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Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Peter Burke
296. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the status of school transport for a school pupil (details supplied). [41630/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Peter Burke
297. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the status of school transport for a school pupil (details supplied). [41631/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Peter Burke
298. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the status of school transport for a school pupil (details supplied). [41632/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Peter Burke
299. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the status of school transport for a school pupil (details supplied). [41633/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Peter Burke
300. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the status of school transport for a school pupil (details supplied). [41634/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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School Staff
Robert Troy
301. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the recruitment of a NEPS psychologist to service schools in Westmeath; if she is aware that multiple schools in south Westmeath have been informed that they will not have access to a NEPS psychologist for the foreseeable future; and if she agrees that this will have a hugely adverse impact on the possible supports and educational progression of many students in the area. [41649/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Steven Matthews
302. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education the position regarding a permanent school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41659/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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School Facilities
Steven Matthews
303. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) that had been due to be in place in advance of the return to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41660/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Fergus O'Dowd
157. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education if any chief executive of a State/semi-State body or other public body under the aegis of her Department received any benefit from taxable benefits being paid on their behalf by the body/organisation for each of the years 2019 to date; if so, the amount and details, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40756/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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State Examinations
James Lawless
158. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education if the authentic certificate of leaving certificate examination can be given to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40782/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Michael Ring
159. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if two siblings (details supplied) in County Mayo can be accommodated on the return journey from school in view of the fact that there are four confirmed vacant seats on the bus for this specific journey and the fact that the children have always availed of school transport and the obvious need for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40796/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Facilities
Niamh Smyth
160. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the actions she is taking to assist with the shrinking play area at a school (details supplied); if she will review this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40797/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Facilities
Eoin Ó Broin
161. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the reason a hall at the school is inaccessible to the students attending a school (details supplied); if it will be made available to the students for use; and if so, when; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40800/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Education Costs
Patricia Ryan
162. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the reason the payment for after-school studies in DEIS schools in south County Kildare has to be paid in full, at approximately €180 per term per child, causing further financial stress on families, where no option for payment in instalments is available despite requests for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40807/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Michael Healy-Rae
163. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to ensuring a first-class education experience for learners with a disability through the provision of capital investment, funding for core costs and students’ extra-curricular activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40818/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Staff
James Lawless
164. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education to consider the appeal by a school (details supplied) to retain a teaching position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40826/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Fire Safety
Paul Murphy
165. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of reports that Tallaght Community National School has no working interconnected smoke alarms in the building; if she will ensure that immediate actions are taken to resolve this issue and if she will order and inspection to guarantee that all schools have adequate smoke alarms. [40839/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Niamh Smyth
166. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to review a case (details supplied); to provide advice for any funding that could help in this particular situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40843/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Robert Troy
167. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that school bus tickets are awarded to a family (details supplied). [40845/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Staff
Niamh Smyth
168. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to review a case regarding a school secretary (details supplied); if she will outline whether this issue can be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40847/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Michael Ring
169. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will be approved for major capital works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40855/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Admissions
Niamh Smyth
170. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if a review of a case will take place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40856/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Attendance
Niamh Smyth
171. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if a review of a case will take place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40858/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Admissions
Niall Collins
172. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education if she can advise the procedure for a student who is unable to locate a secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40860/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Textbooks
Rose Conway-Walsh
173. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education the first- and full-year cost of extending the free schoolbooks to pupils entering the Junior Certificate cycle in public post-primary schools; and the first- and full-year cost of extending the free schoolbooks to pupils entering the Leaving Certificate cycle in public post-primary schools, assuming a grant rate of €192, €200 and €220 respectively, for each student in an eligible year. [40862/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Enrolments
Michael Ring
174. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if she will detail, for primary schools and second level schools, the instances where roll numbers have been inflated for each of the past ten years, in tabular form; the action taken by her Department in such instances; the actions taken arising from such fraudulent claims; if any board of management or school principal has ever been prosecuted or disciplined for such submissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40890/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Schools Administration
