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Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Fergus O'Dowd
227. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a school's proposals (details supplied) are considered and responded to in full by the relevant Department officials due to the increasing pupil numbers at the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44021/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Curriculum
Michael Lowry
228. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education when the JCSP review commenced; to outline the scope and guidelines for this review; when the review is expected to be concluded; when its findings will be issued; if it his intention to reopen the programme once the review is completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44022/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Michael Ring
229. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when payment will be made to a school (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of works carried out under the School Extension Programme approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44045/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
Holly Cairns
230. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if a Gaelcholáiste will be provided for an area of Dublin (details supplied). [44052/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
Holly Cairns
231. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education if she will outline her plans to grow the number of children accessing secondary school education through Irish. [44053/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Schools Refurbishment
Ged Nash
232. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of necessary alterations needed in relation to the construction of a school (details supplied); if she can confirm receipt of correspondence regarding same; if she can detail the process her Department will make to address these needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44061/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Réada Cronin
233. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a solution to a situation regarding a school bus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44066/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Accommodation
Michael Lowry
234. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the ongoing issue pertaining to the need for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); what is the long-term plan for this school accommodation needs; if a permanent structure will be built on the school grounds or is it anticipated that additional modular units will be provided as a short-term measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44081/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Peter Burke
235. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will advise on an appointment for a child (details supplied). [44090/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Eoin Ó Broin
236. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); if a timeframe is available for the commencement of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44091/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Departmental Properties
Violet-Anne Wynne
237. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the full complement of buildings and lands owned by her Department, or by agencies under the aegis of her Department in County Clare; if they are currently in use, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44154/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Staff
Pa Daly
238. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to allocate a teacher to a school (details supplied) to cover shortages there. [44187/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Admissions
Duncan Smith
239. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that a number of primary school children in Donabate (details supplied) have been unable to find a school placement locally and will now have to now travel by public transport to Swords to school; if she will immediately begin the process of acquiring a site for the other proposed primary schools which form part of the proposed educational hub in the Donabate Local Area Plan, given this unacceptable situation that has now arisen with local children in Donabate having to go to primary school outside of their hometown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44208/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Sorca Clarke
240. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of school transport routes in Longford and Westmeath which are currently not running; and the number of children affected. [44217/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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School Staff
Sorca Clarke
241. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of teachers and staff recruited by schools over the summer period who have not yet received their salaries or wages, per county, in tabular form. [44220/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Funding
Cathal Crowe
236. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify how schools apply to have solar panels installed under the climate action fund, and how the application process works. [43222/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Paul Kehoe
237. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the current status of the payment of the school transport grant for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43214/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Admissions
David Stanton
238. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if she will take action to ensure that a child (details supplied) will acquire a school place as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43251/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Funding
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
239. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will reimburse a school in County Donegal (details supplied) on an exceptional needs basis, for the severe loss of income and debt that they have faced due to the enrolment policy of the Department. [43254/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Niamh Smyth
240. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43265/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Accommodation
Michael Lowry
241. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if her Department will accelerate the processing of an application for additional accommodation submitted in March 2023, by a school (details supplied); if she will consider the unique circumstances of this school, which currently operates as a three-teacher school with only two classrooms; if she will take into account that using an SET classroom for the third teachers classroom is very unsatisfactory; if she will factor in the expected significant growth in projected enrolment numbers for the foreseeable future in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43320/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Michael Lowry
242. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she has been apprised of the situation concerning a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43321/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Michael Lowry
243. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 234 of 26 September 2023, if she will provide an update on this matter and confirm the current status of the provision of school transport for the person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43322/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Education Policy
Michael Healy-Rae
244. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if the development and implementation of a national plan for the support and management of exceptionally able children in the Irish education system (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43333/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Education Policy
Carol Nolan
245. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied), specifically regarding the need to draw up and implement a national plan for the support and management of exceptionally able children in the Irish education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43334/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Curriculum
Joe McHugh
246. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education to outline the steps that are being taken to incorporate nutrition on an inclusive basis into the curriculum, at both primary and secondary levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43335/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Mother and Baby Homes
Claire Kerrane
247. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on plans to introduce new supports, to follow that provided under Caranua, for survivors of institutional abuse; what supports this will include; when they will be available to survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43344/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Pauline Tully
248. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the works granted to a school (details supplied) involving the construction of two mainstream classrooms and one SEN base for ASD special classes and the development of an additional outdoor grass-based play area. [43350/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Accommodation
Seán Canney
249. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm that cost comparisons have been undertaken to compare the modular classroom with traditional-built construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43353/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Accommodation
Seán Canney
250. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the expected life span of modular classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43354/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Accommodation
Seán Canney
251. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if her Department has entered into contracts for the supply of modular classrooms; what company was successful with the tender; the value of such property; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43355/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Seán Canney
252. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education what progress has been made in the delivery of a new secondary school planned for Oranmore, County Galway (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43356/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Schools Administration
Michael Ring
253. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that applied for co-education in 2022 and in 2023; the number of schools that were successful, providing details of the names of the schools deemed successful and those deemed unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43382/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Peadar Tóibín
254. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No 256 of 20 September 2023, to provide the data for school transport for 2023-24 as available on 1 September, 2023, and to provide a breakdown in tabular form, by county, of the numbers of each of the cohorts separately. by each category which automatically qualified for free school transport without having to reapply for the school years 2022-23 and 2023-24. [43394/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Education Policy
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
255. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education her Department's plans to invest in the education of gifted children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43395/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Funding
Violet-Anne Wynne
256. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on increasing a grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43398/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Funding
Violet-Anne Wynne
257. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on increasing a grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43399/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Mental Health Services
Violet-Anne Wynne
258. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she supports a €20 per child mental health support programme in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43400/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Textbooks
Violet-Anne Wynne
259. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to roll out an initiative (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43401/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Staff
Violet-Anne Wynne
260. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she supports the reinstatement of the 2,400 AP1 and AP2 posts of responsibility in primary and special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43402/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Admissions
Bernard Durkan
261. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) is likely to achieve a post-primary school place for their son; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43414/23]
Wed, 4 Oct 2023
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School Funding
Niamh Smyth
109. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education when primary schools will receive their annual IT funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42855/23]
Wed, 4 Oct 2023
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Teacher Training
James Lawless
110. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education if there are plans or proposals to halve the length of the current postgraduate teacher training courses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42854/23]
Wed, 4 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Michael Ring
111. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to a student (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42881/23]
Wed, 4 Oct 2023
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Education Policy
Richard Boyd Barrett
112. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if there is any planning in place to facilitate Islamic holidays where children are required to spend time celebrating the holidays during school hours in primary and post-primary schools and where it is currently at the discretion of the principal to make a decision on whether or not Muslim children are permitted time off, which is not the case for other religious holidays, such as Christmas, where students and staff are expected to take time off; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42884/23]
Wed, 4 Oct 2023
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Proposed Legislation
Denis Naughten
113. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of general schemes referred by her Department to an Oireachtas Committee for pre-legislative scrutiny from 1 January 2016 to date; the date each was referred; the date that the general scheme was published for the public to review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42946/23]
Wed, 4 Oct 2023
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School Accommodation
Michael Ring
114. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education the reason an application for additional accommodation which was urgently required by a DEIS school in County Mayo (details supplied) has been refused; to outline, in full, the reason this application was unsuccessful; if this decision can be appealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42962/23]
Wed, 4 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Peter Burke
115. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be secured for a new pupil who has started in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42964/23]
Wed, 4 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Peter Burke
116. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education when the school transport system will be reviewed, in light of unprecedented demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42971/23]
Wed, 4 Oct 2023
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School Admissions
Denise Mitchell
117. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if an ASD place will be provided for a child (details supplied) for the academic year beginning September 2024. [42984/23]