Written answers
Wednesday, 5 May 2021
Department of Education and Skills
- Irish Sign Language
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to have Irish sign language incorporated into her Department’s curriculum in order that it can be taught in schools and... - Departmental Properties
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the hold-up by her Department in releasing land to the Department of Health for the provision of the Rowlagh primary healthcare... - Schools Building Projects
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new school build (details supplied) is expected to be completed in Julianstown, County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the... - Special Educational Needs
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the details and relevant dates of the 2021 summer provision programme will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the... - School Accommodation
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in moving a school (details supplied) to a permanent home; the plans ongoing to achieve same; and if she will make a... - Compensation Schemes
362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to compensating the victims of institutional abuse such as those who attended a school (details supplied); and if she... - School Facilities
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation undertaken in the decision to include gender neutral toilets in schools; and the parent, teacher and student groups that were... - Special Educational Needs Staff
366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department is continuing to delay in applying the recommendations of the Labour Court from December 2019 in relation to the public... - Schools Building Projects
367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works on a school (details supplied) will be completed. [22725/21] - School Transport
368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the removal of a school bus service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs Staff
369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new model of SNA provision will be released by her Department in view of the fact that the National Council for Special Education is... - Education Costs
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grants in place for driving a child to a second-level school in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - School Transport
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school transport system cannot be put in place to facilitate 15 students (details supplied) in County Clare given the availability... - Departmental Investigations
372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff in her Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or... - School Facilities
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial assistance available to schools to facilitate the safe and secure storage of bicycles and scooters outside on school premises; and... - School Transport
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered allowing empty school buses travelling to towns and villages to facilitate rural persons en route wishing to travel to... - Sign Language and Deaf Services
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if sign language can be recognised as a curricular subject which would make it available to be taught in schools in Ireland as a subject; and if... - Covid-19 Pandemic
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reconsider the five-day rule for substitute teachers (details supplied) due to the impact of Covid-19 on same; and if she will make... - School Accommodation
378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite plans to build the proposed permanent building for a school (details supplied); if she will instruct her officials to submit... - School Facilities
379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be prioritised for the refurbishment and provision of outdoor playing facilities in primary schools including paved areas and... - School Transport
380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of employees working either full-time or part-time in the school transport section of Bus Éireann; the number expected to take... - School Funding
381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funds will be provided to a school (details supplied) for the construction of an ASD classroom; and if she will make a statement on the... - Irish Sign Language
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to add Irish Sign Language to the secondary school curriculum given that it is the third official language; her views on whether a... - Autism Support Services
383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all primary and secondary schools by county that have either one or two ASD units. [22968/21] - School Admissions
384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options open to a student (details supplied) who has been unable to secure a secondary school place in schools in an area. [22994/21] - School Accommodation
385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23019/21] - Schools Building Projects
386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a process (details supplied) will conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23020/21] - Irish Sign Language
387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure that Irish Sign Language is added as a curricular subject in post-primary junior cycle and senior cycle; and if... - School Accommodation
388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the schools building unit will give the approval for the contract to be placed for the extension to a school (details supplied); and if she... - Schools Administration
389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will have to return to work in order to be paid for the summer period; and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation for staff working in education centres who have lost out on wages during the Covid-19 pandemic... - Special Educational Needs
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if support will be provided for a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23112/21] - DEIS Scheme
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the list of DEIS schools will be updated soon to include schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23116/21] - School Staff
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the shortage of substitute teachers; and if she will consider amending the five-day rule in which newly qualified teachers... - DEIS Scheme
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used in the decision to award a school with DEIS status; if changes have been made to the criteria from previous years; if not, if... - Schools Administration
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a comprehensive response from the appeals advisory committee to substantial queries raised in correspondence by a school... - School Admissions
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an appropriate school place will be provided to a person (details supplied). [23145/21] - State Examinations
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of all methods, systems and algorithms which will be used to adjust calculations to leaving certificate grades both those achieved... - Schools Administration
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23161/21] - State Examinations
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when payment will be made to those persons who examined and marked the LCVP candidates' portfolios for the 2021 leaving certificate; and if she... - Schools Building Projects
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position with regard to the building project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23193/21] - Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil aon bhéim ar labhairt na Gaeilge i measúnú T1 an Teastais Shóisearaigh i mbliana; an... - Home Schooling
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to the rights of parents to homeschool their children; the manner in which a parent can commence homeschool education;... - School Curriculum
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which climate change and climate science is currently being taught in the primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement... - Departmental Legal Costs
404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23571/21]
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