Written answers
Wednesday, 20 September 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- School Curriculum
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of second-level education institutions aided by her Department, in tabular form, that did not provide either physics or physics... - School Transport
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide free school transport to all primary and post-primary school students in 2024; and if she will... - National Educational Psychological Service
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist. [39519/23] - School Staff
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that it is not possible to pay a substitute teacher where a fixed-term or permanent position remains vacant following an advertisement... - School Transport
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport will be provided to a student (details supplied), considering their circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Admissions
251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts are being made to ensure the daughter of a person (details supplied) has a school place for this academic year; the action likely... - Special Educational Needs
252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government plans to fund SNA teachers for primary school-aged children who attend Montessori schools; and if she will make a statement on... - Schools Building Projects
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building application submitted by a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made in respect of the application; when... - Special Educational Needs
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what planning has taken place to secure new special classes in primary schools in Dublin 15 for September 2024 (details supplied); and if she... - School Accommodation
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 5 July 2023, if she can provide an update (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the total number of applications for school transport for the 2022 and 2023 school years, by county, in tabular form;... - Special Educational Needs
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering the development of a special school for children with disabilities in County Monaghan; the status of any such plans; and if... - Schools Building Projects
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will indicate her plans to open a school (details supplied) which has not yet opened as anticipated. [39658/23] - EU Directives
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the preparations being undertaken by her Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the... - School Staff
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to bring about an increase in the number of teachers taking up positions in primary and post-primary schools; and if... - Teaching Qualifications
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the qualifications needed to take up primary and post-primary teaching; if she will consider, in particular, the case of... - Teacher Training
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether modules in special education have become a mandatory element in teacher training; and if not, if she would consider such a change since... - School Funding
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the pathfinder energy retrofit project for a school (details supplied); if she will provide a timeline for the... - Schools Building Projects
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the delay in the planned opening of a school (details supplied); if she will indicate how this came about; and whether the... - School Transport
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have applied for a school transport but are left without transport this September; the urgent steps she is taking to... - Schools Building Projects
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for a new school building for a school (details suppled); when it is proposed that this building will be complete; and if she will make... - School Staff
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a higher-than-usual number of full-time posts in schools which remain vacant this September; if she considers it appropriate that... - Site Acquisitions
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a permanent site has been identified for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39709/23] - Education Policy
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department supports the principle that teachers at both primary and post-primary level should avoid engaging in politicised or personal... - School Curriculum
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to introduce additional measures through the school curriculum to deal with issues in relation to minors who gamble (details... - Schools Building Projects
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the building project at a school (details supplied) has been further delayed; if she will provide a date on which the project will... - School Transport
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will fund extra seats for a school bus (details supplied) in Rathcormac, County Cork). [39758/23] - Special Educational Needs
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts can be made to ensure a school place in a local ASD unit can be provided in the case of the son of a person (details supplied);... - Public Sector Pensions
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 674 of 11 September 2023, if she will ensure that parental leave is included in the calculation of... - School Transport
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the negative impact to families caused by cuts in school transport provided to children with additional needs; if she will... - Schools Building Projects
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39789/23] - Public Sector Pensions
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined and a search carried out for their pension records; and if she will make a statement... - School Transport
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is aware of significant issues with school transport in Glenville; and her plan to address this. [39833/23] - Departmental Data
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the roll number and name of all new post-primary schools established since 2000, indicating the year the new roll number was issued and the... - Education Policy
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 2 February 2023 (details supplied), if she can give the policy document or legislation that... - Schools Building Projects
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed school build project for a school (details supplied) is due to commence; and what the next steps are to provide a permanent... - Education Policy
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a case (details supplied); if she can offer any advice on this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39870/23] - Child Abuse
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on her Department’s scoping inquiry into abuse in religious institutions; if she will ensure that victims of abuse in... - School Transport
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a full review can be undertaken into the school transport application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the development of a new primary school for Adamstown, Lucan; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress and timelines for delivery of a new school accommodation for post-primary schools (details supplied); and if she will... - National Educational Psychological Service
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant WTE educational psychologists in the National Educational Psychological Service, by region; and when each of these vacancies... - School Staff
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers can work on medically retirement pensions; if so, the number of hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39979/23] - Education Costs
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a school (details supplied) is withholding homework journals from children whose parents cannot afford to pay the school... - School Transport
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when route B1762 to a school (details supplied) will recommence. [39993/23] - Special Educational Needs
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when an SNA exceptional review process will be concluded in the case of a school (details supplied) who now have eleven special needs... - School Transport
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently provide an update on a number of school transport queries (details supplied). [40003/23] - Site Acquisitions
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has had communication from Tipperary ETB in relation to a possible greenfield site for a new school (details supplied); and if she will... - School Transport
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tickets for school transport will issue for two siblings (details supplied) who applied and paid for their annual school bus tickets; and if... - Schools Building Projects
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the current status of a project for a school (details supplied); when it is envisaged a planning application will be submitted;... - School Transport
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tickets for school transport will issue to a child (details supplied) who has no other means of getting to school, and who applied and paid... - School Staff
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant teaching posts across the primary school education system in County Wexford; the number of vacant posts across the secondary... - School Transport
