Written answers

Tuesday, 5 November 2024

  • Citizens' Assembly
    22. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the commitment given in the programme for Government to hold a citizens' assembly on the future of education. [44829/24]
  • State Examinations
    23. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it has been brought to her attention that students from the Republic are missing out on college places in the UK, including Northern Ireland,...
  • School Costs
    24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the practice of voluntary contributions in schools; whether her Department has collected data on the number of schools that...
  • National Educational Psychological Service
    25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills as per her recent press release extending the therapy pilot scheme to schools seeking DEIS status, how many therapists this involves; the...
  • Special Educational Needs
    26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional resources she plans to provide for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44964/24]
  • School Transport
    27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional routes that have been added for the school year 2024-25. [44971/24]
  • Special Educational Needs
    28. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of issues faced by a special school (details supplied) where students with high support needs who would have been allocated an SNA...
  • Educational Disadvantage
    29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce a DEIS-plus band for the most disadvantaged schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44960/24]
  • Special Educational Needs
    30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the recent announcement regarding a new special school for Cork for the 2025-26 school term, if a location has been identified for the...
  • Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
    32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén obair a rinne sí i dtaca leis an ngealltanas sa Chlár Rialtais chun líon na ndaltaí i scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge a...
  • Special Educational Needs
    33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date plans for the school inclusion model; the timeline for this plan; if costs have been determined for this plan; and if she will make...
  • School Staff
    35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to fill the almost 1,000 vacant teaching posts across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44992/24]
  • Education Standards
    36. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest data available to her on literacy and numeracy performance across schools; if she will indicate how great is the deviation between...
  • Special Educational Needs
    37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that no artificial cap is placed on the number of students who can attend an ASD unit within a school (details supplied). [44995/24]
  • School Funding
    38. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to ensure that a school (details supplied) is not forced to close due to a loss of funding from the Central Remedial...
  • School Accommodation
    39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a further update regarding the urgent need for an ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • Special Educational Needs
    40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe and capacity of the proposed special school in County Monaghan. [44994/24]
  • School Funding
    41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider further development of excellence funds to promote innovation within schools and between clusters of schools; and if she will...
  • Special Educational Needs
    42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to review and change the method by which SET hours are allocated to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Enrolments
    44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to provide appropriate school places this school year for all children who need them; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Pleananna Oideachais
    45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil díolúine ar fáil ón mBéarla sa chaoi is a bhfuil ón nGaeilge, fiú i scoileanna...
  • School Enrolments
    46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts being made to ensure sufficient school places at all schools, primary, second level and special needs, throughout Kildare North,...
  • School Staff
    48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to establish a comprehensive support system for educators who become victims of violence within the workplace, ensuring a swift and empathetic...
  • Special Educational Needs
    49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is putting in place to ensure that children with additional needs are not left without their SETs due to the shortage of...
  • State Examinations
    50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider implementing an extra time allowance for secondary school students with dyslexia during State examinations under the RACE...
  • Special Educational Needs
    51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is intended to review and change the method by which SNAs are allocated to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
  • School Enrolments
    52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to ensure the availability of an adequate number of teaching staff in all primary, second level and special...
  • School Staff
    53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to extend benefit to provide assault leave to teachers and SNAs for the duration of the medically certified leave, not just three to six months....
  • School Enrolments
    54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken since September 2024 to ensure that every child who is seeking a school place has one. [44970/24]
  • Capital Expenditure Programme
    55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of capital investments in the school estate. [44935/24]

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