Written answers
Tuesday, 9 July 2024
Department of Education and Skills
- Pension Provisions
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a pension entitlement (details supplied). [29834/24] - Departmental Policies
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a recent direction from the Archdiocese of Dublin that schools should spend public money from her Department’s... - Citizens' Assembly
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the citizens assembly on the future of education, which was promised in the Programme for Government, will be established; and when the... - Education Policy
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers can speak freely and openly on the influence of religion and religious indoctrination in the education system, given the threat of... - Departmental Funding
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the details on the total funding provided to each county administration for NCSE services, including the total number/s of population... - School Transport
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on secondary school transport services from Kilmore in County Wexford to Wexford town, County Wexford; if additional... - Artificial Intelligence
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has ever used artificial intelligence, such as ChatGPT, in drafting Dáil speeches or responses to Parliamentary Questions.... - Departmental Equipment
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of laptops or mobile phones owned by her Department that have been lost or stolen in each of the past ten years. [29293/24] - State Examinations
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has reviewed, or requested a review, of SEC rules in relation to the use of readers in State examinations; if she is satisfied at the... - School Accommodation
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for updating the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Funding
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants that are available to schools for external painting and for repair and refurbishment of indoor furniture; and if she will make a... - School Facilities
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of new SEN accommodation for a school (details supplied); the indicative timeline for when works are likely to... - Education Policy
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next EU Council of Education Ministers is scheduled to occur. [29394/24] - School Admissions
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the considerations that have been given to the case of a child (details supplied). [29397/24] - School Funding
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an appeal by school (details supplied) for an increase in its current specialist subject hours; to confirm that this... - School Facilities
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the confirmed date for delivery and installation of an approved modular building for school (details supplied); if she is... - School Staff
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the allocation of SNAs for a school (details supplied); if there is a mechanism available within her Department by which... - School Admissions
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an ASA application for school (details supplied); if she is aware of the importance of this application to the school,... - Special Educational Needs
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD classes due to come on stream in Waterford for the next academic year; the locations of same; and if she will make a... - School Admissions
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide additional school places to children living in the general Kimmage area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Staff
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to the terminology used in assault leave for teachers; and if she will consider renaming... - Teaching Qualifications
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate the streamlining of registration of teachers who have qualified in Britain with the Teaching Council, namely, the... - School Facilities
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when revised plans for a building project for a school (details supplied) were received; when is it expected that the review of the project by... - Irish Language
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29471/24] - Bus Services
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what actions are being taken to ensure that bus drivers aged over 70 years can provide school bus services; and if she will make a statement on... - School Transport
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 26 June 2024, the reason for the estimated increase in the cost of transporting SEN pupils under the... - Irish Language
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Gaelscoileanna in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown and the number of students enrolled in each by class for the academic year 2023-24 and... - School Funding
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the current budget allocations for each programme under subhead A9 of the revised estimates for 2023 and 2024... - School Staff
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria that has been used to determine the position the SNA allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) for the coming school... - Schools Administration
339. 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
340. 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
341. 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;... - Education Standards
342. 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... - Education Policy
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the main achievements of her Department since 27 June 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29603/24] - Schools Building Projects
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, when the visit referred to occurred; if her Department will... - School Facilities
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, if she is aware that parents are reporting that the rented space... - Schools Building Projects
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 189 of 23 May and 152 of 27 June 2024, and a response provided to a parent of one of the students... - School Transport
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure sufficient school transport will be available when the new transport measures will be introduced for school... - School Funding
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if emergency funding can be made available to schools to deal with urgent safety measures required at school gates; and if she will make a... - School Transport
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding could be made available to schools to purchase their own vehicle/bus for transporting students for various sporting and educational... - School Facilities
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress of the stage 2b report from a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29848/24] - Schools Building Projects
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 380 of 13 July 2023, if she will urgently respond to a school (details supplied) in Dublin 11 in respect of... - School Facilities
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) which applied for additional accommodation for two SET rooms in 2019 and additional classroom... - Schools Administration
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria on which a DEIS application for a school (details supplied) was not successful. [29884/24] - School Funding
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline, where a school secretaries new contract stipulates 52 weeks and not 41; the additional funding that is made available to the... - Schools Administration
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of review or appeal requests that have been submitted by schools in relation to the new SET allocation models, per county, in tabular... - School Transport
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria assessed when choosing the location of the pilot schemes for school transport. [29887/24] - Special Educational Needs
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional SENOs recruited to date, per county, in tabular form. [29888/24] - School Enrolments
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children the NCSE is currently assisting in sourcing a school place for next September, per county, in tabular form. [29889/24] - School Staff
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers currently on temporary contracts, per county, in tabular form. [29890/24] - School Facilities
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional classrooms by a school (details supplied). [29892/24] - Special Educational Needs
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the arrangements being made to ensure that the parents of children with autism in the Taghmon area of Westmeath will have... - Schools Building Projects
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for enabling works as quickly as possible for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29922/24] - School Curriculum
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the time allocation for teaching Irish in primary schools from first class to sixth class, is to be reduced by 30 minutes a week.... - Education Policy
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to set up an expert group to develop the Governments promised programme of a policy for the Irish language in the education system... - School Staff
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a request for an exceptional teaching post (details supplied). [29969/24] - Departmental Communications
369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the number and detail of the public helplines operated by her Department; whether calls are recorded on each helpline; and if not,... - Special Educational Needs
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special school in Monaghan will be established. [29923/24]
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