Written answers
Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether all mild general learning disability schools being re-designated as complex needs schools; if so, the reason for this; which stakeholders... - School Discipline
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that some schools (details supplied) are pressuring their teachers to not wear clothing that may be perceived as being of Middle... - Special Educational Needs
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a reader and scribe for the Junior Certificate examinations was made by a school for a child (details supplied); and if she... - School Enrolments
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider putting in place a common enrolment process for students in the Greystones area before the 2026-2027 academic year; and if... - Early School Leavers
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current funding allocation to the Edenderry school completion programme, which receives €25,000 annually, the... - School Patronage
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact steps required by her Department for a school to change its patronage; the role of the school’s board of management, the... - Departmental Data
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to expand the in-school therapy programme by a factor of 100%, doubling, in effect, the number of permanent expert therapists... - Youth Services
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided as indicated by a DDLETB officer for a post to be split between administration and youth support worker for a group... - Teaching Qualifications
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the possibility of learning support teachers (SET) who do not have Irish language qualifications to be able to work in schools where... - Special Educational Needs
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 12 June 2025 (details supplied), the number of children that account for the 92% of allocations... - Public Procurement Contracts
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a designated head of procurement; if each agency or public body under her Department’s remit also has a designated... - Special Educational Needs
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the redesignation of special schools will only affect children with a diagnosis of mild general learning disability (MGLD) or will affect... - Teacher Training
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, given that Marino Institute of Education is a third-level higher education institute and not-for-profit charity funded directly by her... - School Accommodation
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding modular accommodation for a special class at a school (details supplied); the position regarding application for... - School Staff
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if reconsideration will be given to a decision to deny additional SNA allocation to school (details supplied) for the reasons outlined; and if... - Schools Building Projects
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school and it's emergency works scheme application (details supplied) following extensive damage caused by... - Scoileanna DEIS
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to include rural DEIS schools in the Home School Liaison Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33782/25] - State Examinations
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to improve the quality and accessibility of examinations.ie. [33787/25] - Departmental Reports
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a full list of all documents, reports, strategies, and resources that have been “unpublished” by her Department over the past... - Home Schooling
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support families who choose home schooling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33820/25] - School Staff
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address reports of staff exhaustion in schools, particularly among SNAs and teaching staff, due to a lack of adequate... - School Admissions
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a child (details supplied) can avail of tutor summer provision if the dates and activities in the school-based summer provision do not suit... - Special Educational Needs
406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils currently enrolled in a school (details supplied) who have a diagnosis of MGLD will have to move to mainstream education under her... - School Staff
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNAs employed in County Wicklow in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; the number that will be employed in the 2025-2026 academic year, in... - School Transport
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether consideration has been given to lifting the mandatory retirement age of 70 for school transport providers for children with special... - Programme for Government
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will introduce a new national small schools project, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [33868/25] - School Accommodation
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to emails on 28 May and 12 June 2025, to provide an update on the urgently needed modular units for a school (details supplied). [33874/25] - School Staff
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of an issue (details supplied) where SNAs moving from part-time roles to permanent staff roles are left without pay for the... - Special Educational Needs
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the meaning of ‘complex MGLD’ in the circular 0039/2025 regarding the re-designation of special schools; and if she will make a... - National Council for Special Education
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the fact that the NCSE has ignored five children with additional needs who have been recommended for a placement in a special class... - School Staff
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the allocation of an SNA at a school in County Tipperary (details supplied); if she will ensure that the school... - Schools Building Projects
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the process in relation to school planning matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33955/25] - Departmental Data
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an outline of the revised divestment process; when it will commence; the targets for same; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Admissions
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it can be ensured that a child (details supplied) can avail of an appropriate school place in time for the coming school year.; and if she... - School Accommodation
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to take into consideration the circumstances of a school in County Kerry (details supplied); to provide a third temporary autism class for the... - Departmental Data
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a timeline as to when she expects her Department to conduct a survey of primary school parents and guardians on their preferences on... - Departmental Projects
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure... - School Curriculum
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure reasonable accommodations for standardised testing in primary schools, such as increased time for dyslexic... - Budget 2026
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an increase in school funding per head of student is being considered for Budget 2026 within her Department; and if she will make a statement... - School Staff
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the allocation of teaching resources at a school (details supplied) has been reduced; if she is aware that this reduction will result... - Special Educational Needs
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the retention of the mild general learning difficulties class in a school (details supplied) that has been in existence since... - School Staff
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is correct to state that a teacher (details supplied) would only receive an annual pension of €1982.65 after over 17... - School Transport
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify an issue concerning school transport in Gowran, County Kilkenny (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Funding
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for primary and post-primary schools for cybersecurity. [34202/25] - Schools Building Projects
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an urgent update on the extension project at a school (details supplied); the cause of delays in her Department’s... - Departmental Data
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 12 June 2025, if she will outline how the ancillary grant is calculated for each school, the total... - Trade Unions
439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider the issues raised by a union (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34246/25] - Departmental Policies
440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there been a risk impact assessment of the potential damage that could be done to children by the gender ideology elements of the Bí... - School Staff
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of STEM teachers in the secondary education system in each of the past ten years; the steps she is taking to increase the number of... - School Funding
446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a specific capital support scheme in place to provide financial assistance to schools to maintain and adapt long standing... - State Examinations
447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered the risks that could be posed to the integrity of the State examinations by allowing students to work on their... - Schools Building Projects
449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a school project (details supplied); if this project can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34364/25] - School Accommodation
450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many schools, and school names, have applied for alternative/modular accommodation for the coming academic year; how many have been put in... - School Staff
451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline why a school (details supplied) has reduced the allocation of teaching resources for the academic year 2025-26; if she is aware that... - Schools Building Projects
452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a status update on the safety assessment completed at school (details supplied) and a timeframe on the new building for the school; and if... - School Staff
453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration is being given to an added allowance for school principals for leading and managing non-teaching staff; and if she will make a... - Departmental Data
455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and names of single teacher schools in County Clare in each of the years 2019 to 2025, in tabular form; the current teacher/pupil... - Schools Refurbishment
457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that she has received a letter from the principal and the chairperson of the board of management of a school (details supplied),... - School Textbooks
458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role her Department has in ensuring the quality and curriculum integrity of schoolbooks sold to schools; if she will ensure that these books... - Departmental Data
459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools that underwent a REPowerEU Energy Inventory Profile Survey as part of the second phase of the REPowerEU Pathfinder Programme will be... - School Accommodation
461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on changes to classroom arrangements at a school (details supplied); if she will ensure prefab accommodation is provided so that... - Schools Building Projects
462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the planning difficulties currently being experienced by a school (details supplied) in building two special education...
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