Written answers
Tuesday, 12 December 2023
Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Expenditure
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost in 2024 to recruit 30 additional WTE educational welfare officers. [54481/23] - National Lottery
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any records exist for the National Lottery Sports Programme application or approval for funding, which was allocated for a centre (details... - Special Educational Needs
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 25 May 2023, her plans, if any, to evaluate the summer programme; and if she will make a statement... - School Enrolments
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is enough choice and supply of post-primary school places for the growing population of Pelletstown, Dublin 15; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question 149 of 18 October 2023, the date on which a school in County Meath (details supplied) will hear back from the... - Departmental Correspondence
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will review correspondence from the management of a school (details supplied); when her Department will contact the management... - School Staff
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's current position on the establishment of a relocation scheme for post-primary teachers; the outcome of her Department's review... - Departmental Programmes
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the programmes of supported work experience or training which her Department or its agencies run for adult persons with a... - Schools Building Projects
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date her Department plans to have a new school build (details supplied) completed and in use by students and staff; and if she will make a... - School Funding
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ancillary service grant will be paid to a school (details supplied); and if the payment will be expedited. [54661/23] - State Examinations
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the reviews of the reasonable accommodations for certified examinations were last updated; how often the committee responsible has met over... - School Funding
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional supports and funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) to allow the school to increase the student population,... - Departmental Policies
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by her Department during 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Staff
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Cork at present; and the number in 2020. [54837/23] - Home Schooling
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home school liaison support workers in Cork in 2019; and the number in 2023. [54838/23] - School Curriculum
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role that children's consultation played in the new primary school curriculum; the model that was used for this participation; and where the... - Departmental Correspondence
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54910/23] - Departmental Meetings
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials in her Department will meet with a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54924/23] - School Transport
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 19 October 2023, to provide an update on the status of the contract for the special education bus... - School Curriculum
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a child (details supplied) to access language classes; the reason no language class placement has been provided to date; and... - School Transport
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she intends to publish the findings of the review into the school transport programme. [54960/23] - School Equipment
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to install 5kW of solar PV on every primary and post-primary school in Ireland. [54974/23] - Departmental Properties
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant and derelict properties and sites that are owned by her Department; her plans to bring each of these properties and sites... - School Admissions
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline what schools have school places available in the Lusk area to facilitate a school place for child (details supplied); and if she will... - School Accommodation
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can assist a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55099/23] - School Facilities
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding permission that was sought to proceed to tender stage by a school (details supplied) that has been approved since March... - Special Educational Needs
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces in ASD units in secondary schools in Clare, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an assurance to all families that every child currently on a waiting list for secondary school in Prosperous and Clane will... - Schools Building Projects
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the projected year for the delivery of a new post-primary school in Prosperous. [55174/23] - School Admissions
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to engage with a school (details supplied) to request that several public spaces are made available to children currently on waiting... - School Accommodation
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the delivery of previously sanctioned expansions in a school (details supplied). [55178/23] - Departmental Priorities
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her main policy and legislative priorities for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55204/23] - School Funding
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of the normal funding options for small DEIS schools; if her Department will introduce a small grants work (minor... - Schools Building Projects
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be reached in respect of the provision of funds for the design team for a project for a school (details supplied); and if... - School Admissions
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can assist to bridge the cost of placing a child in a boarding school in instances in which home schooling is not available and... - School Transport
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for school bus transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55267/23] - Home Schooling
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and second level pupils that are being home schooled, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55268/23] - School Admissions
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of section 29 appeals that have been filed with her in 2022 and to date in 2023, by county; the number of those that were successful;... - Special Educational Needs
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that have special educational needs that were not offered a school place in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [55271/23] - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to provide reduced class sizes at primary school level since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in... - Education Standards
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to improve the quality of secondary education since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in... - Educational Disadvantage
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to tackle educational disadvantage since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in successive budgets;... - Special Educational Needs
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main initiatives she has taken to improve the quality of special needs education since 27 June 2020; the additional funding provided in... - School Funding
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school days in both primary and secondary level that were paid at the unqualified rate between 1 September to 6 December 2023; and... - School Staff
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of teacher absences that went uncovered between 1 September and 6 December 2023; and the unspent allocation of funds in respect of... - Education and Training Boards
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual funding allocated and staffing levels in the Kilkenny-Carlow Education Training Board Psychological Service in 2022 and 2023, in... - Special Educational Needs
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new recruitment campaign for Irish sign language-specialist classroom support will be launched early in the new year. [55363/23] - School Accommodation
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider increasing a school (details supplied) to three streams to accommodate a rise in the number of young children in the area;... - Schools Building Projects
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55386/23] - Special Educational Needs
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for allocating special education teaching hours to a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55388/23] - Schools Building Projects
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline of correspondence, communications and events since a commitment was given by her Department in 2021 to provide a school (details...
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