Written answers
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the delay in providing a school bus for the pupils attending the ASD unit at a school (details supplied). [49827/22] - School Funding
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the result that the €90 million cost-of-living increase and energy relief measures fund is designed to achieve; and the way in which her... - School Transport
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the operation of the school transport scheme in order that it treats children of no religion the same as children from minority... - Education Policy
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider funding trainee educational and child psychologists in the same way that their trainee counselling psychologist colleagues... - School Transport
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the school transport scheme in 2023. [49939/22] - Education Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to ensure similar funding for educational psychologists considering the shortage of educational psychologists and also the recent... - Educational Disadvantage
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposal, if any, to extend the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49942/22] - School Accommodation
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on work to secure a temporary location for a school (details supplied) while a permanent building is under... - Covid-19 Pandemic
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the provisions of the Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021 that passed second stage in October 2021; the... - School Transport
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she can address the outstanding issues on school transport, with particular reference to ensuring that children who were... - School Staff
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any flexibility can be given to rural schools to retain a teacher in cases in which the number of students falls to ensure that rural schools... - Citizens' Assembly
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has agreed a commencement date for a Citizens’ Assembly on Education; and when she hopes that the Assembly will take place. [49936/22] - Energy Conservation
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the delivery of a retrofitting programme for schools built before 2008 as committed to in the National Development Plan;... - Pleananna Oideachais
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bplean chun polasaí cuimsitheach don Ghaeilge sa chóras oideachais,... - Special Educational Needs
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being undertaken now to plan for summer provision in summer 2023; if the programme still appropriately serves the children for... - Education and Training Boards
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that ETBs no longer have the authority to grant cover for workforce leave as they did prior to the moratorium; and if she will make a... - School Curriculum
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and her Department are considering a specified role for physical education teachers in primary schools as part of the primary curriculum... - School Staff
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the crisis of recruitment and substitute teachers in the major urban centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that each school (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will have an autism class; the status of same; and if she is prepared to... - School Transport
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review of school transport places following the additional funding provided in Budget 2023; the timeline for its... - Schools Building Projects
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building project for a school (details supplied). [49675/22] - School Transport
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her long-term plans to address the issue of school bus transport to ensure that all children who require it receive it; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the requirements that would need to be in place in order for her Department to support the establishment of a special school in east Cork; and if... - School Funding
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria set out for the Irish and bilingual grant; the reason that some schools in the same geographic area are included and others are not;... - Special Educational Needs
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to increase the lack of places in primary and secondary schools for young persons with special educational needs and... - School Textbooks
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated cost of the provision of free schoolbooks for all second level students; if the matter was given consideration in the context of... - State Examinations
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date that the results of the Junior Certificate will be made available to candidates. [49938/22] - School Transport
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any extra buses or bus capacity have been procured for school transport in Cork south west; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Curriculum
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a direction to schools to ensure that they provide students that do not attend subjects in religious instruction under section... - Education Policy
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement and research her Department has undertaken and is undertaking to upgrade existing second level schools and to provide new second... - Schools Building Projects
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the proposed permanent school build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Education Policy
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department last assessed the need for an additional secondary school in Dublin 8; and if her Department will do so again on foot of the... - Early School Leavers
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that County Carlow has the third highest national rates of early-school-leaving, and that absenteeism... - Education Policy
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that she has taken to ensure that universal design learning and universal design principles are implemented in primary and secondary... - Schools Building Projects
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with the principal and the board of management of a school (details supplied) to discuss her Department's future plans with... - Special Educational Needs
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of teachers which results in classes including special education classes not going ahead (details... - School Costs
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the views of a person (details supplied) who remarked that, after Budget 2023, schools will still require... - Special Educational Needs
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of education professionals who engaged with summer provision in 2022; if that matched the demand for places; and if she will make a... - Education Policy
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she and her Department continue to upgrade, replace and improve schools in the primary and second level sphere in County... - School Staff
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pathway forward for a teacher (details supplied) who was employed in a principal release post in a school (details supplied) in the school... - Schools Building Projects
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details including the location, completion timeline and patronage of the new post primary school (details supplied) in Dublin... - School Transport
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of families that have been impacted by the technical issues pertaining to an email addresses (details supplied); the proportion of... - National Council for Special Education
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that the changes in the resources in the National Council for Special Education planned for 2023 will be deployed for the benefit of... - State Examinations
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate students currently waiting for their exam results; and if she will make a statement on... - Creative Youth Plan
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on expanding the creative clusters under the school's excellence fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49602/22] - School Transport
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support organising bus transport for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49595/22] - School Textbooks
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the implementation of the free primary schoolbooks scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49603/22] - Special Educational Needs
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to just two post-primary schools in all of Dublin 24 have ASD classes offering just 18 places for 204 children;... - Schools Building Projects
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Pleananna Oideachais
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é atá pléite aici leis na páirtithe leasmhara maidir le straitéisí don Ghaeilge sa chóras oideachais; agus... - School Funding
126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures included in Budget 2023 to increase the financial supports available to all school boards of management to ensure that they can meet... - School Staff
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to school principals across Dublin that are reporting teachers leaving because they cannot afford to live in... - Legislative Measures
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if changes are planned to the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 in relation to school children with special educational needs; and if she... - State Examinations
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her engagements with the State Examination Commission in relation to ensuring the availability of assistive... - Special Educational Needs
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if each child who requires a place in an ASD unit will obtain same in September 2023. [49677/22] - Education Policy
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has adopted a strategy for improving leadership and performance evaluation in schools. [49766/22] - Schools Building Projects
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the building project for a school (details supplied). [49674/22] - State Examinations
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are being taken to provide candidates, parents and schools with certainty regarding the arrangements for issuing the Junior... - Special Educational Needs
135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the system in place to track and measure need for school places for children with disabilities; and if she will... - School Accommodation
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) that will be forced to fundraise for an adequate school hall in its new school... - Education Policy
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the need for a further primary school in the high growth area of Castletroy, Limerick; and if she will make a statement on... - School Funding
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to extend the Irish and bilingual grant to all post-primary Irish medium schools in the country; the reason that multi-denominational... - Educational Disadvantage
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals, if any, to amend the criteria for inclusion in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49943/22] - School Funding
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the capitation grant for both primary and post-primary pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49738/22] - Legislative Reviews
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Data
144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of gaelscoileanna currently operational in the State. [50003/22] - Educational Disadvantage
146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons that a primary school (details supplied) was denied DEIS status despite all other schools in the locality being provided DEIS status;... - Education Policy
147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which Budget 2023 will support well-being in schools. [49917/22] - Departmental Programmes
151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the rollout expansion of the Schools Energy Retrofit Pathfinder Programme for 2023-2024; and if she will make a... - School Facilities
152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanism that will be used to roll out the solar schools initiative; the way that schools will be able to avail of the scheme; the...
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