Written answers
Tuesday, 22 October 2024
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grants available to schools to build sensory rooms for children with autism and ADHD that does not have an autism unit. [42916/24] - School Staff
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many students must be in a secondary school in order for the school to qualify for a second secretary; and if she will make a statement on... - School Funding
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an estimate of the first- and full-year cost of increasing school capitation rates by 10, 20 and 30%, respectively. [42386/24] - School Enrolments
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the number of classes in Ireland with more than 30 students enrolled, and where there is no partial or full-team teacher allocated to... - Home Schooling
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm the number of post-primary schools currently operating without a home school liaison co-ordinator; and the estimated first- and... - School Staff
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of employing one additional administrative officer. [42389/24] - Third Level Education
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first- and full- year cost of increasing the number of educational psychology students to include ten more students. [42391/24] - Departmental Funding
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the first- and full-year cost of expanding the active school flag programme to include ten more primary and post-primary schools, respectively.... - School Staff
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teaching posts which will be in schools from September 2025, relative to the 2019/2020 school year. [42397/24] - Departmental Funding
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that will be provided to Music Generation by her Department in 2024. [42398/24] - Special Educational Needs
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many additional special classes will be required in primary and post-primary schools, respectively, over the next five years. [42401/24] - Departmental Funding
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of establishing an additional early intervention class. [42402/24] - Departmental Properties
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update of the transfer of a plot of land in a school (details supplied) from her Department and the Dublin Education and Training Board to... - School Transport
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide school bus escorts with any updates on their pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42406/24] - Educational Disadvantage
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the north east inner city multidisciplinary teams model to include five more schools. [42409/24] - Education Policy
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the in-school counselling pilot to include five more schools. [42410/24] - School Staff
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of expanding the support teacher model to include five more schools. [42411/24] - Capitation Grants
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make representations to the Minister for Finance and the Revenue on behalf of a school (details supplied), requesting that no... - Schools Building Projects
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a building project for a school (details supplied); the stage the project is at; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Examinations
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Junior Certificate T1 Irish course is marked harder than the T2 Irish course (details supplied); to detail the statistical... - Departmental Programmes
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current plans for the Donegal Education Support Centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42441/24] - State Examinations
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider allowing extra time in State exams for young people with dyslexia and other learning difficulties; and if she will make a... - School Admissions
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to indicate if and when a school place will be found for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42450/24] - Special Educational Needs
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the schools which have accommodated special need classes since 2021 for the areas Dublin 6w, Dublin 12, Dublin 24, Dublin 16 and Dublin... - Public Sector Pensions
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if enrolment spouses and the children's pension scheme operated by her Department is mandatory (details supplied); and if she will make a... - School Funding
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding for educational equipment and supplies for a school (details supplied); where applications can be submitted; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to funding the expansion of primary and secondary schools in Celbridge to cope with increasing enrolment numbers; and if she... - Special Educational Needs
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a permanent site for additional special education needs in south Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Admissions
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to provide additional school places in County Kildare to meet future demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42573/24] - Schools Building Projects
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school building refurbishments and new builds that have commenced and have subsequently been completed since 2016; and if she will... - School Transport
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on school transport for routes which are still not operational since the start of the new school term (details supplied);... - School Facilities
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the urgent need for improved physical education facilities at a school in Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the period for 'further information' to Meath County Council was extended to January 2025 in the case of a school building (details... - Residential Institutions
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42632/24] - School Equipment
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to expand the current pilot project in Munster for students with visual impairment to receive ongoing orientation and mobility supports... - School Transport
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount provided through the interim special transport grant to parents or individuals who have to access private school transport from 2021... - Schools Building Projects
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was refused funding for roof repairs. [42675/24] - School Equipment
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student in County Kerry (details supplied) will be provided with a replacement assisted technology laptop; and if she will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to correspondence (details supplied) regarding accommodations for dyslexic students; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Projects
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the details of costings provided to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in... - Home Schooling
