Written answers
Tuesday, 17 October 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
7. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources provided to special education schools in 2023. [44993/23] - School Facilities
14. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 4 May 2023; to provide an update on his Department’s review of the guidelines of the use of... - Educational Disadvantage
15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if relevant data from the National Census 2022 is yet available to her Department, with particular reference to the HP Deprivation Index, to... - School Facilities
16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the progress of capacity surveys of the school system in relation to installation of solar panels on every school roof here;... - School Admissions
17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she is working to ensure that every child has a school place at primary and second level in Kildare North and throughout the... - Schools Building Projects
18. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will provide funding for necessary work on a school (details supplied), including assessing whether a new school building is... - School Enrolments
19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to streamline enrolment nationally (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45062/23] - School Facilities
20. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position for schools who have lost a portion of their play areas due to extension needs of their growing school. [45094/23] - School Textbooks
21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her estimate of the number of secondary students in each of Kildare, Wicklow, Meath and Louth who will benefit from the introduction of free... - School Facilities
22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any engagement her Department has had with the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications with regard to the promised... - School Transport
23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider changing the qualifying criteria with regard to the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Textbooks
24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her estimate of the number of secondary students in each of Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford who will benefit from the introduction of free... - Schools Building Projects
25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the Climate Programme by the schools buildings unit will take cognisance of the impact of emissions... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review primary school class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45099/23] - Capitation Grants
27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how much the increased capitation announced in Budget 2024 will be worth to schools in each of Cork and Kerry; and if she will make a statement on... - School Transport
28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she will ensure the widest possible availability of school transport in Kildare north, with particular reference to the... - School Patronage
29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she intends progressing separation of church and State in the education system; the funding that was provided for this in the Budget; and if... - Teacher Training
30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way her Department is supporting the creation of teaching qualifications for teachers of special education; her further plans, if any, in this... - School Facilities
31. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the barriers to the take-up of funding for and delivery of solar panels on schools; and if she will make a... - Capitation Grants
32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she envisages a situation where schools in this country will not be reliant on charity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45017/23] - Schools Building Projects
33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on progress on the new school building for a school (details supplied) which she visited in 2022. [44806/23] - School Transport
34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to improve the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45025/23] - School Staff
36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that were included in the Budget to address the recruitment and retention crisis for teachers; and if she will make a statement on... - School Equipment
37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding schemes that are available to secondary schools this academic year to help them with the purchase of musical equipment for students;... - Capitation Grants
38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the amount the capitulation funding will be increased for schools on a per student basis; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the timeline for the publication of the school transport review; if a new system will be implemented by her Department ahead... - School Textbooks
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that will benefit from the expanded free school book scheme, as announced under Budget 2024; and if she will make a... - School Transport
41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme; if she has received the completed review to date; the timeline for the publication of the... - Schools Building Projects
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools (details supplied) will be opened upon building works being completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45097/23] - School Transport
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her estimate of the number of secondary students in each of Cork and Kerry who will benefit from the introduction of free school books next year;... - School Textbooks
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that her Department has had with school book publishers and the booksellers' associations regarding the Budget announcement of the... - Schools Building Projects
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a positive meeting between Board of Management of CBS, Mullingar and officials in the school building unit; and her plans to ensure... - School Transport
47. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that are being taken by her Department to tackle teacher shortages at primary and secondary school level, including the 740 special... - Schools Building Projects
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is more than one case in her Department where her education representatives have not engaged with the relevant contractor, arising from... - Teacher Training
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given her Department's Initial Teacher Education Policy Statement (2023), if it is intended to reduce the initial teacher education (ITE) two-year... - School Management
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown by county of the number of primary schools with only a principal in them, a principal and one mainstream class teacher and a... - Mental Health Services
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a €20 per child mental health support proposal for all primary school children; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the Budget 2024 allocation of €4 million for additional supports for special schools between capital and revenue... - School Curriculum
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to include Climate Action and Sustainable Development in the leaving certificate curriculum as part of the annexe of actions for the... - School Patronage
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vocational schools which have closed in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023; and if she will make a... - Educational Disadvantage
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals, if any, there are to include more schools in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45051/23] - Schools Building Projects
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Mayo that have plans for additional accommodation delayed because of inflationary costs; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to resolve resourcing issues in special schools for the current school year. [44994/23] - School Transport
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action her Department is taking to ensure that all pupils who apply for school transport next year will be facilitated in view that a number... - School Staff
63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the omission of the restoration of posts of responsibility (such as assistant principal posts) from Budget 2024, despite making... - Irish Language
64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to expand the provision of Irish education in the Dublin South Central area. [45028/23] - School Patronage
65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the small area census data release, her forward planning section will re-examine the need for a new secondary school in Dublin 8.... - School Textbooks
66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her estimate of the number of secondary students in each of counties Offaly, Laois, Longford and Westmeath who will benefit from the introduction... - Irish Language
67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of gaelscoileanna which have opened, and the number which have closed, in the State in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023,... - School Textbooks
69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will comment on a recent initiative, free schoolbooks for junior cycle students, announced in Budget 2024; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects
70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding being provided for major capital works, minor works and emergency works in Carlow schools in 2023; how many schools have benefitted... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no funding was provided for reducing class sizes in the Budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45014/23] - Special Educational Needs
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs classes that are currently being taught by mainstream teachers due to shortages of special educational... - School Staff
73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that will be taken to restore the posts of responsibility in national schools across Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport
74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the progress of the Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the review of the school transport scheme; when she expects the report to be... - Educational Disadvantage
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) in County Louth was refused DEIS status when the secondary school in the same town was given DEIS status;... - Schools Building Projects
76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the substandard condition of the 1980s prefabricated classroom at a school (details supplied) in County Clare; if... - School Transport
77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a review of the current retirement age of school bus drivers and increasing the age limit beyond 70 years... - Information and Communications Technology
78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when primary schools, particularly DEIS primary schools, can expect to receive their Information and Communications Technology (ICT) grant. [45067/23] - School Textbooks
79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her estimate of the number of secondary students in each of Limerick, Clare and Tipperary who will benefit from the introduction of free school... - School Transport
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has an update on the school bus service covering (Whitechurch to Blarney in County Cork) (details supplied) as a number of eligible... - Special Educational Needs
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new special needs assistants who were hired since 2022; and if there is an action plan outlining how the1,200 additional SNA posts...
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