Written answers
Tuesday, 8 July 2025
Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of proposed changes to the school bus service for a school (details supplied); if she is aware that parents have been informed by... - Departmental Expenditure
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to 2025,... - Departmental Advertising
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies and cost of each advertising... - Departmental Expenditure
375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or... - Schools Building Projects
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of each capital project funded by her Department in each year since 2020, by county, including name of school, nature of the project,... - Teaching Qualifications
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-introduce the route for people who undertook an early childhood care bachelor's degree to attend a postgraduate course in a... - School Accommodation
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be allocated under the application for the new summer works scheme for a school (details supplied). [37083/25] - Schools Building Projects
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the permanent extension of a school (details supplied); the reasons modular accommodation was not provided in September... - Special Educational Needs
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an announced sanctioned special class for a school (details supplied); to provide details on when the admissions process... - School Facilities
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her Department’s engagement with Fingal County Council regarding the temporary access of land for outdoor... - Departmental Funding
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any engagement her Department has had with an organisation (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to its... - Special Educational Needs
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on her Department’s efforts to provide summer provision for two families (details supplied); and if she will make a... - Schools Building Projects
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); the reason for any delays; the projected timeframe for the issuance of the letter of... - Special Educational Needs
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average processing time for schools’ applications to the NCSE for additional SNA supports following a formal diagnosis; the... - Schools Building Projects
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension to a school (details supplied), which was approved in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37184/25] - National Educational Psychological Service
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average waiting time for a psychological assessment through NEPS in DEIS versus non-DEIS school; and if she will make a statement on... - Home Schooling
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average processing time for the home tuition grant scheme applications for children without school placements; the number of applications... - School Staff
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons for a reduction in teacher allocation at a school (details supplied), how this will impact junior and senior infants at the school;... - Departmental Expenditure
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purchase orders processed by her Department in 2023 that were not included in the published reports of purchase orders over... - Special Educational Needs
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special educational needs in rural parts of the country that have to travel outside their area to receive appropriate... - School Transport
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the parameters of the independent assessment into the feasibility of the over-70s' exclusion from the school transport scheme will be... - Departmental Schemes
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the teaching hours extension scheme, which currently applies to post-primary schools, to include primary schools... - School Textbooks
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of families in Kilkenny and Carlow that currently avail of the free schoolbooks scheme; the annual cost of this; and if she will make... - Teaching Qualifications
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has considered the introduction of a post-graduate qualification in primary school teaching at University College Galway;... - Schools Building Projects
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the new Owenabue Educate Together primary school for Carrigaline, County Cork; the stage this project is currently at; and the... - Health and Safety
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of updating the safety in school science guidelines. [37292/25] - School Facilities
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of bringing secondary school science labs up to date and modernised for the new senior cycle reforms. [37293/25] - Special Educational Needs
405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a child (details supplied) in need of SNA support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37305/25] - Schools Building Projects
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number and location of additional schools and funding secured in the Department's capital plan for the Donabate area; and if she will make a... - School Enrolments
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who travelled to school outside the Donabate area and the schools attended for the 2024-2025 academic school year, in... - School Meals Programme
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify when the review of the template documents for new schools joining the hot school meals scheme in advance of procurement will be... - Site Acquisitions
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the acquisition of land and the plans to move a school (details supplied); if she will provide a map of the land in... - Schools Building Projects
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the application for a new building for a school (details supplied; for an update on when a new school building will be... - Special Educational Needs
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is aware that an ASD class sanctioned in a school (details supplied) is still not open. [37369/25] - School Staff
413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to add school caretakers to her Department's payroll; the timeline for the implementation of same; and if she will make a... - School Transport
414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can address a case where a child with a disability (details supplied) is experiencing difficulty accessing school transport;... - School Staff
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37422/25] - School Accommodation
416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding repairs to a school (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects
417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on plans for a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37439/25] - School Admissions
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been brought to the lack of availability of co-educational primary schools in Cork (details supplied); the actions her... - Educational Disadvantage
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to urgently review the DEIS categorisation thresholds and ensure that DEIS rural schools are no longer punished for geography rather than need... - Teaching Council of Ireland
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37575/25] - School Accommodation
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for emergency works relative to health and safety in the name of a school (details supplied) will be expedited and approved.... - Special Educational Needs
422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 407 of 1 July 2025, if her attention has been drawn to the particular shortage of special classes for... - Education and Training Provision
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37627/25] - Schools Building Projects
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); if it will be ready to accept students in September 2025; and if she will... - School Accommodation
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 25 June 2025, if the application for emergency works will be granted as a matter of urgency given... - School Equipment
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing an allowance covering the cost of a device (details supplied) for each child in a school that teaches using such... - School Accommodation
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be given for additional school accommodation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence with regard to school transport (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37707/25] - Special Educational Needs
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has been denied an additional special needs assistant (SNA) by the NCSE following a recommendation made... - School Staff
432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37736/25] - School Funding
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of increasing extra support for those learning Irish as an additional language. [37752/25] - School Facilities
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of carrying out a review of all science labs in the country to ensure they are up to date and capable of performing well in exams. [37753/25] - National Educational Psychological Service
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists employed and working in the system to date. [37754/25] - School Facilities
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sensory rooms there in schools across the State; and the further number required to address demand. [37756/25] - Educational Disadvantage
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the DEIS plus programme from September 2025. [37757/25] - Special Educational Needs
439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 1 July 2025, the way in which she can justify 22 early intervention classes in Cork and only two in... - School Funding
440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a request for financial support from a newly amalgamated school (details supplied) where only one grant funding will be... - Schools Building Projects
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of opening a new Gaelcholáiste in Dublin. [37847/25] - School Funding
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a funding model will be provided to introduce talks from former gambling industry employees to secondary school students; as schools are... - School Discipline
443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether TUSLA staff have been provided with a practice directive policy or internal guidance concerning the use of physical restraint in Irish... - Schools Building Projects
444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a list of all capital works on schools in Tipperary that exceeded €500,000, from 2020 to 1 July 2025, by year and school, in tabular... - Special Educational Needs
445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support people learning Braille, Irish Sign Language and other ways of communication in schools; and if she will make a statement on...
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