Written answers
Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Nos.342 and 343 of 16 April 2024, for a breakdown of the special classes autism, moderate ID and so on; and... - Schools Building Projects
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will begin on the permanent school building for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement... - Grant Payments
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the boarding grant for students will be increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18807/24] - School Admissions
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the provision of Gaelscoileanna in the North Central area and to indicate whether there is any intention to provide additional... - Schools Building Projects
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timeline for the provision of a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the provision of suitable autism classes at secondary level in an area (details supplied); if there are plans to increase this... - School Equipment
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average timeframe of delivery for assistive technology applications at both primary and secondary levels where they have been deemed... - Broadband Infrastructure
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of copper communication lines within her Department that are currently in active operation and for which her Department is... - School Transport
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to a school transport issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18851/24] - Schools Building Projects
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when building work will commence on a new school for a school (details supplied). [18860/24] - School Facilities
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the serious parking issues at a school (details supplied) which endanger students being collected from school; that this is... - School Staff
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to move school cleaners on to public sector pay scales as was done with school secretaries and school caretakers; and if she... - School Transport
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to facilitate a new school transport bus route from Delvin to Mullingar, County Westmeath, under the revised guideline, as per School Transport... - Special Educational Needs
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. [18958/24] - School Accommodation
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if it will be considered, as a matter of urgency;... - School Curriculum
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department appears to have no quality control system in place to ensure that the standard of syllabi being published by the NCCA... - Special Educational Needs
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether there are plans for an ASD unit to be put in place at a school (details supplied) given its size and the present demand for such... - School Accommodation
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school in County Kerry will be granted an additional room (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18996/24] - Pension Provisions
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will reconcile the service of a group of teachers (details supplied) who spent a number of years working in the School... - Special Educational Needs
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average teacher to pupil ratio in special schools in Ireland. [19017/24] - School Accommodation
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for mixed post primary schools in the general Greenhills area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19023/24] - School Staff
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider allowing teachers previously registered with the Teaching Council to make an application for incremental credit... - Special Educational Needs
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a number of issues (details supplied) with regard to services for children within the education system with mental health and... - School Staff
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what protections are in place for teachers who suffer an injury at work and their ‘assault leave’ has expired, but they still... - School Facilities
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s views on whether guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours prohibit the provision of sibling hour... - Special Educational Needs
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently revise the SET allocation for a school (details supplied), in light of its extenuating circumstances; and if she will make a... - Teaching Qualifications
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite an application for teaching recognition in the name of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 474 of 17 January 2023, the current status regarding the proposed permanent extension at a school (details... - European Union
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list all Acts and Statutory Instruments sponsored by her Department which became law from 20 February 2020 to date in 2024 and which were... - Special Educational Needs
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of classes and dedicated schools for moderate ID children in the Dublin 14 and 16 areas; what plans are in place to... - Schools Building Projects
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school application for works funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19233/24] - Schools Administration
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s views on whether the guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours prohibits the provision of sibling... - School Management
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the obligations on patron bodies of national schools to have in place formal complaints procedures for parents to question... - Schools Administration
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if forthcoming updated guidelines on the use of school buildings will take into consideration the difficulty parents face in accessing childcare... - School Staff
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on teacher shortages; her plans to address them; if she plans to collate data on the number of unfulfilled teaching positions overall... - Schools Building Projects
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 17 April 2024, whether a school (details supplied) can secure temporary accommodation due to an... - School Admissions
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every effort can be made to facilitate a school place in the desired school of a child (details supplied); if all efforts can be made to... - Special Educational Needs
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s plans to address the inadequate number of school spaces available for children with a moderate intellectual disability in... - School Accommodation
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost to date in 2024 for prefab accommodation at a school (details supplied) in Naas, County Kildare; and the estimated cost of... - Schools Building Projects
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which she signed, or will sign, the letter of intent for a school project to reach completion stage (details supplied). [19290/24] - Teacher Training
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans his Department has to subsidise the Gaeltacht fees for post primary teaching students; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Fee Paying Schools
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of public funding provided to fee-charging schools in 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19305/24] - School Staff
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for 2024-2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a... - Special Educational Needs
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special needs assistants in 2023-2024; the provisional allocation for special needs assistants for 2024-2025, by county, in... - Grant Payments
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ancillary services grant and ICT digital strategy grants will be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19342/24] - Local Authorities
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to her Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024,... - Schools Building Projects
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct Department officials to meet with a school (details supplied) and their architect for their new build in order to resolve... - Special Educational Needs
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if exceptional teaching posts are still available for special schools. [19374/24] - School Textbooks
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to include private schools under the free books scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19389/24] - School Facilities
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he plans to take to ensure that there is equity in standards of laboratory facilities and laboratory resources as well as access to... - School Staff
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a psychologist will be appointed by the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, to a school (details supplied); and if she can... - Schools Building Projects
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on school extension plans that were submitted to her Department for a school in County Kilkenny (details supplied); and if... - School Costs
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to supporting schools with rising insurance costs as a result of the construction of modular buildings as in the... - School Textbooks
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason schools under the education and training boards, ETB, will be required to purchase junior cycle text books directly from the central... - Schools Building Projects
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a recently approved school building project (details supplied) can be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19437/24] - School Funding
363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the decision not to grant a school (details supplied) funding under the emergency works scheme. [19462/24] - Schools Building Projects
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with the board of management of a school (details supplied) to discuss their serious concerns at the failure of her Department...
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