Written answers
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Child Abuse
536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in view of allegations regarding alleged child abuse at colleges (details supplied) she has plans to institute a commission of investigation... - School Transport
537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school transport payment will be made to a person (details supplied). [50363/21] - Special Educational Needs
538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that white bright paper does not assist pupils with dyslexia with reading and learning; if she will... - Teaching Council of Ireland
540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) can expect to have their Teaching Council number issued. [50396/21] - School Accommodation
541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made towards permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); the temporary arrangements being made for access to... - School Transport
542. 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. [50409/21] - Departmental Functions
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to ensure that the payroll division of her Department is operating fully in order that it can deal with the many... - Special Educational Needs
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from her Department will make contact with a parent of a child (details supplied) with complex learning needs who is currently... - Irish Language
546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing a one-day Irish language training course for all school staff in the State. [50466/21] - Schools Building Projects
552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the upgrading of a facility (details supplied). [50537/21] - School Curriculum
553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information on the music generations programme; the number of programmes in operation across Dublin city and county; and if... - Teaching Council of Ireland
554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Teaching Council of Ireland is refusing to give full registration to previously registered music teachers unless they do a... - Special Educational Needs
555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has onsite therapists and behavioural therapists; and, if so, the number. [50642/21] - School Facilities
556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that is being made on the installation of a lift at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) who is attending a class for children with learning disabilities. [50646/21] - Special Educational Needs
558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new ASD school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 has on-site therapists and a behaviour therapist. [50649/21] - Ministerial Engagements
559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has spoken virtually with her counterpart in the United States of America to date in 2021. [50668/21] - School Transport
560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50669/21] - Schools Building Projects
561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to pay the minor works grant to primary schools for the 2021-2022 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50670/21] - School Equipment
563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schemes in place to allow for primary and secondary school students to avail of laptops after it being deemed necessary for their education... - Special Educational Needs
564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has onsite therapists and behaviour therapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50696/21] - School Staff
565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of circular 0050/2021 and principal release days; and if she... - Further and Higher Education
566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of her plans for the former Technological University of Dublin Conservatory of Music campus in Rathmines, Dublin 6; if space at the... - After-School Support Services
567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the case of a school (details supplied). [50732/21] - Special Educational Needs
568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will have onsite therapists and behavioural therapists. [50858/21] - Departmental Properties
569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the process of when buildings are gifted to her Department to provide schools; the reason such gifts are not always accepted; and... - Irish Language
570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will begin an immediate consultation process to formulate the policy for Irish in the education system from preschool to third-level and... - After-School Support Services
571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) has been told by its school completion programme co-ordinator that... - Special Educational Needs
572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of approved ASD classes for secondary level schools in the Ballincollig catchment area; the timelines for each of these classes to be... - School Accommodation
574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of expiry of the temporary buildings in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50919/21] - School Staff
575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question number 258 of 30 September 2021, when a payment will issue to a person (details supplied) by the Department for... - School Transport
576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional school transport will be provided for nine students in a rural school (details supplied) in County Leitrim that were unable to... - School Staff
577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that section 6 of Circular 50/2021 relating to sequencing of access to substitution for primary teachers will operate in practical terms.... - Special Educational Needs
578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the 145 special education teacher posts promised under Budget 2021 that have been hired. [51052/21] - Disadvantaged Status
581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that will benefit from DEIS status under the €18 million funding announced in Budget 2022. [51055/21] - School Transport
582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the €30 million investment in school transport in Budget 2022 will be designated; the number of additional places on the scheme... - Disadvantaged Status
584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €18 million allocated to DEIS under budget 2022 includes funding to reduce the staffing schedule for DEIS urban band 1 schools by... - School Funding
587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of voluntary secondary schools that will benefit from capitation funding increases in budget 2022; the current capitation level per... - School Staff
588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in budget 2022 with regards release days for school leaders. [51062/21] - Child Abuse
590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional detail on the ex-gratia scheme in budget 2022; when survivors can apply for this scheme; when it is expected that... - School Staff
591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secretaries, caretakers, bus escorts and cleaners are included in the 1% pay increase measures contained in budget 2022. [51065/21] - School Equipment
592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the scheme announced in budget 2022 allowing schools to purchase books, audio books and other media; and if this can be used to... - Disadvantaged Status
593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Cork city that have DEIS status broken down by DEIS band 1, 2 and so on and rural and by primary and post-primary level... - Departmental Offices
595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated amount spent by her Department on the procurement, purchase and rent of new office space; and the amount spent on the procurement,... - Residential Institutions
597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 598 of 28 April 2021, the actions that have been taken post Caranua to ensure continued support of... - Schools Building Projects
598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the submission of a planning application for a permanent build of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Disadvantaged Status
599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which new schools will be identified for inclusion in the DEIS programme following the announcement in budget 2022 that €18... - Special Educational Needs
600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) with seven children with additional needs across five classrooms in a school of 165 children has only one... - Education Policy
601. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has conducted a recent evaluation of the need for a new second-level school in a catchment area (details supplied); the projected demand... - Special Educational Needs
602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) who is now currently employed by her Department as an SNA is only entitled to scale 1 on her Department's pay... - State Examinations
603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student (details supplied) had their estimated grade downgraded so substantially from the accredited mark; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will establish the estimated costs of fully implementing the remaining sections and sub-sections of the Education for Persons with... - School Staff
605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on her Department’s strict adherence to the school-teacher ratio which has led to the suppressing of the developing school post...
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