Written answers

Wednesday, 31 March 2021

  • Home Schooling
    557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason home school supports were removed from a person (details supplied). [16326/21]
  • Special Educational Needs
    558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources required for an ASD unit to be put in place at a school; the resources that can be provided to the school by the NCSE; the...
  • State Examinations
    560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position of her Department regarding the requirement for teachers to examine students for oral exams without masks being worn; if this...
  • School Enrolments
    562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide further post-primary schools in addition to increased provision within existing schools for the Dublin 9 and 11 areas given...
  • School Patronage
    563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedure for the divestment of schools under Roman Catholic patronage to new school patronages; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • State Examinations
    565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the State Examinations Commission guidelines with regard to the leaving certificate oral examinations which...
  • Special Educational Needs
    566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current capacity of special schools since they returned at 50% capacity earlier in March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Transport
    567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place to re-establish safe school transport for those attending special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • State Examinations
    568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the request for the junior cycle exams to take place in special schools for children at risk in June 2021 to allow children...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to officially accredit the first ever national training programme for SNAs in UCD; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Accommodation
    571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works on refurbishment of a school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated cost of this project. [16519/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the return of outstanding classes in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16528/21]
  • Special Educational Needs
    573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the availability of autism spectrum places and classes in the greater Dublin area: the ages catered for and type of place and...
  • School Attendance
    574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department maintains a record of school online engagement; if school absenteeism is being reported to Tusla; and the steps being taken to...
  • Grant Payments
    575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the remote area boarding grant by a person (details supplied). [16552/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the medical basis on which a decision (details supplied) was reached; the length of time considered short-term; the reason a medical condition...
  • Special Educational Needs
    577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when all therapies will resume within special schools for those children who have high educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Legal Cases
    578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public...
  • Public Sector Pensions
    579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a pension review for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16633/21]
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the potential concerns in quality of education arising from the introduction of the SNA front loading model...
  • Institutes of Technology
    581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16644/21]
  • School Holidays
    582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has given consideration to reducing the Easter and summer holidays for schoolchildren given the amount of time they missed due to the...
  • State Examinations
    583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a mature student who is studying for leaving certificate Irish in a private college (details supplied) will be receiving accredited grades in...
  • Vaccination Programme
    584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she has taken with the Minister for Health and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to ensure that staff in special education...
  • Broadband Service Charges
    585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged in discussions or commissioned reports in relation to subsidising household broadband services to tackle educational...
  • School Curriculum
    586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 10 March 2021, if a full and comprehensive reply will be provided (details supplied); and if she...
  • National Broadband Plan
    588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline in respect of an upgrade regarding broadband services at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she...
  • State Examinations
    590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the students in the five special schools for children at risk in Ireland will be afforded the opportunity to sit their junior certificate...
  • Counselling Services
    592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to supply each school with access to an on-call counsellor or psychologist to ensure children and young persons have regular access to...
  • Education and Training Boards
    593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists employed by the psychological service of the City of Dublin Education and Training Board in each of the years 2018,...
  • Psychological Assessments
    594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children and young persons on the waiting list to access the psychological service of the City of Dublin Education and Training...
  • Broadband Infrastructure
    596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is waiting to be switched to a juniper box; if it will be switched as soon as possible; and if she will...
  • Special Educational Needs Staff
    597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided on a forthcoming Departmental circular outlining the steps to be taken in applying for additional SNA allocations...
  • Grant Payments
    598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the remote area boarding grant will be paid to a pupil (details supplied) in County Mayo. [16899/21]
  • School Admissions
    599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place will be facilitated for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16903/21]
  • Special Educational Needs
    600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school places for children (details supplied) in County Cork who have additional needs; and if she will address the specific issue....
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to allow for face masks to be worn during leaving certificate oral examinations in line with public health...
  • State Examinations
    603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extremely disadvantaged students in five schools for children at risk will be afforded the opportunity to sit their junior certificate...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to enable Irish Sign Language teachers to receive teaching licences from the Teaching Council; and if she will make a...
  • School Staff
    605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the different hourly rates payable to individual teachers or supervisors for additional supervision work in circular letter...
  • Special Educational Needs
    606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students, schools and special schools that availed of July provision in 2020; if the same criteria will be used for the 2021 July...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a matter regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17025/21]
  • Schools Building Projects
    608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the works to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17052/21]
  • Departmental Properties
    609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of properties owned by her Department or agencies within the remit of her Department in County Mayo; and if she will...
  • Schools Site Acquisitions
    610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered sites to accommodate a school (details supplied) for the 2021-22 school year; if her Department is working with...
  • Schools Building Projects
    612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status and details of the development of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Special Educational Needs
    616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available for parents of children with autism for the provision of educational equipment which can be used in the home; if grants are...
  • Broadband Infrastructure
    617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the broadband connectivity issues at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17251/21]
  • DEIS Scheme
    618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of funding support for DEIS schools for summer 2021 will be along the same lines as funding provided in summer 2020; the details...
  • Schools Administration
    619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 406 of 3 March 2021, if she will outline, in map form if possible, the 314 school planning areas as...
  • DEIS Scheme
    620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Clare will be considered for a DEIS band status following a recommendation from a DEIS inspector who...
  • School Accommodation
    622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if same will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17316/21]
  • Special Educational Needs
    623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the HSE will respond to the request by South Dublin County Council for an update on the school inclusion model pilot in Lucan, County Dublin;...
  • Schools Site Acquisitions
    624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if either of the possible two sites for a school (details supplied) are a greenfield site or a transitional site; and if she will make a...
  • Departmental Circulars
    632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the circular and-or correspondence her Department issued to the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, in respect...
  • School Staff
    633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the 2004 report Males into Primary Teaching published by the primary teaching committee; the actions that have...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address correspondence regarding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17397/21]
  • Education Data
    635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approved intake number for the professional masters of education in each year that data is available; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Communications
    636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit are meeting obligations under the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; and if she will make...
  • Commencement of Legislation
    637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the Acts falling under her Department which have been signed into law but have not been commenced; and if she will make a...
  • National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
    638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the measures taken to complete actions 19 to 21 in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy included continuing professional...
  • Special Educational Needs
    639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) will be ensured a place in a special school in Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17495/21]
  • Early School Leavers
    641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if arrangements have been made to ensure early school leavers in special schools and areas of disadvantage or otherwise who reach third year in...
  • School Curriculum
    642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to update relationship and sexuality education in primary and post-primary schools; if she will ensure that reform of the...
  • School Staff
    643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction the retention of a third teacher in a school (details supplied) in County Clare, given that this school is just two pupils...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that are missing out on an additional salary allowance due to obtaining a pass grade in their primary degree; the...
  • Schools Building Projects
    645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the construction of a school (details supplied) will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17562/21]
  • State Examinations
    646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention been drawn to youth encounter projects seeking to administer junior certificate examinations for a small cohort of students; and...
  • Departmental Records
    647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department began the process of holding copies of children's school reports as outlined in a programme (details supplied); the rationale...

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