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of costs incurred for home schooling of a student (details supplied); the measures in place to ensure that children with... - School Admissions
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reply to correspondence regarding a lack of school places in Portlaoise (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to reply to correspondence regarding bus escorts (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42730/24] - Departmental Inquiries
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason she has not replied to a known survivor campaigner (details supplied), who has been in regular communication since 1 September prior... - School Staff
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address ongoing concerns raised by a school in Offaly (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42732/24] - Special Educational Needs
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional time will be provided to students with dyslexia sitting second level exams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42747/24] - Departmental Policies
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to support the call by Education Equality for the Government to compel schools to confine religious faith formation and worship to a... - School Staff
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the situation whereby school secretaries are not in a position to apply for paid bereavement leave; if there are plans to... - School Accommodation
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional school accommodation; the stage of the process the application is at (details supplied); and if... - Schools Refurbishment
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for funding for emergency works for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 311 of 15 October 2024, if she will review a child's school transport needs (details supplied); and if she... - Special Educational Needs
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce extra time in second level exams for dyslexic students; her views in the context of the State Examinations Commission... - School Staff
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of "posts of responsibility" in primary schools and post-primary schools respectively in 2008 compared to the number in 2024; and the... - Schools Building Projects
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide for several areas (details supplied) a list of all the individual projects that have received funding from her Department since 2020,... - School Management
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will develop child-safe guidelines for school trips, including guidance not to visit orphanages; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Funding
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there was no provision for the upgrade, restocking and construction of school laboratories outlined in the education budget for 2025,... - Departmental Communications
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the Irish Science Teachers’ Association. [42957/24] - Teagasc na Gaeilge
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an ndeanfaidh sí athbhreithniú ar an gcóras grádála atá á chur i bhfeidhm ar an gcúrsa Gaeilge i... - School Enrolments
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what analysis has been undertaken by her Department in relation to progressing plans for a secondary school in an area (details supplied)... - Departmental Funding
369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to capital projects in Bishopstown, Wilton, Glasheen and Model Farm Road area of Cork, from her Department for... - School Accommodation
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to seek an urgent review of the additional accommodation request by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Curriculum
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the number of sraithpictiúir 5th years must learn for the Leaving Certificate Irish Oral examination. [43055/24] - Scoileanna DEIS
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 10 October, when it is envisaged that her Department’s consideration of the HP Deprivation... - School Enrolments
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a local secondary school place can be facilitated in the case of the daughter of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new school buildings delivered from 2020 to date in 2024 in Dún Laoghaire; the number of new schools established from 2020 to... - School Accommodation
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of two additional classrooms for a school (details supplied). [43095/24] - Departmental Budgets
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline what the €2 million allocated in budget 2024 for “attendance and retention – measures for implementation”... - Child Abuse
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 24 September, where she stated the matter was dealt with in "accordance with the... - Departmental Schemes
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications currently with the emergency works grant scheme as of 15 October; and the value of those works within the... - School Transport
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills details of the current policy regarding maximum commute times for special needs children availing of school transport services; the way in which... - Departmental Properties
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant properties owned by her Department; and the number of which are houses or residential properties. [43140/24] - Special Educational Needs
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that bus escorts for children have not had a pay increase since 2020; if she will engage with this group of workers (details... - Schools Building Projects
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43165/24] - Departmental Data
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a newly qualified teacher (details supplied) will receive payment in view of having worked since 29 August 2024 and receiving no payment to... - Scoileanna DEIS
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider instating a further DEIS band (details supplied) for students in generationally disadvantaged areas; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Policies
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered providing teacher allocations and-or funding to schools to resource trauma-informed approaches; and if she will... - School Funding
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will adjust the ancillary grant at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43196/24] - State Examinations
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can confirm receipt of correspondence in respect of a student’s Leaving Certificate results in 2023 (details supplied); the manner... - School Admissions
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently intervene in the case of a child who is without a secondary school place in Limerick (details supplied); and if she will... - Medical Aids and Appliances
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training that is provided to schools for the use of epi-pens; the regulations in place for the training of staff to ensure that a staff...
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