Written answers

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

  • School Transport
    461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she plans to take to mitigate the impact of runaway fuel costs on school bus operators; if her attention has been drawn to the fact...
  • Education Policy
    462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a plan in place to undertake an assessment of school places available for Ukrainian refugees; the measures that are being put in...
  • School Admissions
    463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department is taking to ensure the availability of co-educational school placing at primary school level in the Dublin 8, 10 and...
  • School Staff
    465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the recently brokered deal in the Workplace Relations Commission for school secretaries and caretakers pay and conditions is accepted, if...
  • School Admissions
    466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to date in relation to a section 29 appeal by a person (details supplied); when a decision will issue; and if she...
  • Special Educational Needs
    467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the primary and post-primary schools in an area (details supplied); and the number of pupils, teachers, SNAs and annual State funding by school...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost incurred by her Department for the supply of Covid-19 related face masks and face coverings since March 2019 to date; the name of the...
  • School Admissions
    471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be offered a school placement in September 2022. [13942/22]
  • Education Schemes
    472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding allocated in 2022 for professional development services for primary school teachers in reading recovery; and if she will make a...
  • School Admissions
    473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she can advise parents to take in the case of a child who is due to start school in September 2022 but where a place in a...
  • School Facilities
    474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim. [13984/22]
  • Special Educational Needs
    475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of proposed new ASD units that will open in secondary schools in Ballincollig, County Cork in September 2022. [13985/22]
  • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
    477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar an mbeartas don oideachas lán-Ghaeilge a chur le chéile; cathain a fhoilseofar...
  • Defective Building Materials
    478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of works that have been undertaken to remove pyrite from some or all of the school buildings at a school (details supplied)...
  • Solar Energy Guidelines
    479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that has been taken in relation to a change in legislation to make it easier for schools to install solar panels. [13995/22]
  • Traveller Community
    480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that her Department has taken to implement the relevant recommendations from the Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the...
  • Special Educational Needs
    481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Cork will be successfully relocated to facilitate September 2022 enrolment; if the planning authority...
  • School Admissions
    482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if advice will be provided in relation to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the availability of...
  • School Facilities
    483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appeal for assisted technology for a child (details supplied) has been decided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14121/22]
  • Special Educational Needs
    484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special classes that are situated in schools in Rathcoole, County Dublin; and the action her Department is taking to increase the...
  • Education Policy
    486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in the Dublin 8, 10, 12 and 20 areas; if these are co-educational; the patronage under which they operate; the...
  • Defective Building Materials
    487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if eligibility for school transport will be extended to families moving to temporary homes outside the catchment area of their school while their...
  • Schools Building Projects
    488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the development of a new building for a school (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • World Economic Forum
    489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she or officials from her Department have engaged in any form of communication with the World Economic Forum or representatives of the World...
  • Education Policy
    490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that she will put in place for children and their families coming from Ukraine who will be entering the education system here; if...
  • Departmental Schemes
    491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the ex-gratia scheme for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in day schools; if the scheme is still open for...
  • School Transport
    492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department or the relevant body under her aegis will review the circumstances whereby a number of children from Kilteel, County Kildare...
  • School Accommodation
    493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a rental arrangement has been entered into with a school in Nenagh, County Tipperary and the local Catholic diocese; the length of time this...
  • School Patronage
    496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the State has entered into agreements in which a bishop can choose a school's patron in a reconfigured school; and the role parental...
  • Special Educational Needs
    497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional schools in the Dublin 6, 6W and 12 areas that have made a decision to open or already have opened an ASD unit; and if...
  • School Facilities
    502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sewerage works qualify under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14346/22]
  • Schools Building Projects
    503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied). [14395/22]
  • School Staff
    505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that no full-time on-site behaviour therapist has been appointed to a school (details supplied) despite calls from staff and parents....
  • Special Educational Needs
    506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application for additional services at a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • State Examinations
    507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reviewing the junior certificate examinations for 2022 to take into account the fact that three years of post-primary...
  • Educational Disadvantage
    508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) has not been included in the new list on the DEIS schools programme; and if she will make a statement...
  • School Accommodation
    509. 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. [14455/22]
  • Schools Building Projects
    512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans for a permanent site for a school (details supplied); if a site has been identified to date; the timeline for the permanent...
  • School Accommodation
    513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all schools in Galway city and county in respect of which her Department pays a lease for the use of the school buildings in...
  • Schools Building Projects
    514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of plans for a major new primary school project on the site of the former school building (details supplied); if this...
  • Special Educational Needs
    515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an autism class has been proposed for a school (details supplied). [14486/22]
  • School Facilities
    516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the pupils of a school (details supplied) are still without high-speed broadband even though this school has been able to connect...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application has been received from a school (details supplied) for roof repairs; and if it can be processed as a matter of urgency. [14546/22]
  • Educational Disadvantage
    518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the qualifying criteria for DEIS status can be outlined giving the different categories of qualification and the selection process involved;...
