Written answers
Tuesday, 28 March 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if proper school services (details supplied) for adults and children will be provided on-site at a facility, given the lack of school-places and... - Special Educational Needs
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will address the cyclical delay in making known special needs assistant allocations, such delay having a deleterious impact on... - School Transport
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can outline what the "agreed selection process" is for allocating the concessionary tickets when a school-bus route is... - School Textbooks
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department carried out any research on the impact and cost to independent book sellers of her plans to change the school book purchasing... - Special Educational Needs
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to establish ASD Units in secondary schools in Newcastle, Rathcoole or Saggart, County Dublin; and if she will make a... - School Staff
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views in relation to the proposal by the Fair Post Primary Redeployment for Teachers group that a national voluntary redeployment panel for... - Education Policy
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify why the procurement process for a contractor for a school (details supplied) has been halted; if she will acknowledge the... - Schools Building Projects
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building for (details supplied); how updates are being communicated to school management; and if she will... - School Accommodation
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on funding and approval for two modular ASD classrooms for a school (details supplied; and if she will clarify that... - Schools Building Projects
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building for (details supplied); how updates are being communicated to school management; and if she will... - Education Policy
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review of a school model (details supplied); and if she will consider expanding the model to other areas.... - School Textbooks
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the free school books scheme, that the key... - School Accommodation
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when final sanction will be issued to a school (details supplied) to build an additional urgently needed classroom for which all documentation... - Special Educational Needs
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional special needs assistant will be put in place to meet the classroom education needs of a child who attends a school (details... - Schools Building Projects
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 8 February 2023, if he will provide an update on the current status of a school building project in... - School Transport
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all children requesting school transport will be accommodated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14700/23] - Education Policy
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the draft governance review of the National Parents Council Post-Primary and her decision to remove funding, what is her proposed... - Public Procurement Contracts
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from her Department... - Official Travel
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at her... - Education Policy
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the guidelines, if any, issued to schools with respect to the reporting and recording of accidents that occur on school... - Schools Building Projects
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); and the expected date of completion. [14761/23] - School Accommodation
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on securing a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Policies
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s policy on the provision of paid maternity and paternity leave for teachers who become parents through surrogacy; and if... - School Admissions
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts are being made to facilitate school places in the local secondary school of the son of a person (details supplied); and if she... - School Staff
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the current status of the implementation of the agreement on terms and conditions for school secretaries as... - School Accommodation
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the up-to-date position with respect to a proposal made by a school (details supplied) in County Cork with regard to... - School Admissions
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place in a local special school for September 2023 can be found for a child (details supplied). [14844/23] - Special Educational Needs
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on the use of calming rooms in schools for children with disabilities, including any policies, protocols, or... - School Staff
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a UP80 form will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14885/23] - Home Schooling
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a replacement tutor for a case (details supplied) will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14898/23] - School Transport
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for school transport for a case (details supplied) will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14899/23] - Information and Communications Technology
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 1 March 2023, what, if any, further funding is available to assist schools in meeting the cost of... - Home Schooling
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition will be offered in a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14918/23] - Education Policy
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the roll out of the PE hall build and modernisation programme outlined in Project Ireland 2040 is to commence; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and locations of the 58 schools which have had construction paused; if her Department maintains data on the shortfall of primary and... - School Staff
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that post-primary teachers have very limited secure ways to switch teaching roles; if she will enable transfers for teachers... - Departmental Schemes
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the scheme announced under budget 2023 to install solar panels in schools; when this scheme will be open for... - Energy Conservation
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider introducing a scheme to fund energy efficiency improvement projects in schools, such as the construction of... - School Transport
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assign an area as a bus stop (details supplied) for school transport. [15046/23] - School Staff
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what engagement her Department has had with a school (details supplied) regarding behaviour analyst funding, given that the funding for this post... - Departmental Properties
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 723 of 21 March 2023, when the property will be used for education purposes given that it has sat vacant... - Schools Building Projects
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capital funding for school building projects will be resolved by Easter; if so, if the new build for a school (details supplied) will... - Educational Disadvantage
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to recognise a national school (details supplied) as meeting the requirements for a DEIS school. [15244/23] - School Enrolments
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking in addressing the situation of all national schools in a town (details supplied) being unable to accept enrolments for... - School Funding
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available to primary and secondary schools to facilitate external bodies (details supplied) deliver educational content... - Education Policy
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why she has halted the procurement process for a contractor for a school (details supplied); what examination took place of the implications for... - Schools Building Projects
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the ongoing payment issue pertaining to the construction of additional accommodation or a new school building for a... - Third Level Education
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a case (details supplied) in relation to a PhD postgraduate allowance entitlement anomaly; and if she will make a statement on... - State Examinations
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on what date will the 2023 Leaving Certificate results be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15277/23] - School Transport
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update with respect to a student (details supplied) in County Cork who is receiving school transport under the scheme for... - School Accommodation
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of funding for an application by MSLETB to extend a school (details supplied); if there is a... - School Transport
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected to finalise the review of the school transport scheme; if she will ensure that improvements to its existing operation will be... - School Admissions
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of long waiting lists for admission to second level schools in Galway city for the 2023-2024 academic year; the steps that are... - Schools Building Projects
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the recent late decision to delay the commencement of the building project at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of the allocation of mainstream class teachers to pupils, in tabular form for each of the years 20/21, 21/22, 22/23 and 23/24 broken... - Special Educational Needs
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which special education needs teachers are allocated to mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15350/23] - Schools Building Projects
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the paused building project at a school (details supplied) the action her Department is taking to ensure the project is delivered... - Education Policy
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the eligibility for English as an Additional Language (EAL) supports in primary school, in particular to clarify if Circular 6/23... - Schools Amalgamation
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the relevant officials to engage and advise the two national schools in Moate, County Westmeath who is are exploring the... - Special Educational Needs
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will approve the lease agreement between DDLETB and the Church of Ireland to allow the delivery of SEN modular classrooms in a... - School Accommodation
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will make a decision on the ASA application for a school (details supplied) to allow for the provision of another modular... - School Enrolments
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list the schools in the Donaghmede/Howth/Dublin 13 area at primary and at secondary level; in each case, if she will indicate the... - Special Educational Needs
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education; Research; Innovation and Science to ensure that a course for SNAs in a... - Departmental Policies
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Schools run by religious orders criteria includes schools run by or...
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