Written answers
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
Department of Education and Skills
- Ukraine War
926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government has undertaken an assessment of needs created by the arrival of Ukrainian refugees; and the contingency planning that is in... - School Transport
928. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine a matter regarding the lack of availability on a school bus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staff
929. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the appeal by a school (details supplied) to reverse the decision to reduce the number of teachers as a result of... - Parental Leave
930. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider making the temporary changes to the way that parental leave will be taken as laid out in information note TC 0003/2022... - School Staff
931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school caretakers will be included in the improved pay and terms of the conditions recently agreed for school secretaries given the importance... - Departmental Data
932. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in secondary level education in counties Galway, Mayo and Roscommon in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on... - School Enrolments
936. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are available for children who have been offered a place in a Gaelscoil for their secondary education and are unable to secure a... - Special Educational Needs
937. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information in relation to circular 0020/2022 issued to schools on 8 April 2022; the way that this will this impact on the... - School Staff
938. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school secretary payment deal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28911/22] - School Transport
939. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for the school transport grant; and if she will make a statement on... - School Staff
940. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied) that is set to lose a teacher for the coming school year; if a further... - School Transport
941. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school transport routes that will be altered to accommodate additional children in counties Longford and Westmeath for the school... - School Enrolments
942. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with additional needs without a secondary school place for the school term September 2022 in counties Longford and... - National Council for Special Education
943. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the National Council for Special Education will be releasing the SNA allocations given that many parents and staff were informed that... - Schools Building Projects
944. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new post primary school for the Drumcondra, Marino D1 school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Curriculum
945. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if young children in primary schools will be taught about transgender politics/ideology; if so, the scientific basis that exists behind the... - National Council for Special Education
946. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education will review the allocation of hours to a school (details supplied) in County Clare; if the Council... - Education Policy
947. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are given to help pre-school and primary school children whose first language is not English nor Irish or who are being raised... - School Costs
948. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a difference between school enrolment and school registration fees; the fees if any that a school may request; the guidance that has... - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
949. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the particulars included in the work undertaken by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment in relation to the major review of... - Educational Reform
950. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if student organisations (details supplied) have been included to date and will be included in the future in the work being done to reform... - School Curriculum
953. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when in 2023 that the primary curriculum framework for relationship sexuality education and social, personal and health education will be... - Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
955. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s input and engagement with the Department of Justice and their work on the third national strategy on domestic, sexual and... - Interest Rates
956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of interest that her Department has been charged by financial institutions since negative interest rates were introduced by year; and... - School Transport
958. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the school transport case of a student (details supplied). [29250/22] - Departmental Staff
959. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any former Secretary Generals are seconded from her Department; the locations of same; the purpose of the secondment; the remuneration they... - Education Policy
960. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the history of her Department’s involvement and policy role in the provision of early-intervention education; the responsibilities of her... - Schools Building Projects
961. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial support or grants that are available for a rural school to build a small all-weather sports facility on its grounds for the use of... - Educational Disadvantage
962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a DEIS appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29345/22] - Departmental Policies
963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied); the status of this appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29347/22] - School Curriculum
964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to mainstream and or implement the content language integrated learning pilot on a national basis and, in particular,... - Special Educational Needs
965. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that she no longer intends to establish special education centres for children with autism and other disabilities. [29354/22] - Teaching Council of Ireland
966. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are being made to address the issue of teacher supply for Irish-medium secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Data
967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any energy retrofit and renewable energy works have been funded under the minor works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Admissions
968. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise the processes that are in place where there is not a place in the local Gaelscoil; the way that children are ensured a place... - Schools Building Projects
969. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the way principals and boards of management of schools can avail of mediation support where there are issues relating to the... - School Accommodation
970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of projects for school extensions which will be used to accommodate ASD special classes that are ongoing; the number that are due... - Schools Building Projects
971. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the workload is too onerous on principals and boards of management in relation to the building of school extensions, whether... - School Accommodation
973. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools with classrooms in prefabricated buildings in each county in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form;... - Special Educational Needs
977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the proposed closure of the special education class in a school (details supplied) for children attending a... - Departmental Data
978. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has informed herself and conducted any analysis in relation to the number of primary schools that have vacant places in ASD units... - School Admissions
979. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an appropriate school place is provided for a pupil (details supplied). [29433/22] - School Staff
980. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional special needs assistant posts for County Wexford for the 2022-2023 school year; and if she will make a statement on the... - Education Policy
981. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the July Provision will go ahead for a student (details supplied) attending a school in County Sligo. [29447/22] - State Examinations
982. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the State Examinations Commission to address an issue in relation to the cohort of students who are due to sit their Leaving... - School Facilities
983. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans her Department has to facilitate improved walking and cycling access to schools (details supplied) from Waterside along the reservation... - Educational Disadvantage
984. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date decisions on appeals to the DEIS programme will be communicated with schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29551/22] - School Staff
985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date a school (details supplied) will receive a decision on their primary staffing appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Functions
986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise in relation to an application for an incremental credit claim for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - School Admissions
987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a minor (details supplied) cannot be guaranteed a secondary school place in east Cork when the schools open after the summer... - School Staff
988. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve the retention of a classroom teacher in a primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
989. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review correspondence (details supplied); her views in relation the specifics of this case; and if she will provide an update on the... - Special Educational Needs
