Parliamentary questions

School Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

282. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education her plans to support the expansion of a school (details supplied). [22427/24]

School Accommodation

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

283. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the communication she has had with Dublin City Council regarding a school (details supplied). [22428/24]

School Textbooks

John Brady

284. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education to outline the reasons the Department of Education has reduced the cost of the schoolbook scheme from €96 to €80 per pupil; if this will be reviewed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22440/24]

State Examinations

Sorca Clarke

285. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of alternative leaving certificate courses recommended for students with ASD and learning disabilities that do not include the leaving certificate applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22447/24]

School Staff

Martin Browne

286. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education if she will consider sanctioning the additional AP1 and AP2 positions for a school (details supplied) from September 2024 rather than September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22458/24]

School Funding

Michael Lowry

287. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if correspondence from the management and principal of a school (details supplied) will be reviewed; if she will address the points raised; how she plans to address and resolve the serious financial situation and challenges this school and other national schools are facing; if she and her Department will engage directly with the management and principal of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22476/24]

School Staff

Sorca Clarke

288. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that breastfeeding breaks for teachers are supported by extra resources to avoid knock-on effects of workload for other staff members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22490/24]

School Enrolments

Paul Kehoe

289. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the number of people (details supplied), broken down by county, who were in primary, secondary or third level education between 1 February and 1 April 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22495/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

290. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when the next round of tenders for large-scale capital projects for her Department are expected. [22497/24]

Schools Building Projects

Eoin Ó Broin

291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a campaign by students of a school (details supplied) regarding a large building project; if she will confirm receipt of postcards from the student body as part of the campaign; if she intends to respond to or engage with students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22498/24]

Special Educational Needs

Brendan Griffin

292. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education when an assistive device laptop will be provided for a child in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22504/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mary Lou McDonald

293. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education the current status of a new school build in County Dublin (details supplied); the estimated completion date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22505/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mary Lou McDonald

294. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education to confirm how many days of work have taken place on-site this year at the construction of a new school build in County Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22506/24]

Special Educational Needs

Mary Lou McDonald

295. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Education if consideration is being given to the continued provision of the extra SNA allocated to a school in County Dublin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22507/24]

School Textbooks

Sorca Clarke

296. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will explain the reasoning behind the reduction of the money allocated for the schoolbook scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22516/24]

Special Educational Needs

Brendan Griffin

297. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education the reason there has been a reduction of special needs assistant hours from 95 to 90 in a school (details supplied); whether she understands that the parents as well as the staff in the school are very concerned about this, as it means more pressure on them; and whether this reduction could be reversed. [22532/24]

Special Educational Needs

Louise O'Reilly

298. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if additional resources will be provided to schools in the Fingal local authority area to allow for the expansion of school places and classes for children with special educational needs; if particular focus will be given to accommodating children with special educational needs who do not have a school place for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22534/24]

Special Educational Needs

Matt Shanahan

299. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Education if there is any requirement for teachers to train or upskill in how to identify children in their classrooms with ASD or ADHD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22555/24]

Schools Building Projects

Claire Kerrane

300. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she has made a decision on reopening the school summer works programme this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22581/24]

School Funding

Paul Murphy

301. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that some schools are receiving insufficient funding from her Department and the adverse effects this is having on staff, management, parents and, most worrying of all, the pupils; if she agrees there is a need for increased investment in schools and pupils; and if she will ensure the additional funding needed for a school (details supplied) is urgently provided. [22608/24]

Special Educational Needs

Mark Ward

302. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the number of special educational needs organisers who cover Dublin Mid-West; if all areas in Dublin Mid-West have access to a SENO; the number of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22639/24]

School Staff

Mattie McGrath

303. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education to consider the request for additional leadership and management support staff to be allocated for the 2024-25 school year for a school in County Tipperary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22646/24]

School Accommodation

Mattie McGrath

304. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on an application for additional accommodation made by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary to provide adequate SET teaching and learning classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22647/24]

School Admissions

Paul Murphy

305. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene and request that a pupil (details supplied) is accepted for enrolment in September 2024. [22661/24]

School Funding

Kathleen Funchion

306. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the reason for the reduction of primary school funding from €96 to €80 per pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22667/24]

