Written answers
Tuesday, 18 April 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school building project (details supplied); and when it is expected that the project will be completed. [16328/23] - Child Abuse
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to ensure that victims of historical abuse in non-Catholic day and boarding schools are included in the scoping inquiry... - Special Educational Needs
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action the parents of a child such as a person (details supplied) should take to ensure their child has access to a place in a reading... - Schools Building Projects
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools affected by her Department's decision to pause school building works going to tender or construction phase in Dublin 5,... - School Staff
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many teachers, across all categories of schools, have been employed by her Department in each of the past four years. [16526/23] - School Accommodation
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 358 of 28 March 2023, the actions that are being taken now to ensure capacity for the next school year in... - Fee Paying Schools
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many private schools there are in the State; if she will provide a list of them; and how many have provided special classes for children with... - School Admissions
506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what options are available to the family of a student (details supplied) who has withdrawn from school and is refusing to attend due to... - School Curriculum
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is considering aligning the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages for primary and secondary schools; and if she... - Mental Health Services
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures are in place to assist teachers in the south Clondalkin area to support high-risk students given the waiting lists for CAMHS are so... - School Funding
509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what options and funding streams are available to a school that wishes to start a school library and stock it with books. [16849/23] - School Curriculum
510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied). [16855/23] - Rights of the Child
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to publish rights-based guidance on restraint and the elimination of seclusion that will protect children and young... - Schools Building Projects
512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason she has halted the long-promised development of school buildings (details supplied) which already has planning permission in place and... - Official Engagements
513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills If she met the Governor of Pennsylvania during her recent visit to Philadelphia for St. Patrick’s Day. [16920/23] - School Curriculum
514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will bring swimming lessons and driving lessons into second level education in (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staff
515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for the supplementary panel for primary teaching will be reviewed; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made by her Department to ensure special school placements are available to all children who require them; and if she will... - School Accommodation
518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision on an application by a school (details supplied) could be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16965/23] - Special Educational Needs
519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the parents of a pupil (details supplied) can be evaluated and access a suitable supported place in a mainstream school as a transfer from... - Schools Building Projects
520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the building of the second phase of a school (details supplied) due to commence works in September 2023 and for... - School Funding
521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will explain why a school (details supplied) has received communication from her Department that funding allocated to the school in 2021... - Schools Building Projects
522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update regarding extensions to two national schools (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on... - School Transport
523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update with respect to a student in County Cork who is receiving school transport under the scheme for children with... - Education Schemes
524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons the free schoolbook scheme has not been extended to private national schools; if she will consider reviewing this decision; and if... - Health Services
525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of schools by region or the number of schools that have received or introduced free period products or funding for similar... - Schools Building Projects
526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can clarify whether a school (details supplied) is among the schools affected by the stalled school building programme; if the approval... - Educational Disadvantage
527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be approved DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17137/23] - Schools Building Projects
528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for the delay in the progression of the permanent building for a school (details supplied), before and since inflationary issues have... - School Accommodation
529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which a school (details supplied) will move from temporary accommodation. [17148/23] - Schools Building Projects
530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the support measures in place for schools or neighbouring schools, impacted by the hold on 58 school building projects; if such extenuating... - School Staff
531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a decision has been taken to suppress a ninth teaching post for a school (details supplied), given that it is a developing school and... - School Accommodation
532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for reversing the decision to allow a school (details supplied) permission to put in place a second block of prefabs for the... - Teacher Training
533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teaching experience could be treated similarly to industry experience for the calculation of incremental credits (details supplied); and if... - Education Welfare Service
534. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details regarding resources for educational welfare officers allocated to County Wicklow; if all posts are currently filled; and if she will... - Schools Building Projects
535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application under the school building programme, submitted by a school, (details supplied), can be fast-tracked to take account of the... - School Accommodation
536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assess and address the needs of a school, (details supplied), for an indoor sports/multipurpose facility, changing rooms and... - School Admissions
538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is she aware that a child (details supplied) has not secured a secondary school place in Kilkenny. [17250/23] - School Staff
539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional full-time educational assistants can be appointed to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding four temporary prefab classroom units for a school (details supplied); if they will be in place in advance of the coming... - Special Educational Needs
541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department will take to ensure all children awarded summer provision are provided with a place given there are still a number of... - Schools Building Projects
542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 29 March 2023, as a public representative for the Mayo constituency and in the context of withheld... - Education Schemes
