• School Transport
  621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the preparation work undertaken to ensure that school buses and bus routes that service schools will have enough capacity when term commences;...
• Student Accommodation
  622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will be taking to protect students entering new lease and or licence arrangements for accommodation for the 2020/2021 academic...
• Cycle to Work Scheme
  623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the cycle to work scheme will be available for applications from education staff (detail supplied) in view of many school staff wishing to...
• Third Level Staff
  624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists employed to work at higher education institutes; the cost of each of these positions annually; and the location each...
• School Transport
  625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that all children in need of public transport to their schools will receive same; her plans to address the situation of...
• Further Education and Training Programmes
  627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which students that have come to the end of training courses with State bodies such as SOLAS, ETBs and so on are to gain their final...
• School Services Staff
  628. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide employment contracts to school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16294/20]
• School Staff
  629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers and SNAs, respectively in employment funded by her Department by primary and secondary schools; the increase in funding...
• School Funding
  630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional funding she plans to provide to ensure schools reopening in September 2020 have sufficient funding to arrange deep cleaning of...
• Special Educational Needs
  631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be opened as an autism-specific school in view of the fact local families have been campaigning for same...
• Schools Site Acquisitions
  632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the three school campus in Buncrana, County Donegal; when it is envisaged that Donegal County Council will complete negotiations...
• Foirne Scoile
  633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an mbeidh cead ag scoil (sonraí tugtha)an líon muinteoirí ranga atá acu faoi láthair a choinneáil don scoil bhliain...
• Bus Services
  634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to defer or reduce the school bus fares payable at this time of year in view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the uncertainty if students...
• School Staff
  635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the temporary teacher reassignment system works in both primary and secondary schools; the terms and conditions for its use; if...
• Ministerial Communications
  638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or her advisers have ever used private email for any form of Government business since her appointment as Minister; and if so, if she will...
• Ministerial Meetings
  639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of meetings she has had since her appointment as Minister by date and in tabular form (details supplied). [19567/20]
• Schools Site Acquisitions
  640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to proceed immediately with a planning application for the preferred choice as outlined in the Donabate Local Area Plan as lands at the...
• State Examinations
  641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if alternative arrangements will be made by which there are no provisions for students due to sit exams and due to unforeseen circumstances are...
• Schools Building Projects
  642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of the construction of a proposed new school (details supplied). [19597/20]
• Ministerial Briefing
  643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she had a handover briefing from her predecessor; if so, when the meeting took place; and the persons that were in attendance. [19616/20]
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SNAs are not being employed in east County Cork. [19617/20]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when definitive Covid-19 guidelines will be put in place for the return of pupils to school. [19618/20]
• Ministerial Advisers
  648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of her advisers and those of the Ministers of State; the remuneration packages of same; and the date of commencement...
• School Staff
  649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts that remain unfilled around the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19694/20]
• Departmental Reports
  650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the forward planning section of her Department will produce a report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19695/20]
• Ministerial Advisers
  652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and salaries of her special advisers; and the salaries paid to each Minister and Minister of State in her Department. [19719/20]
• Third Level Fees
  653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that have been put in place to help students returning to third-level education who are uncertain as to the way in which they will...
• Special Educational Needs
  654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ASD unit in a school (details supplied) will be opened; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19750/20]
• National Educational Psychological Service
  655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in north County Kildare awaiting an appointment with a NEPS psychologist; the number waiting less than six, six to 12 and...
• School Funding
  656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that will be allocated to schools in north County Kildare in order to provide the necessary equipment and resources to reopen in...
• State Examinations
  657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if leaving certificate points awarded in 2020 based on calculated points can be used in future years if a student opts to defer applying to...
• School Staff
  659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing release time for administrative and management purposes of one day per week for each teaching principal of a...
• National Educational Psychological Service
  660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons in Dublin 7 and 15 who are waiting on a NEPS appointment, in tabular form; the number that are waiting less than six, six...
• School Staff
  662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and second-level teachers who were placed on sick leave due to stress or mental illness in each of the years from 2015 to...
• National Educational Psychological Service
  664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Wicklow who are awaiting an appointment with a NEPS psychologist; the number waiting less than six, six to 12...
• School Funding
  666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing schools with the resources to run pre and post-school childcare facilities; and if she will make a...
• Sustainable Development Goals
  667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which Ireland's commitment to the sustainable development goals will be reflected in her Department's Skills Strategy and Work Plans...
• Special Educational Needs
  668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the campaign by parents in Crumlin, Dublin 12 in relation to the reopening of a school (details supplied) as an ASD specific school;...
• School Enrolments
  670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the commitment previously given by the Department, if a full review of secondary education provision and enrolment opportunity in the...
• School Accommodation
  671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for permanent school accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20098/20]
• Schools Building Projects
  672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the second-level building programme in Maynooth, County Kildare; when the new school building will be complete; the works that will...
• State Examinations
  675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures taken to ensure that applicants to the primary initial teacher education that had registered for qualifying exams, which were...
• National Educational Psychological Service
  676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service...
• School Staff
  678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has no permanent English as an additional language supports service despite several requests for same; and...
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a special needs assistant, SNA, (details supplied) who is working full-time since 25 May 2020 following job sharing ending, in view of...
• Student Grant Scheme
  680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reviewing the Student Support Act 2011 and the student grants scheme to provide more discretion for deciding officers in...
• Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
  681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students from agricultural colleges are excluded from applying for the Covid-19 education fund; if the position will be reviewed; and...
• National Educational Psychological Service
  682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in CHO1 and CHO2 that are awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist; the...
• School Funding
  684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore the standard capitation rate for pupils in primary schools to €200 which was the rate in 2010 prior to cuts;...
• Technological Universities
  685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the costs expended to date by all agencies on the establishment of the Munster technological university; the estimated expenditure that will be...
• Post-Leaving Certificate Courses
  686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if post-leaving certificate students prohibited from undertaking practical exams due to Covid-19 restrictions are to be graded under a predicted...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the National Public Health Emergency Team targets for Covid-19 numbers here that will influence the ability of schools to...
• National Educational Psychological Service
  689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Donegal awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist; the number...
• Insurance Coverage
  691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school insurance policies for schools, teachers and pupils in view of the current Covid-19 pandemic; if the policies cover the...
• School Staff
  692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on pay equality for all teachers; and her plans to deliver on same. [20457/20]
• Access to Higher Education
  693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide third level educational opportunities for residents in direct provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Education Schemes
  694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if steps are being taken to roll out the sanctuary scholarship scheme across all higher education institutions; and if she will make a statement...
• Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
  695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that will be made available in higher education institutions to comply with the two metre social distancing requirements in view of...
• Direct Provision System
  696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the student survey from an organisation (details supplied) on the second level educational plans of persons in...
• Student Grant Scheme
  697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the proposed review of SUSI eligibility and adjacency rates as provided for in the programme for Government including the process;...
• Departmental Bodies
  698. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of agencies that will fall under the remit of both her Department and the newly established Department of Further and...
• School Staff
  699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of post-primary teachers expected to retire during the first term of 2020/2021; and if this number has been factored into...
• Access to Higher Education
  700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of successful candidates with HEAR and DARE status from the Irish Universities Association, IUA; and if she will make a statement on...
• School Transport
  701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 603 of 14 July 2020, if the student will be granted a place on the school bus; if not, if a concessionary...
• Schools Building Projects
  702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the redevelopment of or new build for a school (details supplied). [20558/20]
• School Funding
  703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a grant to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo has been withdrawn in view of the urgent need for the grant; and if she will...
• National Educational Psychological Service
  704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Kerry awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist; the number...
• Departmental Staff
  705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants currently working in her Department appointed and or...
• National Educational Psychological Service
  706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in counties Meath and Westmeath by county who are awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological...
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the service of take out teachers for schools will be continued for pupils with learning difficulties when schools reopen following Covid-19;...
• Mental Health Services
  709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a service will be enabled for mental health awareness when schools reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20716/20]
• School Accommodation
  711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has been in recent contact with a group (details supplied); her views on whether moving the school to Citywest is inappropriate in view of...
• Schools Building Projects
  712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building works for a new school building at a school (details supplied) will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20734/20]
• Pupil-Teacher Ratio
  713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average, median, lowest and largest classroom size by county in each of the past five years for primary and secondary schools, respectively...
• School Transport
  714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific criteria which applies when assessing a child's eligibility for school bus transport; the way in which the criteria has changed...
• Departmental Expenditure
  716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the payments for services or goods by her Department to a company (details supplied) since 2015. [20774/20]
• National Educational Psychological Service
  717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in CHO1 and CHO2 who are awaiting an appointment with a NEPS psychologist; the number waiting less than six, 6 to 12 and...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if personal protective equipment, PPE, will be provided for staff; and if a special needs assistant, SNA, or staff member has grounds to refuse...
• Schools Building Projects
  731. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline and deadline for the completion of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20831/20]
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body in a school setting responsible for the management of and adherence with National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, advice....
• National Educational Psychological Service
  736. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Clare awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, psychologist; the number...
• School Funding
  739. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the funding of equipment for students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20961/20]
• National Educational Psychological Service
  740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Kildare who are awaiting an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, psychologist;...
• Departmental Advertising
  742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by same; if so, if she will provide...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she is satisfied that adequate plans are in place to ensure that all schools, primary and post-primary, throughout northern...
• Schools Building Projects
  745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building projects at primary school level throughout northern areas of County Kildare in hand or at planning stage that are...
• School Accommodation
  746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of the extra required accommodation at a school (details supplied); when the project will proceed; and if she will...
• School Transport
  749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which school transport issues throughout northern areas of County Kildare have been resolved or are likely to be resolved in the...
• Schools Building Projects
  750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to meet the necessary school building adaptation requirements as arising from Covid-19 in all schools throughout...
• Pupil-Teacher Ratio
  751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects class sizes and pupil teacher ratios to be affected by Covid-19 provisions in both primary and post-primary...
• Special Educational Needs Staff
  752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which an adequate supply of special needs teachers and special needs assistants remain available to all primary and post-primary...
• Covid-19 Pandemic
  753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which it is expected to avail of extra buildings to facilitate primary and second-level schools arising from Covid-19 nationwide;...
• School Staff
  755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the optimum number of teachers remain available to all schools nationwide in primary and post-primary; and if she will make a...
• Gaelcholáistí Issues
  757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress towards the provision of an Gaelcholáiste in north County Kildare with the purpose of providing second-level education to meet...

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