Written answers
Tuesday, 5 November 2024
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the efforts made to provide additional schools places for children with ADHD and ASD in Waterford; and if she will make a statement on... - School Enrolments
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider establishing an independent Gaelcholáiste in Ennis, County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44989/24] - Departmental Schemes
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual funding allocations in 2024 and 2025 for the small school's initiative; and the number of schools invested in each year. [43901/24] - Site Acquisitions
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43906/24] - Parental Leave
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to extend the parental leave scheme to allow it to be taken in blocks of one day a week; and if she will make a statement... - Schools Building Projects
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43919/24] - School Enrolments
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and second level special classes at present in the Dublin 9 and Dublin 11 areas with a full list of these classes. [43932/24] - Special Educational Needs
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a grant for assistive technology can be urgently reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make... - School Accommodation
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to provide temporary accommodation in the short term, and a permanent structure in the longer term, for a school... - School Staff
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason teachers in new appointments must wait eight weeks without pay for her Department to get them on payroll; if she appreciates the... - School Transport
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a student has not received a school bus seat (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43951/24] - School Accommodation
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43992/24] - Special Educational Needs
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the recent announcement to establish a new special school in Tipperary next year to cater for the increasing number of students with... - School Accommodation
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct her Department to urgently engage with a school (details supplied) where the roof is in serious disrepair, is an active threat... - Special Educational Needs
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs at a school (details supplied); why the numbers have been cut for 2024/25; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Staff
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy rationale for school secretaries not getting the same Covid leave (five days) as teachers and SNAs, given that they are as exposed to... - Special Educational Needs
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the matters raised (details below) can be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44057/24] - School Transport
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process in place for exchange students to access school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44103/24] - School Admissions
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any provision, or policy in place, for families in situations where a child’s eligibility for local secondary schools in a new... - Schools Building Projects
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of a new school building (details supplied), and on the works required before commencement can take place; and if she... - School Staff
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will fully reinstate the 'teaching through Irish’ allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44108/24] - School Funding
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to support a school (details supplied) that is under significant financial pressure; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Staff
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff vacancies, by grade, in her Department at the end of August 2023 and August 2024; and the number of staff, by grade, on a... - School Staff
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the pay review for bus escorts; when the review will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44139/24] - School Funding
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is engaging with a school (details supplied), and the steps being taken to ensure future funding of the school. [44142/24] - Schools Building Projects
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a planned extension for a school (details supplied). [44145/24] - School Transport
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be given for a school transport grant for a special needs student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Staff
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to remove a teacher from a school (details supplied) can be immediately reversed; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Accommodation
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 607 of 9 September 2024, the number of students attending the autism unit in a school (details supplied) in... - School Funding
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review and revoke the decision to remove the 15 hours of EAL in the primary school (details supplied). [44203/24] - State Examinations
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the current arrangement for sraithpictiúir in the Leaving Certificate Irish oral exam, whereby 10 pictures are required to be learned for... - Schools Building Projects
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 561 of 9 September 2024, the current status regarding the proposed permanent extension at a school (details... - Education and Training Boards
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of the job evaluation scheme in education and training boards; and if she will make a statement on the... - Scéimeanna Tacaíochta Gaeilge
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth ar fágadh Gaelscoileanna ar nós Bunscoil an tSléibhe Dhuibh in Iarthar Bhéal Feirste amach as Scéim... - Special Educational Needs
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a proposed ASD class for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44295/24] - Departmental Staff
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of civil servants, by grade, in her Department who were on a career break in 2023 and 2024; the number of those who in 2023 and 2024... - Physical Education
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policy of her Department regarding the provision of physical education in post-primary schools; her views on the opening up of school... - School Staff
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 25 September 2024, if the analysis of the survey relating to school caretakers’ work pattern,... - School Accommodation
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the additional accommodation application made by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Staff
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a teacher will receive payment (details supplied). [44357/24] - Civil Service
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that the provisions of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Circular 4/2013... - Education and Training Boards
