Written answers

Thursday, 14 July 2022

  • Naval Service
    426. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress being made with the mid-life extension programme for the LÉ Niamh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38921/22]
  • Public Sector Pensions
    427. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act...
  • Defence Forces
    428. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will detail both the maximum and the current strength levels of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38988/22]
  • Air Corps
    430. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current total strength of Air Corps personnel; and if he will provide a breakdown of the numbers of qualified military pilots, cadet pilots...
  • Defence Forces
    431. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of women in the Defence Forces, by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38991/22]
  • Naval Service
    438. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of naval operations and patrols that have had to be cancelled between 2015 and 2022; the reason for the cancellation; and if he will...
  • Defence Forces
    439. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the progress that has been made to date on the high-level implementation plan; and if he will make a statement...
  • Departmental Data
    452. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of apprentices are there on points 1-3 of the pay scale, inclusive, for enlisted personnel of the Permanent Defence Forces in tabular...
  • Cybersecurity Policy
    459. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s involvement in increasing the State’s cybersecurity infrastructure, including additional financial resources...
  • Departmental Reports
    462. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans there are to implement the report of the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Defence Forces
    463. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will detail the interaction and engagement by his Department with Dublin Airport Authority regarding the use of the Defence Forces at...
  • Departmental Data
    465. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel by rank attached to the Defence Forces equitation school; the number of vacancies by rank in the...
  • School Transport
    467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that have been made to compensate school bus service providers for the unprecedented increase in the price of fuel for buses;...
  • Departmental Bodies
    468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has given approval to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s documents titled an inclusive approach to SPHE/RSE...
  • Departmental Schemes
    469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an appeals mechanism for the emergency works scheme; and if so, if she will provide the details of same. [38819/22]
  • School Admissions
    471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are allowed to ask for birth certificates from parents of children seeking a school place; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Transport
    472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend a school bus route (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38869/22]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of the restoration of leadership posts at primary school level to pre-2008 levels. [38881/22]
  • School Transport
    477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected with schools that provide a private bus service in order that the charges to parents will also be waived; and if she...
  • Departmental Expenditure
    478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated capital cost of the additional classroom space required to implement a one-point reduction in the pupil teacher ratio by first year...
  • National Educational Psychological Service
    481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first year cost of hiring one additional educational psychologist. [38937/22]
  • Departmental Data
    483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff who are abated under her Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act...
  • School Accommodation
    484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is dealing with an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if she will appreciate the clear...
  • Departmental Policies
    485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to provide funding for special ongoing day programmes for children going to special primary schools that would cover a...
  • School Transport
    486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the approval of an additional school bus to collect the 20 plus students going to second level schools in Cavan town from...
  • Education Policy
    488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 31 May 2022, the estimated first and full-year saving of removing the monetary subsidy given to...
  • Special Educational Needs
    489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will change the criteria that reasonable accommodations of certificate examinations apply for the appointment of readers for leaving...
  • National Educational Psychological Service
    491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in counties Cavan and Monaghan that are waiting for an appointment with a National Educational Psychological Service...
  • Schools Building Projects
    492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans for the delivery of new primary and secondary schools in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39157/22]
  • Special Educational Needs
    493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of the autism unit at a school (details supplied) in County Louth. [39158/22]
  • School Staff
    494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the agreement on school secretaries’ pay and conditions; the Departmental resources that are being...
  • School Accommodation
    496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received from schools in Cork under the major capital works scheme; and the number granted to date in 2022. [39284/22]
  • Disadvantaged Status
    497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given at an early date to a further extension of the DEIS Programme in view of the availability of data from the 2022...
  • Schools Building Projects
    499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive its anticipated BCAR validation 21-day process and if she will make a statement on the matter.; and...
  • School Costs
    500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has carried out an analysis of back-to-school costs for parents for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 school years in the context of the rising...
  • Schools Building Projects
    501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of a site for the proposed build of a school (details supplied); if a site suitably and...
  • School Inspections
    502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills a site visit from her Department has taken place at a school (details supplied) due to security concerns; and if she will make a statement on the...

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