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tickets for school transport will issue to a child (details supplied) who is now entering 5th year in secondary school, has always had a... - Schools Building Projects
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a detailed response to an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40052/23] - School Transport
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether two siblings (details supplied) can travel together on wheelchair-accessible transport, where one child has been approved this service... - School Funding
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 689 of 11 September 2023, if she will request a review of the current HSCL allocation to a school (details... - School Transport
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tickets for school transport will issue to a child, (details supplied) who has no other means of getting to school, and who applied and paid... - School Funding
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what grants are available for primary schools for IT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40071/23] - School Admissions
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason (details supplied) cannot get a school place to start school this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40076/23] - School Funding
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on funding for a security system for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40077/23] - School Transport
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a school transport matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40103/23] - Schools Building Projects
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building (details supplied); how updates are being communicated to school management; and if she will make a... - School Transport
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a school transport matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40112/23] - Schools Building Projects
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building for a school (details supplied); how updates are being communicated to school management; and if she... - School Accommodation
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding for a school (details supplied) will be approved. [40129/23] - School Transport
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will advise on the case of a child (details supplied) regarding a school transport pickup point; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Administration
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a school (details supplied) has been brought to her attention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40166/23] - Capitation Grants
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any increase in the capitation grants to primary and/or post-primary is contained in the expenditure base or existing levels of service; and... - School Curriculum
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that schools-based gambling education and awareness remains free from the influence of the gambling industry;... - Disadvantaged Status
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project worker will be approved for a school (details supplied) so that the school can benefit from being included in the expansion of... - Schools Building Projects
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for delays with regard to the new building works at a special education school in County Tipperary; the immediate efforts she will... - School Transport
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an update will be issued to a school to ensure that a pupil (details supplied) will have an escort as part of their already-approved school... - Departmental Strategies
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the measures her Department has taken to implement specific action points (details supplied) of the action plan to support... - Budget 2024
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received and considered the INTO’s pre-budget submission; to outline the nature of discussions, if any, with the Minister for... - Schools Building Projects
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of delays to building of a SEN unit at a school (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to approve the Stage 2B... - State Examinations
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she has considered initiating, along with the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, a national... - School Transport
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40285/23] - School Facilities
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the Government’s commitment to install solar panels on every school; how this will be funded; if it is... - State Examinations
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a circular will issue with respect to adjustments to the 2024 leaving certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that school transport tickets are issued in a case (details supplied). [40295/23] - School Staff
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school caretakers will be paid by her Department (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40313/23] - School Funding
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a secondary school will receive its ICT grant as it is in a position to purchase new equipment but cannot commit, due to the uncertainty of... - School Curriculum
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and/or her Department will meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss the new RSE curriculum. [40316/23] - School Transport
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when tickets for school transport will issue to four families (details supplied) who have no other means of getting to school; and if she will... - School Admissions
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all possible assistance can be given to finding a school place for the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grounds on which the son of a person (details supplied) was refused assistance by the assistive technology grant, but which was deemed... - School Transport
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a person (details supplied) cannot get a bus ticket for their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40331/23] - School Staff
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of resource teachers employed at primary and at secondary level, distinguishing those in mainstream classes, special classes and... - Special Educational Needs
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a detailed assessment is required before a child can obtain support in a special class or a special school; the number... - School Transport
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will have their special school transport application approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Reports
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all studies, research and reports commissioned by her Department that were outsourced, in each year since the formation of... - School Funding
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full-year cost if the school capitation grants for both primary and post primary schools were increased by 30%. [40407/23] - School Transport
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide clarification as to the reason that parents of children attending a primary school, which would be considered a feeder school for a... - School Textbooks
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first- and full-year cost of extending the free schoolbooks scheme to all pupils in public post-primary schools, assuming a grant rate of... - School Transport
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that avail of the school transport each year; and the number of students that avail of the SEN school transport scheme.... - Special Educational Needs
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that only five hours have been allocated for home tuition to a child (details supplied) when that child, who was diagnosed with... - School Funding
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has plans to introduce grants for technology or ICT in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40544/23] - Equality Issues
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of research (details supplied) on non-religious teachers; what plans, if any, she has to legislate to protect all teachers from... - Schools Building Projects
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate the progress to date in the completion of allocated additional classrooms and subsequent appointment of additional teachers in the... - School Transport
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a request can be considered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40571/23] - School Staff
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to several schools that are unable to hire a substitute teacher in order to fill a fixed-term role temporarily,... - Teaching Qualifications
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider re-evaluating the length of the two-year Professional Masters in Education to account for teachers who have a Teaching... - Special Educational Needs
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look at a case (details supplied) whereby a child with autism has been out of school since March this year and is unable to find a... - School Transport
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a school transport matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40700/23] - School Textbooks
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children who received the benefit of free schoolbooks on their return to school this year; and the estimated savings...
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