• School Admissions
  391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an individual (details supplied) was denied a place in a special school despite an assessment stating they should have such a place....
• School Accommodation
  392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school which applied for additional accommodation for two SET rooms in 2019 and additional classroom accommodation in 2020 is still...
• Special Educational Needs
  393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD places available in primary schools in Ballincollig, Cork for the September 2024 school term; and if she will make a statement...
• Departmental Correspondence
  394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13604/24]
• Special Educational Needs
  395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) to accommodate the provision of ASD places; and if she will make a statement on the...
• School Admissions
  397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what options are available for a person (details supplied) who has applied to a school and has been turned down for a place; if assistance will...
• School Accommodation
  398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when three additional classroom and a temporary ASD classroom will be approved for a school (details supplied) considering that they are urgently...
• School Staff
  399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school bus escorts will be compensated for their loss of earnings due to enforced school closures on polling days, such as 8 March 2024; if...
• Schools Building Projects
  400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the status of a build for a school (details supplied); if a contractor has been appointed; if a timeline is available for...
• Teaching Qualifications
  401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the CLÁR programme for teachers with qualifications abroad will be reintroduced for the next school year; and if she will make a...
• Ministerial Responsibilities
  402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her diary would allow her to attend an official opening of an extension for a school (details supplied) in County Galway. [13682/24]
• Schools Building Projects
  403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a primary school (details supplied) will be provided. [13685/24]
• Schools Refurbishment
  405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the summer works scheme will be opened for applications; if a school (details supplied) will be prioritised in this scheme, as it has been...
• School Transport
  406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 148 of 22 February 2024, if she will provide the amounts of net surplus cash derived from school transport...
• School Funding
  407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a grant for a school (details supplied); if she will ensure it is expedited without further delay; and if she will make a...
• Special Educational Needs
  408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to expand the number of places in special classes to meet the demand from students and their families for such classes; and if...
• Schools Building Projects
  409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the capital funding being provided to a school (details supplied); when will the school be able to drawdown the funding; and if...
• School Admissions
  410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school place can be facilitated for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13752/24]
• Schools Building Projects
  412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13756/24]
• Official Travel
  414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent by her Department on travel and accommodation costs associated with Ministerial visits abroad to date in 2024, in tabular form....
• Departmental Properties
  415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of properties either owned or leased by her Department, which are currently vacant; the length of time the properties have been vacant...
• Departmental Priorities
  416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what progress has been made in relation to a report proposing the introduction of a teacher relocation scheme from a working group established by...
• Teaching Council of Ireland
  418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the CAR system which allows a person to do their teacher induction here will re-open; and if not, if the closing date will be extended; and...
• Schools Refurbishment
  419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest developments on the refurbishment of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13893/24]
• Departmental Staff
  421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many planners are employed by her Department; and how many architects are employed by her Department. [13903/24]
• School Enrolments
  422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 13 February 2024, when she expects publication of the latest enrolment projection report for primary...
• Schools Building Projects
  423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on a school (details supplied); if tenders have been awarded to begin the school builds; and if she will...
• Departmental Data
  424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all second-level education institutions aided by her Department that are located on public land, and a separate list of all...
• Schools Building Projects
  426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction works will commence on schools (details supplied). [14004/24]
• Departmental Data
  427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual capital budget for schools in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and her views that this allocation is...
• School Transport
  428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school transport query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14033/24]
• Teaching Qualifications
  429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a non-EU/EEA citizen, qualified as a primary teacher (details supplied) can teach in Ireland without having Irish; if not, what mechanisms are...
• Departmental Policies
  430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) can expect a response to their application for incremental credit under Circular 0139/2006; and if she will make...
• School Staff
  431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps her Department is taking to address the teacher shortage at a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Schools Amalgamation
  432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement to date with schools (details supplied) regarding amalgamation and the provision of a co-educational offering; if she will review...
• School Accommodation
  433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to advise when a decision on funding for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be given works are to commence on a new...
• Schools Building Projects
  434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite a stage 2a application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14071/24]
• Schools Refurbishment
  435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to advise when emergency works will be funded for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14072/24]
• School Transport
  436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the areas in Cork north west that are being considered under the pilot schemes under the new school transport scheme to be rolled out in...
• Bus Services
  437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 11 October 2022, if Bus Éireann will reconsider an alternative stop for students at a...
• Disadvantaged Status
  438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what financial supports are available to DEIS schools to run breakfast clubs and after school clubs; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Schools Refurbishment
  439. 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. [14099/24]
• Special Educational Needs
  441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 5%, 10% and 20%, in tabular form....
• Capitation Grants
  443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to specify the cost of increasing capitation rates for primary school pupils and post-primary school pupils respectively by 10% in the academic...
• Schools Building Projects
  445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline what progress has been made for the relocation of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14132/24]
• Departmental Advertising
  446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department uses community radio for advertising and public awareness campaigns; if not, the reason, given the vital role community radio...
