Written answers
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on survivors of institutional abuse not being able to access medical help, including counselling through Caranua, as was promised to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children with special needs including those with Down syndrome cannot go into school for even three hours a day with their SNAs... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
819. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the commitments given to survivors of institutional abuse will be delivered on; and if payment for a procedure will issue (details supplied).... - School Curriculum
820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with the NCCA on the Irish curriculum at leaving certificate level; her views on whether the focus on literature and written... - Departmental Properties
821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the future plans for her Department's land in Newcastle, County Dublin which may be large enough to accommodate a post-primary school adjacent to... - Schools Building Projects
822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team has been appointed for the new amalgamated national school for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Transport
824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to approve the provision of a school transport service on an additional route for a school (details supplied). [13965/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child who is deemed to be a high risk of contracting Covid-19 and is being home-schooled will be marked absent from school; if the... - School Discipline
828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will further consider the rejection of a section 29 appeal by a person (details supplied); if the appeal will be reviewed; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs Staff
829. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided on whether a special needs assistant (details supplied) is permitted to continue working until 70 years of age; the... - State Examinations
830. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student who is studying agricultural science outside of the school setting under the supervision of a grinds teacher can use the predictive... - School Facilities
831. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works on the pitch in a school (details supplied) will commence. [14105/21] - Schools Data
832. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reply will issue on a matter raised by a school (details supplied) in April 2020. [14128/21] - School Curriculum
833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if concerns raised by a person (details supplied) will receive a response in respect of senior cycle geography students; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic
834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for vaccine roll-out in special education schools in which there are very vulnerable young children; and if there are plans to also... - English Language Training Organisations
835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has issued guidelines to the Teaching Council with regard to ESL teachers from English language schools that have closed down... - School Management
836. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the governance and accountability in place for patrons and boards of management at primary school level; the person or body that oversees... - School Curriculum
837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that have been put in place to ensure that leaving certificate geography students who have chosen geographical investigation topic... - Teaching Qualifications
838. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the anomaly will be addressed in primary payroll procedures whereby in recent years the attainment of an honours or pass degree for entrants... - Schools Building Projects
839. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the urgent accessibility works at a school (details supplied) are at; if an application at design stage has been submitted to her... - Schools Site Acquisitions
840. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in respect of moving a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14220/21] - School Curriculum
841. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the addition of Irish Sign Language as an accredited subject for junior and leaving certificate students. [14230/21] - Schools Amalgamation
842. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 4 February 2021, the nature of the representations received in relation to the proposal by Cavan and... - Schools Building Projects
843. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14286/21] - Schools Data
844. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); if the issue will be investigated and the appropriate action taken;... - School Curriculum
845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the pedagogical value of homework for primary and post-primary students; the way in which research in the field informs... - State Examinations
846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if junior certificate woodwork practical exams can be completed with the assistance of a SNA in the case of a person (details supplied); and if... - Special Educational Needs
847. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a post-primary ASD unit for children in north Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Accommodation
849. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect temporary classrooms to move onto the permanent site; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
850. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to the parents of a child (details supplied). [14390/21] - Schools Building Projects
851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project (details supplied) including the site and the new school building; and if she will make a statement on the... - Legislative Process
852. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the process through which her Department drafts and produces legislation; if her Department outsources the drafting of... - Special Educational Needs
853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs secondary school places available in east County Cork for September 2021. [14446/21] - School Enrolments
859. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of a shortfall from current second level places her Department anticipates for September 2021 enrolments across south County Kildare... - School Curriculum
860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of subjects second year students in post-primary schools are obliged to take; the position regarding students with dyslexia in this... - Schools Building Projects
862. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made on the provision of a new school (details supplied) arising from a meeting with school representatives recently; and if... - Special Educational Needs
863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the planning that has taken place to date for 2021 summer provision programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
864. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps and processes involved in the planning, development and construction of a new school in an urban environment, including typical... - Covid-19 Pandemic
866. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to correspondence to his office from a person (details supplied) with a suggestion regarding the return to school... - Schools Building Projects
867. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14663/21] - Special Educational Needs
869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will be accommodated in a suitable special needs school. [14670/21] - School Patronage
870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish a new post-primary school in the Donaghmede, Howth, Baldoyle, Stapolin and Dublin 13 school planning area; when the... - Departmental Correspondence
871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied). [14678/21] - Special Educational Needs
872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education places currently available in Cork city; the location of these places by primary school, secondary school,... - School Curriculum
878. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding teaching time. [14721/21] - State Examinations
879. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the outcome of appeals lodged after the release of the results of the written leaving certificate 2020 exams in February 2021 will be... - Covid-19 Pandemic
880. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to enforce the wearing of facemasks by primary school students. [14743/21] - Special Educational Needs
882. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to extending the special education school term to the end of July 2021 to align it with the EU and the UK. [14758/21] - School Funding
884. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is planned to increase capacity for concessionary ticket holders for the next academic year for applicants (details supplied) in County... - Capital Expenditure Programme
885. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the five most recent significant capital projects in the major functional responsibilities of her Department which have required her sanction;... - School Curriculum
886. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department communicated to schools that leaving certificate geography students would be unable to partake in field trips as part of... - School Transport
887. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 3 March 2021, her views on whether the results of the school transport review currently underway... - National Educational Psychological Service
888. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the formula used to allocate educational psychological assessments to primary schools through NEPS; if there is provision for unused allocations... - School Accommodation
890. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin operating partially or fully out of prefabs; the length of time each school has been... - Covid-19 Pandemic
891. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if permission to travel outside five kilometres for educational purposes extends to families that home-school their children and must travel to... - Schools Building Projects
893. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new building for a school (details supplied); when a planning application will be made; when building work will... - School Accommodation
894. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has discussed capacity issues with the relevant post-primary school authorities in two school planning areas (details supplied) to... - School Admissions
895. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation in which the families of at least eight pupils in sixth class of a school (details supplied)... - School Facilities
896. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant scheme exists for sensory gardens in a school setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15025/21] - Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
897. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé a rinne an cinneadh chun fáil réidh leis an riachtanas maidir le measúnú síceolaíochta a fháil sula... - School Admissions
899. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with a school (details supplied) to resolve the difficulties regarding the unavailability of school places for local children;... - Schools Designation
900. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the 92 primary schools with the title of a junior national school; the schools that only go as far as first class;... - School Transport
901. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the age limit for drivers with Bus Éireann and for those contracted to drive school children; and if she will make a statement on the... - Departmental Equipment
902. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vehicles owned or leased and operated by her Department and agencies and semi-State companies under her remit broken down by the... - Special Educational Needs
903. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to put ASD units in primary or post-primary schools in Ballymun, Dublin 11 in the near future; the number of children with... - Pension Provisions
905. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to an occupational pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15223/21] - School Accommodation
906. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available to primary schools to build outdoor classrooms in view of social distancing guidelines; and the criteria for... - School Facilities
907. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available to schools to build sensory gardens whereby a special educational unit already exists within the school; and the... - School Funding
908. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to primary schools under the green agenda initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15246/21] - Educational Disadvantage
911. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the DEIS schools review is due to be finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15279/21] - Special Educational Needs Staff
912. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of the recruitment process for a special educational needs organiser for an area (details supplied) following the retirement of the... - School Completion Programme
913. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who left school in 2014 without completing the leaving certificate; the proportion of same against the total number of... - School Accommodation
914. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the delivery of two new prefabricated classrooms to a school (details supplied) is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs Staff
915. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase resources, teachers and special reading schools for children with severe dyslexia for the Dublin 9 and 11 areas including... - Home Tuition Scheme
917. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding home tuition hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15357/21] - Special Educational Needs
918. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason SENOs in County Kerry are unaware of the availability of autism classes in their locality (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Schools Data
919. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied). [15361/21] - School Admissions
921. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation of eight children who left a school (details supplied) in June 2020 and have no secondary school... - Pension Provisions
923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine and advise on the position of a pension for a public servant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - State Examinations
924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if measures can be taken to provide State recognition for end of year exams that will be completed by those schoolchildren who were due to do sit... - Schools Building Projects
925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will categorise the construction of a school site (details supplied) as essential under level 5 restrictions given the... - School Curriculum
928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regulations in place which allow schools to exclude children from accessing transition year education in cases in which that year is provided... - School Discipline
929. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the regulations in place to allow for the expiry of a suspension on a student’s record within the lifetime of attendance at a school.... - School Enrolments
930. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional places will be provided for first year students for the 2021-2022 academic year at a school (details supplied); and if she will... - School Curriculum
931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines that have been issued to schools for junior certificate students for assessing students in view of the significant number of... - School Transport
932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 10 March 2021, the rationale for the requirement for Bus Éireann school bus drivers to retire... - Schools Site Acquisitions
933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made to accommodate a new school (details supplied) for the 2021-2022 school year; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the design and build process for the permanent site of a school (details supplied); if the premises will comply with the provision... - School Enrolments
937. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) will be permitted to enrol for transition year in the same school; and if she will make a statement on the... - National Educational Psychological Service
938. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason National Education Psychological Service psychologists cannot assess students in school environments when schools are reopened; and if... - Schools Extra Curricular Activities
942. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is planned for outside contractors such as those who provide physical education in schools to be able to return to visiting schools; if... - State Examinations
943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider exemptions for students (details supplied). [15702/21] - Teaching Council of Ireland
944. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to publish the Teaching Council’s checklist for Chinese language teachers to become registered with the Teaching Council; and if... - Teaching Qualifications
945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the recruitment of Chinese language teaching posts by an organisation (details supplied); and if the organisation will... - School Admissions
946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are permitted to set admission criteria which include age ranges at the commencement of the school cycle in cases in which the school... - Special Educational Needs Staff
947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason pregnant special needs assistants are being denied the health and safety leave available to their teacher colleagues (details... - School Curriculum
948. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to define Irish sign language as a curricular subject by her Department in order to be included within the Teaching Council’s... - Physical Education
950. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the physical education facilities in place for schools which do not have on-site indoor physical education facilities as the schools reopen; the... - School Transport
951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on issuing refunds to parents who have paid in advance for transport to schools which were shut; and if she will make... - Covid-19 Pandemic
952. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that students with underlying conditions will be supported to continue online learning from home; and if she... - Schools Building Projects
953. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15951/21] - Departmental Expenditure
955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total Covid-19-related spend in 2020 by her Department, agency and budget line item; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16274/21] - Departmental Administrative Arrangements
956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the payment options available for persons to pay fines, charges or bills by her Department; and if there are plans to provide further online...
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