Written answers
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the need for an ASD unit in the Kilternan, County Dublin will be examined in order that families do not have to send their children to school... - State Examinations
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the systems her Department put in place to ensure that in circumstances in which a student has received a large downgrade, that this downgrade is... - School Transport
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the current issue of school buses affecting persons in rural areas (details supplied); and if discretion will be shown in... - State Examinations
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process to be followed by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25050/20] - School Transport
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering allowing families relying on the Covid-19 payment to access free school transport for the academic year 2020/2021 in view... - State Examinations
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the leaving certificate class of 2020 are by no means the only leaving certificate students who will be directly affected by... - Schools Building Projects
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage plans are at for a new school building for a school (details supplied); the proposed time frame for the build; and if she will make a... - School Transport
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be more seats awarded on the bus from Dromahair to a school (details supplied) for those who have registered and paid; and if she... - State Examinations
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the leaving certificate standardisation process allows a student to be downgraded in several subjects resulting in a considerable... - Covid-19 Pandemic
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and provisions being given to current sixth year students in view of the hardship they experienced during school shutdown and the... - School Transport
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the school bus service in the Jerpoint, Thomastown, County Kilkenny has been discontinued without notice to parents (details... - School Curriculum
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify that the right not to attend religious instruction can be availed of by students in primary and second-level schools and that... - Covid-19 Pandemic
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to ensure appropriate ventilation in schools; the person or body that has responsibility for inspecting schools to ensure... - State Examinations
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria by which the independent appeals scrutineers will be judging appeals from leaving certificate students for 2020 in the absence of... - Special Educational Needs
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assistive technology application by a student (details supplied) will be expedited. [24788/20] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio to 18:1 by paying all staff on the pre-2011 pay scale.. [24805/20] - Special Educational Needs
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing special education provision by 15% on the 2018 level. [24807/20] - State Examinations
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options students have in relation to the downgrading of their marks; and if she will advise the options available to students now. [24815/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific scientific evidence relied on to implement the mandatory wearing of masks in schools; the special arrangements in place for students... - School Textbooks
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the weight being borne in school bags by primary and secondary pupils (details supplied); and if she will make... - School Transport
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport scheme family portal was closed by Bus Éireann as a result of a direct instruction from her or her Department; if... - State Examinations
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher predicted leaving certificate grades which were downgraded in the standardisation process by more than 10, 20, 30, 40 and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school students are obliged to wear face masks in school in cases in which a student has a condition such as ASD which precludes... - State Examinations
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the arrangements for the sitting of the leaving certificate 2020 in November will be clarified; the changes being made to examination content... - Special Educational Needs
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child with special needs has not been facilitated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24898/20] - Schools Site Acquisitions
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent site for a school (details supplied) has been selected; and the status of the project. [24905/20] - School Transport
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) was not sanctioned for a school transport grant in view of the fact that they have complex needs; if the... - State Examinations
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if appeals to the calculated grades for leaving certificate students will be facilitated in instances in which the predicted grades of their... - School Curriculum
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidelines will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal in relation to practical aspects and fieldwork for geography... - School Accommodation
439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a new primary school in Crusheen, County Clare in view of the pressure on the existing building which has led... - School Transport
440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue with school transport for a child (details supplied) in Dublin 11 will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Examinations
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of students in Gaelscoileanna that received a H1 in Irish in 2020; the percentage of students in Gaelscoileanna that received a H1... - School Transport
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a bus ticket will be allocated to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25071/20] - School Staff
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of posts of responsibility needed in primary schools to restore posts at the level which was pertained prior to the... - Schools Building Projects
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide a post-primary school in Moycullen, County Galway in view of rapid growth in the area; if so, if a Gaelcholáiste is... - State Examinations
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of complaints her Department has received in relation to the calculated grades system from pupils whose grades were marked down by her... - School Transport
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is provision to accommodate schools which need substitute bus escorts in cases of a bus escort having to self-isolate due to Covid-19;... - State Examinations
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if review options are available to a student (details supplied) whose school awarded grades for the 2020 leaving certificate which were... - School Staff
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish a supply teacher panel for the south-west Cork areas; her further plans for teacher absences for the area; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process involved to access an autism place for a child when moving from one county to another; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the financial burden being placed on rural families by the cost of school transport; her plans to reduce... - School Accommodation
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in granting funding for additional accommodation works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Schools Amalgamation
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the amalgamation of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25242/20] - School Transport
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the school transport scheme will be carried out for students attending a school (details supplied) and for those that have been... - Scrúduithe Stáit
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills conas a cuireadh teanga theagaisc na mac léinn san áireamh le linn phróiseas marcála na hArdteistiméireachta i mbliana,... - State Examinations
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students from schools that previously excelled at the leaving certificate have had their results downgraded due to that excellence.... - National Monuments
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Ryan Report recommendation to have a national memorial erected; her plans to have such a memorial erected; the timeline for... - Special Educational Needs
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a July provision school transport grant payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 15 September 2020, the number of buses sourced to date; the percentage of routes operating at full... - State Examinations
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the concerns of the students who were marked down by the algorithm process from the grades assigned by their... - School Transport
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to a pupil (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that two of their siblings are being... - Home Schooling
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of students that live in communal residential centres; if there is to be an outbreak of Covid-19 in that setting; and if there are... - State Examinations
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a bespoke plan including the option to receive predicted grades for current sixth years that have started their final year in... - School Staff
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will allocate a teacher to a school (details supplied) for the remainder of the school year; and if she will make a statement... - State Examinations
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider levelling up the 2019 leaving certificate grades in the context of the 2020 leaving certificate grade inflation, to remove... - Schools Building Projects
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a date has been set to publish a tender for a project (details supplied). [25475/20] - School Staff
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will retain its sanctioned developing school posts despite a delay in meeting its enrolment threshold due to... - Special Educational Needs Staff
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request for a SNA under a special exceptional review will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied). [25617/20] - Public Sector Pensions
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing statutory non-compliance across the ETB sector in respect of the issuing of annual pension...
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