Written answers
Tuesday, 27 July 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Covid-19 Paindéim
920. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has risk assessed the impact on health in particular of children of Covid-19- related cleaning, disinfecting, fogging and sanitising... - Departmental Funding
922. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties in the discussions on the funding promised for a centre (details supplied); and if she will... - School Staff
923. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction an increase on the current SNA resources at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on... - Education Costs
924. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount currently spent by her Department on educational psychologists; and the average salary of an educational psychologist. [39127/21] - Educational Disadvantage
925. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider some special measures for DEIS secondary voluntary schools whose staff and students have to devote substantial hours to... - Special Educational Needs
927. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to secure an autism class in a school (details supplied). [39181/21] - Legislative Process
931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to hold a review of the operation of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018; if so, the timeframe for the review; and if she... - Capitation Grants
932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capitation per pupil at primary and secondary level in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [39190/21] - Special Educational Needs
934. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to secure an autism class in schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39193/21] - School Accommodation
935. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether forward planning is needed for Dublin 12 given that there will be an increase of over 6,000 new residents in the area in... - Special Educational Needs
936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether early start requires an overhaul and that autistic children need additional support to be able to fulfil their potential;... - School Accommodation
940. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider leasing land at a location (details supplied). [39201/21] - Education Schemes
941. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a list will be provided of the schools in County Cork providing the July provision for children who were educationally disadvantaged due to... - Covid-19 Pandemic
942. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is providing CO2 monitors to schools ahead of the new school term; the cost of providing these monitors; and the tender process... - Education Schemes
943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking in response to the poor take-up of the summer provision by special schools in 2021; and if she will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs
946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has the space for an ASD class; if this facility will be supported by her Department in order allow the school to... - School Transport
947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a concessionary school bus ticket will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39383/21] - School Curriculum
948. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns raised in relation to the impact of the syllabus changes to agricultural science on leaving... - Covid-19 Pandemic
949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if each school in an area (details supplied) will receive CO2 monitors before the 2021-2022 academic year commences. [39485/21] - School Admissions
950. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to hold the three-year review of the need for schools to open special education classes under the Education (Admission to Schools)... - Education Schemes
951. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of each of the 40 early start programmes currently operating in tabular form. [39490/21] - School Transport
953. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the outcome of the calibrated measurement of a school transport route for a person (details supplied); if this pupil will qualify for school... - Special Educational Needs
954. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students and schools by county that have participated in or plan to participate in the July provision; the number of teaching staff... - Pension Provisions
955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied) and records of teaching placement from 1984 to 1985 will be urgently investigated.... - Special Educational Needs
956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 14 July 2021, if specific examples will be provided of the steps she will take to rectify the matter... - School Transport
957. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 15 July 2021 in respect to the €3.023 million cost of hygiene measures as part of the school... - School Accommodation
958. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a zoned school site at a location (details supplied); the acquisition costs; the timeline for delivery of this... - Special Educational Needs
960. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allocate the full additional special education teaching hours to a school (details supplied) needed as a result of being a developing... - Schools Building Projects
961. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of tender progression for a school project (details supplied). [39678/21] - School Staff
962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the circular sent which advised schools if they could not find a substitute teacher that a non-mainstream... - School Enrolments
963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes in the 2020-2021 school year at primary school level with 30 pupils or above by county in tabular form. [39687/21] - Gender Balance
964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if education training boards should strive towards having a gender balance in its membership; if he has reviewed the membership of all education... - School Transport
965. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the medical card verification system used for school transport tickets which is currently unavailable will be resolved in time to process... - Education Policy
966. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a progress report will be provided on the Programme for Government commitment to fully implement the access and inclusion model; and if she... - School Enrolments
967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average, median, maximum and minimum primary school class sizes for each council area in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021,... - School Transport
968. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann and review the situation in which drivers over 70 years of age are prohibited from driving school buses... - Special Educational Needs
969. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review was received in relation to a SNA allocation for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal; if supporting evidence was considered... - Covid-19 Pandemic
970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if unvaccinated pregnant teachers and SNAs will be required to attend classrooms when schools reopen; the risk assessment undertaken for same;... - Schools Building Projects
972. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that will be made available to a school (details supplied) to upgrade its existing building; and if the school is included in the... - School Facilities
973. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has excess lands that could be used by local supports clubs on a year to year basis. [39796/21] - School Transport
974. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties some parents are facing in relation to claiming their refund with regard to the compensation... - Covid-19 Pandemic
975. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise measures that are in place to facilitate safe ventilation levels in primary and secondary schools in the new academic year; and if... - Special Educational Needs
978. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional SNA posts will be approved for a school (details supplied); the recommended and current actual number of SNA posts approved on... - Departmental Bodies
979. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies and State organisations under her Department that are receiving State funding that do not have to declare salaries of employees... - School Transport
980. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 777 of 15 June 2021, if the estimated €1,000 per student covers costs such as the additional buses... - Schools Building Projects
982. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the design team has been appointed for the new national school campus for Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - National Educational Psychological Service
984. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists that are assigned to schools in County Meath; if psychologists assigned are based on school population; if the... - Schools Building Projects
986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in the beginning of a tendering process for a design team for the planned extension to a school (details supplied); the... - Education Schemes
987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants in the summer provision programme in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40127/21] - Special Educational Needs
988. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mainstream schools that provide special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40128/21] - Educational Disadvantage
989. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS review is close to completion; if so, the outcomes; if the review will benefit schools in the County Louth and east County Meath... - Schools Building Projects
