Written answers

Wednesday, 2 July 2025

  • National Educational Psychological Service
    86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the pilot programme for counselling services in seven schools, whether the programme has been formally evaluated; and if so, when the...
  • Special Educational Needs
    88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans in relation to educational assessments; specifically, if she intends to review the use of standardised tests in light of evidence...
  • School Transport
    90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an issue can be addressed in relation to school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36292/25]
  • School Accommodation
    91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances in which a school (details supplied) is disposing of its premises for a reported €5 million and is to be accommodated in...
  • School Funding
    92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of issues impacting a school (details supplied) regarding the minority works grant; if she has any plans to increase funding for...
  • Teacher Training
    93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teacher upskilling programmes for STEM subjects such as maths, physics and chemistry which were run in each year since 2018; the...
  • Teaching Qualifications
    94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to address the gaps in teacher data whereby the number of STEM teachers in employment in schools across the country is not...
  • School Funding
    95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the increase in the capitation grant to a school (details supplied) given on a “once-off” basis in 2024 will be paid again in...
  • Special Educational Needs
    97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an appeal for a child (details supplied) for the home-based summer programme; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Departmental Functions
    99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the work of her Department in completing the transfer of outstanding functions to the Department of Further and Higher Education,...
  • Special Educational Needs
    100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the impact of the special schools redesignation on a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36406/25]
  • School Enrolments
    109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first year places offered for the 2025-2026 school term for post primary schools within the Donaghmede Dublin 13 school planning...
  • Special Educational Needs
    111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of schools that are providing the summer education programme in the Dublin 5, 13 and 17 postcode areas, in tabular form. [36509/25]
  • School Facilities
    112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding an application for a sports hall made by a school in 2018 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • School Funding
    113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a timeline for the introduction of a new national small schools project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36562/25]
  • Special Educational Needs
    114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce special educational needs co-ordinators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36563/25]
  • School Funding
    115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to the amount by which the capitation grant will increase per pupil within the lifetime of this Government; and...
  • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
    116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a timeline within which the Government will reduce class sizes to 19 pupils, as stated in the programme for Government; and if she will make...
  • Special Educational Needs
    117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the NCSE has decided not to go ahead with creating an ASD class in a school (details supplied); to provide a timeline for when the school...
  • Teacher Training
    118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason counselling courses, particularly for teachers who are guidance counsellors, are not included under the teacher fee refund scheme on...

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