Written answers
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Department of Education and Skills
- Maternity Leave
253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is considering changing the maternity leave policy to include surrogacy leave after the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction)... - School Transport
254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school transport pick-up point can be changed to facilitate nine children on a particular road in County Mayo (details supplied); and if she... - Special Educational Needs
256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will receive the support they need in an educational setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - School Transport
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter in relation to a school bus application (details supplied) [17380/24] - Schools Building Projects
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an emergency works application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17381/24] - Special Educational Needs
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the cuts to the special education teacher allocation hours at a school (details supplied); the reasoning for this decision... - Schools Building Projects
270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a date for when the permanent school building project at a school (details supplied) is due to proceed to tender; if she can... - Departmental Staff
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of WTE structural engineers employed by her Department as of 15 April 2024; and if she will provide same figures as of 30 September... - Schools Building Projects
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects refurbishment works at (details supplied) to be completed; and the estimated cost of these works. [17405/24] - Educational Disadvantage
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider assigning a school (details supplied) in Galway City with DEIS status; if she will explain in detail the reasoning behind... - School Transport
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look at a case (details supplied) where a pupil who was promised school transport has not been able to start secondary school because... - School Admissions
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a school place in the local Gaelscoil can be accommodated in the case of a child (details supplied) whose parents wish to have them... - Schools Building Projects
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if her Department is indeed putting an expedited plan for the provision of a new gaelcholáiste or gaelcholáistí in the... - Educational Disadvantage
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when DEIS status will be granted to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17450/24] - School Transport
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what happens to parents who are unable to apply for a school transport ticket before the closing date of 26 April 2024 as their child has yet to... - Health and Safety
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will assist the board of management of a school (details supplied) to ensure that the entire site at the school is surveyed and... - School Staff
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extra resources she has dedicated to implementing the new policy on breastfeeding breaks for teachers; and if she will make a statement on... - Departmental Meetings
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her offices received correspondence on 8 April 2024 on behalf of the parents association of a school (details supplied); if she will meet with... - After-School Support Services
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an alternative venue can be sourced to facilitate a club (details supplied) which is due to close in June 2024; and if she will make a... - School Funding
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will become available for a school (details supplied) to progress with the resurfacing of the school yard; and if she will make a... - School Accommodation
291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what assistance can be offered to a school (details supplied); when this school will be provided with a modular unit; the plans to increase the... - Special Educational Needs
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans that are in place to increase the provision of ASD places in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update and details of her plans to construct a new primary school in Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; and if she will... - School Enrolments
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment numbers at 30 March 2024 for all national schools in County Longford. [17592/24] - Teacher Training
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to expand a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17594/24] - School Enrolments
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail, on a county-by-county basis, as of 15 April 2024, or the latest date available, the number of Ukrainian pupils enrolled in... - Teaching Council of Ireland
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17639/24] - Teaching Qualifications
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17641/24] - School Transport
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a replacement school bus service for children attending a school (details supplied) was not put in place when the existing service was... - School Textbooks
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the roll-out of the primary school book grant scheme; and to confirm when the revised guidelines for 2024/2025 will be... - Teaching Council of Ireland
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to request that the Teaching Council addresses an issue raised with me by a person (details supplied); if the Council will set out the precise... - School Accommodation
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure an ASD unit is added to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17746/24] - Special Educational Needs
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the special education teaching hours allocated to a school (details supplied) have been reduced by ten hours; if she will reallocate... - Teaching Council of Ireland
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application for incremental credits submitted by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on an application for additional funding for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17833/24] - Teaching Qualifications
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 20 March 2024, if the Teaching Council will introduce new measures to allow teachers who have... - School Transport
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of proposed changes to the school bus transport system, when the new changes will become effective (details supplied); and if she will... - School Accommodation
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received an application for additional accommodation for a primary school in County Leitrim (details supplied); when the... - Special Educational Needs
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered supporting the installation of ASD units in school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Residential Institutions
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a letter (details supplied); the options available to this person to assist them in locating their family member’s remains;... - Schools Building Projects
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if approval will be issued as soon as possible. [17941/24] - Physical Education
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if every school providing physical education will be adequately funded to meet the needs of those participating and to include PE equipment; and... - National Educational Psychological Service
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how a school requests a NEPS assessment for a student. [17949/24] - School Accommodation
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation regarding a request for approval for a modular classroom at a school (details supplied). [17951/24] - Schools Building Projects
318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of the construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for the delivery of the new school... - Special Educational Needs
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason several parents in an area, including one couple (details supplied), have been denied places for their children when they had... - Water Services
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a cancellation of a debt to Irish Water in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18002/24] - Special Educational Needs
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to expand the number of places for special education class provision at preschool, primary and secondary level for those with... - School Accommodation
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position on a classroom extension to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18033/24] - Schools Building Projects
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a planning application by a school (details supplied) with Fingal County Council; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Accommodation
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is working on plans to enlarge a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18036/24] - Schools Building Projects
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18037/24] - School Enrolments
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work her Department has undertaken to assist the primary schools in Portmarnock, County Dublin, with oversubscriptions for 2024-25; and if... - Special Educational Needs
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism class school places that will be available in Dublin Fingal East for the school year 2024-25; and if she will make a... - School Accommodation
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 134 of 14 February 2024, the progress made with respect to the application for additional accommodation for... - School Transport
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will liaise with the relevant authorities to introduce a school pupil's free travel scheme bus pass, similar to the free travel... - Water Supply
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the share of all primary schools in the country that have access to drinking water from the mains, local water scheme or their own well; and if...
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