Written answers
Tuesday, 2 November 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Home Schooling
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction a home tutor for a child (details supplied). [52064/21] - School Equipment
469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the funding that is available for schools to apply for playground equipment or equipment to support extra curricula activities... - School Curriculum
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the interim guidance toolkit which supports effective teaching and learning of the social, personal and health education... - Departmental Correspondence
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52079/21] - School Facilities
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available from her Department to install fresh water supply in schools as set out in the action plan A Healthy Weight for Ireland:... - Departmental Correspondence
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to student safety; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application for additional support for children with ASD in a school (details supplied) in County Louth; if... - Education Costs
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce the burden placed on parents through voluntary contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52135/21] - Educational Disadvantage
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when and the way her Department will undertake a review of DEIS designations for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget number of ASD units in primary and national schools for 2022; the number of such schools in County Limerick that have ASD units; the... - Education Policy
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal by the National Council for Curriculum Assessment in relation to the leaving certificate for Gaelscoileanna,... - Education Schemes
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the school library fund will be allocated; the way it will be allocated to schools as announced in budget 2022; and if she will make a... - Teaching Qualifications
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher absences that qualify for substitution that were recorded on the online claims system since the start of the 2021-2022... - Educational Disadvantage
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the completion of the review of DEIS; the actions schools (details supplied) can take to support their DEIS applications; and... - Schools Building Projects
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a tender by a school (details supplied); and when the project will commence construction. [52223/21] - Special Educational Needs
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to increase the number of early intervention places in primary schools with waiting lists of up to three years. [52262/21] - Departmental Correspondence
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to reply to a person (details supplied). [52266/21] - School Facilities
490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the conveyancing process for a special educational needs building for a school (details supplied) in County Dublin; the expected... - Schools Building Projects
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to resolve the halting of a school building project (details supplied). [52298/21] - Bullying in Educational Institutions
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work currently being undertaken to update the Action Plan on Bullying and the related Anti-Bullying Procedures for primary and post- primary... - School Staff
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a full-time behaviour therapist will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied); and if she will facilitate a meeting with her... - Psychological Assessments
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the results of a survey (details supplied) of 37 schools in the north-east Leinster area and the percentage found to have not been... - School Staff
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the results of a survey (details supplied) of 37 schools in the north-east Leinster area regarding the collective total number of... - School Funding
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital applications that have been received by her Department from schools in County Wexford for the past four years to date; and if she... - School Transport
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will resume at 100% capacity with restrictions easing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52369/21] - School Staff
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be allowed to retain teacher number 15 for the 2021-2022 school year in a temporary capacity until the end of... - School Curriculum
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the programme for Government commitment to developing inclusive relationships and sexuality education including education on... - Schools Building Projects
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to build a new Gaelscoil in Naas, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52395/21] - School Transport
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to extend the contracts of public bus drivers who are deemed medically fit but who reach the age of 70 given the current shortage of... - Special Educational Needs
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make it mandatory for all primary school to use dyslexia friendly workbooks for primary school dyslexic children, as without the use... - School Staff
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52477/21] - School Transport
509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made in the review case submitted by a school (details supplied) in respect of school transport under the primary school... - Special Educational Needs
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans she has to review the rates awarded for assistive technology in view of the departmental cap on funding for laptops; if consideration... - School Transport
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a query on school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52513/21] - School Discipline
512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct a joint working group or team to investigate and resolve a complex case of a child (details supplied) who has been de facto... - State Examinations
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken to reform the leaving certificate with a view to reducing the stress caused to children highlighted by the UN... - School Staff
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals submitted to the primary staffing appeals board for April, June and October meetings in 2021; the number of appeals which... - Health and Safety
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of HSA inspections carried out specifically in relation to Covid-19 in primary and post-primary schools over the academic year... - School Attendance
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who have not returned to school since the Covid-19 pandemic began and are early school leavers; and if she will make a... - Education Welfare Service
517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if budget 2022 will result in an increase in the number of education welfare officers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52586/21] - Early School Leavers
518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of alternative education for early school leavers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52587/21] - School Accommodation
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of portacabins per school in County Wicklow over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52588/21] - School Transport
520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 50% school transport capacity will continue until Christmas 2021; if sufficient notice of the return to 100% capacity will be provided to... - School Staff
521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52603/21] - Schools Building Projects
