Written answers
Tuesday, 10 November 2020
Department of Education and Skills
- Data Protection
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department facilitates the release of personal information under the general data protection regulation, GDPR, by persons with personal... - School Transport
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus ticket will be issued for a child (details supplied) whose sibling has a ticket and is on the bus; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34527/20] - Schools Site Acquisitions
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the progress in securing a site for the proposed school (details supplied) in Killester, Raheny and Clontarf, County Dublin;... - Schools Building Projects
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34577/20] - School Transport
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an allowance will be made for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34592/20] - DEIS Scheme
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the planned investment of €5 million in Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, or DEIS schools, will be... - School Transport
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rules of school buses (details supplied); the number of children a school bus can safely carry in Covid-19 times; and if she will make a... - School Staff
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the pay and working conditions of school secretaries many of whom are paid through the ancillary grants scheme; and if she... - Special Educational Needs
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will begin on the autism spectrum disorder unit for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for the works and expected opening date;... - School Staff
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have requested an additional teacher, based on the availability of classrooms rather than student numbers, to... - School Enrolments
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the crisis of secondary school places in Greystones district, County Wicklow (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a... - DEIS Scheme
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS Band 1 schools, per countym that are expected to lose a teacher this academic year. [34780/20] - School Accommodation
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new permanent building for a school (details supplied); her views on the tender process for same; the current intended timelines... - State Examinations
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students sitting Irish in the leaving certificate in November 2020 can be accommodated with an aural and-or an oral examination in order to... - Education Policy
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the lack of multi and non-denominational primary school places in Dublin 11; her plans in relation to the... - Departmental Meetings
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of discussions her officials have had with officials in Fingal County Council in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 regarding future... - School Patronage
443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for changes to the patronage competition system for new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34813/20] - School Staff
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools which have lost a teacher in the 2020-21 academic year. [34819/20] - Schools Building Projects
447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which the constructions works on a school (details supplied) will be completed; the estimated cost of the project; and if issues have... - Special Educational Needs
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will be provided with clear guidance on the way in which and when children with special educational needs can integrate into... - State Examinations
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is planned that the leaving certificate examinations will go ahead as planned in November 2020. [34870/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if derogations are available to allow retired teachers return to substitute teaching for the period of the Covid-19 pandemic to assist in cases... - Special Educational Needs
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her future plans for special educational schools and also the six reading schools; the extra resources she will provide for mainstream schools to... - Teaching Council of Ireland
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34896/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) HEAnet promised upgrade can be brought forward as the current service is very poor and not fit for purpose... - State Examinations
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the bonus for completing leaving certificate exams through Irish was taken into consideration not just by teachers when providing the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a sample sanitiser from a company (details supplied) was assessed and evaluated by a team with the necessary technical competencies and... - School Transport
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are provisions being considered to supplement public transport with additional school transport particularly under level 5 restrictions... - School Staff
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing two additional guidance counsellor positions for schools with over 950 pupils. [34954/20] - School Transport
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34968/20] - Schools Building Projects
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school will be built to accommodate the pupils from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34970/20] - School Staff
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in payment to a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34972/20] - Schools Amalgamation
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans of her Department for either second-level school amalgamations or new second-level schools in the city of Galway; and if she will make... - School Staff
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a teacher (details attached) will be examined who is teaching in a school in County Tipperary under the temporary teacher... - Schools Building Projects
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on the construction of the new school buildings for a school (details suppled). [35165/20] - School Enrolments
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns raised at the beginning of November 2020 by many parents in Drogheda, County Louth, in respect of the over-subscription of a school... - School Accommodation
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35182/20] - School Transport
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary school transport ticket holders in County Kildare for each academic year since 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if... - School Patronage
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the period offered for expressions of interest with regard to patronage for a school (details supplied) is sufficient... - School Catchment Areas
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined schools having a minimum radius, centred on itself, included in its catchment area (details supplied). [35268/20] - School Funding
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants and funding are available for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35275/20] - Schools Refurbishment
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works will be finished on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35311/20] - Schools Building Projects
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made as to when a new school building will be open (details supplied); when officials from her Department were last on... - School Enrolments
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties some families are facing in accessing second-level school places for their children in... - School Funding
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the possible funding avenues available to a school to install a fire alarm system; and if her Department will urgently assist schools that do not... - Occupational Injuries Benefit
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending an occupational injury scheme to teachers, similar to that which applies to gardaí and nurses, in view of the... - DEIS Scheme
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; if the concerns of the staff will be addressed; if DEIS band 1 and... - Education Policy
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which the status of a small school, or scoil bheag, was granted to certain secondary schools nationwide; the criteria for... - Special Educational Needs
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 820 of 3 November 2020, if a deadline will be provided by which all eligible applicants for the... - Education Costs
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to decrease the staffing schedule for urban band 1 and junior and vertical schools by one point in line with all other... - DEIS Scheme
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further supports made available to DEIS schools catering for the highest concentrations of education disadvantage from the budget allocation... - Covid-19 Pandemic
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent ballot outcome of a union (details supplied) and its members to take industrial action due to numerous issues of safety... - Departmental Staff
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time equivalent and part-time equivalent roles filled by her Department of posts at principal officer, assistant principal...
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