Written answers
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce a July education programme for 2021; when details of the programme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on... - School Curriculum
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a programme (details supplied); if opt out mechanisms are in place for teachers or parents who are opposed to... - Teaching Qualifications
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to replace the route 4 Teaching Council recognition to primary school teaching of special education which is ceasing in... - Youth Services
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for funded recreational programs for young persons; if she will work with the Minister for Justice in order to address antisocial... - Schools Building Projects
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will move to the next stage of development in view of the fact that the school has been in prefabs for 40 years;... - Special Educational Needs
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the reading unit for children with dyslexia planned for a school (details supplied) has been cancelled; and if there are plans for... - Tionscadail Fhoirgnimh Scoile
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cathain a bheidh dul chun gcinn déanta i bhforbairt foirgnimh nua do Ghaelcholáiste (sonraí tugtha). [25610/21] - Schools Building Projects
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a permanent dedicated school will be built to accommodate a school (details supplied); and if the move of the school to a location is a... - Special Educational Needs
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence in relation to access to a reading class (details supplied). [25631/21] - School Staff
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the significant inequalities in pay, conditions and pension and other entitlements facing many school cleaners. [25662/21] - Schools Building Projects
472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of a permanent site and building for a school (details supplied). [25670/21] - School Staff
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional teaching post will be given to a school (details supplied) for the coming academic year given that the naíonáin... - Sustainable Development Goals
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to include reference in all new statements of strategy to all sustainable development goal targets for which her Department has... - Social Media
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and or provide reports on social media... - Departmental Investigations
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and bodies under her aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost,... - Schools Building Projects
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide projections for secondary school demand and capacity for the Galway and Oranmore catchment areas; the status of permanent... - Special Educational Needs
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been refused a special needs assistant given the school currently does not have special needs... - School Staff
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25852/21] - School Accommodation
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the current timeline for the installation of temporary school buildings for a school (details supplied); the way the school will be... - Education Policy
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is her policy to provide gender neutral toilets in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25872/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will acknowledge the significant impact that the Covid-19 pandemic and public health restrictions have had on young persons' mental... - School Transport
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason Bus Éireann is withdrawing a service (details supplied) from Listowel County Kerry; if the matter will be examined; and if she... - School Staff
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding deputy principals in two-teacher schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the issuance of July provision forms given pupils are due to finish for the term in the coming weeks and no paperwork has been... - Covid-19 Tests
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider facilitating teachers with weekly Covid-19 tests at their discretion in order for them to feel safe in the workplace; and if... - Data Protection
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of data breaches suffered by her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [26095/21] - Irish Sign Language
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 363 of 5 May 2021, the reason Irish Sign Language has not yet been included as a curricular subject; and if... - School Admissions
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in relation to the shortage of school places in three of the local post-primary schools in both Midleton... - Schools Building Projects
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans in place for the development of a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students that paid for school transport for the term from Christmas to Easter 2021 will receive a refund given the service was never provided;... - School Staff
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of talks between her Department and a union (details supplied) relating to pay and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers;... - Proposed Legislation
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the process for the implementation of section 37A of the Education Act 1998 as inserted by section 8 of the Education... - Special Educational Needs
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD units in Dublin 9 and 11, both primary and secondary; the location and number of pupils in each school; the number of... - School Curriculum
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to adding climate change as a subject to the curriculum for primary and secondary school students. [26324/21] - Irish Sign Language
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will have regard to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26346/21] - Special Educational Needs
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 28 April 2021, if she will ensure that behaviour analysts within special schools for children with... - School Accommodation
506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the patron body for a school (details supplied) has accepted or rejected the offer of temporary accommodation arrangements made on 28 April... - Schools Building Projects
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools are under the patronage of an organisation (details supplied); the number of school building... - Vaccination Programme
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s policy in respect of Covid-19 vaccination appointments; if teachers attending appointments during term-time will be... - Schools Building Projects
509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a construction start date for a project (details supplied). [26377/21] - State Examinations
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a leaving certificate 2021 student who has signed up to the online portal to sit the exam but cannot or does not attend on the day will... - Schools Administration
512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will distribute and implement the latest reduced timetable guidelines to ensure they are in place in schools in September... - Schools Building Projects
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progression of secondary school builds and temporary accommodation in Carrigtwohill, Cobh and Midleton in east County Cork.... - Special Educational Needs
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be placed on the list for a position in the new autism spectrum disorder school in Dublin 12; and if she... - School Transport
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) who has been informed that they can no longer travel on the school bus will be considered urgently for a taxi and... - Schools Refurbishment
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for completion of refurbishment works on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26524/21] - Social Media
518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of posts made on each of her departmental social media accounts and platforms that were exclusively in Irish between 1 May 2020... - Schools Refurbishment
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the application for works under the summer works scheme for a school (details supplied) will be granted; and if she will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs
520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she expects special needs assistant allocations to be increased in the academic year beginning September 2021; and if she will make a... - Departmental Funding
521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount the NGO and charity sector receive in funding from her Department per annum. [26621/21] - Schools Building Projects
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26672/21]
No comments