Written answers
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a solution can be found to assist a child with additional needs (details supplied) to continue to access his chosen school via private... - Special Educational Needs
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance with an application will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36015/24] - School Equipment
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available to post-primary schools for the purchase of electronic pouch-type systems having regard to the proposed smart... - School Textbooks
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the additional time and resources school managements in post-primary schools must give during the school holidays for the... - School Transport
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can identify each school that provides school transport through Bus Éireann, and the stops each of these travels through on their... - School Staff
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher (details supplied) with 20 contract of indefinite duration hours and five substitute hours, has not been paid during the... - School Accommodation
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an emergency works application will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36045/24] - Schools Building Projects
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position in relation to the building of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36046/24] - School Transport
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be available for two students (details supplied), given that their tickets have already been paid for; and if she will... - School Accommodation
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on progress of the new ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and to expedite the completion works in light of the delays to... - Special Educational Needs
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the delayed commencement of a critical special education project (details supplied) can be examined; if she will expedite its progression; and... - School Transport
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the number of children in Ardmore and the surrounding districts who are unable to secure public or subsidised... - School Staff
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) for an additional teacher; and whether she will grant this,... - School Funding
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the Schools Photovoltaic Programme; when this programme will be rolled out to all schools nationwide; and if she will make a... - School Textbooks
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will take to ensure that textbooks used in Irish schools do not negatively stereotype Irish people or Irish culture; the steps... - Schools Building Projects
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide additional secondary schools in a town (details supplied), with particular reference to the growth in population in the... - School Transport
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be approved for an international student in County Mayo (details supplied) in view of the fact that the host family... - Education Policy
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding a method of education (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36114/24] - School Facilities
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 27 June 2024, to provide an update on the plans for the adjacent Department-owned site referenced,... - Planning Issues
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on planning permission for a school (details supplied) for a permanent location; and if she will make a statement on the... - Artificial Intelligence
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a policy, or has issued guidance to staff on the use of artificial intelligence, large language model, natural language... - School Curriculum
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where ultimate responsibility lies for the drafting, preparation, settling and publication of a social, personal and health education curriculum... - Education Policy
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36206/24] - School Transport
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction an extended school transport service (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Curriculum
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role played by her Department and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NCCA) with regard to the textbooks used for social,... - Schools Building Projects
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for an additional post-primary school in County Laois (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Equipment
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post primary schools that require iPads or tablets as part of their school policy; the financial supports that are available for... - Schools Building Projects
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building of an extension at a school (details supplied). [36303/24] - School Funding
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the selection process for the energy retrofit pathfinder programme; the criteria a school must meet to qualify for this programme;... - School Curriculum
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a review due to take place to update the Primary School Assessment Kit, in view of the fact that there is an increasingly diverse... - School Patronage
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the schools scheduled for divestment, as of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [36325/24] - School Funding
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering some financial support for schools that seek to implement a no-phones policy during the school day, in view of the fact... - School Transport
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sanction an additional school bus from Upper Glanmire to a school (details supplied). [36346/24] - Physical Education
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any scope for a scheme that would allow fully vetted PE instructors to run programmes in fundamental movement in primary schools; and... - Weight of Schoolbags
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address concerns raised by parents regarding the weight of school bags for pupils attending national and secondary schools; and if... - School Transport
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the requirement for school transport for a student (details supplied) will be reviewed given their circumstances; and if she will make a... - School Accommodation
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the provision of extra accommodation will be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in making a... - Departmental Properties
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of any lands owned by her Department in the vicinity of a school campus (details supplied); her plans for the future use of these... - Special Educational Needs
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting approval for education assistive technology; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staff
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers employed in all primary and second level schools, respectively, on 1 January in each of the past five years; and... - School Enrolments
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in all primary and second level schools, on 1 January, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if... - School Staff
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers who were on career breaks from primary and second level schools, respectively on 1 January, in each of the past... - School Funding
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding will be made available to post-primary schools to enable them to implement the mobile-phone ban, through the purchase of... - Budget 2025
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has received a pre-budget 2025 submission from an organisation (details supplied); her views on the three key objectives contained... - School Staff
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher vacancies at both primary and secondary level, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct schools (details supplied) to open ASD units, as they have the space to do so and there is a severe lack of ASD units in... - School Funding
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated annual cost of increasing the capitation grants for both primary and post primary schools by 10%. [36498/24] - Irish Sign Language
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new recruitment campaign for Irish sign language specialist classroom support will be launched in Q4 of 2024. [36499/24] - School Accommodation
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is intended to commence construction works for ASD classrooms at two schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36554/24] - School Transport
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions, to reflect the importance of their work for... - School Staff
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any current or upcoming schemes that provide funding for the employment of additional cleaners in primary and post-primary schools,... - National Educational Psychological Service
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of primary and post-primary schools, respectively allocated to each educational psychologist employed in the National... - State Examinations
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a Departmental report into lower than average leaving certificate results in a school (details supplied) that was conducted in... - Education Policy
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the Government’s announcement of plans to ban mobile phones across all second-level schools, if she has considered the... - Schools Building Projects
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeline in years for the delivery of a new school in Ireland, from stage 1 to stage 5 and the final handover; and if she will make a... - School Transport
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a school transport case (details supplied); if any seating has become free to accommodate this family; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 16 April 2024 and the subsequent debate, the progress made by her Department in establishing a new... - School Transport
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus ticket application for a student (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36789/24] - Special Educational Needs
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assisted technology application for a student (details supplied) will be reviewed; the reason this application has not yet been processed... - School Transport
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport services will be provided in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36810/24] - School Staff
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine a case of incorrect ASC contributions causing debt issues for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no response has issued from her office regarding a previous question (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Public Sector Pensions
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that due to an error in the calculation of the FEMPI reduction in pensions for some teachers who had... - School Transport
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to ongoing operational issues on school routes (details supplied) in County Wicklow; the actions that she will... - School Admissions
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36880/24] - Departmental Reviews
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her Department; and the date by which each study, review... - Special Educational Needs
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that any proposed special school in County Monaghan does not have exclusionary admission criteria based upon any... - School Transport
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any guidelines exist relating to the maximum distance that a child should be required to travel for education; and if she will make a...
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