Written answers
Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Autism Support Services
532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of autism classes in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21128/21] - Departmental Reviews
536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the independent review into the 2020 leaving certificate calculated grades system will be completed and published; and if she will make a... - School Transport
537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21159/21] - Teaching Council of Ireland
538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of guidance counsellors who are currently registered with the Teaching Council as non-teacher guidance counsellors; and if she will... - Departmental Reports
539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to implement the recommendations of the 2019 report on career guidance that was commissioned by his Department and produced by... - Teaching Qualifications
540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that have been taken to recognise the role of non-teacher qualified guidance counsellors working within second-level education... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarification on a matter in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21254/21] - School Facilities
542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarification on a matter in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21256/21] - School Transport
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review concessionary school transport and make students eligible to travel to their nearest and second nearest schools; and if she... - Public Sector Pay
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secondary school teachers returning to Ireland from Abu Dhabi having taught in private schools there and wishing to resume teaching in Ireland... - State Examinations
545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the RACE emergency provisions during State examinations will recommence; the number of submissions which were received on this... - Autism Support Services
546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the project for the ASD class in a school (details supplied); and the timeline for the completion of works; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21328/21] - School Accommodation
551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of additional secondary school places (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects construction works to commence on a school (details supplied); and the expected duration of such works. [21435/21] - School Transport
553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure Ireland does not have a repeat of the capacity issues in school transport which happened at the start of the current academic... - Special Educational Needs
554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the freeze in reprofiling schools to determine their complex needs hours for the 2021-2022 academic year; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the building of a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21482/21] - Autism Support Services
556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding primary school places for children with additional needs in the Dublin 12 area; the steps each school in Dublin 12 has... - Departmental Contracts
557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if background checks are carried out on contractors and consultants in relation to the school remediation works currently being conducted by... - Fire Safety
558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the frequency with which school fire hydrants are tested; the steps taken to repair them if found to be non-operational; and if she will make a... - Schools Data
559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Westmeath who failed to complete the leaving certificate cycle in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in... - School Transport
565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has carried out a review of the school transport schemes in view of the difficulties many parents in rural Ireland have in... - Counselling Services
568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children awaiting emotional counselling and therapeutic supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - National Educational Psychological Service
570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current level of service from NEPS at primary and post-primary level; her plans to increase NEPS support to schools; and if she will make a... - Education Policy
571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to pilot workshops on well-being and resilience including trauma in order to inform approaches for school leaders in primary and... - School Enrolments
578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when there will be a full review of the irregularities in relation to the allocation of resources for two schools (details supplied) in County... - Gaelscoil Issues
579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills conas a fhreastalóidh sí ar an éileamh ar Ghaeloideachas ag an meánleibhéal i ndeisceart Bhaile Átha Cliath sa... - School Transport
580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include a school (details supplied) in the post-primary school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if emergency measures will be put in place for a school (details supplied) due to a lack of available teachers from the substitute panel; and if... - Covid-19 Pandemic
582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students are being permitted to quarantine at boarding schools; and if so, the measures being taken to ensure that they are not interacting... - School Facilities
584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence in relation to internet access for a school (details supplied). [21842/21] - Special Educational Needs Staff
585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the publication of a circular by her Department with regard to a frontloaded SNA allocation model; and if her attention has... - Special Educational Needs
586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that behaviour analysts within special schools for children with autism and complex needs are retained in the entirety of the... - Irish Language
587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department and agencies under her remit facilitate persons wishing to engage with their services through the Irish language;... - Education Policy
589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional learning support that is available for children that enter the primary education system before the cut off point for exemption for... - School Staff
590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that have between 20 to 23, 24 to 27 and 28 to 31 teachers within their schools in tabular form. [21984/21] - Special Educational Needs
591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of behaviour analysts for children with autism and complex special educational needs (details supplied) in County... - School Transport
592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1051 of 21 April 2021, if it is accepted that a school (details supplied) has traditionally been a feeder... - Special Educational Needs
594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to address the shortage of secondary school places for children with special educational needs in Cork city; and if she... - School Transport
595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if users of the school bus transport system cannot avail of the medical card waiver if they are on concessionary tickets; if this is the case... - National Educational Psychological Service
596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason pupils in a school (details supplied) do not have access to an educational psychiatrist; and her plans to put this service in place in... - School Curriculum
597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the relationship and sexuality programme developed by an organisation (details supplied) will be used in primary schools; and if so, the way... - Residential Institutions Redress Scheme
598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the recommendations made in the Caranua report Facing the Future Together: Discussing Ireland’s Lifelong Responsibility to... - School Enrolments
599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school students projected to transition to secondary level in each of the four school planning areas of Cobh, Midleton and... - School Transport
600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 922 of 21 March 2021, when a school (details supplied) will be notified of a decision in respect of its... - Special Educational Needs
601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are open to the parents of a child (details supplied) in securing a specialist school placement after being unsuccessful three... - School Accommodation
602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that can be taken by a person (details supplied) to help ensure their child can attain a place at a school; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for a ten-year-old child to qualify for school personal resource hours with an IQ of less than 90; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects
606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be allocated to a school (details supplied) in respect of its application for necessary additional accommodation works; the... - School Completion Programme
608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding allocated to the School Completion Programme in 2010, 2020 and to date in 2021. [22113/21] - Special Educational Needs Staff
609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new model of SNA provision will be released to schools (details supplied) by her Department; the reason for the delay; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of running the school and home-based summer provision programme for children with special educational needs in 2020. [22118/21] - DEIS Scheme
611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of running the DEIS summer camp programme in 2020. [22119/21] - Home School Community Liaison Scheme
612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of hiring one additional home school liaison officer. [22120/21] - Special Educational Needs
613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SET hours allocated in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021. [22121/21] - Departmental Contracts
615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of each contract entered into by her Department and the agencies under her remit to deal with Covid-19 management and reaction; and the... - Schools Building Projects
619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for new secondary schools to be built for the north Dublin city area; the number of new places that will be made available; and if she... - Covid-19 Pandemic
620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the use of outside facilities (details supplied) by schools under current Covid-19 restrictions; and if guidance has been... - School Staff
621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current expenditure on guidance counsellors in secondary schools; and the cost of employing a full-time guidance counsellor for each... - Schools Data
622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in sixth year of secondary school and in sixth class of primary school, respectively in the 2020-2021 academic year. [22191/21] - Teaching Council of Ireland
623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of newly-registered primary school teachers with the Teaching Council who received their teaching qualification from a college... - Special Educational Needs
625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classes in both primary schools and post-primary schools per county annually between 2014 and 2020, inclusive in tabular form.... - School Transport
626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in respect of school transport refunds (details supplied). [22254/21] - Departmental Expenditure
627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on public relations advice and media advice since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged for... - School Costs
629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention been drawn to calls to remove the voluntary contribution from schools given the financial difficulties each year for families... - State Examinations
630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if State examinations in 2022 will be modified to accommodate for disruptions in teaching and learning as a result of Covid-19; and if she will... - Departmental Transport
631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of replacing State vehicles which are owned by her Department or agencies under her remit with hybrid or electric models; and...
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