Written answers
Tuesday, 16 May 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- School Admissions
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding school places in the Dublin Mid-West constituency, when her Department expects to have ascertained the full extent of capacity issues in... - Cost of Living Issues
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken to mitigate the impact of inflation on the standard of living of teachers. [22564/23] - State Examinations
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the results for Leaving Cert 2023 will be issued; what the difficulty is with giving students a date; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Curriculum
68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what, if any, review there has been on the operation of the “infant hour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22915/23] - Schools Building Projects
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can clarify, in relation to delays with certain school building projects, when a project is at the stage where a tender report is under... - Special Educational Needs
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all children attending a special school will be facilitated on the school-based summer programme 2023, if this is their choice; and if she will... - Education Policy
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the OECD 'Education at a Glance' Report, which ranked Ireland 36th out of the 36 countries in terms of investment in second level education as... - School Funding
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the serious financial crisis caused to a school (details supplied) by the failure of her Department to allocate the normal... - Special Educational Needs
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the Summer Programme 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22623/23] - Education Policy
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the National Parents Council Post Primary in view of the fact that the NPCPP is the body named in the Education Act 1998 to... - School Admissions
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she hopes to have sufficient school places available at primary and second level in Kildare North, and throughout the country... - School Transport
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she aspires to ensure the widest possible availability of school transport in Kildare North, and throughout the country, in... - Renewable Energy Generation
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the roll-out of free solar panels to all schools; how the application process will be communicated to schools; and if she... - Schools Building Projects
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide an update on new school builds for 2023 and new school builds in the Cork East constituency; if she can provide an update on a... - Special Educational Needs
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that, due to the lack of an ASD room at a school (details supplied), children are having to be separated from siblings in the... - Schools Building Projects
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the design guidelines for school halls. [22912/23] - Special Educational Needs
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that has been allocated per programme to the Summer Programme 2023; and the number of DEIS schools that have indicated they will run... - School Curriculum
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures can be taken to ensure that all schools offer an option to opt out of studying religion at Junior Certificate level. [22880/23] - Schools Building Projects
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a new school building project (details supplied); if she will provide an estimated timeframe from construction to... - Special Educational Needs
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on her Department’s announcement of 12 April 2023 of the establishment of a special school in Carrigtwohill,... - School Transport
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can provide the number of applications made for the school transport scheme within Cork county; if there is an increase in applications in... - Schools Building Projects
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on school building projects in Carlow; how many new schools are in planning stage; how many new school builds have started;... - School Admissions
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the under-provision of secondary schools in Dublin 8. [22895/23] - Special Educational Needs
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish further ASD units in schools in County Monaghan. [22818/23] - Schools Building Projects
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on when a school (details supplied) will progress to the next stage of their building project; and if she will make... - Special Educational Needs
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the correspondence sent to her by a school (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Admissions
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address a shortage of school places in the Cork south-west area. [22802/23] - School Staff
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the increasing demand for a comprehensive nationwide redeployment system for post-primary teachers; if her Department has... - School Transport
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ongoing school transport review will facilitate children in September 2023 who cannot gain access to their nearest school due to a shortage... - Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte 13643/23, soiléiriú a thabhairt ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bplean chun beartas... - Special Educational Needs
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many SENOs are currently working in North Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22674/23] - Renewable Energy Generation
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to advise exactly when and how schools can apply for solar panels on their schools as part of the commitment the Government gave in September... - Schools Building Projects
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of works in Our Lady of Lourdes national school, Inchicore, Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22896/23] - School Curriculum
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing a Level 2 Leaving Certificate cycle for the 2023/2024 school year for students currently undertaking a Level 2... - Education Policy
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what policy measures are in place in primary and secondary schools for the prevention of obesity among young people; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress being made to open additional units for children for September 2023 with autism at primary and... - School Transport
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will, in deliberations, give priority to, and thereafter expedite, the urgently-needed second bus in the Rathcoffey-Maynooth... - Residential Institutions
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been any investigation by her Department into where children who died in industrial schools have been buried; whether the location... - School Facilities
108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the capacity survey as referenced in her answer to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 2 February 2023 indicating the current level of... - Special Educational Needs
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to establish additional special schools in County Cork. [22801/23] - Education Policy
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the measures, if any, taken by her Department to encourage entrepreneurship and the development of business creativity among second... - School Admissions
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the number of students who currently do not have access to an appropriate school placement for this September in either a... - School Facilities
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the project plan for the installation of solar panels in schools nationwide; the assigning of resources to ensure capacity... - Schools Building Projects
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a new school building project (details supplied); if she will provide an estimated timeframe from construction... - School Transport
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional capacity in school transport in 2023/2024 in comparison to the current school year. [22507/23] - Special Educational Needs
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for her consideration in engaging with second level schools that have ASD units to provide specific enrolment policy for their units; and if she... - School Facilities
118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the roll-out of free solar panels to all schools is expedited; if the necessary funding and Departmental... - School Transport
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is collaborating with the Connecting Ireland planning in order to expand her Department’s school transport capacity and... - Education Policy
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will conduct a review into homework levels at primary and secondary level; her views on whether reduced levels of homework could lead to... - School Facilities
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what, if any, efforts are made by her Department to ensure capital scheme projects keep pace with residential development in the Dublin Mid-West... - School Transport
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is taking steps to roll-out workplace travel plan initiatives for all schools and her Department campuses; and if she will make...
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