Written answers
Wednesday, 18 January 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools require planning permission for the installation of temporary accommodation; the assessments, if any, that are carried out in advance... - School Staff
658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason home tutors who provided tuition under the July provision summer programme have not been paid; if she will clarify when payments will... - Public Sector Pensions
659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a retired pensioner from the LCETB can expect to receive their pension increase (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staff
660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce new measures to facilitate easier post-primary teacher transfers and redeployment; if she will consider establishing a... - State Examinations
662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the eligibility criteria for deferred leaving certificate examinations to ensure students who have an unexpected medical... - School Staff
663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a proposal by an organisation (details supplied); if she will engage with the organisation on this motion; and if she will... - School Transport
665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for the special education school grant by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Meals Programme
666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she agrees with ETBI that the current rates for the school meal allowance scheme are unrealistic and causing the scheme to be unworkable; if... - School Transport
668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket. [63292/22] - School Staff
669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that her Department is proposing to deal with applications for leave from secondary and primary school teachers given that in cases in... - School Transport
670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the absence of school bus supports available to pupils living in Newcastle, County Dublin, and attending the... - School Staff
671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to respond to the teacher retention crisis in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs
672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to her response to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 7 December 2022, her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a... - School Transport
673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63346/22] - School Staff
674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider changing the current regulations in order that teachers can transfer job location in an easier fashion (details supplied);... - School Transport
675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an individual transport service will commence for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63352/22] - Special Educational Needs
676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places currently available in a school (details supplied); if there are children on the waiting list to attend the school; the... - School Staff
677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63372/22] - Legislative Measures
678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all sections of all Acts passed in the past ten years have been commenced; the number of sections that are outstanding; the number of Acts... - School Staff
679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered introducing a national voluntary redeployment panel for secondary teachers who wish to relocate and keep their permanent... - Teacher Training
680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the removal of route 4 to primary teaching will further exacerbate the supply crisis in teaching; her further views on... - Special Educational Needs
682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63406/22] - Departmental Schemes
683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 16 of 5 July 2022, if she will provide an update on the revised ex gratia scheme that she referenced. [63407/22] - School Accommodation
684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a modular unit that is required to facilitate increased enrolment will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
686. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the stage application for the detailed design stage for a school (details supplied) will be given approval to proceed; and if she will make... - School Staff
688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the income of a person (details supplied) is corrected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63432/22] - School Accommodation
690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63480/22] - School Staff
691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is entitled to any assistance from community employment schemes with regard to caretaking or small jobs within the... - School Funding
692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consideration has been given to increase the funding allocated to primary and secondary schools to allow them to provide adequate heating... - National Educational Psychological Service
693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS assessments available to primary schools in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the... - School Transport
694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport services will be provided for Rathcoffey to Maynooth, given that a number of families did not receive a bus ticket in... - Special Educational Needs
695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistive technology will be provided to a child (details supplied). [63586/22] - School Staff
696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a proposal on teacher redeployment by an organisation (details supplied). [63588/22] - School Curriculum
699. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to reports that a school (details supplied) hosted a women’s safety week from 5-9 December 2022; if she... - Climate Change Policy
700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the outputs from her Department’s actions in the Climate Action Plan Annexe of Actions; and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay by the NCSE in responding to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63625/22] - School Transport
703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket, given the Bus Éireann school transport section has failed to... - Schools Administration
705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the education system that operate a shorter day for infants' classes than the rest of the classes. [63645/22] - School Staff
706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the introduction of a national voluntary redeployment panel for post-primary teachers; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided for a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63678/22] - School Transport
711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport issue in relation to a student (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63700/22] - Teacher Training
712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Australian teaching qualifications held by Irish emigrant citizens are recognised by the State; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staff
713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 14 December 2022, the details of any engagement she or her Department have had with a union (details... - Departmental Meetings
714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 14 December 2022, her plans to meet with a group (details supplied) in early 2023; the details of... - School Admissions
715. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to ensure a person (details supplied) will have a school place next September; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staff