522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an emergency works application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52621/21] - School Accommodation
523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52622/21] - School Curriculum
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level schools that did not offer higher level tuition in either English, Irish or mathematics in 2017, 2018 or 2019. [52641/21] - School Staff
527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need for a far greater expansion of the scope of the current supply panel scheme in relation to substitute teachers (details... - Disadvantaged Status
528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status can be given to a school (details supplied); the procedures in place to obtain this status; and if she will make a statement on... - School Staff
529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if part-time work undertaken abroad including in the UK by primary school teachers can be recognised for the purpose of obtaining incremental... - Special Educational Needs
531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied); and her views on whether there is a need for more ASD units in... - School Staff
532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 126 of 20 October 2021, if the matters raised by a school principal (details supplied) in County Louth in... - School Transport
534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the circumstances of a person (details supplied) whose application has been rejected from the school bus transport scheme... - Departmental Correspondence
535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a section in her Department will respond to correspondence sent by a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [52782/21] - School Staff
537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to ongoing concerns in a school (details supplied) in relation to an inability to get substitute teachers to... - School Transport
538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the nearest school rule relating to will be scrapped and be replaced with a nearest and next nearest rule; and if she will make a statement... - School Staff
539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of pay equalisation for all teachers and all teaching support staff. [52802/21] - Special Educational Needs
540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD spaces there are at primary and post-primary level in an area (details supplied) for the academic year 2021-2022. [52803/21] - School Admissions
541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools that give admissions priority to students based on their religious affiliation. [52804/21] - Education Policy
542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department is meeting the Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)4 of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on the participation of... - School Transport
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of sheltered bus stops for Belgooly and Riverstick, County Cork. [52810/21] - School Accommodation
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for additional accommodation submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she... - School Facilities
545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a lease will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52870/21] - Schools Building Projects
546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of and position regarding her Department's contacts with a school (details supplied) in respect of the need for a new building... - State Examinations
547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sitting the Mandarin exam at leaving certificate level is limited to students attending pilot schools. [52916/21] - Schools Building Projects
548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planning application for a new school (details supplied); and the detail of the additional information that has been requested... - School Staff
549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the post-primary payroll division of her Department will make suitable arrangements in order that a person (details supplied) receives their... - Covid-19 Pandemic
551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current contact tracing measures in schools due to rising numbers of Covid-19 cases. [52997/21] - Education Policy
552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the effort under way by her Department to provide a non-denominational, co-educational secondary school for the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf... - Schools Building Projects
553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the refurbishment project at a college (details supplied) will move to the next stage of works; and the expected timeframe for this project.... - Schools Administration
554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been classified as a community college rather than a gaelcholáiste; and if she will make a... - School Transport
555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is not classified as a gaelcholáiste and that this causes... - School Funding
556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to transition year groups to carry out their projects, particularly funding sources that are immediately available or... - National Educational Psychological Service
557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of referrals a school can make to the National Educational Psychological Service in an academic year. [53146/21] - School Accommodation
558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress for a permanent site for a school (details supplied). [53208/21] - Disadvantaged Status
559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which additional schools will be able to qualify for inclusion in the DEIS programme in view of the recent increase in DEIS funding... - School Transport
560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she, in consultation with Bus Éireann, will address the anomaly in which concessionary ticketholders on the school transport scheme are... - Departmental Contracts
561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of existing contracts of an indefinite period entered into by her Department prior to the enactment of the EU Procurement Directive.... - School Staff
562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the membership and chair positions on the Primary Staffing Appeals Board; her views on its history and actions to date; the person or body to... - School Transport
563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) is struggling with school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53263/21] - School Funding
564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if urgent consideration will be given to the inclusion of a school (details supplied) in a programme; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staff
565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will fund a behavioural therapist for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53274/21] - School Facilities
567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that all special classes are provided with CO2 monitors in addition to each school's standard allocation. [53352/21] - Schools Administration
568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols that are in place to prioritise special classes and schools in the event that schools need to be closed for public health reasons... - School Facilities
569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if students with epilepsy who have a seizure before or during the leaving certificate examinations and are unable to complete their exam will be... - Clár Tógála Scoileanna
570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills de bhun Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 146 ar an 4ú Márta 2021, agus Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 147 ar an 19ú Bealtaine 2021,...
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