Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

333. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the additional educational needs class at a school (details supplied); to confirm that an additional educational needs class has been sanctioned for the school; to advise on an opening date for the new class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42781/23]

Defective Building Materials

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

334. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and secondary schools that currently have pyrite problems; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42791/23]

Defective Building Materials

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

335. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education whether the education welfare services (EWS) have been the only mechanism used to date by her Department to support pyrite remediation works within Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42792/23]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

336. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education what Departmental monitoring systems are in place to oversee the completion of construction works, including the completion of works on the snag list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42793/23]

Schools Building Projects

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

337. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if records are kept in her Department of all outstanding school construction works, including snags, to be undertaken associated with new school builds or major school renovations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42794/23]

Defective Building Materials

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

338. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to ensure her Department puts in place the necessary measures to ensure the completion of the snag list and pyrite remediation works in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42795/23]

School Transport

Eoin Ó Broin

339. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that a private bus service taking students from the Newcastle and Rathcoole areas of County Dublin to schools in the Celbridge, County Kildare area (details supplied), has been ceased; and if her Department will consider instating a school transport route here to ensure students can get to school in the absence of an available and suitable public transport route. [42796/23]

Departmental Policies

Ivana Bacik

340. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if her Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language model-based chatbots (details supplied). [42812/23]

School Transport

Marc MacSharry

341. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education is she will request Bus Éireann to review the change in school transport pick-up arrangements for two children attending their nearest post-primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42827/23]

School Transport

Peter Burke

173. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the status of school transport for two school pupils (details supplied). [41918/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

174. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the number of children in north Kildare who are without a designated secondary school place at present and in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41932/23]

School Textbooks

Rose Conway-Walsh

175. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education how the cost of the free schoolbook grant for primary schools was categorised in terms of capital and current expenditure. [41933/23]

School Textbooks

Rose Conway-Walsh

176. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education to outline the total expenditure in 2023 on payment of funding to be allocated to schools to provide assistance for books for post primary DEIS and non-DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41934/23]

School Transport

Michael Ring

177. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when a school transport appeal will be finalised by the school transport appeals board for a person in County Mayo (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41942/23]

Departmental Inquiries

Róisín Shortall

178. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 770 of 11 September 2023, if the inquiry team will be asked to respond to the survivor's request; her views on whether the emphasis on "recompense" in the guidance booklet is likely to steer survivors in that direction; if the inquiry team will proactively explore options for a "learning-oriented" approach in its future work (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41946/23]

School Admissions

Richard Bruton

179. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a shortage of places in primary schools that teach through the medium of Irish in the Clontarf, Killester and Raheny catchment area; if she has any plans to increase the availability of places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41972/23]

School Facilities

Eoin Ó Broin

180. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 161 of 21 September 2023, if pupils attending a school (details supplied) have access to an indoor play area; what arrangements are in place for physical education for pupils on days when the weather is bad; if indoor play areas were considered in the design and refurbishment of the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42013/23]

School Transport

Carol Nolan

181. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the steps that are being taken to provide the school bus route for children from Shinrone, County Offaly, to Borrisokane, as children were only informed the evening before school started that there was no driver for this route; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42031/23]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

182. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education what can be done to assist a child (details supplied) in finding a designated place in secondary school in north Kildare, as this child is missing out so much of the vital social aspect of school and learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42036/23]

Special Educational Needs

Colm Burke

183. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 20 September 2023, the reason that her Department refers to the fact that a maximum amount of home tuition hours for primary school pupils has been allocated to a pupil, as the student in question (details supplied) is a secondary school student; if further hours could be allocated on this basis and due to the fact that there will be only two ASD places available in secondary schools in the Ballincollig area in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42040/23]

School Admissions

Bernard Durkan

184. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the reason that a person (details supplied) was not consulted regarding the placement of their daughter in respect of her second-level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42099/23]

School Accommodation

Niall Collins

74. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education if her Department is dealing with any applications from second-level schools in Tallaght for additional autism classroom accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41673/23]

School Transport

Matt Carthy

75. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if consideration would be given to extending a bus route to allow for a child (details supplied) to be picked up outside their home, as had been the case some years back; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41697/23]

School Transport

Michael Creed

76. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 20 September 2023, if she will acknowledge that relative to the 149,000 students transported for the 2022/2023 school year that to date only 132,000 tickets have issued; if she is anticipating an increase in the number of children transported in 2023/2024 over the previous year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41711/23]

Educational Disadvantage

John Lahart

77. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if, concerning the OECD report into the DEIS system, she will assure schools in areas of acute disadvantage that such schools will be included in any OECD report and will be visited as part of any such report. [41714/23]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

78. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update in relation to the status of a project for a school (details supplied); if planning permission has been granted; if there is a timeline available for the commencement of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41720/23]

School Transport

Michael McNamara

79. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will address a school transport matter in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41721/23]

Home Schooling

Niamh Smyth

80. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education how a parent goes about filling home tuition hours when a student cannot get a place in their local school; if there is a database of retired teachers who offer this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41740/23]

Schools Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

81. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if a facility (details supplied) can be opened early; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41850/23]

School Transport

Ged Nash

82. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on a school transport access case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41851/23]

Education Policy

Patrick Costello

83. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education following harassment, threats, intimidation and assaults directed towards librarians, health care workers, staff in bookshops, activists and elected politicians, what steps she is taking to ensure the safety of teachers and students from such threats; what steps she is talking to prepare schools to recognise and respond to such threats; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41894/23]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

227. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the application for major capital works submitted to her Department by the Board of Management of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40958/23]

Air Quality

Réada Cronin

228. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education whether her Department has undertaken an audit of HEPA filters introduced in schools, including those provided privately by parents, if the schools themselves is able to provide such detail; if not, why not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40962/23]

School Accommodation

Ciarán Cannon

229. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education her plans to address the serious health and safety issues at a school (details supplied). [40973/23]

Schools Building Projects

Colm Burke

230. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the current status of an application for emergency works (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be made in this case, in view of the fact that these facilities are urgently required as the leaks are deteriorating; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40986/23]

Schools Building Projects

Patrick Costello

231. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of sites acquired for second level education institutions aided by her Department since 2000, in tabular form, indicating in each case the total expenditure on the acquisition of the site, the total area of the site, and the year of acquisition; the location by Eircode, the roll number(s) of school(s) built therein, and the relevant school planning area. [40991/23]

Labour Market

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

232. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education what mechanisms she is examining to make it easier for teachers from outside Ireland to access teaching positions, in view of the current shortage of teachers; if teaching can be added to the critical skills list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41013/23]

Special Educational Needs

Róisín Shortall

233. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure special education teachers for a DEIS school (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41038/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

234. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reasons that a Ukrainian child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41040/23]

Teaching Qualifications

Pauline Tully

235. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education her plans to extend the Teaching Council (Registration) (Amendment) Regulation 2023 which enables primary and post-primary teachers who qualified outside of Ireland to apply to register as a teacher here, so as to mitigate against teacher supply challenges. [41055/23]

Schools Building Projects

John McGuinness

236. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if the emergency works required at a school (details supplied) as outlined and costed in the engineer's report, will be approved immediately, as it is a health and safety issue. [41058/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

237. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/24 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41062/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

238. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41063/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

239. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41064/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

240. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41065/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

241. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41066/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

242. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41067/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

243. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41068/23]

School Transport

Michael Lowry

244. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) did not receive their school bus ticket for the 2023/2024 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41069/23]

School Accommodation

Michael McNamara

245. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update regarding an additional school accommodation application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41079/23]