School Enrolments

Seán Sherlock

307. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education how a school in Cork (details supplied) is being assessed in terms of growth and viability. [22673/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

308. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education when the next round of tender offers will be issued for school building projects in the Dublin Mid-West area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22712/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

309. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if she has received the postcards sent as part of a campaign by the students and parents of a school (details supplied); if she has responded to the campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22713/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

310. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the reason a cut was made to staffing in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22739/24]

Schools Building Projects

Frankie Feighan

311. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education for an update regarding the proposed extension to a school (details supplied), for which funding was agreed and put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22810/24]

Public Procurement Contracts

Catherine Connolly

312. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the procurement process undertaken to appoint an organisation (details supplied) to provide independent advocacy services to assist individual survivors of residential institutional abuse; if no procurement process was undertaken, the reasons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22847/24]

Public Procurement Contracts

Catherine Connolly

313. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the resources allocated to a company to provide independent advocacy services to assist individual survivors of residential institutional abuse (details supplied); the duration of the contract; the number of additional staff to be employed by the company and the areas to which they will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22851/24]

School Equipment

Pádraig O'Sullivan

314. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for assistive technology (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22855/24]

Education Schemes

Bríd Smith

315. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if he is aware of the Inspire programme as an education support programme for vulnerable students (details supplied); if there are plans to extend this programme; the annual remuneration for an Inspire programme line manager; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22865/24]

School Patronage

Thomas Gould

316. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education for an update on the building for a school (details supplied). [22868/24]

Schools Building Projects

Duncan Smith

317. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new primary and secondary school in Rush, County Dublin, given the population increase in the area, with a lack of school places for new families moving into the area; when these much-needed schools will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22886/24]

School Accommodation

Jackie Cahill

318. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education for an update on a primary school’s ASA project (details supplied), which is currently at stage 1 under review, given the serious health and safety concerns posed by the current situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22906/24]

School Funding

Francis Noel Duffy

319. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department has made a cut to the ancillary grant to DEIS band 1 school (details supplied); if she is aware of the impact this is having on the learning materials for the school, limiting pupils’ access to high-quality, modern educational resources, which will inevitably impact their academic development; if she will reinstate the full grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22911/24]

School Accommodation

Niamh Smyth

320. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the full amount of funding awarded for the extension of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22924/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Éamon Ó Cuív

321. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the DEIS status of a school (details supplied) in Galway; the funding that has been awarded to support this status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22934/24]

Schools Building Projects

Éamon Ó Cuív

322. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on funding for a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22935/24]

Education Schemes

Ged Nash

323. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if schools in Drogheda, County Louth, will be included in the comprehensive system of student support called the City Connects pilot project, which is becoming operational with the support of the North East Inner City Implementation Board, Dublin; if the opportunity for the inclusion of relevant schools in Drogheda has been raised with the Drogheda Implementation Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22939/24]

School Funding

Michael Lowry

324. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will review correspondence from the management and principal of a school (details supplied); if she will address the points raised; how she plans to address and resolve the serious financial situation and challenges this school and other national schools are facing; if she and her Department will engage directly with the management and principal of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22961/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

325. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on what steps are being taken to address the urgent concerns raised by the staff of a school (details supplied); if she can ensure these concerns will be addressed promptly to provide the necessary resources and services to special schools like this one; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22963/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

326. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 14 May 2024, if she can review additional details (details supplied); if the Minister can provide assurance that these concerns will be addressed and confirm that this child will receive an ASD primary school place for the 2024-25 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22966/24]

School Admissions

Bernard Durkan

327. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education if all efforts can be made to ensure a local school place can be facilitated in the case of the children of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22968/24]

School Staff

Claire Kerrane

328. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on improving pay, terms and conditions for school caretakers, following arrangements for secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22970/24]

School Curriculum

Michael Healy-Rae

329. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education the reason the members of three subject development groups (details supplied) were not made aware of a number of submissions made to the NCCA; if she will instruct the NCCA to make this information available to the members of the subject development groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22971/24]

School Accommodation

David Stanton

330. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education to outline the current situation with respect to providing proper accommodation for the students at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22998/24]

Sport and Recreational Development

Catherine Murphy

331. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will seek details on any strategic plans to increase tennis participation in Kildare. [22376/24]