Written answers
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to meet with persons (details supplied) as requested in order to find a way to prevent their children losing out on essential special... - School Funding
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 428 of 1 December 2020, if a final decision has been made in relation to the emergency works appeal for a... - State Examinations
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) about the junior cycle exams; and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the unfairness and imbalance in relation to students who have missed so much school, have no access to proper broadband and... - School Transport
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 402 of 17 December 2020, the status of the implementation of the public health recommendation that... - Covid-19 Pandemic
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of boarding schools, given the general closure of schools announced until the end of January 2021 as a consequence of the pandemic.... - School Accommodation
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional school accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Public Sector Pay
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance which can be provided to a person (details supplied) with a query regarding incremental progression; and if she will make a... - DEIS Scheme
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to make additional funding available to cover postage costs for DEIS schools to post educational materials to their students to assist... - Special Educational Needs
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the appointment of a home-based teacher to meet the special educational needs of a person (details supplied). [2269/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports or grants available to primary and secondary school students or their parents to purchase laptops to help with home schooling during... - State Examinations
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when those students who chose to sit leaving certificate 2020 written examinations will receive their results; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Site Acquisitions
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the securing of a site at a school (details supplied) and existing extension plans; and if she will make a statement on... - School Admissions
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider meeting with the new Archbishop of Dublin regarding changes made to the sibling first school admissions policy by the school... - National Educational Psychological Service
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, is sufficiently resourced to provide educational psychological support to all primary... - Covid-19 Pandemic
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if employees of her Department have received Covid-19 vaccines due to their role in the Department; if so, the rationale for same; and if she... - Special Educational Needs
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to open special needs schools during the Covid-19 lockdown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2445/21] - State Examinations
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the leaving certificate examination in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2447/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports that have been provided to children of junior and senior infant level to ensure they are supported through remote... - Special Educational Needs
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary for additional special education teacher hours, given the hours... - State Examinations
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a deadline will be set for a decision on whether the leaving certificate oral and practical exams are to proceed, given the spread of Covid-19... - Covid-19 Pandemic
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding to schools will be increased to ensure full PPE provision, given the need to stop the spread of Covid-19 infection now and into the... - State Examinations
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give leaving certificate students the option of predicted grades or sitting the written exams, given the spread of Covid-19 infection... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of financial support being given to schools by her Department to support teachers who are hosting classes online. [2645/21] - Ministerial Meetings
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagement with a union (details supplied) prior to her announcement on 6 January 2021 that leaving certificate students were to return for... - School Accommodation
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building project to provide improved accommodation for a school (details supplied) in county Limerick; and if she will make a... - Teacher Training
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to pay or travel and accommodation allowances for student teachers who are required to complete teaching placement... - State Examinations
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to extending the January 2021 deadline for the leaving certificate design and communication graphics project,... - Covid-19 Pandemic
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a common framework from which her Department advises schools to work for online teaching of leaving certificate students; and if she... - State Examinations
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when guidance will be issued on the leaving certificate 2021; if she foresees changes from a traditional leaving certificate given the... - School Facilities
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions parents can take in the event that they do not have computer, printing and other facilities available to carry out remote learning;... - School Equipment
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision in place to provide the necessary additional assistive technologies to enable students with disabilities to access the curriculum... - School Guidelines on Mental Health
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing emergency funding and-or advice to schools to allow them reach out to pupils at risk given reports of... - State Examinations
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure there will be a leaving certificate examination in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2962/21]
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