Written answers
Tuesday, 6 October 2020
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adherence to distancing, capacity and other anti-Covid-19 measures on buses serving a school (details supplied) will be investigated. [28092/20] - School Accommodation
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo. [28097/20] - Autism Support Services
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism spectrum disorder class places at primary level for new enrolment available for the year 2021-2022 in Bray, County Wicklow;... - State Examinations
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an example will be published of the way in which the algorithm used in calculating leaving certificate grades works; the measures taken to... - DEIS Scheme
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will engage with DEIS 1 schools in the Dublin 8 area to see the way in which the band 1 designation can be improved and that... - Special Educational Needs
439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by her Department when it compelled 39 schools across south Dublin in July 2020 to open special needs classes; and if she will... - School Transport
443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary school transport applications received by county after the closing date of 4 August 2020; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school is within its right to refuse admission to a student on the basis that the student is unable to wear a mask due to a medical... - Schools Data
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school pupils who are in classes of more than 20, 25, 30 and 35 students by county, respectively; and if she will make a... - School Funding
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a commitment that the Covid-19 level of capitation funding for each primary school pupil will be maintained at a minimum in the... - School Staff
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the number of primary school assistant principal posts will be restored to pre-2009 levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Examinations
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a reply on their leaving certificate appeal; and if she will make a statement on... - Education and Training Boards
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants who applied for redeployment through GRETB; the number of successful applicants in the past three years; her plans to... - School Funding
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams within her Department that provide for the construction of school sports halls; and the process by which the school applies... - School Facilities
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an upgrade of broadband can be expected for a school (details attached) in County Dublin; and if broadband plans can be accelerated due to... - Special Educational Needs Staff
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special needs assistant, SNA, allocation for a school (details supplied) will be re-examined for the school year 2020/2021. [28362/20] - Special Educational Needs
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a special needs unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28390/20] - Departmental Expenditure
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on school minor works project in each of the years of 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and... - School Transport
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason two pupils (details supplied) in County Mayo are not being accommodated on the school bus in view of the fact that there is capacity... - School Catchment Areas
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the boundaries surrounding Belmayne, Balgriffan, County Dublin will be reviewed in view of the fact the area has undergone significant... - School Transport
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a bus pass was refused for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28505/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a case in County Carlow (details supplied). [28509/20] - School Management
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 21 July 2020, the status of the further submission under consideration in her Department; if the... - Autism Support Services
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a situation at a primary school (details supplied) with an attached autism unit in which children in the unit... - Schools Data
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for post-primary schools by 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% and 50%, respectively in tabular... - Special Educational Needs Staff
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to minimise the movement of SNAs in circumstances in which they currently care for many students in different classes making... - Schools Site Acquisitions
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her officials will engage with a school (details supplied) to expedite the provision of a permanent site for the school within the Ballybrack... - School Transport
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for school transport to be provided to a Gaelscoil (details supplied). [28591/20] - Departmental Expenditure
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost to her Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by... - School Admissions
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department was informed or consulted on the change in the admission policy of a school (details supplied); the advice which can be... - State Examinations
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason so many students were downgraded from H1 to H2 in the recent leaving certificate examination, especially when those students were... - Departmental Expenditure
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 29 September 2020, if she will provide the total amount of additional Covid-19 related Exchequer... - School Staff
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to end the ongoing pay inequality for teachers here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28694/20] - School Curriculum
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue to a person (details supplied) following a letter to her Department dated 2 September 2020; and if she will make a... - State Examinations
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of leaving certificate students in County Kerry that have had errors with their calculated grades identified; the nature of these... - School Curriculum
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the levels of computer literacy amongst students leaving secondary school; the computer literacy education second level... - Schools Building Projects
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a new educational campus at Fortunestown Lane, Saggart, Co. Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28754/20] - Departmental Contracts
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of contracting all third-party companies to deal with the leaving certificate grades in tabular form. [28764/20] - School Admissions
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken by a national school to ensure that a neighbouring secondary school continues to recognise a national school as a... - School Transport
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when CIÉ will be providing school transport for a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a dedicated fund will be established for schools to support the purchase of PPE for medically vulnerable and pregnant teachers in view of the... - School Curriculum
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop an online curriculum for primary school children isolating at home due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the... - Gaelscoil Issues
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Gaelscoileanna nationally; the breakdown by county; the percentage of total primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a... - School Curriculum
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in secondary schools studying different subject areas for the leaving certificate in particular trades; and if she will... - State Examinations
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the errors in determining the leaving certificate calculated grades; if the State will be compensated for the errors; and if... - Home Tuition Scheme
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of families in County Kildare that have requested home tuition supports in 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of applications that... - Departmental Contracts
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there was a tender process that secured the contractor (details supplied) for the modelling of the predictive grade system; and if she will... - Departmental Staff
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in her Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that...
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