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department will give permission to the LMETB to issue tender documents for the development of the LMETB head office building in Drogheda... - Schools Building Projects
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44412/24] - School Staff
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the loss of a teaching post at a school in Cork city (details supplied); if she will examine ways to save this... - National Educational Psychological Service
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to NEPS providing urgent support for a pupil in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Enrolments
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 376 of 22 October 2024, the options now available to persons (details supplied) who have still been unable... - School Staff
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a person (details supplied) has not moved up further on the pay scale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44430/24] - School Transport
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will receive school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44431/24] - National Educational Psychological Service
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS posts that are currently vacant either through illness, leave or through a staff member leaving the post; the location of... - School Transport
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a response to a representation regarding school transport (details supplied) will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the... - National Educational Psychological Service
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment; the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44447/24] - Schools Building Projects
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction of an extension to a school (details supplied) will begin, having signed an acceptance letter with her Department in November... - Educational Disadvantage
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently revise the DEIS status of a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44466/24] - Special Educational Needs
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a recent announcement of five special schools, two of which are to be in Dublin, the locations of the schools in Dublin and the way... - School Equipment
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene with the supply of heating equipment for a specific room at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and the NCSE will urgently examine the lack of autism class spaces in west Clare and give consideration to opening an additional autism... - School Accommodation
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to address urgent repair works at a school in County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the opening of an ASD class in a secondary school in County Cork (details supplied); if she will examine this issue;... - Home Schooling
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any financial or other supports available to mother who is homeschooling her seven children of various ages under home tuition; to... - School Staff
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is aware of the costs associated with a process (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44496/24] - National Educational Psychological Service
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an assessment will be carried out on a child (details supplied) considering that concerns were first raised two years ago; and if she will... - School Facilities
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to allow a path to be opened while ownership discussions take place (details supplied). [44547/24] - Schools Building Projects
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 162 of 24 September 2024, if there is a further update on the status of a new school building for a school... - Site Acquisitions
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to Parliamentary Question No. 317 of 12 December 2023, to provide an update on the request to consider the acquisition of additional land at a... - School Enrolments
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the number of school places available in secondary schools and in primary schools, respectively in Meath in each of... - Special Educational Needs
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current expenditure pre-committed to her Department for responding to demographic pressures and pay in Meath East as regards... - School Transport
447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of school bus transport services in Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44683/24] - Irish Language
448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of Irish-language education in schools in Kildare, including any refurbishment or development of Gaelscoileanna... - School Funding
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what supports are in place to assist schools in Kildare in accommodating children from migrant families; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide the two special classes approved by the National Council for Special Education in March 2021 at a school (details supplied);... - Site Acquisitions
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage with the parish of Sallins to secure the three acres currently for sale at Church Avenue, Sallins, County Kildare... - Special Educational Needs
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 223 of 1 October 2024, when work will commence on an SEN project for a school (details supplied); and if... - School Staff
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that are being taken to ensure equal treatment of all school support staff, in particular school secretaries, regarding access to... - Schools Building Projects
454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the new site for a school (details supplied); and the indicative timeline for completion of the new school. [44747/24] - Departmental Budgets
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount allocated to the school completion programme for each of the past four years; the allocation of funding for this programme for 2025;... - Oideachas Riachtanas Speisialta
456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil athbhreithniú á dhéanamh ar an liúntas do Chúntóirí Riachtanais Speisialta (SNA) atá ag scoil... - School Enrolments
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will publish data on future demand for a new secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin; if she will make a statement on projected... - Departmental Functions
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on reform of her Department since taking office. [44804/24] - Site Acquisitions
460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the sale of a two-acre site adjacent to a school (details supplied); and if her Department assessed the... - Special Educational Needs
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied), who is six years old, has not been awarded a place in an autism unit or special school; and when they will... - School Transport
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average number of buses in the Bus Éireann school transport fleet for Wicklow in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [44851/24] - Departmental Equipment