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the free primary schoolbooks scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17344/23] - Schools Building Projects
544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress is being made to build a school in Clongriffin (details supplied), given the very high demand for school places in the area and... - State Examinations
549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date the Leaving Certificate results for 2023 will be issued to students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17390/23] - School Admissions
550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts are being made to accommodate a person (details supplied), whose parents are making every effort to secure them a primary school... - Schools Building Projects
551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she has considered a proposal submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17429/23] - School Accommodation
552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail the contact her Department has had with a school (details supplied) regarding an additional accommodation scheme application;... - Special Educational Needs
553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the data that was collected in regard to the recently introduced approach to completing the report on educational needs in schools... - School Facilities
559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a statement on the survey being conducted on primary schools about afterschool facilities, including the timings for the study and which... - Departmental Data
560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list the schools in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf area at primary and at secondary level; if she will indicate the denomination... - State Examinations
564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the minor requests to be made for exams (details supplied), and the digital papers pilot in particular, which would greatly... - Special Educational Needs
565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the inadequate levels of special needs supports being extended to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Energy Conservation
566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary schools that have undertaken an energy retrofit as part of the national energy efficient retrofit pathfinder... - School Staff
568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the implementation of the new pay deal for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for when construction will start on additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a... - Education Policy
572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans to undertake a consultation on the medical and social models of service provision to autistic pupils; and if she has plans to... - School Transport
575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the minimum number of eligible students required to establish a new bus service in a primary school that is not currently served by school... - School Accommodation
576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional accommodation will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will work to progress the issuing of a Schedule of Accommodation for a school (details supplied) in its new building... - School Accommodation
579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of an application submitted by a school (details supplied) which is in dire need of construction to... - School Textbooks
580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she made the decision to include a book (details supplied) on the Junior Cycle Relationships and Sexuality Education 1 reading list for... - School Accommodation
581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for additional school accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the profound difficulties experienced with the school transport system in 2022, the changes she plans to introduce for primary, post... - Departmental Staff
584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years... - Third Level Education
588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 28 March 2023, the steps her Department can take to address the anomaly that has arisen in relation... - Schools Building Projects
589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the development of a school (details supplied) is going ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17885/23] - School Accommodation
595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18004/23] - State Examinations
596. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain why leaving certificate language oral exams take place at Easter; if the impact on students was taken into account when this change... - School Staff
597. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the secondary subjects with the highest number of vacant teacher posts, such as metalwork, woodwork, Spanish, computer science and so on, from... - School Admissions
598. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist a child (details supplied) in obtaining a school place in Kilkenny. [18116/23] - School Transport
599. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what arrangements have been put in place in relation to applying late for school transport for pupils who have not been accepted into any school... - Schools Building Projects
602. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the application for additional buildings of a school (details supplied). [18150/23] - Disabilities Assessments
603. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will get their appointment with the National Educational Psychological Service. [18152/23] - Special Educational Needs
604. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will get a place appropriate to their growing needs [18153/23] - School Uniforms
605. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to require all schools to use generic uniforms and to give students the option to wear trousers; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
606. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of the 92 new special classes nationally; if any of these places will be allocated to Kilkenny; the schools in Kilkenny will they... - State Examinations
607. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special arrangements will be made for students sitting the Leaving Certificate in 2023 and 2024 given the difficulties they faced in respect... - Special Educational Needs
608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the delay in providing ASD classes in two schools (details supplied); if she will intervene to ensure that the ASD classes... - School Transport
609. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why second-level students (details supplied) are not provided with access to school transport services to access schools in Drogheda where the... - School Facilities
610. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school canteen (details supplied) has not yet opened since Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18236/23] - Teacher Training
611. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of second level teachers qualified per subject per year in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement... - School Staff
612. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on different types of leave that is, job share, maternity break, career break and so on in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in... - Educational Disadvantage
613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional assistance can be provided to a rural DEIS primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18240/23] - Education Policy
615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will take the Explorium - National Sport and Science Centre into public ownership and re-open the educational facility, making... - Schools Building Projects
616. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a build programme for a school (details supplied) is back on track; and the indicative timeframes for all works to be completed. [18290/23] - Departmental Data