Thomas Pringle
175. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will introduce a policy in schools and colleges which will make sure that cash can be used by students for the purchase of goods and services within the school or college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40903/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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School Uniforms
Cian O'Callaghan
176. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if her Department plans to introduce a system whereby all girls schools have a uniform choice between skirts or trousers; whether she is aware of the barriers that students face in schools where their only option is to wear a skirt, specifically related to the encouragement of physical activity (details supplied), and in the interests of equality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40869/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Curriculum
Patrick Costello
246. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of second-level education institutions aided by her Department, in tabular form, that did not provide either physics or physics and chemistry in 2006, 2011, 2016, and 2022; and to provide a list of second-level education institutions aided by her Department that did not provide either chemistry or physics and chemistry for the corresponding years. [39500/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Richard Boyd Barrett
247. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost to the Exchequer to provide free school transport to all primary and post-primary school students in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39518/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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National Educational Psychological Service
Richard Boyd Barrett
248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a National Educational Psychological Service psychologist. [39519/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Staff
Seán Haughey
249. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education the reason that it is not possible to pay a substitute teacher where a fixed-term or permanent position remains vacant following an advertisement process; the reason that a casual substitute teacher, in particular, cannot be appointed and paid where there is no named person filling the post, even where the school has a substitute teacher available to cover most of the days as it seeks a candidate to fill the position permanently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39522/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Michael Ring
250. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided to a student (details supplied), considering their circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39531/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Admissions
Bernard Durkan
251. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education if all efforts are being made to ensure the daughter of a person (details supplied) has a school place for this academic year; the action likely to be taken, given the stress the situation is causing to the family; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39532/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Mark Ward
252. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if the Government plans to fund SNA teachers for primary school-aged children who attend Montessori schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39535/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Matt Carthy
253. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the status of the building application submitted by a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made in respect of the application; when works are likely to commence and be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39564/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Paul Kehoe
254. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education what planning has taken place to secure new special classes in primary schools in Dublin 15 for September 2024 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39567/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Accommodation
Niall Collins
255. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 5 July 2023, if she can provide an update (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39573/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Peadar Tóibín
256. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the total number of applications for school transport for the 2022 and 2023 school years, by county, in tabular form; the number of the cohort in receipt of free school transport that availed of the scheme for 2022 and 2023; the number of the cohort that applied, by county, that paid a fee to include the number who were granted a place and not granted a place for 2022 and 2023; the number that applied, by county, for concessionary tickets for each of the past five years, to include the year 2023 and those that were granted a concessionary ticket and not granted a concessionary ticket for each of those years; the reason one cohort of students was automatically guaranteed a free school transport place for the 2023 school year without having to reapply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39590/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Seán Sherlock
257. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of applicants, by county, in tabular form, who did not receive a seat on the school transport scheme 2023/2024. [39601/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Seán Sherlock
258. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of school transport appeals on file, by county, in tabular form; and if there is a date for a decision given the school year has started. [39602/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Seán Sherlock
259. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the status of an appeal (details supplied). [39603/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Seán Sherlock
260. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the status of an appeal (details supplied). [39604/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Seán Sherlock
261. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the status of an appeal (details supplied). [39605/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Seán Sherlock
262. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the status of an appeal (details supplied). [39606/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Transport
Seán Sherlock
263. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the status of an appeal (details supplied). [39617/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Matt Carthy
264. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she is considering the development of a special school for children with disabilities in County Monaghan; the status of any such plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39647/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Richard Bruton
265. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will indicate her plans to open a school (details supplied) which has not yet opened as anticipated. [39658/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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EU Directives
Holly Cairns
266. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to detail the preparations being undertaken by her Department in advance of the European Accessibility Act (Directive (EU) 2019/882); the guidance that is being issued by her Department to organisations and businesses in advance of the enactment of the directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39664/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Staff
Seán Haughey
267. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to bring about an increase in the number of teachers taking up positions in primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39679/23]