Written answers
Tuesday, 21 February 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- Disability Services
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a pilot project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8651/23] - Adult Education Provision
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue on concerns raised by an adult tutor (details supplied) in respect of the ongoing delays to implementation of Labour... - School Admissions
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place in Kilcock, County Kildare, will be available for the forthcoming year in the case of the daughter of a person (details... - Departmental Data
369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently within the primary school system who have been identified with a first percentile word reading score and a... - Special Educational Needs
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that all children who are currently within the primary school system and who have been identified with a first percentile... - Departmental Funding
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available from her Department to parents who have been advised their child is in need of an educational assessment but are not a... - School Admissions
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place in Kilcock will be accommodated for the forthcoming year in the case of the children of a person (details supplied); and if she... - Special Educational Needs
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children on waiting lists for each reading school; and her plans to ensure that every child who requires education from a reading... - School Accommodation
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional accommodation submitted by a school (details supplied) will be expedited; and the timeline for a decision and... - School Staff
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve a NEPS psychologist for a school (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [8099/23] - Special Educational Needs
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children currently in special schools and special classes in mainstream schools; and if she will provide a breakdown by county and... - Capital Expenditure Programme
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total capital allocation to her Department for new schools in 2020, 2021 and 2022; the total spend from this budget in each of those years... - Departmental Funding
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of funding allocated to the Middletown centre for autism, Northern Ireland, each year since the commencement of the programme; the... - Teacher Training
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason post-primary teachers who are upskilling to teach maths, physics and Spanish are offered financial support, while those who are... - School Staff
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant home economics teaching posts that exist at second level in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8167/23] - Special Educational Needs
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to open any further special school placements for children in the north Dublin area. [8174/23] - Energy Conservation
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for the schools' energy retrofit pathfinder programme; the way a school can put forward its interest in being considered for the... - Special Educational Needs
383. 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. [8180/23] - Capital Expenditure Programme
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the individual total capital expenditure on new primary and post-primary school accommodation projects in County Clare from 2011 to 2023, in... - Special Educational Needs
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional places in a special reading school (details supplied) and in special reading schools generally throughout the... - Schools Building Projects
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated timeframe for building works to commence at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Teacher Training
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to awarding the same financial supports to registered post-primary teachers to upskill, in order to teach home... - Irish Sign Language
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 by her Department and by agencies which operate under the remit of... - Disadvantaged Status
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a review of the way DEIS is allocated particularly in cases where two single-sex schools sit adjacent with the same demographic... - Special Educational Needs
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the supports available for students with a diagnosis of dyscalculia in post primary education, in particular, supports to help... - School Admissions
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts are being made to ensure a child (details supplied) has a school place for September 2023, given they have fully completed their... - Teaching Qualifications
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, considering the 2015 Teaching Council study on teacher supply which found a shortage of home economics teachers, and also that a survey... - State Examinations
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an urgent update on a re-checked Leaving Certificate exam result for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant will be reinstated this year to allow schools to apply for much-needed works. [8341/23] - Special Educational Needs
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional WTE behaviour practitioners for the National Council for Special Education. [8363/23] - School Staff
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is engaging with stakeholders (details supplied) with regards to the establishment of a nationwide teacher transfer system for... - Schools Building Projects
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the situation regarding a grant (details supplied); when schools can expect payment; and if she will make a statement on... - School Accommodation
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how a newly built school (details supplied) is already deemed too small before it even opens and cannot absorb students from its community; and... - Schools Building Projects
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8380/23] - School Admissions
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the issue of oversubscription in junior infant classes for a school (details supplied); if she has plans to address this... - Schools Building Projects
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a minor works grant payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay with this payment; and if she will make... - School Accommodation
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application for additional school accommodation forms of grant-aid by a school (details supplied); and if she... - School Curriculum
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the NCSE policy advice on inclusive education was received by her; when she plans to publish the advice received; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when applications for the Summer Works Programme 2023 will open, in particular category 5 for science laboratories; and if she will make a... - State Examinations
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has spoken formally to the CEO of the State Examinations Commission to date in 2023. [8529/23] - Pension Provisions
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that ETB tutors are given pension entitlements. [8613/23] - Special Educational Needs
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new special educational needs organiser will be appointed to the Carlow area following the vacancy arising (details supplied); and if she... - Schools Building Projects
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) can proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8646/23] - Education Schemes
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of funding for the National Educational Psychological Service in an area that can be provided (details supplied); the plans to... - Schools Building Projects
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8649/23] - School Admissions
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place in a local school in Kilcock will be provided in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied), who has completed two... - School Accommodation
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the completion of a site assessment at a school (details supplied) which was due to be carried out in September 2022 and... - School Admissions
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school place will be facilitated for a child (details supplied) in his or her preferred local school; if every effort is being made to... - Teacher Training
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to permitting students who do not hold a H4 grade in Leaving Certificate Irish to undertake the Professional... - Departmental Advertising
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount expended on advertising and promotion in her Department, and all agencies, under the remit of her Department in 2022 and in January... - Departmental Staff
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of communications staff currently employed in her Department; the cost of them for 2022; the expected cost for 2023; and if she will... - School Transport
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be available for a special needs school student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Admissions
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve a school placement which is currently under appeal (details supplied). [8726/23] - National Educational Psychological Service
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child will be seen (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8745/23] - School Transport
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter concerning a school bus service (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8763/23] - Special Educational Needs
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish all the data related to the new educational assessment process as part of the assessment of needs; the reason if this data... - School Accommodation
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the construction of a school (details supplied). [8773/23] - Teacher Training
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered amending the student teacher Gaeltacht grant to provide full State funding of mandatory Gaeltacht placement for all student... - School Facilities
439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address serious safety concerns that have been brought to the attention of her Department by a school (details supplied); and if she... - Ukraine War
440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the supports that her Department has provided for Ukraine and for Ukrainian people since February 2022, whether in Ukraine or... - Departmental Legal Cases
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of discrimination cases taken and won against her Department over the past ten years, under each of the grounds as applicable, in...
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