Written answers
Tuesday, 21 March 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional accommodation application submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the location and timeframe for the building of a school (details supplied). [12244/23] - School Funding
604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application by a school (details supplied) for English as an Additional Language, EAL, teaching support; and if she will... - School Accommodation
605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional accommodation application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12261/23] - Departmental Funding
606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times funding was moved across budget lines within her Department in a process known as virement; the name and purpose of the fund... - Schools Building Projects
607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to allow school building projects, for schools such as a school (details supplied) that use temporary... - Special Educational Needs
609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if section 67 of Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018 has been commenced; if this will allow the National Council for Special Education... - Departmental Data
610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staffrooms funded by her Department in 2020, 2021 and 2022 in second-level schools; the number of applications for staffrooms... - Schools Building Projects
611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in approving the funding for the Nore school building bundle; the timeframe for approval; and if she will make a... - School Staff
612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12401/23] - Departmental Data
613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements that are being made for a child (details supplied) in south Tipperary to have a school place in an autism spectrum disorder,... - School Staff
614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that school caretakers will be paid over a 52-week period before the end of this school term, as per the agreement reached... - School Transport
616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide school transport to pupils (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12433/23] - School Textbooks
617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify how the free schoolbook scheme will be rolled out; if the scheme will be administered from publishers, wholesalers or... - Special Educational Needs
618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify her plans for the continued funding and development of early intervention ASD classes. [12462/23] - School Curriculum
620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what research her Department has carried out on the effect on primary school children of delivering material on transgenderism in the classroom;... - School Accommodation
622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the temporary accommodation committed to a school (details supplied); the timeline for the installation of same; if any... - Schools Building Projects
623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for a permanent building to replace the existing prefabs; and if... - Undefined
624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12550/23] - Schools Building Projects
625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the confirmed delay of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the basis for this decision in... - Departmental Expenditure
626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects that are paused or being considered for pausing under capital expenditure. [12568/23] - Schools Refurbishment
627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of works for a school rebuild (details supplied). [12569/23] - School Admissions
629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will act with the utmost urgency to ensure that a young person (details supplied) can return to secondary school education at the earliest... - School Transport
630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the terms of reference in respect of the review of the school transport scheme that commenced in February 2021; the... - Schools Building Projects
631. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to allow the school building project, for a school (details supplied) to proceed, to allow this school to move... - Schools Refurbishment
632. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently expedite an emergency works application for a school (details supplied). [12590/23] - Special Educational Needs
633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who has level two autism and whose parents have been unsuccessful in securing a primary... - Schools Refurbishment
634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail the contacts she has had with a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary in respect of the need to progress the building... - Schools Building Projects
635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm if a school project (details supplied) did in fact go out to tender, given that it was announced in May 2022 that it would go... - School Accommodation
641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the application by a school (details supplied) for the urgent provision of additional accommodation, which the... - Capital Expenditure Programme
642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any projects under her remit are on hold due to Capital Funding pressures; if she will indicate the projects, in tabular form; and if she will... - State Examinations
643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when sixth-year students can expect to receive definite timetable scheduling for their Leaving Certificate oral examinations (details supplied);... - Schools Building Projects
645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project, (details supplied); if she will advise what is the current position with the project; when contracts... - School Transport
646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children (details supplied) can be catered for in the provision of school bus tickets as per her last budget announcement as happened for... - School Enrolments
647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the over subscription to national schools in a town (details supplied). [12765/23] - School Staff
648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that an additional teacher is assigned to a national school (details supplied) under the criteria alleviating some of the... - State Examinations
649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on the date set for the issuing of Leaving Certificate results. [12767/23] - Special Educational Needs
650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will immediately make available the SNA allocations for secondary schools in Cork south west for the 2022-2023 academic year. [12768/23] - School Accommodation
653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking in relation to a shortage of spaces in secondary schools in Clonakilty, County Cork. [12772/23] - Special Educational Needs
654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with a group (details supplied) concerning the establishment of a special needs school in the Cork south west. [12773/23] - Schools Building Projects
656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) and award a special needs allowance to them; if not, the reason for not doing so; the... - State Examinations
658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider implementing measures to alleviate Leaving Certificate stresses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport
659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide students (details supplied) with tickets for the school transport scheme. [12844/23] - Departmental Staff
