Written answers

Tuesday, 1 December 2020

  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers who are 28 weeks plus pregnant are being denied Covid-19 based health and safety leave by Medmark occupational health care...
  • Teacher Training
    373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of maths and physics teachers in secondary education; the measures she is taking to deal with this problem; if she will...
  • School Transport
    374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the bar on bus drivers over the age of 70 who are medically fit for work is discriminatory on age grounds; and if she will...
  • Public Sector Pay
    375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers who were recruited between 2014 and 2017 on lower pay contracts will have their salaries adjusted to match those of their peers; if...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which regulations were policed, in view of the fact that many of these families were attending schools (details supplied); if in such...
  • Schools Health and Safety
    377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools monitor carbon dioxide levels in classrooms; the advice that has been issued to schools on air purification and ventilation; and if...
  • School Accommodation
    378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need for a new post-primary school building in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39578/20]
  • School Admissions
    379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is considering the introduction of a universal secondary school application process for pupils in towns and cities in order to...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review salaries of communication supports who are assigned to children in both primary and secondary school (details supplied); and...
  • School Transport
    381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of transport for a child (details supplied). [39697/20]
  • School Enrolments
    382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider carrying out a feasibility study for a new secondary school in an area (details supplied) that would take into...
  • Education Data
    383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in Ireland that sat the International Baccalaureate from 2015 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Special Educational Needs
    386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new special classes that will be established in secondary schools in the 2020-21 school year; and the number of these new classes...
  • School Facilities
    387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will increase the number of language units, given that there has been no resource increase since 2001; and if she will make a...
  • State Examinations
    388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the deferred payment of the leaving certificate examination fees announced by her Department in early 2020 also applies to cases in which...
  • Departmental Budgets
    389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation for her Department by project for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39772/20]
  • School Staff
    390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals by schools to retain their staffing levels and not lose a teacher in the 2020-21 academic year that were successful; and if...
  • DEIS Scheme
    392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the €5 million investment for DEIS schools as announced in budget 2021 will be allocated; and if she will make a...
  • Special Educational Needs
    393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional ASD places made available in Dublin 1, 7 and 9 respectively, in the 2020-21 academic year. [39781/20]
  • Schools Building Projects
    394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39810/20]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39816/20]
  • Schools Building Projects
    396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39840/20]
  • School Staff
    397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of discussions to bring school secretaries' pay and conditions on a par with all other public servants; her views on this matter; and...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficult situation that pregnant teachers are experiencing due to differing advice from organisations...
  • Compensation Schemes
    399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the ex gratia scheme for survivors of sexual abuse in day schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • European Court of Human Rights
    400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a need for further extensions to the deadline for the submission of the report to the Council of Europe on the implementation of...
  • Special Educational Needs
    402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of an autism spectrum disorder class in a school (details supplied) in County Meath, which was awarded funding in...
  • School Accommodation
    403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to address the increased enrolment applications for a school (details supplied) in County Meath in which a large number of...
  • Schools Health and Safety
    404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct school principals and teachers to allow students to wear additional layers of clothing, including coats, hats and scarves, to...
  • Schools Building Projects
    405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the lack of engagement at a technical level by her Department with a school (details supplied) in County Cork regarding a...
  • Education and Training Provision
    406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if those who are studying in the UK for a postgraduate certificate in education but have not yet completed the course have any option of...
  • School Transport
    407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the ongoing dispute between Bus Éireann and the family of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • State Examinations
    409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are assigned leaving certificate exam numbers that retain the same prefix numbers each year, which may affect the anonymous nature of...
  • Special Educational Needs
    410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need to enhance and facilitate further participation in the classroom for children with disabilities; and if she will make a...
  • Schools Building Projects
    411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is in discussion with the management of a school (details supplied) regarding the need for a new building programme at the school; her...
  • School Accommodation
    412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which provision has been made for extra accommodation required at a school (details supplied); if cognisance is taken as to whether...
  • Schools Building Projects
    414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position with regard to the provision of the new school at Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare; the degree to which the project has been...
  • School Accommodation
    415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which all required extra facilities at a school (details supplied) have been provided to date or are in course thereof; and if she...
  • School Facilities
    416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which facilities required at a school (details supplied) are being provided for in line with requirements as set out by the school...
  • School Accommodation
    418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position in regard to outstanding requirements at a school (details supplied) in line with the proposals set out by the school...
  • School Transport
    421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the difficulties facing the school transport system under the current circumstances will be acknowledged; if she is satisfied that the public...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the placement numbers for special needs assistants and special education needs organisers, SENOs, prior to and following the announcement of the...
  • School Enrolments
    423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address long waiting lists for school places in Monasterevin and Kildare town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40138/20]
  • State Examinations
    424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and her position regarding the leaving cert results appeals process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31358/20]
  • School Transport
    425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school bus transport both in terms of ensuring all students have access to the services in addition to meeting the 50% capacity...
  • School Accommodation
    426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for additional permanent accommodation at a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage in view of the urgent...
  • Departmental Contracts
    427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of all consultancy firms, accountancy firms, legal firms, project management firms and IT firms her Department has...
  • School Funding
    428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 704 of 3 November 2020, if she will respond to correspondence regarding the urgent need for emergency...
  • Special Educational Needs
    429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the lack of ASD units in Limerick schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40231/20]
  • Schools Building Projects
    430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in building new schools (details supplied) in Dublin 15; the plans in place to cope with increased need for school...
  • School Funding
    431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are funds that schools can avail of to allow participation in digital initiatives in partnership with private enterprise over and above...
  • School Admissions
    432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure schools are complying with section 62(7)(n) of the Education Act 1998 obliging schools to publish an admission policy...
  • Teaching Council of Ireland
    433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a Teaching Council registration will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40372/20]
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason some special needs assistants are not performing catheterisation at some schools as per circular 30/2014 being supported by their...
  • School Transport
    436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school transport scheme routes servicing the second level education sector in County Donegal that are operating at 50% capacity;...
  • School Inspections
    439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure involved in circumstances in which school inspectorate reports have been challenged by a school's management; if the initial report...
  • Public Sector Pay
    440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if advice will be provided on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the dual pay scale in teaching; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
    442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons who were employed part-time as Covid-19 supervisors in schools are not paid for mid-term and school holidays, given that their...
  • School Transport
    443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the review of the school transport system in an effort to bring about a resolution of the issues that have arisen in the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she remains satisfied that adequate plans are in place to ensure that all schools at primary and post-primary level...
  • School Patronage
    448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which patronage changes in respect of various primary and post-primary schools throughout County Kildare have been advanced in line...
  • School Curriculum
    449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school curriculum at primary and secondary levels has been or can be extended to incorporate a particular emphasis on...
  • Special Educational Needs
    450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to make provision of sufficient places for children with autism throughout mainstream education at both primary...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the special needs teacher requirement continues to be met nationally and, in particular, in north County Kildare; if...
  • School Staff
    452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of career guidance teachers available to students in all secondary schools throughout north County Kildare; the extent to which these...
  • School Enrolments
    453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary schools available to the community of Ashtown, Dublin 15; if there is sufficient choice in ethos or capacity; and if she will make...
  • Schools Administration
    454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to an application submitted to her Department by a school (details supplied) to separate the junior and senior schools,...
  • School Funding
    455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when official recognition will be given to a centre (details supplied) as an alternative education setting meeting a specific and proven need....
  • Special Educational Needs
    459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on the future of a school (details supplied) as an ASD-specific school for children aged five years of age...

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