Written answers
Thursday, 30 November 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by the staff in her Department to have the new building for a school (details supplied) advanced. [52314/23] - Domestic Violence
72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the recent circular on domestic violence leave for teachers and special needs assistants; how this leave will operate in... - Schools Building Projects
75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects works on a new building for a school (details supplied) will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52579/23] - Teaching Qualifications
80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to address teacher recruitment issues in primary and post-primary schools; what actions are being taken to... - School Staff
81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she met with teacher unions to discuss the report proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme from a working group established... - School Curriculum
82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the additional allocation for curricular reforms, including funding for the accelerated roll out of the senior cycle... - Capital Expenditure Programme
84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on delays in capital building projects within her Department impacting County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the national recruitment campaign for special education needs organisers as part of the ongoing expansion of the National... - School Accommodation
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which she and her Department continues to upgrade, replace and improve schools in the primary and second level in Kildare, an area... - Special Educational Needs
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the number of special education needs organiser posts not being filled across the country; and if she will make a statement... - Teacher Training
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is currently reviewing the content, cost and duration of the Professional Master of Education. [52535/23] - School Enrolments
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 16 November 2023, to outline her Department's current specific projections of annual demand for... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the targets for reducing scope 3 emissions in Irish schools; the actions required to achieve these targets; and if she will make a... - Traveller Education
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on her Department’s initiatives to support Traveller children to remain in school and in education; the current situation with... - Teacher Training
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the training teachers who work in special educational needs classes receive. [52826/23] - Schools Building Projects
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the delays in the construction plans for a new building in a school (details supplied); the knock-on... - School Transport
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what action her Department is taking to deal with recruitment challenges of bus drivers under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a... - School Funding
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the secretaries grant will be received by schools. [52827/23] - Schools Building Projects
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a three-classroom extension project at a special school (details supplied) in County Cork will progress; and if she will make a statement on... - Educational Disadvantage
99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the pathway to intervention services for 'at-risk' pupils attending DEIS schools in Mayo who require access to the School Completion... - School Enrolments
100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the lack of post-primary school places for feeder schools in Dublin mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of digital support offered to special education classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52775/23] - School Patronage
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the new approach to the promotion of the transfer of patronage of schools which her Department has adopted; and if she will... - Housing Provision
103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has liaised with the Department on Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the accommodation crisis for teachers; and if she... - School Staff
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what actions her Department is taking to tackle teacher shortages at primary and secondary level. [52830/23] - School Transport
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of concessionary students, by county, who are still without transport this year, who would have previously availed of it in past... - Renewable Energy Generation
106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the solar for schools scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52874/23] - Special Educational Needs
107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction an additional autism class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52578/23] - School Transport
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the review of the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52845/23] - School Staff
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she supports significantly increasing teachers' pay to address teacher shortages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52824/23] - School Transport
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's correspondence with Bus Éireann in relation to the decision to not allow bus drivers over the age of 70 to drive school... - School Enrolments
112. 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, an area of rapid... - Citizens' Assembly
113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on preparation for a citizens' assembly on education, as provided for in the programme for Government. [52249/23] - Teaching Qualifications
114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the recognition of foreign-based qualifications of teachers applying for teaching posts in Ireland; if the temporary... - School Funding
115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ICT grants awarded to secondary schools in County Donegal; the amount awarded; if any awards have been refunded; if so, what... - Education Schemes
116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the pilot counselling services for specific schools; the increased provision of funding to continue these services for... - Online Safety
117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the recently published guide for parents on Keeping Childhood Smartphone Free; the funding being provided by her Department... - Health Promotion
119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how she plans to measure the effectiveness of drug and alcohol awareness programmes in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Staff
120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to increase the availability of substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52822/23] - Schools Building Projects
121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the proposed new buildings for a school (details supplied). [52536/23] - Special Educational Needs
122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application to provide an ASD suite in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49931/23] - School Admissions
123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what engagement she or her Department has had with post-primary schools in Galway with a view to implementing a common application system along... - Education Welfare Service
124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the additional allocation for social inclusion measures, including enhancing the capacity of the Tusla education support... - Schools Building Projects
125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the delays in the construction plans for the extension to a school (details supplied); the knock-on... - Education Policy
127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the challenges currently facing the Irish education system; if she will directly address concerns on the... - School Funding
128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when DEIS schools will receive the ICT grant. [52829/23] - School Accommodation
129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the need for education to take account of the curtailed nature of the existing site for a school (details supplied); the... - Special Educational Needs
130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the impact of teacher shortages on special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52821/23] - School Staff
131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made in considering a report proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme, submitted to her Department by a... - School Facilities
132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason some DEIS schools have not received a library and librarian under the scheme, while some other DEIS schools have. [52828/23] - Teacher Training
133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department will take to address teacher supply issues through an incentive scheme to partially refund future professional masters... - School Textbooks
134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review into the schoolbook grant scheme for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Teacher Training
136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if measures to incentivise and assist workers to re-skill and upskill as teachers are being considered, if financial and logistical barriers have... - Educational Disadvantage
137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the DEIS status of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52884/23] - Online Safety
138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on engagements with schools and parents groups on banning smart phones in schools; and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the school building programme in County Cork; if she is satisfied with its progress to-date; and if she will make a... - Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken to increase the number of Gaelscoileanna in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52064/23] - Citizens' Assembly
141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking in relation to the establishment of a citizens' assembly on education; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Enrolments
142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the forward planning section has assessed the need for additional school places in east Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the... - Education Policy
143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to take new initiatives to promote the understanding of biodiversity in education programmes, both within and outside the...
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