990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Questions 397 and 398 of 31 May 2022, if her Department could examine the figures provided in view of the fact that in a... - School Transport
992. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the payment announced for bus operators that provide school transport to assist with rising costs; and if she will make a statement... - Bullying in Educational Institutions
994. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her strategy to tackle cyberbullying and harassment, particularly of children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29723/22] - Schools Building Projects
995. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works on a school building project (details supplied) will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29730/22] - Special Educational Needs
996. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full school-based summer programmes for special education schools and classes in counties Longford and Westmeath for 2022; and if... - School Enrolments
998. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the planned location of a school (details supplied); if she recognises the stress and concerns that this is... - School Admissions
1000. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 37 A notices that have been issued in counties Kildare and Laois in the past two years; her plans to issue more notices in... - Special Educational Needs
1001. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special education needs organisers in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29964/22] - Ukraine War
1003. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is in full compliance with the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/554 of 5 April 2022 on the recognition of qualifications... - Special Educational Needs
1004. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the provision of a special needs assistance for a child (details supplied) with cerebral palsy who has very limited mobility;... - School Funding
1005. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department makes any allowance in the budget provision for a school (details supplied) which has to operate across two separate sites.... - Schools Building Projects
1006. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on when it is expected that construction will commence for a new school (details supplied). [30013/22] - Disadvantaged Status
1007. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a DEIS appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30016/22] - Schools Building Projects
1008. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will move to its permanent site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30018/22] - Schools Refurbishment
1011. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the plans for new school buildings at a school (details supplied) including a clear timeframe for completion;... - School Transport
1014. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that school transport is provided for a child (details supplied) and a number of school colleagues; if she accepts that there... - State Examinations
1015. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the worry that Leaving Certificate students will be under if the results are delayed; if she can give... - School Transport
1016. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport routes will be added for a school (details supplied); if she will consider increasing the service to another school which... - Schools Building Projects
1017. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress of a new school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30185/22] - Disadvantaged Status
1018. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on DEIS appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30188/22] - Special Educational Needs
1021. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in need of an ASD place in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 respectively, who have been unable to secure an appropriate school place... - School Transport
1023. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of eligible applications that have been received and the number of eligible tickets issued for the school transport scheme in the... - State Examinations
1024. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date of Leaving Certificate 2022 results; and if she will give assurances that this will not be delayed. [30305/22] - Departmental Legal Cases
1025. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of cases that have been taken against her Department in each year since 2016 in relation to special education provision; the cases... - Residential Institutions
1026. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she intends to introduce legislation to formally wind up Caranua; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30316/22] - Site Acquisitions
1027. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist in identifying a site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30384/22] - Special Educational Needs
1028. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an occupational therapist report is a requirement in order to qualify for a grant for a laptop at a secondary school for a student with... - Traveller Education
1029. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if work has commenced on the Traveller education strategy, which was committed to in the 2020 programme for Government; the progress that has... - School Attendance
1030. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently on reduced timetables who have been notified to her Department under the new guidelines; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
1033. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the proposed front-loading model for special education needs assistants; the modelling or algorithm that informs the... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
1034. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year and first-year cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio at post-primary level by one point. [30406/22] - Site Acquisitions
1035. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30422/22] - State Examinations
1037. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the results date for the leaving certificate examination in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30424/22] - Ukraine War
1038. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian refugees who have enrolled in primary school across Ireland, per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
1040. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and the timelines for planning, tender, commencement and completion. [30471/22] - School Staff
1041. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to allow a school (details supplied) to retain an eighth teacher given that the school now exceeds the threshold by six... - School Accommodation
1042. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for extension for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30576/22] - Site Acquisitions
1043. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the acquisition of a site for replacement of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30577/22] - School Admissions
1044. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every applicant for secondary school in Newbridge, Kildare and the surrounding rural areas has obtained a school place for the coming school... - Special Educational Needs
1045. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the reduction of allocation from 14.5 special needs assistants, SNAs, to 12.5 in a school (details supplied) and the... - Schools Building Projects
1046. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on progress on the new building for a school (details supplied); if a design team has been appointed; when it is... - School Admissions
1047. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) is being refused a place in a national school when their two siblings are already enrolled in the school;... - School Staff
1048. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30649/22] - Schools Building Projects
1050. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the delay and the timescales going forward for the commencement of the building of an extension for a school (details supplied);... - School Staff
1054. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the provision of a fifth teacher to a school (details supplied) that has 112 children enrolled for September 2022 and which,... - Special Educational Needs
1055. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30757/22] - Schools Building Projects
1056. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans, if any, there are for a multi-denominational secondary school for the Pelletstown-Ashtown area in Dublin 7-Dublin 15. [30778/22] - Special Educational Needs
1057. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a person (details supplied) with their recent application for an exemption from rule 64 (1) for the 2022-23 school year,... - School Equipment
1058. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's position on parents acquiring digital learning devices and specifically if they have the autonomy to purchase IT equipment... - School Admissions
1059. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of first-year secondary school places available in schools across Lucan, County Dublin; if her attention has been drawn to the... - School Staff
1060. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide for the retention of a fifth classroom teacher at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will outline the... - School Textbooks
1064. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the free schoolbooks pilot project; when the pilot project will be reviewed and rolled out across the country... - School Discipline
1066. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are rules governing alcohol consumption in licensed premises near schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30914/22] - Disadvantaged Status
1067. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30920/22] - Special Educational Needs
1068. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will develop a centralised national database for children with special needs at primary and secondary level to streamline forward...
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