Written answers
Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport Fees
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of universal free travel on the school transport scheme operated by Bus Éireann. [38671/19] - School Accommodation Provision
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of capital projects planned to provide extra places in schools for pupils with special needs; if the waiting times for such projects... - School Patronage
153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the boundaries for the determination of patronage for the new second level school in Blanchardstown, Dublin 15 will be extended to include... - School Accommodation Provision
154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for ASD accommodation; and if these works will be sanctioned. [38260/19] - Third Level Staff Remuneration
155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the application of a circular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38265/19] - Summer Works Scheme Applications
156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be approved for the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38273/19] - School Staff Appeals Mechanism
157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeal process for SNAs who cannot get on a panel; if not, the reason therefor; the reason the supplementary manager of the panels... - Schools Building Projects Status
158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a Gaelscoil (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38357/19] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the allocation of home tuition hours for children with autism and special educational needs for the 2019-20 academic year will be expedited;... - School Textbooks
160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 3 October 2017, his policy in terms of the use of workbooks at post-primary school level; and the... - School Equipment
161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his policy regarding the use of information technology tablets; and if schools have been issued departmental guidelines or circulars in terms of... - Schools Building Projects Status
162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); if progress has been made in securing a greenfield or brownfield site for a permanent building; the... - Home Tuition Scheme Administration
163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the applications for home tuition for the current academic year have now been processed; if not, when it is expected that they will be... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when home tuition hours will be sanctioned for children with autism spectrum disorders in primary schools in view of the fact that schools are in... - Third Level Funding
165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing funding to third level institutions by 1%. [38561/19] - Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of restoring the non-adjacent SUSI grant level from 24 km to 30 km, 35 km and 40 km, in tabular form. [38562/19] - School Catchment Areas
168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will include an area (details supplied) in the catchment area for the new secondary school for west Blanchardstown, Dublin 15; and if he... - Teaching Council of Ireland
169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it takes a minimum of 12 weeks and in some cases even longer for a teacher to register with the Teaching Council in view of the fact... - Pyrite Issues
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the situation at a school (details supplied) affected by pyrite; if his attention has been drawn to the many issues this is causing... - Social Insurance Payments
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding social insurance contributions for a person in County Kerry; and if he will make a... - Teachers' Remuneration
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for further delays to the payment of teachers in September 2019; the nature of the delays; the actions being taken to address this... - Ministerial Meetings
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will respond to and meet a group (details supplied). [38647/19] - Schools Site Acquisitions
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the negotiations to secure a permanent site for two secondary schools (details supplied). [38720/19] - Industrial Relations
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to avoid industrial action by members of a union (details supplied); if further talks are scheduled; and if he will make a... - School Transport Appeals
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a Bus Éireann appeal (details supplied); if he will review the response from the transport provider; and if he will... - Schools Building Projects Status
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed major building project at a school (details supplied). [38740/19] - State Examinations Appeals
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that appealed their leaving certificate results and attained a higher mark in 2017, 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a... - Special Educational Needs Staff
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has inadequate provision of special needs assistants for the 2019-2020 academic year; and if he will make... - Schools Site Acquisitions
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a permanent location for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38756/19] - Departmental Properties
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a building (details supplied) which is owned by his Department in view of the need for a permanent location for schools; and if he... - Schools Establishment
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools planned in the Dún Laoghaire area in the coming years; the patrons of these schools; the sites and or buildings... - Special Educational Needs Staff
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the method of calculation of special needs assistant allocation for schools; the way in which children that are still awaiting an assessment of... - School Services Staff
186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end pay injustice facing school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38783/19] - Schools Building Projects
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he will take to address the delays being experienced by his Department to progress its school building projects beyond stage 2B; if the... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application by a school (details supplied) regarding a replacement boiler that is urgently needed; and if he... - School Transport
189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the possibility of utilising the recently announced €1 million funding for school transport to provide additional bus capacity for... - Autism Support Services
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the system being put in place in order to school twin brothers with autism (details supplied); if a system will be put in place by which they may... - Schools Building Projects Status
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the completion of footpaths and pedestrianised crossings at a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the ESB...
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