Written answers

Thursday, 9 September 2021

  • Departmental Funding
    494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most appropriate avenue through which an organisation (details supplied) can apply for potential funding streams within her Department; and...
  • Schools Building Projects
    495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the temporary site for a new secondary school (details supplied) in County Cork. [41437/21]
  • Education and Training Provision
    496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a laptop for a child with learning difficulties will be granted for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry before the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which a company (details supplied) is reclassifying teachers previously deemed to be very-high-risk to high-risk; and if she will...
  • Third Level Education
    505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the transition rates from post-primary to higher education in each year since 2011, by DEIS and non-DEIS schools; and if she will make a...
  • Education and Training Provision
    506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the transition rates from post-primary to further education and training in each year since 2011, by DEIS and non-DEIS schools; and if she will...
  • Departmental Staff
    507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in her Department and in each State and semi-State body under the aegis...
  • Rights of People with Disabilities
    509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are several pieces of legislation which have not been fully implemented in relation to the...
  • Schools Building Projects
    510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building further to the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Special Educational Needs
    512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no panel for SNA substitute teachers given that it is the process deemed necessary for mainstream substitute teachers; and if...
  • School Curriculum
    513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to introduce mental health and resilience modules in secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41720/21]
  • State Examinations
    514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the leaving certificate in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41731/21]
  • School Staff
    517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the matter of remuneration of school secretaries (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41824/21]
  • Flexible Work Practices
    521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to promote or facilitate remote working for staff in her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department; the...
  • Special Educational Needs
    522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a special needs assistant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41973/21]
  • Departmental Policies
    523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the implementation of a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41977/21]
  • School Enrolments
    524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis has been conducted on the demand for post-primary school places in the Dublin 9 area; her plans to ensure a sufficient number of...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Covid-protocols in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41981/21]
  • Schools Building Projects
    528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the stage 1 submission for a school extension (details supplied) will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42004/21]
  • School Staff
    529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the situation regarding negotiations with school secretaries in terms of their employment conditions and their pension entitlements; and if she...
  • School Facilities
    530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the sites acquisition and property management unit of her Department will issue a decision in respect of an application for consent to allow...
  • Special Educational Needs
    534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional SNA hours will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42126/21]
  • School Staff
    535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in finalising the pay and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers with a union (details supplied); the timeline for...
  • Special Educational Needs
    538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of reform of the summer provision; the status of an issue raised in relation to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a...
  • Teaching Council of Ireland
    539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Teaching Council has the right to refuse recognition to a qualified teacher who has been registered with the council since 2009 (details...
  • School Staff
    540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school secretaries who are currently paid under the 1978-79 scheme across all school types. [42182/21]
  • Residential Institutions
    548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to the residential institutions redress scheme; the number of applications approved and paid to date; the average payment;...
  • School Curriculum
    550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding greyhound racing in the curriculum (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Facilities
    551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classrooms or teaching spaces that currently have a carbon dioxide monitor installed, by county, in tabular form; and if she will...
  • School Accommodation
    555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Special Educational Needs
    557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of SNAs in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42312/21]
  • School Transport
    558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason additional buses are not being sourced given that all seats on buses cannot be utilised due to Covid-19 restrictions resulting in some...
  • State Examinations
    559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any representations were made to her or by either of (details supplied) in relation to the possibility of running predictive grades for the...
  • Special Educational Needs
    560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42320/21]
  • Schools Building Projects
    562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene and seek an urgent resolution to the matters halting the progression of a school building project (details supplied) in...
  • School Transport
    564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of students who will not receive bus tickets due to no payment or medical card received before the deadline date, late...
  • Departmental Correspondence
    567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42384/21]
  • School Transport
    568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if capacity under the school transport scheme will return to 100% capacity in line with the return of general public transport in view of the...
  • Special Educational Needs
    569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is possible to access information or a list of tutors for the July provision for 2022/2023 school year in the Kilkenny area. [42386/21]
  • School Transport
    570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the operation of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42410/21]
  • School Curriculum
    571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the addition of driver education to the curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42425/21]
  • Special Educational Needs
    572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to support the children identified in the audiology misdiagnosis in counties Roscommon and Mayo within the education...
