Written answers
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide funding for pilot occupational therapy programmes in schools; if any such initiatives have taken place to date; and if she... - School Transport
212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that Bus Éireann does not provide a direct service for students from Castleblayney or Carrickmacross to Maynooth; and if she will... - School Staff
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to reinstate the 1,800 assistant principal positions at primary and special school levels that remain outstanding since the end of... - Capitation Grants
214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the discrepancy of 72 cent per pupil per day in the capitation grant rate for primary school students at a mainstream rate of... - National Educational Psychological Service
215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made in budget 2023 to expand the operational budget of the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make... - School Transport
216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that children (details supplied) who have availed of school transport to their secondary schools for the past four and five... - Education Policy
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will seek additional detail on the research and evidence upon which a statement (details supplied) by the interdepartmental group that... - Schools Building Projects
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans in place to build new secondary schools in Dublin 5, Dublin 13 and Dublin 17, or to expand capacity of existing schools in the... - School Staff
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek to reverse the decision to make the positions of one full-time permanent teaching post and three SNAs redundant at a school... - School Accommodation
230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation regarding the development of much-needed works for a school (details supplied) following numerous requests to her... - School Facilities
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant funding that is available under her Department for a new-build sports hall or multi-purpose hall for a school (details supplied); the... - After-School Support Services
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will author a policy document advising schools on a way to establish after-school services; and if she will make a statement on... - School Facilities
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding applications that are open to a national school to apply for (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Enrolments
234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there will be enough post-primary school places available in the school planning area covering the Dublin 17 area; the... - Disadvantaged Status
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the DEIS review for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46645/22] - School Transport
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the reason that a pupil (details supplied) who applied for a school bus ticket in April 2022 and who has been using the... - Special Educational Needs
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that a school can make an application for funding for a sensory room; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46671/22] - Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéad duine i scoil Ghaeltachta a fuair díolúine ón nGaeilge ar an mbonnleibhéal agus ar an... - School Transport
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) will be accommodated on the school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46693/22] - School Staff
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department's online claims system will be amended to allow schools to place a substitute teacher in a non-filled temporary post in order... - Schools Building Projects
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the interim building will be in place for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46802/22] - School Transport
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the cut-off age for drivers of school transport services will be reviewed given the difficulty in recruiting drivers at present. [46867/22] - Disadvantaged Status
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from her Department will meet with the administrative staff of a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary that was refused DEIS... - State Examinations
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when junior certificate examination results will be available to candidates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46920/22] - Special Educational Needs
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that special schools are not sanctioned for the post of home-school liaison officers; if consideration has been given to expanding the... - School Transport
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available through her Department to assist a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to upgrade its transport facilities; and... - School Costs
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 865 of 8 September 2022, if she will request schoolbook companies to provide licences for eBook downloads... - Special Educational Needs
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any specific restriction on the appointment of a home school liaison officer for special schools. [46969/22] - School Enrolments
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the school catchment area in which Clonshaugh, Dublin 17, is located; the primary and secondary schools in the catchment area; the nature of each... - School Equipment
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the State of a policy to provide devices such as notebooks or similar to each student who is required to have them; and if... - Departmental Correspondence
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied) that was sent to her by this Deputy on 26 April 2022. [46988/22] - Education Schemes
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 20 September 2022, the reason that the issue of applying for a remote grant lies with Bus... - Special Educational Needs
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the delivery of an ASD class for a school (details supplied); if there has been a review of its DEIS band one status; and if she... - School Transport
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the eligibility criteria for school transport given the demonstrated need; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Health Promotion
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress update on the Primary School Healthy Eating Education Programme as outlined in the Programme for Government. [47031/22] - School Transport
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if transport will be provided to a student (details supplied) who is attending a school with no bus route; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Reviews
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of the costs for all live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her; and the... - Schools Building Projects
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will commence on a permanent school (details supplied); when the project will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the... - Ukraine War
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian refugees that have been taken in by private schools as of 21 January 2022, by county in tabular form. [47117/22] - School Staff
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 90-day rule or cap on career-break substitute teaching will be removed. [47118/22] - National Educational Psychological Service
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will regain its previous access to a psychologist and referral service. [47119/22] - School Transport
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered supports for schools that are not in the school transport scheme that seek to organise public transport to the school to... - Special Educational Needs
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2023 if an additional 900 special needs assistants were recruited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47238/22] - State Examinations
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans to move the average points awarded in the leaving certificate back to the type of normal distribution which prevailed before... - School Transport
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47310/22] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be any provision in budget 2023 to allow class sizes to be reduced by two points in order to be brought to the European average as... - National Educational Psychological Service
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government will accept calls by an organisation (details supplied) for a wider availability of age-appropriate supports through the... - Special Educational Needs
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to reinstate and expand the in-school and early years therapy support demonstration project; and if she will make a... - School Transport
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the appeals made by a person (details supplied) in County Louth against the decision not to be provided school... - Schools Building Projects
282. 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 timeframe for the commencement of...
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