Written answers
Tuesday, 27 May 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- School Staff
261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school secretaries will be given public service status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27701/25] - Education Policy
262. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that private entities are offering online grinds to prepare for standardised tests at primary school level; if she will take... - Education Welfare Service
263. 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... - School Funding
264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the need for a clear annual schedule of guaranteed school grants; and her plans to bring further clarity and steadiness to enable... - Schools Administration
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a timeline for the opening of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26769/25] - Teaching Qualifications
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering allowing incremental credit for external science experience to encourage those with a science and STEM background to become... - School Staff
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on plans to regularise the status of school secretaries and caretakers; and if these employees will be included in... - Public Sector Staff
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider developing a policy that will require online interviews to be facilitated for primary and post-primary teachers who are... - Special Educational Needs
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to removing the obligation on special needs assistants to undertake an additional 72 hours of work annually, in light of... - Youth Services
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of youth workers employed by her Department in each county, in tabular form. [26827/25] - Early School Leavers
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in the past five years that have left school before completing the Leaving Certificate, in tabular form. [26987/25] - Public Procurement Contracts
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if framework-based procurement is included in her Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts;... - Education Costs
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost to the State of funding an individual student in secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27085/25] - School Transport
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide information on the remote area grant including procedure for application and basis on which eligibility is assessed; and if... - Schools Building Projects
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building project for the provision of one additional mainstream classroom at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and... - School Transport
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason children attending ASD pre-schools are not entitled to a special transport grant unlike those enrolled in ASD classes in primary and... - Education and Training Boards
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will increase funding to the Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (LOETB) in light of the fact that it has received the lowest... - School Staff
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on measures to introduce public sector status, revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school caretakers and... - Special Educational Needs
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the redesignation of schools for children with mild general learning disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a matter relating to a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason the school bus service that was scheduled to... - Schools Administration
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school (details supplied) will be opening a secondary on their new grounds. [27155/25] - Special Educational Needs
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools providing summer education programme in the post codes of Dublin 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10, in tabular form. [27209/25] - School Staff
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the annual additional cost of providing pensions parity to school secretaries and caretakers, in line with the demands of a union... - School Transport
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to the parent of a child (details supplied) to access school transport or be financially assisted with the cost of fuel,... - Schools Building Projects
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take immediate action to resolve an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27226/25] - Special Educational Needs
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 984 of 29 April 2025, to outline to the nearest reasonable estimated month, the projected opening date for... - Schools Building Projects
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline to the nearest reasonable estimated month, the projected date of opening of the new school building for a school (details supplied);... - School Staff
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to allow school secretaries and school caretakers access to the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her Department's plan to add an autism class to a primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her Department's plans to approve a refurbishment of an old school (details supplied); if she will outline if the ASD class... - Special Educational Needs
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene to ensure a child (details supplied) will get a place in a local special school; and if she will make a statement on the... - State Examinations
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to review and extend exam accommodations to students with long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27374/25] - Home Schooling
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes she proposes to make for the inclusion of dedicated home school community liaison coordinators and the expansion of the service for... - Education Welfare Service
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational welfare officers employed by Tusla in each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Enrolments
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children attending primary school in Greystones, County Wicklow, broken down by class level and per school, in tabular form. [27506/25] - Special Educational Needs
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of transporting special education children to school in Carlow for the academic years 2022-2023, 2023-2024 and 2024-2025; and if she... - Youth Services
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work underway, and that has taken place to date, on implementing the actions for which Youth Affairs is the lead on Opportunities for Youth:... - School Funding
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how much it would cost to increase school capitation grant by 20% per student in the State. [27574/25] - Special Educational Needs
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the placement of two modular SEN classrooms at a school (details supplied); if considerations around the need to maintain the... - Schools Administration
336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with the opening of a secondary school in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Accommodation
337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the provision of additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Staff
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 461 of 20 May 2025, if she will provide an update specifically for school caretakers, not school... - Special Educational Needs
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can advise in relation to a school securing the necessary funding for a child who has not received an ASD school placement for September... - School Accommodation
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school’s application for additional accommodation ahead of the 2025-26 school year (details supplied); and if she will... - Special Educational Needs
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capacity of the NCSE to provide training to the staff of the 400 new special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27675/25] - State Examinations
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the ongoing review of the reasonable accommodations at the certificate examinations scheme, including terms of reference,... - Medical Cards
348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of survivors of institutional abuse who have been awarded an enhanced medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
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