• Special Educational Needs
  447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure an ASD place is allocated to a student (details supplied). [14186/24]
• Schools Building Projects
  448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in the context of condition 4(c) of planning permission (details supplied), does she accept that the transfer of ownership of the school site to...
• School Staff
  449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the significant delays in processing teachers’ service papers from abroad and the impact on teachers who have returned...
• School Admissions
  450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if and when a school place can and will be facilitated in the desired school of a child (details supplied); if all efforts can be made to ensure...
• School Funding
  451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an ancillary grant for a school (details supplied) will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14245/24]
• School Staff
  453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the current staffing crisis facing a school (details supplied); if there is any scope for the school to increase their...
• School Accommodation
  454. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on a request for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied), if she will ensure that such accommodation is in...
• Departmental Schemes
  455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 441 of 20 March 2024, to outline the status with regards to per cent for arts scheme funding for a project...
• Special Educational Needs
  456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an educational assessment will be provided to a primary school pupil (details supplied) attending an ASD unit, given his last assessment was...
• School Staff
  457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the key factor for determining the level of staffing resources for a school is based on enrolments on the previous 30 September 2024 given...
• Schools Building Projects
  458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the official opening of the new primary school in Monasterevin, County Kildare. [14305/24]
• School Enrolments
  459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils the new primary school soon to be opened in Monasterevin, County Kildare will accommodate. [14306/24]
• School Transport
  460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine whether it could be possible to put a new school bus on a route where there is a lack of school bus places currently (details...
• School Accommodation
  461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the provision of extra accommodation will be approved for a school in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in making a...
• Schools Refurbishment
  462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the works and renovations at a school (details supplied). [14334/24]
• School Facilities
  464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be made available for a school (details supplied) to demolish an existing structure and build a new facility to accommodate ASD...
• School Discipline
  465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 521 of 20 March 2024, if the reason boards of management cannot act on cases of confirmed assault are to do...
• Schools Building Projects
  466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a building unit site visit can be facilitated for two schools (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the...
• Special Educational Needs
  467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding for pupils in special classes for summer programme has been reduced from €60 per pupil in 2022 to €45 in 2023...
• Schools Building Projects
  469. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the process of planning, construction and delivery of major projects for schools, including the typical timeframes for each stage of...
• Special Educational Needs
  470. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding for pupils in special classes for the summer programme has been reduced from €60 per pupil in 2022, to €45 in...
• School Facilities
  471. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the provision of a modular unit for a school (details supplied) for the provision of an additional ASD classroom given the...
• School Accommodation
  472. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the concerns of a school (details supplied) regarding accommodation capacity will be urgently addressed; and if she will make a statement on...
• Special Educational Needs
  473. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the summer programme 2023 in relation to funding for autism classes; and the rationale for reducing funding for pupils in special...
• Schools Building Projects
  474. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a full update on the remediation and retrofitting work on a school (details supplied), including timings; and if she will make a statement on...
• Departmental Correspondence
  475. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14497/24]
• Special Educational Needs
  476. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) who is 13 years of age has been refused a SENO grant for their school. [14499/24]
• School Facilities
  477. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to assist with the shrinking play area at a school (details supplied) due to extensions and a growing school population in the area; if...
• Departmental Correspondence
  478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the development situation regarding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14541/24]
• Special Educational Needs
  479. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the special education teaching allocation for students who are blind or vision-impaired has been removed; and if she will make a...
• Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
  484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an é an tAonad um Oideachas Gaeltachta atá ag stiúradh an bheartais don oideachas lán-Ghaeilge atá le foilsiú in...
• Education Schemes
  485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve an application under the pilot physical activity in teaching and learning scheme for a school (details supplied). [14606/24]
• Special Educational Needs
  486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding per child allocated to the July programme for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [14619/24]
• School Facilities
  488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 462 of 17 January 2024, to provide an update on the review of the guidelines of the use of school buildings...
• School Transport
  489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14636/24]
• Special Educational Needs
  490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure a child (details supplied) will be allocated a place in a second level ASD class closer to their home address; and if she will...
• School Transport
  492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14652/24]
• Public Sector Pensions
  493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if assistance will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• School Transport
  494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 20 March 2024, where the answer claimed that children who have attended an all-Irish-language...
• Public Sector Pensions
  495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify if a retiring teacher who previously served as a principal, but was not a principal at the time of retirement, can receive the...
• School Funding
  496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is any financial assistance available to a school (details supplied). [14694/24]
• School Accommodation
  497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the details of the works at a school (details supplied) approved by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• School Funding
  498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide information on the specific amount and the date for payment of the ancillary grant for a school (details supplied); and if she will...
