Written answers

Thursday, 21 January 2021

  • Departmental Records
    169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the person or body families of deceased survivors of industrial schools can contact to obtain information on the period their family members...
  • Human Rights
    170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reopen the redress scheme for survivors of sexual abuse in schools and require it to act in accordance with various court...
  • State Examinations
    171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results of the leaving certificate for students who sat the exam in November 2020 will be notified to students; and if she will make a...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for those families with inadequate Internet access or devices for their children to engage with learning from home fully...
  • Departmental Schemes
    173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pilot DEIS schoolbook scheme will be reopened and expanded in 2021 (details supplied). [3026/21]
  • Schools Building Projects
    174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 13 January 2021, if this constitutes a departure from previous policy intentions indicated by...
  • School Enrolments
    175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request an urgent review of the process of allocating school places in secondary schools (details supplied) in County Clare, given...
  • School Transport
    176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants eligible for school transport who have not yet secured a place on a bus due to late payment of fees by county in tabular...
  • School Accommodation
    177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools conducting classes in temporary prefabricated accommodation; the length of time that such prefabs have been in use; and the...
  • Schools Administration
    178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures expected of primary and post-primary schools to report attendance and levels of engagement with online learning in the context of...
  • School Curriculum
    179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level schools currently offering ordinary level and higher level Spanish as a leaving certificate subject in tabular form;...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Medmark is adjudicating for special needs assistants, SNAs, and special education needs, SEN, teachers in the same manner as mainstream class...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNAs, SEN teachers and-or teachers in special schools, units and mainstream primary and secondary schools are all classified as essential...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 40% cut to funding for PPE for schools that was communicated to schools in the past month has been or will be reversed; and if she will...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNAs who are to return to work if the phased return to school for children with additional needs proceeds on 21 January 2021, or on another...
  • School Facilities
    185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of broadband for a school (details supplied) given the internet access difficulties being faced at the school. [3122/21]
  • School Transport
    186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus from Crusheen, County Clare, to Tulla will be considered for the sizeable student population there in view of the fact that Bus...
  • State Examinations
    187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow a greater variety of questions for the written leaving certificate in 2021 given the time missed due to Covid-19; and if she...
  • European Court of Human Rights
    188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review of the ex gratia scheme set up in the wake of a case (details supplied) and judgments in the European Court of Human Rights and in...
  • State Examinations
    189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide certainty to leaving certificate students regarding the way their results will be determined in 2021; and if she will make a...
  • Schools Administration
    190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a policy, research reports or data on the use of mock exams in public schools; the prevalence of the use of mock exams; the...
  • School Transport
    191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school bus contractors who were recently contracted to provide the 50% capacity on school transport routes will continue to be paid for the...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request by a teacher (details supplied) to be considered for promotional opportunities will be examined, reviewed and an updated positional...
  • School Patronage
    193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of her plans to develop an Educate Together school in the Clonmel catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3160/21]
  • Special Educational Needs
    194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the transport grant and July provision scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
  • State Examinations
    195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the alternative systems she is considering putting in place instead of the standard written leaving certificate exam; and if she will make a...
  • School Curriculum
    196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on ensuring that the findings of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes and other reports on...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students living with persons who are in the very high risk groups that are extremely vulnerable to Covid-19 will continue to be provided with...
  • Apprenticeship Programmes
    198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her advice on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3217/21]
  • School Accommodation
    199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of expansion plans for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3236/21]
  • Special Educational Needs
    200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans or discussions taking place with stakeholders to get children with special needs in second level education back to school; and if she...
  • State Examinations
    201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided regarding the leaving certificate examinations 2021 (details supplied). [3244/21]
  • School Facilities
    202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current timeline for the completion of the playing pitch at a school (details supplied). [3252/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the level of online teaching available to sixth year students in post-primary schools during the current level 5...
  • Schools Building Projects
    204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned development of a new post-primary school campus in Prosperous, County Kildare; and the timeline from design to...
  • Home Tuition Scheme
    205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to any processing issues of home tuition payments to autism spectrum disorder, ASD, schools that provide this...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that have been made available to DEIS schools during the January 2021 closure to facilitate remote learning; and if she will make a...
  • Special Educational Needs
    208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the reopening of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3406/21]
  • State Examinations
    209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the algorithm for the calculation of the 2020 leaving certificate results will be published; the reason for the delay in publishing the...
  • Schools Building Projects
    210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 479 of 13 January 2021, when the framework will be concluded. [3423/21]
  • Special Educational Needs
    211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 480 of 13 January 2021, when the framework will be concluded. [3424/21]
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education teachers and teachers involved if special needs children are brought back to school. [3425/21]
  • School Transport
    213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to ensure that bus drivers for special needs students will be protected from potential exposure to Covid-19,...
  • Special Educational Needs
    215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will provide clarity on the points raised; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current infection and public health advice underpinning safe, prospective school openings, particularly in the context of the new UK variant...
  • Special Educational Needs
    218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise safety measures that will be put in place to guarantee the safe reopening of special education at the earliest opportunity; and if...
  • State Examinations
    221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the necessary clarity will be given to leaving certificate students on whether the examination will be held or calculated grades will apply;...
  • School Transport
    222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school bus service can be extended to children from Kilteel, Naas, County Kildare, who wish to attend second level schools in Naas due to...

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