990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40148/21] - Schools Refurbishment
992. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent on emergency works in the past ten years for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Enrolments
994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first-year secondary school places in areas (details supplied); the number of children expected to apply for first-year entry in... - School Accommodation
995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that has been spent on temporary accommodation works at schools (details supplied) since they were opened; and if she will make a... - School Transport
996. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for the school travel allowance will be processed and paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Funding
997. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate reinstating the school library grant to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40238/21] - School Accommodation
998. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will progress to the next stage of works; and the amount spent to date on this project.... - School Staff
1003. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the list of primary schools including the names and locations of each school in County Kerry that as it stands is due to lose a mainstream... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1004. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has a contingency plan for the return of schools in August and September 2021 in the event of continued high Covid-19 rates among under... - School Accommodation
1008. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40425/21] - State Examinations
1010. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional time allowances will be provided for participants in State exams who have been diagnosed with low processing speed; if her... - Health Service Executive
1011. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to resolve the issue of medical cards not being accepted for payment on school transport routes due to the recent... - Schools Administration
1012. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports and information made available to schools to deal with suspected and confirmed cases of domestic abuse; and if she will make a... - State Examinations
1013. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to have calculated grades in 2022 as well as an examination in view of the enormous disruption to students' school life in the... - School Transport
1014. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way she will address the longstanding shortage of school transport places across the State; if she has engaged in capacity planning; and her... - Educational Disadvantage
1015. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the consultation process in relation to the DEIS programme will be completed at an early date in view of the need to give further... - Departmental Funding
1016. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated by her Department for projects and initiatives in County Tipperary over the past 12 months; and if she will... - School Facilities
1017. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD units in primary and secondary schools in County Wicklow by school in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Accommodation
1019. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of an extension for a school (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for the completion of same; and if she... - Special Educational Needs
1029. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special needs assistants that were employed in County Meath in each of the years 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form;... - Schools Building Projects
1040. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40556/21] - Special Educational Needs
1041. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of children with special needs that have withdrawn from schools in County Kerry by school in each of the years 2015 to 2020... - National Educational Psychological Service
1042. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in County Wexford that are awaiting an appointment with a NEPS psychologist; the number that are waiting less than six,... - Departmental Funding
1043. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the last occasion on which a Department-wide review of all funding within her Department took place; the frequency of such reviews; and if she... - Special Educational Needs
1044. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to allocate a second SNA for a school (details supplied) in County Waterford through the exceptional review... - Mental Health Services
1047. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mental health support services that will be brought on stream in post-primary education to assist pupils who were affected most by the... - Education Policy
1048. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can replace the term "unit" in all references to ASD thus ensuring inclusiveness, integration and togetherness which the word... - Departmental Data
1049. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide national figures and other data on the use of exclusion, isolation and restraint and of reduced school hours for the periods... - Covid-19 Pandemic
1052. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the resourcing of primary and secondary schools with Covid-19 equipment such as masks, sanitisers, ventilation and testing... - Departmental Projects
1054. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the installation of CO2 monitoring in schools; the expected timeframe for the full completion of the project; the expected benefit... - Special Educational Needs
1058. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs with no school place for September 2021. [40914/21] - Departmental Data
1059. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of middle management posts in primary and secondary schools in each of the years 2008 to 2021, in tabular form. [40916/21] - Special Educational Needs
1061. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools that are awaiting exceptional reviews in the knowledge that their student populations presenting with additional needs is changing... - School Accommodation
1063. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct an audit of primary and secondary education schools in County Louth given the demographic and socioeconomic changes; and if... - School Transport
1064. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport scheme will be made available to students who live in Northern Ireland who wish to attend secondary school here; the way... - Irish Language
1065. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the resources her Department plans to offer a school (details supplied) to facilitate the provision of Irish language education in County Louth;... - School Curriculum
1067. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on recommendation 13 in a report by an organisation (details supplied) that adoptees want the history of forced and coerced adoption... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1068. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding she has put in place to allow primary and post-primary schools to improve ventilation; and if she will make a statement on the... - Child Abuse
1069. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that the revised ex-gratia scheme established to implement the European Court of Human Rights judgement relating to... - Broadband Infrastructure
1070. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the EU-NRRP funding of €63.5 million for school broadband and digital infrastructure for schools will be allocated; the criteria... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
1071. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio to 18:1 by paying all staff on the pre-2011 pay scale. [41224/21] - Special Educational Needs
1074. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost in 2022 to increase special education provision by 15% on the 2018 level. [41227/21] - School Funding
1075. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of measures (details supplied). [41229/21] - School Staff
1076. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of bringing all currently employed school secretaries and caretakers under the direct employment of her Department.... - Special Educational Needs
1077. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of increasing the number of SNAs by 500 in addition to the 990 pledged in Budget 2021. [41232/21] - School Admissions
1078. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that can be taken to accommodate the transfer of a fifth-year student (details supplied) to the leaving certificate applied... - School Funding
1079. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a reimbursement payment from her Department will be received by a school (details supplied) for removing trees which cost over... - School Accommodation
1080. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some classes in a school (details supplied) are prefabs which are not fit for purpose and which... - Educational Disadvantage
1082. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of the DEIS grading system and the payments scheme associated with identified schools which have needs far and above the threshold... - Schools Building Projects
1083. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in having the new build project for a school (details supplied); the timetable of works for same; and when the school... - School Staff
1086. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to ensure that a school (details supplied) does not lose a primary teacher in the next academic year due to being five... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
1087. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree of provisions made to small rural schools to ensure they continue to be able to operate and serve their communities particularly...
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