• School Accommodation
  500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to increase capacity at primary school level in the Dublin 22 area to meet demand in the coming years. [14712/24]
• School Transport
  501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve a new school bus route (details supplied). [14723/24]
• Departmental Data
  502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Church of Ireland patronage national schools, by county. [14725/24]
• Special Educational Needs
  504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if children (details supplied) will be provided places in the local ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14740/24]
• Educational Disadvantage
  505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was denied DEIS status given that all other primary schools in Cavan town have DEIS status; if this...
• State Examinations
  506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what State exams supports exist for students who have experienced traumatic events in the run up to the exams; and if she will make a statement...
• Departmental Correspondence
  507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to respond to urgent concerns relating to a child’s enrolment in an ASD unit in Dundalk (details supplied); and if she will make a...
• Special Educational Needs
  508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why her Department has cut the funding for the Summer Programme for children with complex special educational needs from €60 per pupil in...
• School Staff
  509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision on an application for redeployment could be brought forward for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
• Special Educational Needs
  510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give approval for two ASD rooms in schools (details supplied). [14779/24]
• Educational Reform
  511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the use of assistive technology for students is only tested for in third year for the purposes of State exams; the reason it is not...
• Special Educational Needs
  512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) is not able to open an additional autism unit at the school in September 2024; and if she will make a...
• Departmental Correspondence
  513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied) and if she will provide an update on the matter. [14841/24]
• Special Educational Needs
  515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new autism class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14856/24]
• School Staff
  516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the twelfth teacher will be retained at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14857/24]
• School Textbooks
  517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the schoolbook scheme moneys will be paid out to schools; the full criteria for the scheme and the specific allocation per pupil; and if...
• School Transport
  518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport can be extended for children (details supplied) in Creeslough, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the...
• School Accommodation
  519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the recent approval of an additional classroom for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry when the supplementary funding for the...
• Special Educational Needs
  520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a national school (details supplied) will be provided with extra supports including extra special education hours given that out of 143 pupils...
• Schools Building Projects
  521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process involved in issuing a letter of intent for a school building project; the average time required for issuing a letter of intent; the...
• Special Educational Needs
  522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views regarding a six-year-old child with special needs who cannot obtain a school placement for junior infants (details supplied); and if...
• Teaching Council of Ireland
  523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an exception will be made in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) given the error made by the Teaching Council. [14927/24]
• Schools Building Projects
  524. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on the temporary building for a school (details supplied); if she will note that the school is in a high level of...
• Education Costs
  527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available through her Department to assist parents in paying fees of dedicated music schools in the UK for musical students since...
• Schools Building Projects
  528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update and estimated timeline for the development of a new school at (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
• Departmental Data
  530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list the agencies under her aegis; and the appropriate email address for the Oireachtas liaison. [14989/24]
• School Transport
  531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 10 May 2023, if she will provide an update concerning the school bus transport scheme; and if she...
• Schools Building Projects
  535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a secondary school (details supplied) planned for Oranmore, County Galway, has received a determination of the application for confirmation of...
• Departmental Data
  536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost to recruit 300 additional special education teacher posts. [15106/24]
• Special Educational Needs
  537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills where a child (details supplied) with autism will be given a school placement in September; if she will ensure that the constitutional right to...
• School Facilities
  538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional capacity will be approved for a school (details supplied) in Cashel, south Tipperary given the level of demand for school places;...
• Special Educational Needs
  539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an ASD class will be approved for Tipperary town which remains without any ASD class at primary level within the town; the reason a school...
• School Accommodation
  540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional accommodation will be approved for a school in south Tipperary; the reason for the delay in approving such accommodation; the...
• Schools Building Projects
  541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 11 September 2023, the current status of an application to build an extension to a school (details...
• School Staff
  542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to payment for a temporary SNA (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15192/24]
• Schools Building Projects
  543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the timings for the permanent extension at a school (details supplied) which was initially due to be finished for September 2024...
• School Management
  547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her Department's policy in respect of the management of a student who has been allowed to withdraw from a curricular subject;...
• School Transport
  548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following on from the debate at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications (details supplied), if the age limit for school...
• Education and Training Boards
  549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers will be employed by ETBs to deliver teaching of Ukrainian as a Leaving Certificate subject, or if students will have to get grinds or...
• School Transport
  550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will seek or support calls for additional school bus places to cater for all secondary school children travelling from Collon to Ardee,...
• Education and Training Boards
  551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if adult education tutors employed by ETBs other than BTEI adult educators are included in the salary increases indicated in Circular 0015/2022...
• School Inspections
  552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will send an official to a school (details supplied) in order to assist the school in ascertaining the best approach to improve...
• School Discipline
  553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 27 February 2024, if she can provide an update/progress report; and if she will make a statement on...
• Departmental Correspondence
  554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15461/24]
• School Admissions
  555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place will be available in Dublin 13 for a child (details supplied) for the academic year beginning September 2024. [15477/24]
• Rights of Way
  556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to engage through her officials with Donegal County Council to enable discussions in finding a sensible solution with regard to a road and...

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