Written answers
Tuesday, 9 July 2019
Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Establishment
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a multi-denominational school in the Palmerstown, Ballyfermot, Chapelizod and Cherry Orchard areas; and if he will... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a funding application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29095/19] - Schools Refurbishment
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the works outstanding at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29097/19] - Schools Grievance Procedures
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further steps open to parents that are dissatisfied with the manner in which a particular issue such as the alleged bullying of their child... - Schools Building Projects Status
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if correspondence has been received from a group (details supplied) regarding a school project in County Donegal; if a reply has issued to the... - School Staff
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will not lose a teacher for the forthcoming academic year 2019-2020 in view of the altered circumstances since the... - Third Level Fees
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if universities are free to set out their own level of non-refundable capitation fee for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects Status
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an extension approved for a school (details supplied) in April 2017; the status of applications for a further extension or changes... - Summer Works Scheme Applications
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied). [29192/19] - Schools Building Projects Status
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of project works at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if the works are on schedule to be completed for the commencement... - School Accommodation Provision
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the delivery of two special educational needs rooms will be prioritised in view of approval for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry;... - School Enrolments
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding school enrolment in Ennis, County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects Status
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 274 of 11 June 2019, if the tender report has been received; if the letter of intent has issued; the date... - School Accommodation Provision
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if authority has been given to the school authorities to seek rental accommodation to ensure that a school (details supplied) will open in... - School Transport Provision
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special supports will be provided to a child (details supplied). [29263/19] - School Transport Eligibility
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29268/19] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on an application for a special needs assistant by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - School Transport Eligibility
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) is being denied an exemption to the cost of the school transport scheme despite holding a medical card;... - Minor Works Scheme Payments
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increased maintenance grant will be awarded to a school (details supplied). [29332/19] - Protected Disclosures
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a protected disclosure (details supplied) was first made to his Department; the progress made to date in examining same; when the process... - Speech and Language Therapy Provision
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to recent closures of speech and language units in Longford and Athlone despite no decrease in demand for the... - School Enrolments
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in the Greystones district who have not received an offer of a secondary school place for September 2020 to date; the... - Departmental Advertising Expenditure
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on digital marketing in each of the past eight years; the items on which funds were spent; the criteria by which target... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) will have a SNA when school starts in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29414/19] - Departmental Expenditure
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs paid to companies (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in... - School Transport Fees
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 8 May 2019, if the maintenance charges of Bus Éireann for school transport are charged on a per... - Technological Universities
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to allow technical universities to access borrowing for the provision of purpose built student specific accommodation. [29467/19] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio (1 comment)
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of extra teachers that would be required at primary level to reduce the ratio to teacher to students from 24.5 to 23.9.... - School Staff
235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding school secretary pay (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29516/19] - Departmental Expenditure
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in... - Schools Building Projects
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29605/19] - Schools Building Projects Data
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects at stage 1 of the school building or extension process; the details of the 20 projects the longest at... - DEIS Eligibility
239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review and change the criteria for the grant of DEIS status to schools. [29608/19] - School Transport Eligibility
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) in County Kerry who cannot get a place in their nearest post-primary school will be made fully eligible for... - Summer Works Scheme
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school project (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29636/19] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a person (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29657/19] - Schools Property
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body responsible for maintenance of the pedestrian laneway which services schools (details supplied) from the Castlelands Road,... - Teacher Recruitment
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if incremental pay scale credits will be provided for Irish teachers teaching outside the EU which take into account their experience and which... - School Accommodation
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a meeting will be organised between his planning officials and a group (details supplied) to discuss the planning application for a temporary... - Schools Building Projects Data
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects at stage 2a of the school building or extension process; and the details of the longest at stage 2a of the... - School Funding
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of equalising school funding between voluntary, community and comprehensive secondary schools. [29699/19] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio to 21:1 in primary schools. [29700/19] - School Staff
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of fully restoring guidance counselling. [29701/19] - School Services Staff
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school secretaries and caretakers being made direct employees of his Department; the latest engagement he has had with... - National Educational Psychological Service
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an educational psychological assessment will be carried out for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Emergency Works Scheme Appeals
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works appeal will be granted for a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take in view of the fact that the application for the provision of a primary school on a temporary basis at a location has been... - Compulsory Purchase Orders
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which he would consider acquiring lands by compulsory purchase order for the purposes of delivering a new school; and if... - Special Educational Needs
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding a programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29733/19] - Schools Building Projects Status
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planning applications in respect of each new school to open in September 2019. [29789/19] - Teachers' Remuneration
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the qualification allowance (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29798/19] - DEIS Scheme
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new DEIS classification process for selection of schools will be introduced; when the new schools will be included; and if he will make... - Schools Building Projects Status
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the construction of the new permanent building following the amalgamation two schools (details supplied) in view of the fact... - Bullying in Schools
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the issue of bullying is not serious enough grounds to make alternative provision in school transport cases in which same has been requested;... - Departmental Expenditure
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on tribunals, commissions of investigation and statutory inquiries in each of the years 2009 to 2018 and to date in 2019, by... - Home Tuition Scheme
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports provided to assist with socialising for children with a diagnosis of autism who are being home-schooled in view of the fact that... - Education Data
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in primary and secondary school and the number of students at third level respectively, in 2018 and to date in 2019, in... - Departmental Circulars
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a circular has been issued to schools to assist them with the phasing out of single-use plastics; and if he will make a statement on the... - Climate Change Policy
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has ceased the purchase and use of single-use plastics; the public bodies and agencies under his remit to which he has issued... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no eligibility for grant assistance for a course that would allow for clear career progression but that is not classed as... - Schools Building Projects Data
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the tendered price and final build cost for each new school and school extension in counties Cork and Kerry over the past ten years; and the... - Education and Training Boards Funding
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will extend the Irish and bilingual grant as per the grants payable to non-fee-paying voluntary secondary schools, in the amount of... - Education and Training Boards Administration
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process of nominating members apart from local authority nominees to education and training boards; if membership of such boards varies; if... - School Inspection Reports
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a provisional date for the publication of a report (details supplied). [30050/19]
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