Written answers
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- Period Poverty
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budgetary amount allocated to the provision of a range of free, adequate, safe and suitable period products in all educational publicly... - School Equipment
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to rollout an ICT grant for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13293/25] - School Funding
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the severe financial difficulties at a school (details supplied) due to the inadequacy of its capitation... - Site Acquisitions
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 5 February 2025, if she will provide an update regarding the transfer of a site (details supplied)... - Schools Building Projects
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13316/25] - School Staff
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she has plans to ensure that bus escorts can get paid their salary throughout the entire year rather than during the school term and... - School Curriculum
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if other modules will be rolled out for the level two learning programme for September 2025 in view of the fact that only literacy and numeracy... - School Funding
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will approve emergency funding for a DEIS Band 1 school (details supplied) which is due to run out of money from 1 April 2025,... - Teacher Training
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills with regard to the large cohort of students on post-primary ITE programmes, if she will address the inequity whereby Gaeilge student teachers... - School Accommodation
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a special classroom for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13407/25] - School Discipline
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to instigate a child protection review of the recently published ‘Understanding Behaviours of Concern and Responding to Crisis... - School Accommodation
346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will sanction the two modular classrooms for a school (details supplied). [13439/25] - Special Educational Needs
347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classes approved in 2025 at both primary and secondary level in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Funding
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the position of a school (details supplied) regarding a lack of funding; if she is aware of developments indicating the school... - Schools Building Projects
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for when the stage 2(a) meeting will take place between her Department and a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Enrolments
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of primary school places in Dunshaughlin for September 2025 and that her Department has been... - Special Educational Needs
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13503/25] - School Staff
353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that school bus escorts are left unemployed during the summer months and often experience delays with accessing social protection... - School Transport
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children (details supplied) have to be driven 1 km to be picked up by the school bus on an unsafe road; and if she will make a... - Public Procurement Contracts
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by her Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works... - Departmental Bodies
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of her Department, which are quasi-judicial in... - School Transport
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will implement the recommendations of the school transport review concerning lowering the minimum distance limits in relation to the... - School Accommodation
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details of her engagements with a school (details supplied) regarding their proposal to temporarily house a proposed special school in... - Special Educational Needs
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a cap on special needs assistants for 2025 and 2026; what that cap is, and if it is being reviewed in light of increased demand; and... - Teacher Training
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the colleges and courses where it is possible for a student to complete primary school teacher training entirely through the medium of... - Departmental Funding
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conditions or guidelines attached to the £20 million allocated to the Department of Education in the north of Ireland by the Shared... - School Funding
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sufficient funding will be provided to two schools (details supplied) to ensure they can continue to operate. [13660/25] - Special Educational Needs
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a place in an autism special school setting will be provided for a child (details supplied). [13699/25] - School Funding
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of expenditure of public funds to private schools; the purpose of the funding, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement... - Special Educational Needs
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that children are accessing access and inclusion model support in early years settings, if she will clarify that these figures are being... - Official Engagements
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she met with her Australian counterpart during her recent visit to Australia for St. Patrick's Day events. [13871/25] - Schools Building Projects
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 5 February 2025, for a status update on her Department’s efforts to secure the necessary... - School Accommodation
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the works required for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13891/25] - Special Educational Needs
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new ASD classes delivered in Galway post-primary schools in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [13902/25] - Schools Refurbishment
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [13903/25] - School Funding
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13904/25] - Education Welfare Service
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Clare in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13905/25] - Schools Refurbishment
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [13906/25] - Special Educational Needs
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many vacancies for special education needs organiser posts that exist in the Louth area; and when will those posts be filled, in tabular... - Schools Refurbishment
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [13908/25] - Education Welfare Service
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE educational welfare officers based in Cavan in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13909/25] - Educational Disadvantage
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS schools in Kerry; and the location of name of those schools, in tabular form. [13910/25] - Early School Leavers
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many staff members were employed to support the School Completion Programme in Donegal in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.... - School Enrolments
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projected number of junior infant enrolments in County Kilkenny for September 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [13912/25] - School Funding
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [13913/25] - Child Abuse
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Report of the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Day and... - School Transport
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children carried on school buses entirely comprising 'concessionary' tickets due to the change in school transport scheme policy... - School Equipment
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the further advice she has taken on the roll-out of phone pouches for schools since assuming office; the degree to which she has considered... - School Accommodation
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposal by a school (details supplied) to develop two ASD modular units within the existing play area of the school; if she... - School Transport
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Mayo is deemed the second-nearest school for a family in relation to the school transport scheme. [13990/25] - School Staff
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her position on the pay scale for special needs assistants who are offered full-time contracts and begin on point one of the scale but have years... - School Accommodation
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 5, 13 and 17 that received funding from her Department for works under the minor works scheme in 2024; and the nature of... - Schools Building Projects
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has not sanctioned a school (details supplied) to go to tender for the necessary extension of six classrooms and... - Social Media
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of her Department’s social... - Special Educational Needs
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a situation raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14063/25] - School Funding
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that further funding be made available with the utmost urgency to two schools (details supplied). [14064/25] - School Accommodation
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of an issue presenting for a primary school and an early learning and childcare facility (details supplied); if her Department... - School Curriculum
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans in place to set up a regional scheme to assist parents who wish to give their children the opportunity to complete... - Special Educational Needs
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address the lack of supports for single working parents of children with autism (details supplied) during school holidays, as they rely on... - Public Sector Pensions
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make provision for school secretaries to access pensions as Government employees. [14124/25] - School Enrolments
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of enrolment applications in a school (details supplied) in each of the past five years, compared to the number of students enrolled... - National Educational Psychological Service
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for the number of National Educational Psychological Service assessments being made available for schools in Dublin South Central; and if she... - Schools Building Projects
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of plans to build primary and secondary schools in an area (details supplied). [14128/25] - School Funding
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current subvention paid to schools for transition year, per student; whether there is a cap on such subventions; and if she will make a... - Child Safety
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether it is possible for parents to be Garda vetted to assist second level schools in providing sufficient ratios of adults to children for... - School Funding
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools referred to the Financial Support Services Unit due to concerns in relation to financial pressures, for each of the past... - Special Educational Needs
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to develop ASD places in pre-school settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14186/25] - School Transport
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a review of the contracts for taxi drivers with Bus Éireann providing transport for children in special education, due to the age limit... - School Accommodation
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 5 February 2025, for an update on the status of an additional needs application from a school... - Education Policy
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to provide mixed gender schools in the Raheny area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14192/25] - Teaching Qualifications
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct the Teaching Council to introduce a primary teaching degree programme in autism, for the purpose or teaching in autism classes... - School Enrolments
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students enrolled in 4th, 5th and 6th class in primary schools in the Wicklow county districts (details provided), in tabular form;... - Schools Building Projects
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if there are any plans to develop a new secondary school in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Education Policy
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to review the policy which states that remote teaching and learning are not provided when schools are closed due to...
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