Written answers
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Residential Institutions
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location families of survivors of industrial schools can go to access files on their family members in cases in which the family member is... - Special Educational Needs Staff
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project to bring specialised therapists into schools and preschools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4365/21] - School Facilities
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in County Cork for essential works on its science facilities; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers will receive the Covid-19 vaccine; the safeguards being put in place to ensure that teachers and pupils are safe when returning to... - Public Sector Pensions
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3610/21] - School Enrolments
439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the current and projected capacity of schools in south County Kildare, particularly in those areas experiencing continuous population growth... - Covid-19 Pandemic
440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to find a way to make up for the interruption to studies caused by the suspension of in-person education in schools. [3633/21] - State Examinations
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when results from leaving certificate exams sat in late 2020 will be released in view of the fact prospective medical students need to know the... - National Educational Psychological Service
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a NEPS psychologist will be recruited for a school (details supplied) to cover maternity leave; and if the support requested by the school... - Covid-19 Pandemic
443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of teachers and special needs assistants who will be required in the partial reopening of schools for special education; and... - State Examinations
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to implementing a predicted-grades leaving certificate examination based on continuing assessment in each subject... - School Accommodation
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to measures to increase the supply of secondary school places in Ennis, County Clare, to cater for the town and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns by those involved in the provision of special educational needs in primary and secondary schools with respect to the... - School Accommodation
447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to address the lack of school places in Kildare town; her plans to provide a new secondary school in Kildare town; and... - Education Schemes
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been draw to the decision of an organisation (details supplied) to close its services due to financial difficulties; the... - Schools Site Acquisitions
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the site for a school (details supplied) has been determined; the timescale for opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3855/21] - State Examinations
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will introduce a policy to prepare teachers and schools to administer predicted grades and to ensure consistency in the... - School Enrolments
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school closures due to Covid-19 impacted on enrolment policies communicated to schools for 2020 and 2021; if provisions have been made for... - Schools Building Projects
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date on a stage-1 report for a school (details supplied); when feedback is likely to be given in view of the need to move the... - School Staff
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a teacher (details supplied) will receive an outstanding retrospective payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3913/21] - Public Sector Pay
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the pay of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Examinations
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 2021 class of leaving certificate students will have the option of predicted grades for their final results considering that some... - Special Educational Needs
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with parent representative groups in respect of children returning to special schools; if she will set out the criteria under... - Departmental Funding
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available to support the European Youth Parliament in its upcoming online conference. [4022/21] - Local Authority Funding
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific funding streams available to local authorities to apply for; the amount that has been given by county; the amount awarded under each... - National Educational Psychological Service
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 17 additional full-time psychologists for national educational psychological services, in tabular... - State Examinations
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her position on predicted grades for the 2021 class of leaving certificate students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4075/21] - Schools Building Projects
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in respect of the commencement of building works on the autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit at a school (details... - School Admissions
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, under the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, schools have no scope to offer discretionary places to potential pupils who do not meet... - Schools Building Projects
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected date of publication of the tender and appointment of a contractor for the construction of schools (details supplied); if she is... - Schools Site Acquisitions
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a school (details supplied); if so, the location of the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - State Examinations
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow the leaving certificate examinations to proceed safely in 2021 and, in particular, her plans for the oral language... - Teacher Training
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on continuing professional development for primary and post-primary teachers and school leaders in each of the years 2018 to... - School Transport
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 422 of 13 January 2020, if school transport will be provided to a person (details supplied) in County Mayo.... - State Examinations
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students who sat the leaving certificate in November 2020 can expect to receive their results. [4211/21] - Special Educational Needs
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 2021 home-based summer programme to support children with special educational or care needs hours will be increased from 2020, in which... - State Examinations
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update to junior certificate students and their parents on the status of the examinations; the measures taken to adjust... - Special Educational Needs
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional supports that will be provided to children in special schools to ensure they are supported through school closures, given that the... - National Educational Psychological Service
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service by county; the number of schools per psychologist; the waiting... - School Transport
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications her Department received for the reimbursement of the agreed mileage rate under the July provision transportation... - Public Sector Pensions
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting for the return of a pension query form 1 for 18 months from the Department in... - Summer Works Scheme
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application by a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme for improved facilities was unsuccessful; the... - Childcare Services
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding support for crèches in which they are providing care for children of essential workers but are now in a position of... - Home Schooling
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns raised by parents of children in a school (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4416/21] - Special Educational Needs
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the case of a child (details supplied). [4417/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budgetary analysis being carried out to plan for long Covid-19 impacts in her Department and each State agency under the remit of her... - Disability Act Employment Targets
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the absolute and relative number of persons with disabilities employed by her Department in each of the years 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2020;... - Appointments to State Boards
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State and semi-State board appointments that fall under the aegis of her Department made since this Government took office... - Covid-19 Pandemic
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated by her Department on the Covid-19 communications strategy since the beginning of the pandemic; and if she will...
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