660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of officials that are based in the school transport scheme section of her Department, by grade as whole-time equivalents and part-time... - School Accommodation
661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an additional accommodation project at a school (details supplied), given the tendering process for this school... - Schools Building Projects
662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of a school building project at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - School Staff
663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will permit a school (details supplied) in County Limerick to retain a teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12894/23] - Sustainable Development Goals
664. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made by her Department in respect of targets and goals set out in sustainable development goals of the 2030 United Nations Agenda... - Special Educational Needs
665. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of plans for the modification of a mainstream classroom to a special educational needs classroom in a school (details... - National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment uses any child development model; and if so, if she will specify which one. [12943/23] - Schools Building Projects
668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of the 58 schools whose building projects are currently on hold due to capital funding pressures. [12949/23] - School Accommodation
669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review arrangements for additional classroom delivery in County Cork (details supplied) in order to ensure optimum financial... - School Facilities
670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) is to remain on a site in the 2023-2024 school year; if her Department will provide additional prefab classrooms... - School Accommodation
671. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the accommodation plan for a school (details supplied) for the 2024-2025 school year; when An Bord Pleanála will make a final decision on... - School Admissions
672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist a child (details supplied) with their school situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12984/23] - School Transport
673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take urgent steps to restore a school taxi service to a pupil (details supplied) in County Cork. [12985/23] - Schools Building Projects
674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 421 of 18 October 2022, if she will provide an update in relation to the status of a project for a school... - School Meals Programme
675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be fully integrated into the Kilkenny School Completion Programme in order that it can provide school meals... - Special Educational Needs
676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the provision of home tuition for children with complex... - School Transport
677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to improve and reform the school transport scheme in time for the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, following the... - Schools Building Projects
678. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the pause placed on 58 new school buildings; if current delays are expected to affect the 2023-2024, 2024-2025 and 2025-2026... - Bus Services
682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a pick-up location on a school bus route in County Westmeath will be reconsidered, given that there are more suitable locations in the... - Schools Building Projects
683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the schools that have been advised of delays in their capital projects; and if she will make a statement on the... - Teacher Training
684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason students in a college (details supplied) who are carrying out their programme to be a primary school teacher must pay their own... - Schools Building Projects
685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update and status of a school building project in respect of a school (details supplied). [13040/23] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any updates on the Covid cleaning grant for term 2 that was expected in January 2023; and the timeframe in which it will be... - School Costs
688. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €95 per student transition year grant for schools in the free education scheme for post-primary schools directly subsidises the... - Ukraine War
689. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to her Department to engaging with all post-primary schools that are accommodating Ukrainian students with regard to the... - Schools Building Projects
690. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list the 58 school building projects which have been halted by her Department [13081/23] - Departmental Inquiries
691. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised by person (details supplied) in relation to the scope of enquiry into historical sexual abuse in schools;... - Schools Building Projects
692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the 58 schools whose building projects have been put on hold from proceeding to either tender or construction... - Special Educational Needs
693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons waiting for a laptop, tablet or other specialist software under the assistive technology grant; how this figure compares... - Schools Building Projects
694. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will summarise in detail the number of new school build projects in County Tipperary that have been put on hold by her Department; the... - Ukraine War
696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian children that are enrolled in schools in County Wicklow, broken down between primary and secondary schools; the name of... - Schools Building Projects
697. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason plans to develop 58 new schools have been put on hold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13116/23] - Special Educational Needs
700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when details of the home-based, summer education programme for 2023 will be published by her Department. [13136/23] - National Council for Special Education
701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing a timebound appeals process for schools appealing to the NCSE, in order that they might have a prospective date... - School Textbooks
702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when each primary school will be advised of the amount they have been allocated under the new free book scheme; and when each school can expect... - School Transport
703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider introducing an annual schedule of grants and their pay-outs in order to provide schools with more clarity in an... - School Accommodation
705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the plans for the future accommodation needs of a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to... - Schools Building Projects
706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 8 March 2023, if she will provide additional information (details supplied) pertaining to the cost... - Ukraine War
722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children from Ukraine currently living in Mullingar, County Westmeath who are availing of school transport and to which school, in... - School Accommodation
723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time a school (details supplied) has been vacant; her Department's plans for the property; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the 58 school building projects that are currently facing delay, in order of prioritisation, and by the criteria... - School Funding
725. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that have had their capital funding halted; when funding will be reinstated, in tabular... - School Transport
729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) who was denied a place on the school bus to their secondary school in 2022 although they... - Schools Building Projects
730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of schools affected by the stalling of construction projects; if schools where construction is underway such as a... - Departmental Correspondence
733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case of a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13377/23] - Schools Building Projects
734. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the 58 school building works which are currently under review by her Department; and the 29 schools which have had works put on hold or... - School Equipment
735. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of HEPA filters that have been installed in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13398/23] - State Examinations
737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Leaving Certificate results will be issued given that many students require clarity, especially if they intend to study abroad; and if... - School Staff
738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers registered pre-2012 are receiving additional allowances than all teachers registered post-2012, these teachers are finding it... - Irish Language
739. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider funding a proposal by a school (details supplied) on a pilot basis which would see English speaking schools twinned with... - Departmental Correspondence
742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13424/23] - School Textbooks
743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update in respect of the free books scheme that will operate for the 2023-2024 academic year. [13447/23] - Special Educational Needs
748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that all students with ASD in Cork south west will be supplied with a secondary school place in their locality.... - School Curriculum
749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on introducing neurodiversity lessons into the primary school curriculum to help young people learn about different conditions in a... - Departmental Programmes
750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the inclusion of a school (details supplied) in the planned pilot programme for the rollout of therapy in schools. [13507/23] - School Funding
751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contacts her Department has made with a school (details supplied) in respect of the school's need for funding for cleaning, which has been a... - School Admissions
752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a person (details supplied) as a matter of urgency. [13539/23] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the pupil-to-teacher ratio for reader units in primary schools; how this ratio is determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Staff
754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding financial support offered to registered post-primary school teachers to upskill to teach mathematics, physics and... - School Admissions
755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the advice or assistance her Department can provide to a family whose child (details supplied) is number 166 on the waiting list for a first year... - Schools Building Projects
757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in the establishment of new primary schools in Bray, Clondalkin, Naas, Gurranabraher and West Kilkenny; the current status... - Departmental Correspondence
759. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13592/23] - School Funding
761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed funding of two schools (details supplied) in Dublin 4 and Dublin 6; when these facilities will be developed given that... - School Admissions
762. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which ongoing dialogue continues between her Department, the KWETB and the relevant school authorities in Maynooth, County Kildare... - Schools Building Projects
769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date toward the provision of a replacement for a school (details supplied) at the proposed new campus to cater for three schools... - School Transport
771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that adequate measures are being taken to ensure that children of both levels are accommodated as previously towards giving... - Departmental Schemes
772. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to an alternative delivery mechanism for a scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Teaching Qualifications
773. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her engagement with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science since 1 January 2021... - School Transport
774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if details of a family (details supplied) have been forwarded to her Department for consideration for the remote area grant; the steps the family... - Education Schemes
775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Gaeltacht school recognition scheme; the number of schools recognised to-date as Gaeltacht schools under the scheme; the... - Legislative Measures
776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019; the expected timeline for the enactment of the legislation; the reason for... - School Transport
777. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is expanding capacity on the school transport network for the 2023-24 school year. [13703/23] - Education Policy
779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sponsor a campaign for the purposes of raising awareness among teaching and related professionals of the challenges facing young... - Special Educational Needs
780. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance will be provided in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13769/23] - School Transport
781. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support an application for the provision of school bus transport for 14 students from Emly, County Tipperary, who require school bus... - Schools Building Projects
783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on school building projects in Dublin Fingal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13803/23] - Site Acquisitions
784. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the address and location under consideration for a permanent site for a school (details supplied) as per an update received where the Department... - School Transport
785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the provision of school transport for schools in Straffan and Rathcoffey will be investigated with a view to putting in place an amicable... - Public Sector Pensions
786. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) can have his or her appeal pursuant to the secondary, community and comprehensive school teachers pension scheme... - Special Educational Needs
787. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in the Carrigaline, County Cork, area who are transitioning from an ASD primary unit to an ASD secondary unit; and the... - Education Schemes
789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a student (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13962/23] - School Funding
790. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a 15% increase in the ancillary services grant for primary and special schools to cover the costs from 1 September 2023 to... - Special Educational Needs
791. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when each of the vacant special education needs organiser positions within County Kildare will be filled, in tabular form. [14028/23]
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