Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- Teaching Qualifications
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify whether the Teaching Council and the Department of Education have decided upon an alternative degree programme to substitute... - Special Educational Needs
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision her Department is making to increase places in ASD special education units/classes in secondary schools in County Wexford; and if... - Disadvantaged Status
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has not been designated as a DEIS school; if her Department will designate additional schools in the DEIS... - Legislative Reviews
246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46089/23] - Special Educational Needs
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many additional autistic classes were opened for the 2023-2024 school year nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46090/23] - School Staff
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teaching posts that are vacant nationwide in primary and post-primary schools for the 2023-2024 school year; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is undertaking a review for the criteria a child needs to meet for access to an SNA with a view to widening this criteria; and... - Grant Payments
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for when primary schools can expect to receive their ICT grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46098/23] - Capital Expenditure Programme
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Dublin Fingal since June 2020; the funding allocated each... - Special Educational Needs
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of the SNA positions budgeted for in 2023 that were filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46100/23] - Schools Building Projects
258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the master plan for the new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46101/23] - Special Educational Needs
259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the future provision and timescales for the delivery of additional ASD units in Clane, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46171/23] - School Transport
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an escorted school transport service has been approved for a person (details supplied); when transport will commence; and if she will make a... - School Textbooks
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of concerns that schoolbooks under the free schoolbooks scheme are not being covered (details supplied) resulting in a shorter... - Departmental Correspondence
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence received from a school (details supplied) given the gravity of the issue raised by the management of the... - School Funding
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current ancillary grant given to national schools that have a capacity of over 500 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for school transport on behalf of a person (details supplied) has been received; when a decision will be made; and if approved,... - Public Sector Pay
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers still awaiting remuneration for invigilating and marking State examinations; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46241/23] - Grant Payments
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the IT grant for primary schools; the timeline for when schools can draw down this funding for this school year; and if... - School Funding
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding to support primary schools with the cost of cleaning following the cessation of the Covid supports to assist with... - Budget 2024
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the €60 million funding for cost-of-living supports for schools announced in Budget 2024; how this will be... - School Transport
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will identify the 12 post-primary schools mentioned by her Departmental staff at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Further and Higher... - Schools Building Projects
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school build (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46277/23] - School Accommodation
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect progress on a permanent extension to the school. [46279/23] - Grant Payments
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a grant schedule will be issued to school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46290/23] - Schools Building Projects
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress being made on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46294/23] - School Staff
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction the retention of a third teacher in a school (details supplied), given the unprecedented increase in enrolment numbers; and... - Schools Building Projects
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how a person (details supplied) can take a matter further as advised by the Board of Education when their daughter who is legally blind was... - Special Educational Needs
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) in County Laois will receive promised ASD units; when the temporary buildings will be put in place; and if she... - Information and Communications Technology
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if internet speeds will be increased for a school (details supplied). [46330/23] - School Staff
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46345/23] - Special Educational Needs
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a school (details supplied) and to put in place the required resources for an ASD class to proceed, in order that parents... - School Accommodation
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress of the planned additional classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - School Transport
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 226 of 17 October 2023, if she can make enquiries with Bus Éireann and ask them to confirm whether... - Schools Building Projects
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to an Irish-medium secondary school to serve the Swords area; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department’s technical design guidelines for SEN design do not provide for covering for outdoor play areas given the nature... - State Bodies
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of all agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department; if a dedicated Oireachtas email address is available for each;... - School Transport
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the case of a child with special needs (details supplied) who is collected from Swords at 7 am before their bus makes a... - Local Government Reform
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, if she will provide a schedule of functions of her Department that have been devolved in... - School Transport
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus, which drives through Clane daily, in order to get to Caragh can stop in Clane to pick up two children (details supplied) who... - Teaching Qualifications
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the fact that experienced second level teachers such as a teacher (details supplied) who qualified in the UK are being lost to... - Home Schooling
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in processing the application for the home schooling of a person (details supplied) given that all requested... - State Examinations
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason candidates who sat the L2LP Junior Cert Programme will receive their certificates later than those who sat the Junior Certificate;... - School Accommodation
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve building works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46651/23] - Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndéanfaidh sí cur síos ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le bunú Gaelcholáiste neamhspleách in... - School Accommodation
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 26 September 2023, if she will expedite an additional school accommodation application for a school... - Teaching Qualifications
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the reason that the Teaching Council of Ireland will no longer recognise BA Honours graduates from St. Nicholas Montessori,... - Special Educational Needs
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for her Department's decision not to approve accessibility modifications, including a ramp for wheelchair access to the PE hall and a...
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