Written answers
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in relation to a school extension (details supplied), which has been approved, she will intervene in the case and allow the school to go... - Special Educational Needs
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for assistive technology for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Pupil-Teacher Ratio
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15004/25] - School Accommodation
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a modular unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15009/25] - School Transport
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a place on a school bus route will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15045/25] - School Funding
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will expedite the payment of the schools services support fund grant to a school (details supplied) in light of the serious... - Departmental Properties
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a site (details provided) is under the ownership and control of the Department of Education; if the site is under the Department's... - School Transport
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann will issue school bus tickets for the existing school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15072/25] - Special Educational Needs
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 576 of 22 January 25, for a further update in relation to the new special school announced for Lucan; to... - Teaching Qualifications
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding her Department's plans to expand and change the criteria needed for teacher qualification in order to address the teacher... - School Funding
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocated funding for the school completion programme, with confirmation of whether each local management committee has indicated that the... - State Examinations
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way his Department intends to address the issue of fairness in 2025 Leaving Certificate grading adjustments; the way his Department will... - Special Educational Needs
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of school places required for special schools in Dublin and Cork for September 2025, and the projected number of places that... - School Transport
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be made available to two students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15098/25] - Schools Building Projects
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the case for the emergency works application (Details supplied), due to significant issues with mould and damp at the school;... - Special Educational Needs
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to intervene to provide adequate speech and language therapy services at a school (details supplied), to stop the erosion of this much needed... - Schools Building Projects
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on emergency works applications for a school (details supplied). [15108/25] - Special Educational Needs
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to provide additional special education classes in an area of County Cork (details supplied); her plans to increase the capacity of the... - Schools Administration
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a mechanism whereby a school parents’ association can ensure that there is engagement from the board of management of... - Special Educational Needs
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will open a special educational needs classroom for the academic year 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement... - School Staff
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to give school secretaries access to the public service pension schemes and other leave schemes, in view of the fact that... - School Accommodation
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the installation of the promised prefab building at a school (details supplied), which is intended to... - School Staff
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNA posts sanctioned in Cork for the 2024-2025 school year; and the number currently filled. [15206/25] - Special Educational Needs
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism places available in primary schools in Skerries, Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, Garristown, Naul, Oldtown, Ballyboughal, Rolestown,... - Disadvantaged Status
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be included in the new DEIS Plus scheme for schools. [15277/25] - Special Educational Needs
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be sanctioned for a special class, as requested by the SENO and school over a year ago. [15278/25] - Irish Language
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the implications for a pupil who is granted an exemption from Irish in primary school, including what they should be doing during Irish class.... - Special Educational Needs
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sufficient supports in school are being provided for a pupil (details supplied) with dyslexia. [15292/25] - School Admissions
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of applications for persons related to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15349/25] - Schools Administration
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following a statement issued on 19 March 2025 (details supplied), if she will clarify the timeline and process whereby it is proposed to change a... - Special Educational Needs
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if a special school (details supplied) will be opening a secondary school on their grounds; and if she will make a statement on the... - Early School Leavers
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will continue to financially support, and endorse, the successful roll out across County Kerry, and throughout the country, of the School... - School Staff
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to examine the anomaly in the pay and conditions of an acting principal (details supplied). [15401/25] - Special Educational Needs
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application for funding to provide a SEN classroom in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on... - School Facilities
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline possible funding options for a secondary school in County Cork (details supplied) to carry out adaptation works to its sports hall to... - School Accommodation
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 25 March 2025, and respecting that existing accommodation must be used to meet the demand for... - School Admissions
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place will be provided for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15559/25] - School Enrolments
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that will be enrolled into the interim special school in County Monaghan in September 2025; if there is capacity at the... - School Transport
420. 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... - Special Educational Needs
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and locations of schools currently in receipt of the NCSE educational therapy support service, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the emergency works scheme given a revised itemised cost breakdown was... - School Staff
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 628 of 19 March 2025, if she will consider bringing school secretaries under a public service contract; and... - Schools Building Projects
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider including a special education school on the campus of one of the sites designated for schools in the Clonburris SDZ. [15681/25] - School Admissions
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to use legislative powers to compel every school in an area (details supplied) to open special classes to ensure there are enough school places... - Disadvantaged Status
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether some schools in Nenagh should achieve DEIS status. [15694/25] - School Curriculum
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will identify every secondary school in Dublin 2,4,6 and 8 which has Politics and Society on their Leaving Certificate curriculum, in... - Schools Building Projects
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with a request to review the Phase 2 scope of works by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has applied for an autism spectrum disorder class with the National Council for Special Education; and if she will... - School Transport
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the length of time it takes to process an application for a special transport grant; how many special transport grants applications have been... - School Facilities
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage directly with a school regarding the urgent need for an on-site, after-school service for all students attending... - Language Schools
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the changes to the financial requirements for students arriving into the country under a Stamp 2 visa to €6,665 as proof of... - Schools Administration
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the Diocese of Cork and Ross is running a pilot programme in State-funded primary schools whereby a US evangelical Catholic... - Disadvantaged Status
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision to exclude a school (details supplied) from the DEIS band 1 programme considering all other schools in the... - School Transport
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a person's application for a school transport remote area grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) and allocate them a place in an early intervention class. [15823/25]
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