  • Schools Building Projects
    520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the development of a school (details supplied); when she expects that the new building will be complete; and if she will make a...
  • Educational Disadvantage
    521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the objective evidential basis for the reason that certain schools (details supplied) were not elevated to DEIS band 1 status from DEIS band 2 in...
  • Schools Building Projects
    522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress in the development of the new primary school (details supplied); when she expects the new building to be complete; and if she will...
  • Educational Disadvantage
    523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that a school can appeal the decision not to be included in the expansion of the DEIS programme which her Department announced; and if...
  • Special Educational Needs
    524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are available for the family of a child (details supplied) who has not been able to secure a place for the 2022-23 term in the...
  • Schools Refurbishment
    525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be approved for the renovation and improvements to the buildings at a school (details supplied); when the funding will be...
  • School Transport
    526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supports are currently being considered to assist Ukrainian children fleeing the crisis to gain access to the school transport system; and if...
  • School Enrolments
    527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school places in schools in north county Dublin and Fingal for children starting secondary school in 2022. [14623/22]
  • School Transport
    528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport grant for parents of children with additional needs will be increased in line with increases in fuel costs; and if she...
  • Educational Disadvantage
    529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered adding a school (details supplied) to her Department’s recently expanded DEIS programme; and if she will make a...
  • Schools Building Projects
    530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programme of works that is in place to establish new schools; the project plans for each school; the way her Department monitors progress...
  • Special Educational Needs
    531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made by schools for special needs assistants; the number refused, appealed and the number of successful appeals; and...
  • School Facilities
    532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if appropriate non-negligence insurance was put in place by her Department relative to a matter (details supplied); if her Department will now...
  • School Enrolments
    533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected figures for the primary school population in Moate, County Westmeath, for the next five years; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Educational Disadvantage
    534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) was not included in the recent expansion of the DEIS programme in view of the fact that this is a...
  • School Transport
    535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she, in consultation with Bus Éireann, will remove the nearest school requirement for the school transport scheme given the difficulty...
  • School Admissions
    536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 147 of 23 February 2022, when the parents of a student (details supplied) can expect the results of their...
  • Educational Disadvantage
    537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the appeals process for schools that did not receive DEIS status in the recent DEIS expansion announcement; when the appeals...
  • Schools Building Projects
    538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received documents from the successful tender bidder on a project (details supplied). [14730/22]
  • Schools Complaints Procedures
    539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received an ex gratia appeal from a former pupil of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Patronage
    540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for school patronage transfers; the way the wishes of parents, families and communities will be considered; the measures that will be...
  • School Enrolments
    541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a local school place can be accommodated for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14763/22]
  • Special Educational Needs
    542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an exception will be made in the case of a child (details supplied). [14764/22]
  • Educational Disadvantage
    543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to a query regarding the DEIS status of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14771/22]
  • Disadvantaged Status
    545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS urban 1 status will be applied to a school (details supplied); and if a positive response will be expedited. [14800/22]
  • School Accommodation
    546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made on this...
  • School Transport
    548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the need for a school bus to cover an area (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Staff
    550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when wages will be paid to a teacher (details supplied) who was absent due to illness in County Galway despite the fact that they returned to...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) who is seeking assistance with a postgraduate certificate in education issue....
  • Schools Building Projects
    552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of plans for a major primary school project at Newtownsmith, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14901/22]
  • School Staff
    553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if increments for time spent teaching in a primary school and a VEC can be awarded towards the salary of a secondary school teacher (details...
  • Special Educational Needs
    554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request from a school (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14946/22]
  • School Enrolments
    555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be permitted to employ an additional teacher in order that the significant waiting list can be honoured....
  • Broadband Infrastructure
    556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure a national school (details supplied) has access to broadband. [15047/22]
  • Special Educational Needs
    557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a young person (details supplied) can access an ASD unit place in a secondary school in their locality. [15048/22]
  • School Enrolments
    559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has issued guidance to schools in relation to the enrolment of Ukrainian refugees; if schools will need to apply their existing...
  • School Staff
    560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is allocating additional funding to schools for the provision of teachers of English as an additional language or whether existing special...
  • Schools Building Projects
    561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 438 of 1 June 2021 459 of 22 February 2022, if she will facilitate a meeting between her Departmental...
  • Home Schooling
    562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who classified under category C of the home tuition grant scheme from 2018-2021 (details supplied); and the expenditure in...
  • Public Sector Pensions
    563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any options for persons who have survived serious illness including cancer to continue working for a limited number of hours per...
  • School Accommodation
    564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of rent that has been agreed to be paid to the Catholic church for the use of a school (details supplied) in Nenagh, County Tipperary;...
  • School Patronage
    565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a similar arrangement has been in place for the other almost one dozen schools nationwide that were reconfigured from Catholic patronage to...
  • School Accommodation
    567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that a school (details supplied) should take to apply for additional accommodation following its designation of DEIS status; if a...

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