NCSE...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding application by a school (details supplied). [19591/19]
• Emergency Works Scheme Applications
  358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of emergency works funding for a school (details supplied). [19593/19]
• School Curriculum
  359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which students will be assessed under the new syllabus for agricultural science in secondary schools beginning from September 2019;...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 6 March 2019, the status of the school building project; the timeline for same; and if he will make a...
• Student Grant Scheme Applications
  361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are extenuating circumstances that SUSI can take into account when deciding whether to accept a late application aside from the death of...
• Third Level Institutions Governance
  362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the revised code of practice for the governance of third level institutions will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Student Grants Appeals Board
  363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of meetings held by the Student Grants Appeals Board in each of the years 2016 to 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
• Student Grant Appeals Board
  364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most recent report on the activities of the Student Grants Appeals Board that he has received pursuant to section 27 of the Student Support...
• Apprenticeship Council
  365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of the Apprenticeship Council; the remit and membership of the board; the number of meetings held in each of the years...
• Apprenticeship Data
  367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices commencing an apprenticeship programme in each of the years 2008 to 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
• Apprenticeship Programmes
  376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to support greater participation of young women and other under-represented groups on apprenticeship programmes; and if he will...
• Appointments to State Boards
  378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has made State board appointments in the past three years in circumstances in which he has reappointed a person who has already served two...
• School Services Staff
  379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school secretaries who have been employed directly by his Department in each of the past five years; if principals can apply for...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in the delivery of extension work at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19803/19]
• Site Acquisitions
  381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made in identifying and securing a site for a new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; if this project...
• Industrial Relations
  382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reimburse members of a union (details supplied) who suffered financial penalties amounting to a total of €15 million in wages...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding his plans for a new secondary school in the western area of Blanchardstown; if an appropriate site has been identified;...
• National Educational Psychological Service
  384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken to assist facilities and schools in a time of great tragedy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14272/19]
• School Placement
  385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the availability of places in primary schools in Finglas, Dublin 11, for children with ASD; and if he will address a matter...
• National Educational Psychological Service
  386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) in County Cork with ASD will receive a NEPS assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19933/19]
• Schools Building Projects Status
  387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a secondary school and multipurpose communal building in Kinnegad, County Westmeath. [19935/19]
• Residential Institutions Statutory Fund
  388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the outstanding contributions from religious congregations amounting to €6.37 million to the residential institutions statutory fund...
• Special Educational Needs
  389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an urgent meeting will take place between his officials, parents, a school (details supplied) and the NCSE; and if he will make a statement on...
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no breastfeeding provision for special needs assistants in schools; if his attention...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions in place to deal with the shortage of first-year secondary places for those who are on waiting lists in the Kilcoole and...
• Special Educational Needs
  392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a report on the availability of places in primary schools in an area (details supplied) for children with ASD; and if he will...
• School Accommodation Provision
  393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school to cater for an area (details supplied); if this school will now be located outside the catchment area; if...
• Schools Building Projects
  394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a system under which new schools are approved, particularly in Dublin; the criteria for establishing a catchment area; the...
• Legislative Measures
  395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the remaining sections of the Education (Admissions to Schools) Act 2018, in particular sections 9(61), (62) and (63) will be commenced; and...
• Schools Building Projects
  396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the outstanding moneys owed to contractors following the last building project for a school (details supplied) will be...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for the relocation of a school (details supplied); the funding which has been allocated for this project; the...
• Special Educational Needs
  398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of his Department in the provision of supports, including SNAs for children with autism, in primary and secondary schools; his plans to...
• School Patronage
  399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure children and students in the Dublin 8 and 12 areas have access to a secondary Educate Together facility; the rationale for...
• Gaelscoil Issues
  400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will meet with parents and students who are campaigning for Gaelscoileanna in Dublin 10 and 12 in view of the fact that these are the only...
• Student Accommodation
  401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it is expected to provide student accommodation on site to facilitate Maynooth and other universities nationally with...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding development at a campus (details supplied) with particular reference to the need to restore activity on the site with a...
• Gaelscoil Issues
  404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a Gaelcholáiste in north County Kildare; the extent to which previous arrangements are proceeding...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which all primary and post-primary school accommodation requirements in Maynooth, County Kildare, are being co-ordinated with a...
• School Patronage
  410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which patronage changes in respect of various primary and post-primary schools throughout County Kildare have been advanced in line...
• School Accommodation Provision
  411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding proposals to replace the primary school at Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare, with particular reference to the need to...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which works at a school (details supplied) are progressing in accordance with the requirements as set out by the school...
• Schools Building Projects
  414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which constant re-evaluation takes place throughout north County Kildare with a view to replacement of obsolete school buildings...
• Schools Building Projects Status
  415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regrading proposed extension, upgrading and replacement of facilities at primary and post-primary level in Sallins, County Kildare;...
• Pupil-Teacher Ratio
  422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which a reduction in pupil-teacher ratios and class sizes is being addressed in all areas nationally; and if he will make a...
• School Curriculum
  423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school curriculum at primary and secondary-level can be extended to incorporate particular emphasis on basic life skills,...
• Schools Site Acquisitions
  424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site location can be made available for the new south Drogheda post-primary school that was announced in 2018 (details supplied); and if he...
• School Services Staff
  425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a campaign (details supplied) in particular the demand to be treated like other public sector workers in terms of pay and...
• Budget Measures
  426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for student registration fees and student hardship in general in budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20160/19]
• Schools Building Projects Status
  427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project brief for a school redevelopment project at a school (details supplied); the most recent contacts his Department has...
• School Transport Expenditure
  429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding can be provided for sustaining small schools schemes for a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

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