Written answers
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- School Staff
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on funding for current educational psychologists (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24832/23] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio to 1:15 across primary and post-primary levels; and if she will make a statement... - Education Costs
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of making primary and post-primary education totally free, i.e., abolishing all charges (including voluntary... - National Educational Psychological Service
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of psychologists currently employed by NEPS; the number of sanctioned psychologist posts in NEPS; the average full-year cost of... - Special Educational Needs
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs currently employed by her Department; the number of sanctioned SNA posts; the average full-year cost of employing these SNAs;... - School Funding
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing capitation grants to primary and post-primary schools by 50%. [24109/23] - School Staff
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department intends on taking in terms of restoring the ex-quota position for guidance counsellors in schools and improving the... - Educational Disadvantage
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the DEIS+ Cluster proposals that have been put forward by a group of principals in schools across Dublin, with a view to... - Schools Building Projects
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be given approval to proceed to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24156/23] - Departmental Data
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of licence agreements held by a pre-school for the use of space within primary schools buildings across the country. [24210/23] - State Examinations
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline in tabular form the number of students who have received braille exam papers for both the junior and leaving certificate examinations... - School Accommodation
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an additional accommodation application for a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the space... - Education Policy
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department requires primary schools to have an anti-discrimination policy; if so, the reason a school (details supplied) does not appear... - Wildlife Conservation
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under her remit have policies in place to install artificial structures that... - Education Schemes
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full year cost of running the Covid Learning and Support Scheme, CLASS, 2021-2022; and the total number of beneficiaries. [24284/23] - School Transport
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that has taken place between her Department, Bus Éireann and a school (details supplied) in respect of a number of concerns... - Educational Disadvantage
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the opportunity will arise again for schools to be considered for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24297/23] - School Transport
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to replace a bus service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24307/23] - State Examinations
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide additional supports, specifically extra time, for students with dyslexia undertaking the junior and leaving certificate examinations... - School Funding
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided in respect of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24316/23] - Educational Disadvantage
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to a number of schools and principals who are advocating for increased services in DEIS schools; if she will... - School Transport
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown by county of the number of pupils travelling to secondary school on private buses and not covered by the school... - Special Educational Needs
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children waiting for a placement in an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, class in County Tipperary for September 2023; and if she will... - School Accommodation
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of a two-classroom autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit build at a school (details supplied), given... - Schools Building Projects
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the opening of a new school (details supplied) planned for this September; if she will reaffirm her commitment... - School Staff
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider a review of the pilot voluntary redeployment scheme in consultation with teachers that takes into consideration the current... - Schools Building Projects
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have been built between 2011 and 2022, in tabular form, by year, per county; and if she will make a statement on the... - Educational Disadvantage
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will agree to the establishment of a DEIS+ band within the DEIS programme. [24396/23] - School Admissions
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if further progress has been made in securing a school place for the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad é an meastachán ar chostais a bhainfeadh leis an Deontas Caipitíochta do na Colaistí Samhraidh Gaeltachta a thabhairt ar... - Departmental Reports
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish the KOSI report which her Department funded Donegal Education Centre to commission; the amount the report cost; if the... - School Transport
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to ensure that the criteria of a transport service (details supplied) is amended to enable more children avail of it; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will agree to meet the management of a school (details supplied) to discuss their concerns in respect of the proposals for the badly... - Teaching Council of Ireland
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a teacher (details required) is registered with the Teaching Council of Ireland without further delay; and if she will... - Education Schemes
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated additional cost of expanding the Creative Schools programme to every secondary school in the State. [24571/23] - School Staff
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the insufficient allocation of English as an Additional Language support hours for a school (details supplied) to teach and... - Education Policy
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the primary and secondary schools in County Mayo that have been sanctioned for additional education supports... - Departmental Data
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of additional children enrolled into mainstream primary and secondary schools under international protection and... - School Staff
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider significantly increasing the hours for the secretarial post/grant for a school (details supplied) whose workload has... - School Funding
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when primary and post-primary schools will receive their ICT grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24718/23] - School Transport
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make changes to the school bus route servicing an area (details supplied) [24750/23] - State Examinations
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the State Examinations Commission to introduce access to extra time for dyslexic students in Junior Cycle and Leaving... - School Transport
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 27 April 2023, if she will confirm whether Bus Éireann has reviewed the school transport... - School Accommodation
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of an application for a retrofit grant for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new build for a school (details supplied). [24783/23] - State Examinations
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the call by an organisation (details supplied) to introduce extra time for dyslexic students in Junior Cycle and Leaving... - School Transport
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the eligibility of students to access the school transport for post-primary students when their nearest school does not have a school... - Education Policy
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to establish a Gaelcholáiste serving the Dublin 2, 4, 6 and 8 areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport service could be provided on a route (details supplied) considering the number of students currently travelling the route... - School Textbooks
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if private schools such as a school (details supplied) can avail of Ireland’s first national primary school book scheme; and if she will... - School Admissions
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the school place for a pupil (details supplied). [24839/23] - School Facilities
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on Government plans to provide solar photovoltaic panels as part of the summer works scheme; how schools can apply... - School Transport
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects school transport to be provided to a child (details supplied) in County Leitrim, as recommended by the local SENO; and if she... - School Accommodation
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the appointment of the design team for the additional classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a... - School Staff
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take into account the wishes of career guidance and counsellor teachers in Cork city and not move their counselling supervision... - Special Educational Needs
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the efforts of a school (details supplied) to open an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25009/23] - School Transport
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will facilitate a school bus in order that students can continue their education through Irish (details supplied); and if she...
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