Written answers
Thursday, 3 July 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there was a reduction in special needs assistant support for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - School Attendance
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department tracks the number of children living in emergency homeless accommodation who have missed school days or changed schools... - School Equipment
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school students who do not have access to a personal digital device at home. [36700/25] - School Enrolments
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in DEIS band 1 areas that currently have waiting lists for junior infants; and the plans in place to increase... - Departmental Staff
207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers working in non-teaching posts in her Department, for example, in the inspectorate. [36709/25] - Special Educational Needs
208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a child (details supplied) is allocated an SNA as recommended by separate assessments; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Transport
210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a bus ticket for a child (details supplied) due to exceptional circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36727/25] - Teaching Qualifications
211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reintroduce the route for people who undertook an early childhood care bachelor degree to attend a postgraduate course in St.... - Education and Training Provision
213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the number of Gaelscoileanna operating within the country, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs
219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any of the 399 new special education classes that were sanctioned for the coming school year have had their sanctioning withdrawn; and if so,... - Teaching Qualifications
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a pathway exists for graduates of a course (details supplied) to receive a Teaching Council number; whether route 4 continues to exist for... - School Funding
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional funding can be allocated to small rural DEIS schools, such as (details supplied), to cover health and safety essential works, given... - Education Costs
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s position on secondary schools requiring parents to purchase iPads or specific digital devices, particularly in light of... - School Textbooks
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to simplify the tendering protocol for the free schoolbooks scheme to allow wider access to the scheme for independent bookstores; and if she... - Special Educational Needs
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a school’s (details supplied) SNA allocation given it is inadequate to meet the needs of children attending the school;... - Education Costs
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that some secondary schools are encouraging parents to incur financial debt by requiring the purchase of specific iPads, which... - Schools Building Projects
228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when physical work will start on the new permanent building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for completion; and if she will make a... - Education and Training Boards
229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when LMETB will start the physical work to develop the new LMETH head office building in Drogheda, as per a decision taken by Government twelve... - Teacher Training
231. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will make it mandatory for those training to become a primary or secondary school teacher to complete one work placement in a... - Teaching Qualifications
232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing a new Teaching Council registration pathway to allow Montessori-trained teachers and those who hold recognised... - School Funding
233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider changing the criteria of the capitation grant for special schools to consider all school staff or the square meter area of... - School Staff
236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider providing an assistant principal 1 to all special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36886/25] - Departmental Schemes
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider renaming the leave of absence following assault scheme to more appropriately reflect the complex and unintentional nature of... - School Staff
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow for special school staff such as caretakers, cleaners and bus escorts to be paid under the online claims system, in order to... - School Transport
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will conduct a review into the school transport requirements from Ballon, County Carlow to a school (details supplied); and if... - School Curriculum
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the national anthem, Amhrán na bhFiann, is included in the primary or post-primary curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Patronage
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider reopening a school (details supplied) under new patronage, considering that there is a sufficient demand of children in the...
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