  • Schools Building Projects
    575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a primary school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42526/21]
  • School Transport
    577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a post-primary school in County Kerry (details supplied) will be confirmed to be the second nearest school under the school transport scheme...
  • Special Educational Needs
    578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to commence all sections of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; her plans to revise the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will issue a directive to national schools advising that pupils can wear masks if they wish. [42552/21]
  • Child Abuse
    580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to cases of abuse at a school (details supplied) in Dublin 1; if she has engaged with the school and or the...
  • School Facilities
    581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason secondary school children are still not allowed access to lockers and are being required to carry excessively heavy school bags as a...
  • School Transport
    582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the commitment to provide concessionary school transport to students going to their second nearest post-primary school will be extended to...
  • Project Ireland 2040
    586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school capital projects she will include in the redrawn Project 2040; and when she met the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on the...
  • School Staff
    587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made towards the regularisation of pay, pension and terms of employment for school secretaries and caretakers; and if...
  • Schools Building Projects
    588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that a school building project (details supplied) will proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42647/21]
  • School Facilities
    589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request school management bodies to facilitate the return of indoor sports activities which have used school facilities in the past....
  • School Staff
    590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and her Department can investigate, advise and provide a solution to an issue in relation to a teacher (details supplied) at a school; and...
  • Special Educational Needs
    594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-SNA ratio to 2:1 at both primary and secondary level. [42657/21]
  • Departmental Data
    595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed in September 2020 in special classes in secondary schools. [42658/21]
  • Flexible Work Practices
    617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to facilitate remote working within her Department and particularly to encourage remote working for those who live in the...
  • State Examinations
    618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the stakeholder process on planning for an alternate sitting of the leaving certificate 2022 will commence; if she will ensure that an...
  • Flexible Work Practices
    619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department and public bodies and agencies under her remit are accommodating requests for persons to work from home. [42753/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide carbon dioxide monitors for every teaching room in each primary and secondary school in the State. [42775/21]
  • Schools Building Projects
    621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact on tenders for school building capital projects the rise in construction costs will have. [42814/21]
  • School Transport
    622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the additional buses provided for school transport when at 50% capacity will be retained for 100% capacity. [42815/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to fast-track the delivery of the 32,000 CO2 monitors to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42824/21]
  • School Transport
    626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary post primary cycle school bus ticket applications refused in 2021 on the basis of the reduced capacity allowed on...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide reassurance to parents of children who are returning back to school settings that adequate Covid-19 safety measures are...
  • Schools Building Projects
    629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the permanent site location for a school (details supplied); her plans for a temporary site for the 2022-2023 academic year; and if...
  • School Facilities
    631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support being provided to a school (details supplied) given the difficulties it is facing with enrolment due to the lack of certainty on the...
  • Departmental Functions
    632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a representation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42905/21]
  • Covid-19 Tests
    633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to implement a system of lateral flow testing specifically for the protection of teachers from Covid-19; and if she will...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of CO2 monitors which have been delivered to schools; the number left to deliver; the deadline for delivery; and if she will make a...
  • Government Communications
    635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Ministerial phones have been hacked or attempted to be hacked during the term of office. [42921/21]
  • Schools Building Projects
    637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on the building of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); if a suitable site has been identified for...
  • Freedom of Information
    638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of freedom of information requests responded to by her Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of...
  • Commissions of Investigation
    639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of her Department over the preceding decade. [42990/21]
  • School Staff
    640. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a school (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43016/21]
  • Departmental Policies
    641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circulars that have been issued to schools which give guidance on reopening after the summer holidays; if any guidance has been given to...
  • School Staff
    642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in finalising the pay and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; if the finalisation of these issues will be...
  • School Transport
    643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide transport for a person (details supplied) with an intellectual disability to attend a school; and if she will make a...
  • Ministerial Appointments
    644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of formal and informal roles held by a person (details supplied) in the name of her Department or associated agency in the lifetime of...
  • Government Communications
    645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and or her special advisers and or officials use or have used services (details supplied) to communicate in the past 18 months. [43068/21]
  • School Funding
    646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her advice on a matter (details supplied) in relation to the lack of funding for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Staff
    648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in finalising the pay and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; the timeline for the finalisation of these...
  • Departmental Functions
    649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43194/21]

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