Written answers

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

  • Departmental Schemes
    396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of including the school bus sector in the €100 emergency support scheme that has been introduced for licensed hauliers;...
  • School Transport
    397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter in relation to Bus Éireann school transport (details supplied) in County Westmeath. [16567/22]
  • Schools Building Projects
    398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed new school building for a school (details supplied) following a grant of planning permission in 2020. [15821/22]
  • School Accommodation
    399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will reconsider a decision made for the location of prefabs in the case of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if...
  • Departmental Schemes
    400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an emergency works grant can be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Teaching Qualifications
    401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are available to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15882/22]
  • School Staff
    402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the hardship being experienced by teachers who surrender full-time teaching posts for personal reasons such as...
  • Education Policy
    404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process by which children can opt out of religion classes in school; and if the process differs between school levels or settings. [15944/22]
  • Education Schemes
    405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) was not included as part of the 11 additional schools in County Mayo in the recent expansion of the...
  • Ukraine War
    407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure that primary and secondary schools have adequate supports and resources to provide Ukrainian children...
  • Education Schemes
    409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that the independent appeals process takes into consideration a school's (details supplied) circumstances as the only school...
  • Ukraine War
    410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources will be allocated to a school (details supplied) which has enrolled 30 Ukrainian children in the school in recent weeks;...
  • School Staff
    411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the significant increase in demand for substitution in recent weeks given the high number of Covid cases and...
  • Special Educational Needs
    412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the special education teaching allocation of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she is satisfied that the current special...
  • State Examinations
    413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a third language is compulsory as part of the choice for students for the leaving certificate examination (details supplied); and if she will...
  • School Accommodation
    414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if new classroom accommodation has been sanctioned for September 2022 for a school (details supplied). [16071/22]
  • School Transport
    415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing a school transport system for the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16077/22]
  • State Examinations
    418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place with regard to a student contracting Covid-19 before or during State examinations; when she expects to publish...
  • Ukraine War
    419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources that will be provided to primary schools to assist the staff to deal with the arrival of Ukrainian refugees; and if she...
  • Departmental Data
    421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of retainers her Department has with outside organisations; and the cost of each retainer, in tabular form. [16147/22]
  • Education Policy
    422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an intradepartmental working group established in regard to planning for the development of a new policy for Irish-medium education...
  • Educational Reform
    423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeframe for the review of national and international literature; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16165/22]
  • School Accommodation
    426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all active school accommodation projects in County Mayo, in tabular form; the details of projects currently under...
  • Special Educational Needs
    429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proactive measurers that are currently being taken by her Department to ensure that all post-primary schools have special classes in view of...
  • School Patronage
    431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review of the decision that was made in 2021, to defer the patronage process for a new secondary school in the Drumcondra, Marino,...
  • Schools Building Projects
    432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ongoing building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16362/22]
  • Grant Payments
    433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant for funding will be provided for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16367/22]
  • Departmental Consultations
    434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the external consultancy organisation or provider which delivered diversity and inclusion training within her Department in each of the years...
  • School Transport
    436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the recent meeting between her Department officials and members of a transport organisation (details supplied) regarding the...
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated under the large scale capital programme for each of the years 2022 to 2025, as per the agreed capital ceilings outlined in...
  • School Accommodation
    438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated under the additional school accommodation scheme for each of the years 2022 to 2025 as per the agreed capital ceilings...
  • Education Schemes
    439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not selected for inclusion in DEIS; if this decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
  • School Enrolments
    444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the case of schools refusing enrolment access to student applicants, the correspondence should state clearly that they have been placed on...
  • Education Policy
    445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the situation of a person (details supplied) will be examined; if her Department will intervene to ensure that provision is made for such...
  • School Transport
    446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when, given the dramatic rise in transport costs, the school transport scheme rates will be reviewed to ensure that the vital assistance it...
  • School Accommodation
    447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding an additional school accommodation application by a school (details supplied) for renovation of an old...
  • School Facilities
    448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for emergency works or the summer works scheme has been made to erect a boundary fence between (details supplied); if this...
  • Special Educational Needs
    449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the parent of a child with special educational needs can self-refer to the National Council for Special Education or with a special...
  • Education Schemes
    450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the appeals process will open up in respect of schools that were not included in the recent extension of the DEIS school programme; if there...
  • Special Educational Needs
    451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a request by a school (details supplied) for an exceptional review of its SNA hours with the National Council...
  • Education Policy
    454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeline for an exceptional review to be completed. [16722/22]
  • School Facilities
    455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pilot workshops on trauma informed approaches from the National Educational Psychological Service have been delivered; and if the national...
  • Departmental Staff
    456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants in her Department currently on secondment to the private sector; if she will list the entities that they are working...

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