Written answers
Tuesday, 1 February 2022
Department of Education and Skills
- Covid-19 Pandemic
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to a request (details supplied). [5104/22] - Schools Building Projects
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on the development of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5200/22] - Schools Amalgamation
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in relation to the proposals to amalgamate schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - State Examinations
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a hybrid format for the leaving certificate in 2022 given the serious disturbance to student education over the past three... - Departmental Programmes
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the operation of the ADAPT building programme of her Department; the way it operates in respect of taking projects from approval... - School Funding
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for grant aid for major capital works by a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make... - State Examinations
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student with epilepsy that experiences a medical emergency such as a seizure immediately before or during a leaving certificate exam and is... - Legislative Reviews
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 will commence; the person or body to which interested... - Special Educational Needs
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis upon which the four autistic spectrum disorder classrooms designated for a new school (details supplied) are all to be based in the... - Departmental Schemes
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ex-gratia scheme for former pupils of a school (details supplied) is to be extended to include former boarders. [4380/22] - Special Educational Needs
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for reviewing the minimum qualification for special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4386/22] - Workplace Relations Commission
463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for the conclusion of a process (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4387/22] - Special Educational Needs
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is strongly considering the proposals raised in a campaign (details supplied); if the entry level qualifications will be... - Education Policy
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide quality learning opportunities to non-religious students in schools with a religious ethos when they opt not to participate... - Covid-19 Pandemic
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she anticipates that schools will see a corresponding easing of measures that have been put in place over the course of the Covid-19... - School Transport
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of school transport needs will be carried out for a school (details supplied) in respect of school transport under the primary school... - School Textbooks
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is grant funding available to aid completion of design of educational publications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4480/22] - School Staff
474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that her Department has taken to urgently fill the temporary vacant post of physics and chemistry teacher at a school (details... - Covid-19 Pandemic
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that currently have HEPA filters in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4512/22] - Schools Building Projects
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the planning application for a school build (details supplied) will be lodged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4517/22] - Pension Provisions
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to major delays experienced by principals and teachers when they request a pension statement from the pensions'... - Departmental Legal Cases
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legal fees that were incurred by her Department following the decision to contest the legal challenges brought forward by two home-schooled... - Island Communities
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the reintroduction of an allowance for teachers on offshore islands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4224/22] - School Accommodation
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a secondary school in Inishbofin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4225/22] - Schools Building Projects
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a series of matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a school; and if she will make a statement on... - Legislative Process
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of Acts or sections or other provisions of Acts for which a commencement order has yet to be signed in her Department;... - Teacher Training
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on efforts to deliver a home economics teacher training course for a college (details supplied); and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classes in Tullow town, County Carlow; if her attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of ASD classes in Tullow; the... - School Equipment
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the installation of a lift to facilitate a disabled student will be completed at a school (details supplied) following approved funding... - Special Educational Needs
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4356/22] - Online Safety
487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her strategy to teach students in primary and secondary schools to stay safe online; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4678/22] - School Accommodation
488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional temporary accommodation to meet the September 2022 needs of a school (details supplied) [4853/22] - School Patronage
489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the expansion to a double stream school for a national school (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [4854/22] - School Accommodation
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4856/22] - Site Acquisitions
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a full report on all the actions that have been taken to identify a temporary and a permanent site for a school (details... - Schools Building Projects
493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is on schedule to move to its permanent premises for September 2023 given delays in the commencement of building... - School Funding
494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will set out in respect of the €20 million capital allocation announced in budget 2022 to schools for the purchase of books, audio... - School Transport
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an urgent review will be carried out in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if she... - School Inspections
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the Polasaí don Oideachas Gaeltachta by the dedicated inspectorate team... - Departmental Programmes
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 23 November 2021, the status of the roll-out of the refined DEIS model; the timeline for the... - School Admissions
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a secondary school place in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and or facilitated; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional special education classes that have opened in the country in each of the years since 2016; and if she will make a... - State Examinations
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 757 of 19 January 2022 and the response from the State Examinations Commission (details supplied), if she... - School Staff
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) in respect of the latest position of school secretaries and their... - Covid-19 Pandemic
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the policy of five-day self-isolation for close contacts in special education schools will be updated with the easing of restrictions; and if... - Special Educational Needs
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding for play therapy and counselling that is available to schools in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if she will make a statement on... - School Accommodation
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will communicate with residents whose homes back onto the yard of a school (details supplied) and the school leadership in... - Schools Building Projects
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 23 November 2021, the precise position in respect of the various planning stages for each project as... - School Facilities
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of replacement or extended facilities at a school (details supplied); the length of time this particular... - Special Educational Needs
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs placements remain available at primary and post-primary schools throughout County Kildare; the adequacy of such... - School Accommodation
512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which her Department continues to respond expeditiously to requests for new schools or extensions to existing schools at primary... - Schools Building Projects
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and anticipated status of the large-scale capital project at a school (details supplied); the expected date for delivery; and if she... - School Facilities
518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date or in hand in meeting the school place, replacement of facilities, new school requirements and special needs provision in... - School Staff
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently employed at primary level throughout the country; the extent to which this meets requirements at the present... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she is determined to improve pupil-teacher ratios in all primary and second-level schools throughout the country; the... - School Facilities
521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the time schedule for the provision of new second-level facilities at a school (details supplied); the extent of recent progress made in respect... - Education Policy
522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which provision continues to be made to ensure the viability of smaller and denominational rural or urban schools; and if she will... - School Accommodation
523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ongoing projects underway in County Kildare as part of the additional accommodation programme at primary and post-primary level; the status... - School Enrolments
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the enrolment process at primary-school level remains amenable to most families throughout the country; and if she will make... - Official Engagements
525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss an educational proposal which was submitted to her earlier in January 2022;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if primary schools are permitted to hold extra-curricular activities following the recent lifting of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make...
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