Written answers
Tuesday, 11 February 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is a requirement that a child leaving primary school with a diagnosis requires another assessment of need to enter second level education.... - Teaching Qualifications
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Cabinet Minister with responsibility for policy regarding postgraduate teaching qualifications, in particular for the postgraduate master's... - School Accommodation
257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) will be upgraded under the Pathfinder Retrofit Programme this summer, as agreed, even though... - School Equipment
260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a scheme will open this year for schools to apply for funding to replace equipment in practical rooms; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Accommodation
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update in relation to the very serious health and safety issues identified with the current building used by a school (details supplied);... - Schools Building Projects
263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a phase two meeting with her Department and key stakeholders on the development of an extension to a school (details... - School Accommodation
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any consultation has taken place with the Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government regarding planning guidelines for local... - Teaching Qualifications
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recognition of experience for teachers who obtained their qualifications outside of Ireland; and the measures being taken to... - Education Welfare Service
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of full-time equivalent educational welfare officer positions in Waterford city and county; the number of these positions... - Education Policy
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised by a number of parents with respect to the inappropriate targeting of children by commercial skin product... - Grant Payments
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on when the minor works grant for 2025 will be made available to schools. [4082/25] - School Accommodation
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer works scheme for schools will be re-introduced this year. [4083/25] - Ministerial Responsibilities
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish the ministerial brief she received on commencing her role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4088/25] - School Accommodation
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently review the decision to deny the provision of a second SEN classroom at a school (details supplied) considering the immediate need and... - Public Sector Pensions
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address as a matter of extreme urgency the pension calculation information in respect of a person (details supplied) that contains very... - Home Schooling
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a change in her Department’s approach to the assessment process for home schooling; if it is now the case that meetings... - Schools Building Projects
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will make provisions for the tender schedule for the new school building project of a school (details supplied) to include provision... - Education Welfare Service
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and her Department can assist a family (details supplied) in regard to an urgent matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to address a lack of school transport since October 2024 for a child with special needs (details supplied); when this... - School Admissions
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place for a child (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4167/25] - School Staff
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow for an appeals process for applicants for assault leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4183/25] - Teaching Qualifications
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of ECTS credits for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4208/25] - Legislative Process
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in respect of each Bill for which her Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in... - Schools Building Projects
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the ongoing development in Dundalk and the increasing demand for school places, if she will outline any additional school building... - Legislative Measures
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the position on the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024; for an update on the progress of the Bill and when... - School Accommodation
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the emergency works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that her Department’s website is updated to accurately reflect the current stage of the building process for a school... - Public Sector Pay
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of her Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are... - Education Policy
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to create a dedicated national therapy service in education, beginning with special schools; and if she will make a statement on the... - Educational Disadvantage
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the application, selection process and criteria that apply for a secondary school to gain DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Accommodation
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for funding to install another prefab to facilitate a second junior infants class in September for a school... - Special Educational Needs
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to provide additional autism classes in an area of County Cork (details supplied); if the National Council for Special... - Educational Disadvantage
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that some schools in Balbriggan have been awarded DEIS status and as such are availing of the MBX school meals programme; if she... - Schools Building Projects
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school (details supplied) will be completed. [4403/25] - School Funding
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of primary and secondary schools that are in debt; and the total amount of debt owed by primary and secondary schools, in each... - Departmental Expenditure
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company... - Special Educational Needs
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when resources such as teachers, special needs assistants and buildings will be supplied to a school (details supplied), permitting each... - School Admissions
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can intervene to assist a child (details supplied) in securing a place in secondary education, having moved to Ireland from the UK in... - Irish Language
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to develop a policy for Irish in the education system from early childhood education to third level and to establish an expert... - School Admissions
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a child (details supplied) awaiting a school place offer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4582/25] - Ministerial Responsibilities
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in her Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for... - Schools Building Projects
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed secondary school in a location (details supplied); when she expects construction to commence; and if she will make a... - School Curriculum
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will act to remove faith formation, including sacramental preparation, from the core school day; and if she will make a statement on the... - Teaching Qualifications
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will act to remove the requirement for primary school teachers to have a Catholic religious education certificate to be eligible for most... - Equal Opportunities Employment
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will legislate to remove the discrimination permitted under section 37(1) of the Employment Equality Act 1998; and if she will make a... - School Equipment
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of CO2 monitors that have been issued to schools since 2021; the number still to be issued; and the total cost of the scheme to date.... - School Transport
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of much needed school transport for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Teaching Qualifications
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the requirement that a minimum requisite base-level gender-knowledge and gender-sensitive teaching methods skillset be mandatory for... - Education Policy
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of her Department’s policy toward single-sex primary and post-primary schools; if it is the intention of her Department to... - Schools Building Projects
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new premises for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4778/25] - Special Educational Needs
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application to expand the facilities for neurodiverse students in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a... - School Staff
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the number of teachers currently employed in Ireland; the number able to teach uniquely through the Irish language; the... - Artificial Intelligence
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of her Department... - School Admissions
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any record is kept of children who join a secondary school in the middle of the school year due to moving home, returning to Ireland,...
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