617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the primary schools in the Dublin 8, 10, 12 and 20 areas, their patronage, the number of pupils attended and the current capacity of each... - School Admissions
618. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that there is no educate together secondary school in Dublin 8, the reason pupils coming out of educate together primary schools are not... - Schools Amalgamation
619. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on works to allow schools (details supplied) in Ballyfermot to be in a single campus, given the current disjointed... - Education and Training Provision
620. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that will be in place for the 2023/2024 academic year for bursaries for the education of trainee educational psychologists who have... - Education and Training Boards
621. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Education Training Board has completed its 2018 report on pluralism and patronage in schools; when that report is set to be released; and... - School Accommodation
622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an additional school accommodation scheme application from a school (details supplied); if additional... - Special Educational Needs
623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a second-level school place for a child (details supplied). [18350/23] - School Facilities
624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of building works applications, additional accommodation scheme and a summer works scheme 2020, in respect of a school (details... - Schools Refurbishment
625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of development works including an ASA scheme and a SWS 2020 scheme at a school (details supplied);... - School Facilities
626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if additional emergency accommodation will be provided to this school in view of the... - Schools Building Projects
627. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the re-location of a school (details supplied); if she is aware that the NCSE evaluation was finalised in March... - School Curriculum
629. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider establishing an EU at school initiative which would involve secondary school students in transition year being informed... - School Facilities
630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school (details supplied) has developed an ASD unit within the new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Refurbishment
633. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the school building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16386/23] - School Management
634. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a report written by a person (details supplied) in relation to religious ethos in schools coming into conflict... - Education Policy
635. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the policy position of her Department that home-schooling can cause social isolation by limiting the ability of children to socialise;... - School Transport
636. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of difficulties experienced by an organisation (details supplied) in County Cork in recruiting transport chaperones/escorts for... - School Facilities
637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on proposed funding for an extra classroom in a school (details supplied) for which they have been waiting for nearly... - School Attendance
638. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown by gender of the pupils entering or leaving the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for... - Schools Building Projects
641. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on building works at a school (details supplied). [16457/23] - Schools Refurbishment
642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Counties Longford and Westmeath that have had school buildings/refurbishment/extension works approved; and the number of... - Schools Building Projects
643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all the schools on the school building programme which have recently been put on hold for all counties, including... - Legislative Measures
644. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any intention on the part of her Department to seek changes to the Children’s First Act 2015 to include special needs... - Special Educational Needs
645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the case of a student (details supplied) who has a dual diagnosis of Down's syndrome and autism spectrum disorder, who has... - Departmental Staff
647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff within her Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and... - Schools Building Projects
648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline a timeframe for her Department to address and repair the serious deficiencies in a school building project (details... - School Accommodation
649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the temporary accommodation sanctioned for a school (details supplied) is on track to be in place for the new school year in September 2023;... - Qualifications Recognition
650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person with a Masters of Education from the United States, where they worked at university level teaching adults, and therefore did not hold... - Schools Building Projects
651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect to receive approval on a tender and progress its build project; and if she will make a statement on... - Public Sector Pay
652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department’s payroll section will provide requested information urgently required for a person (details supplied) in County... - School Accommodation
653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of accommodation for a school in County Wexford (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a secondary school place will be accommodated for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16753/23] - School Enrolments
655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the demand that will be placed on national schools in Rush, County Dublin; if provision has been made to increase national... - Special Educational Needs
656. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts are being made to facilitate a full-time ASD secondary school place in Leixlip/Lucan for a person (details supplied); and if she... - School Accommodation
657. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to present an update on the plans for the future accommodation needs of (details supplied); if she will appreciate the serious concerns of the... - Schools Building Projects
659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16770/23] - School Transport
660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make arrangements to restore supervised school transport for a pupil (details supplied) in County Cork attending a special school.... - Legislative Measures
661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Section 67 of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 has been commenced; if not, when it is expected that it will... - Special Educational Needs
662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied). [16823/23] - Education Policy
663. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to encourage teachers and SNAs to participate in the summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Education and Training Provision
668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many additional post-primary SEN places will be available in the Clondalkin area from September 2023; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Facilities
669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 21 June 2022, if she will again request the NCSE to respond to the query (details supplied). [16859/23] - Education and Training Boards
670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the eligibility of a person (details supplied) for the supplementary panel will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
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