717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a national voluntary redeployment panel so that those teachers who wish to relocate would keep their permanent-CID status;... - School Accommodation
720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow the board of management at a school (details supplied) to remove two prefabricated classrooms from the school yard given that... - State Examinations
721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently intervene to ensure that a student (details supplied) receives their rechecked leaving certificate examination results; and... - Departmental Schemes
722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received to date to the ex gratia scheme for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in schools; the number approved; the... - School Transport
725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 22 November 2022, if her office has liaised with the family in question regarding the remote area... - School Staff
726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider proposals from unions to establish a new system of redeployment in order to benefit teachers and to help solve teacher... - Schools Building Projects
727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated timeline for the delivery of a new post-primary school in Prosperous, County Kildare; and the projected capacity... - Site Acquisitions
730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to address the long-term accommodation needs for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
731. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the tender process for the new build at a school (details supplied) has been delayed as a result... - School Staff
732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of post-primary teacher transfers and redeployment, including the establishment of an online portal for inter-teacher transfer... - School Curriculum
733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reassess the primary and secondary education system modules to incorporate a way to include education on cultural and institutional... - Special Educational Needs
734. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD units that are available in County Wexford; the number of places in each unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Contracts
735. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amounts paid from her Department or other bodies funded by her Department to a company (details supplied) for services in the past two years;... - Special Educational Needs
736. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ASD unit will be opened in a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63950/22] - School Transport
737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pick-up for school transport for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63959/22] - Child Abuse
738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 6 December 2022, if she is satisfied with the situation whereby the State’s capacity to... - School Facilities
739. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available to improve parking and turning movements on primary school grounds in rural areas in which the 80 km speed limit... - School Staff
740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider favourably granting a contract of indefinite duration to a special education teacher, teaching in an offshore island school... - Schools Building Projects
741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a comprehensive building project for a school (details supplied) to include the replacement of a substandard 1959... - Education Policy
742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research that has been carried out by her Department into the benefits of ending the provision of homework for primary school pupils; and if... - Site Acquisitions
743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on providing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 26 October 2022, if she will provide an update on a matter; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport
745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 18 October 2022, if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make... - Schools Building Projects
747. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of works at a school (details supplied). [1196/23] - School Staff
748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Kildare; and the number in 2020. [1207/23] - Teacher Training
749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many Irish students who have completed teacher training in the UK, but are prevented... - School Transport
750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 6 December 2022, the position regarding a person (details supplied) being eligible for school... - Teacher Training
751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered, given the shortage of teachers at present, allowing Irish students who trained in the UK to complete their induction... - School Accommodation
752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if records are kept of the number of boys who leave the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf catchment for school; if she will provide an update on the... - School Patronage
753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of parents who must seek a change in patronage of a school in order for it to be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on... - Irish Language
754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure the number of students attending Irish-medium education is increased from 6.7% to 20% in the next 20 years in line with the... - School Staff
756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to ensure there will be an adequate supply of teachers for Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí over the next five years and... - Disadvantaged Status
757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a secondary school (details supplied) has not been granted DEIS status; if the matter will be revised; and if she will make a... - School Patronage
759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans for national schools in Palmerstown and Lucan to become part of the trial to move from Catholic patronage to... - School Transport
760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 7 December 2022, the basis of the decision to deem two pupils (details supplied) as ineligible for... - Special Educational Needs
761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1350/23] - School Enrolments
763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the extent of the Castletroy area and its environs within the school planning area; if it specifically includes the Old... - Site Acquisitions
764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1448/23] - Ministerial Responsibilities
765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of... - School Enrolments
766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently on waiting lists for primary school places in Portlaoise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1492/23] - Departmental Data
767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the name of the company, organisation or persons contracted to provide media training to her from 1 January 2021 to date; the costs incurred; and... - School Transport
768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school bus service will be provided for Ukrainian children (details supplied) who are living in temporary hotel accommodation in County... - Education Policy
769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are available to students who have been refused an Irish exemption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1529/23] - Special Educational Needs
770. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a child (details supplied). [1583/23] - Departmental Properties
772. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the disposal of land by her Department to the Department of Health to provide a primary healthcare centre in Collinstown, Dublin... - Disadvantaged Status
773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included in the DEIS scheme due to the school demographic; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size in primary and secondary schools, per county, in each of the past five academic years, including 2022-2023, in tabular... - State Examinations
775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider waiving secondary level examination fees for junior and leaving certificate examinations to alleviate the financial burden... - Teaching Qualifications
776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1660/23] - School Accommodation
777. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has any plans for additional secondary schools in the Sandyford-Stepaside-Dublin 18 area, given the rising population and the lack of... - Schools Building Projects
778. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for a permanent building to replace the existing prefabs; and if... - Departmental Properties
779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied); if her Department has plans to utilise this building within the lifetime of the Government;... - School Admissions
780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the catchment area that Glenmore Woods, Mullingar, County Westmeath is in, in relation to the primary schools in Mullingar town and surrounding... - School Transport
781. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline when the long-awaited review of the school transport scheme is due to be completed and the recommendations published; and if... - School Funding
782. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application for funding by a school (details supplied) for the completion of modular accommodation. [1793/23] - Departmental Correspondence
783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when consent, as requested by a person (details supplied), will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1877/23] - Public Sector Pay
784. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that part-time tutors working with the ETB were not included under the recent national pay agreement for public sector pay increases;... - School Transport
785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the school transport review to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1899/23] - State Examinations
787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review State examination accommodations for students with dyspraxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1922/23] - Schools Building Projects
788. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a permanent school building; the reason for the delay in progressing the project... - Educational Disadvantage
789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department assesses the number of medical card holders within a school as an accurate measurement of gathering vital information on... - Education and Training Boards
790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the hourly rates of pay for full-time and part-time tutors in the ETB for those who commenced tutoring prior to 2011 and since 2011; and if she... - School Accommodation
791. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) under the additional accommodation scheme; and if she will make a... - Educational Disadvantage
792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans, if any, to extend DEIS status to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1977/23] - School Admissions
793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that there are a sufficient number of post-primary school places available in the west of Galway city to meet demand; the... - School Transport
794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue in relation to school transport (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Uniforms
796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to instate a uniform policy for schools in order to ensure cost-effective options are available to students and... - School Admissions
797. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a secondary school place will be provided for a student (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staff
798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special needs assistant will be put in place for a child (details supplied). [2071/23] - School Equipment
799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision by her Department to refuse an equipment grant for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Transport
800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the school transport division will provide school transport and tickets for students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
803. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a process through which class sizes in post-primary schools are set; if schools are requested to hold places back for any reason; and... - Schools Building Projects
804. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will intervene in a matter (details supplied). [2174/23] - School Transport
805. 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 Meath against the decision not to be provided with... - Educational Disadvantage
806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a school (details supplied) was not included as a DEIS school in the review in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Admissions
807. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place can be found for a child (details supplied) at a local primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2193/23] - School Accommodation
808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she is satisfied that adequate steps have been taken to ensure the availability of sufficient new school or add-on... - Schools Building Projects
816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she is satisfied that adequate steps have been taken to ensure the provision of a new primary school in Newtown, Enfield,... - National Educational Psychological Service
820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on the number of National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, transition consultations for children who are transitioning out of primary... - Teaching Qualifications
822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to ensure that a higher education course (details supplied) for special needs assistants is accredited as a level 7... - Special Educational Needs
823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who are waiting on a placement in autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in County Cork; her plans to open further units... - Schools Building Projects
824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schedule for the commencement and completion of construction of the long-delayed permanent school (details supplied) in Enfield, County... - School Admissions
826. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to reports that second level schools in Lucan, County Dublin, have significant waiting lists for first year... - State Examinations
828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who availed of the alternative leaving certificate examination in 2019, when first introduced; if students who have... - Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
829. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil i gceist aici aon chuid den 3.5 uair a chloig atá leagtha síos faoi láthair do mhúineadh na Gaeilge sa tseachtain... - Schools Building Projects
830. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); the efforts that her Department is making to ensure that students...
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