464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mobile phones issued to staff in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total costs expended by her Department on handsets and... - Schools Building Projects
465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department’s plans to include a secondary school for an area (details supplied) in the School Capital Buildings... - Site Acquisitions
466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify if the Department is considering selling land earmarked for a school in an area (details supplied) to a developer; if so, the reason... - Special Educational Needs
467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans for the addition of extra classrooms to facilitate special needs students in a school in County Cork (details supplied); and... - School Transport
468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any financial supports available to families who are utilising private school transport, i.e., their children are not attending what... - Schools Building Projects
470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position following the further submissions by a school, and when approval will be given for a project (details supplied); and if... - Special Educational Needs
471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if immediate action will be taken to review this refusal and approve the allocation... - Religious Discrimination
473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way a denominational primary school should uphold the child and family’s constitutional rights (details supplied) where just one child... - Special Educational Needs
475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the SNA workforce plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43584/24] - School Staff
476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is provision to provide immediate financial assistance to cover expenses related to medical bills, therapy sessions and medication for... - Schools Amalgamation
477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process to amalgamate two primary schools, a boys' school and a girls' school, into one school. [44954/24] - Special Educational Needs
478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans she has in place for the opening of an autism class in a school (details supplied); if this classroom will be open by September 2027... - Schools Building Projects
479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a firm timeline for the move of a school to a new site (details supplied); and to outline the issues if any to ensure a timely... - School Staff
480. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the full details of all unfilled posts across the Dún Laoghaire constituency, by school. [45108/24] - Special Educational Needs
481. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to accommodating a pupil (details supplied) at a school through a commitment to providing them with teaching and... - School Textbooks
482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific measures her Department has implemented to address the funding shortfalls some schools are facing under the free book schemes; if... - School Admissions
483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every effort can be made to secure a school place for the son of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Staff
484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE solicitors employed by her Department in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [45188/24] - School Transport
485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by her Department to better manage data on busy school transport routes to ensure that all places allocated are being... - School Enrolments
486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of school places required at primary and second level in Celbridge, County Kildare, with particular reference to the needs... - School Facilities
491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position in regard to replacement of accommodation and facilities for a school (details supplied); if she is satisfied that the need... - School Enrolments
492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate school places remain available at Straffan, County Kildare; if she is mindful of the expanding population and the... - School Accommodation
495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action in hand to address the ongoing safety concerns of parents regarding their children’s safety travelling to a school (details... - School Enrolments
496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts in hand to ensure that all students in Kill secure a school place in September 2025 given the number of refusals for primary school... - Special Educational Needs
498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs teachers and SNAs continue to be available to the extent required in County Kildare, and all areas throughout... - School Enrolments
499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of progress in ensuring the provision of a new primary school in Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare; the degree to which such provision... - Special Educational Needs
500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she expects to be in a position to meet the special needs education requirements throughout north Kildare, with particular... - School Accommodation
501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary school places at Johnstownbridge, County Kildare continue to be assessed, with a view to ensuring that accommodation... - School Facilities
502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress in the provision of extra school facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Accommodation
503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary school places at Broadford, County Kildare, continue to be assessed, with a view to ensuring that accommodation is... - Schools Building Projects
504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which progress has been made in respect of the provision of new school building for a school (details supplied); the recent... - School Enrolments
505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate school places remain available to parents and school children at Moyvalley, County Kildare; and if she will make a... - After-School Support Services
506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ongoing efforts, if any, to liaise with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, with a view to providing... - School Accommodation
507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which new school buildings are required throughout north Kildare, whether replacement or the building of new schools; the progress... - School Discipline
508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures currently in place or envisaged to combat school bullying in its various forms at primary and second level schools throughout the... - School Accommodation
509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when essential works will commence to repair a roof of a school (details supplied) given there are at least five separate leaks seeping water... - Artificial Intelligence
511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 285 and 286 of 18 September 2024, if her Department has ever used artificial intelligence in the...
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