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Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Defence Forces
Paul McAuliffe
51. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Defence the discussions that have been had with the Defence Forces with regard to the use of Cathal Brugha barracks for housing. [13296/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Ukraine War
Gino Kenny
52. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence the military and other equipment and supplies that Ireland is intending to give to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13466/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Defence Forces
John Brady
53. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the person he intends to appoint to the implementation body for the Commission on the Defence Forces report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13233/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Defence Forces
Aindrias Moynihan
54. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Defence his views on and response to the assertion in the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces that the 2012 reorganisation led to a number of anomalies including reduced personnel numbers in the two largest urban centres and career progression opportunities being heavily skewed towards the eastern region. [13338/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Defence Forces
Niamh Smyth
55. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Defence the number of applications made by persons from counties Cavan and Monaghan to join the Defence Forces in each of the past five recruitment campaigns; the number that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13252/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Defence Forces
John Brady
56. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the purpose of the feasibility study on the future of Cathal Brugha Barracks; the terms of reference for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13231/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Defence Forces
Bernard Durkan
58. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the implementation of the recommendations from the recently published report by the Commission on the Defence Forces; the timeframe for same; the indicative budget for defence for the remainder of 2022 and in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13456/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Defence Forces
Alan Dillon
59. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Defence the next steps regarding the Commission on the Defence Forces report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13330/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Naval Service
Cormac Devlin
60. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Defence the status and readiness of the Naval Service. [13334/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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European Union
Catherine Connolly
61. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the input he and officials from his Department have had in the preparation of the EU Strategic Compass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13309/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Disadvantaged Status
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
62. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the roll-out of the expansion of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS; and if she will meet with Opposition Deputies to provide an update on this expansion. [13480/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Textbooks
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
63. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the status of the pilot free book scheme as announced in budget 2022; and when the scheme will be rolled out to all students. [13508/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
64. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure the equitable distribution of special needs assistants, SNAs, across the school system with particular regard to new and developing schools; and the status of the roll-out of the front-loaded allocation model. [13481/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Legislative Programme
Gary Gannon
65. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the status of the Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021; and if she will expedite the work on the Bill. [13664/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Joan Collins
66. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education the opening date for autism classes in schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the reason for the delay in opening the classes; and if they will be open for September 2022. [13665/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Transport
Michael Moynihan
67. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the status of the review of the school transport system, including consultation; when the final report can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13494/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Aindrias Moynihan
68. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the-up-to-date position on the delivery of new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13407/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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State Examinations
Niamh Smyth
69. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the junior cycle examinations; if she will clarify the position regarding same; if she will provide the breakdown of marks to teachers or outline when the State Examinations Commission will be issuing guidance to teachers and students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13323/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Education Policy
Peadar Tóibín
70. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of Gaelscoileanna at both primary and secondary level nationally by county from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and her plans to increase the number of Gaelscoileanna by 2030. [13169/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Brian Stanley
71. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education if funding for a school (details supplied) will be sufficient to provide a new building considering the level of inflation in the building sector. [13313/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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State Examinations
Matt Carthy
72. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education when the National University of Ireland, Galway is expected to complete its work analysing responses to the consultation on the new draft specifications for leaving certificate Irish; if the analysis will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12503/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Facilities
Paul Murphy
73. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to a letter from a union (details supplied) pointing out that the advice of her Department that CO2 concentrations of above 1,400-1,500 parts per million are likely to be indicative of poor ventilation was being publicly challenged by experts in the field and that the union noted that experts maintained that a concentration of 1,000ppm is a more appropriate upper limit for CO2 concentration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13319/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Staff
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
74. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education when the staffing schedule for 2022-23 will be published. [13510/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Catherine Connolly
75. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to Question No. 146 of 23 November 2021, the analysis her Department has carried out into the future acquisition of any privately owned vacant school properties in Galway city and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13315/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Facilities
Neale Richmond
76. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education the work of her Department to ensure that full use is made of educational facilities outside of school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13328/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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State Examinations
Bernard Durkan
77. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education if all concerns regarding the leaving certificate examinations have been addressed with reference to the disruption to the past two school years due to Covid-19; the plans that are in place to tackle remaining concerns with particular reference to children with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13454/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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State Examinations
Neasa Hourigan
78. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education the forms of assistive technology available to students sitting their leaving certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12676/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Bullying in Educational Institutions
Jackie Cahill
79. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education the status of progress on developing a new action plan on bullying; the planned consultation and timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13500/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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State Examinations
Matt Carthy
80. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education her views on the concerns of an association (details supplied) regarding the leaving certificate syllabus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12504/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Accommodation
Emer Higgins
81. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made in delivering new school accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13476/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Fergus O'Dowd
82. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the meeting between the National Council for Special Education and a school (details supplied), which is scheduled for 4 March 2022, to discuss urgent need of the school for additional SNA resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13194/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
83. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that are currently in temporary accommodation while awaiting permanent sites; the stage that each of those schools is at, that is, searching for a suitable site, a suitable site located, a suitable site located and acquired by her Department, the tender process under way or the build under way, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13366/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
David Stanton
84. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 149 of 1 February 2022 and with reference to the establishment of a new special schools in Cork for the 2021-2022 school year, if she has considered the need to support the establishment of an additional special school in the Cork area ahead of the 2022-2023 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13272/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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State Examinations
James O'Connor
85. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of leaving certificate reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13498/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Facilities
Neale Richmond
86. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education if consideration is being given to the use of schools for after-school care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13329/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Education Policy
Richard Bruton
87. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will consider taking an initiative along with the Ministers for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Rural and Community Development to develop a strategy to promote the concept of a campus on which early childhood needs, education and other community needs could be accommodated a measure which might require her Department to rethink the expectations of education patrons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13471/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Education Policy
Gary Gannon
88. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the recommendation from the Joint Committee on Education to provide emotional counselling and therapeutic supports on site in all primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13534/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
89. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education her views on the extent of forward-planning undertaken by her Department to ensure that all children with special educational needs receive a suitable school place in their local area. [13484/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Colm Burke
90. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the progress which has been made to ensure that all new school building projects or extensions include special education facilities or incorporate the principle of universal design; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13324/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Brian Stanley
91. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the funding that is designated to providing a new building for a school (details supplied). [13312/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Admissions
Thomas Gould
92. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if each child who needs a secondary school place in Cork city and county in September 2022 will have one. [13408/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Transport
Thomas Pringle
93. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education if she will consider making temporary policy changes to the operation of the school transport scheme in County Donegal to accommodate eligibility anomalies that arise for those parents and students in MICA affected homes forced into temporary accommodation while availing of the defective concrete block scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12375/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Paul Murphy
94. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will take immediate action to reduce the average class size in Irish primary schools to below the European Union average of 20 pupils per class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13320/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Alan Dillon
95. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of progressing approval for an extension at a secondary school in County Mayo (details supplied); if a permanent building will be provided; if not, if modular units will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13332/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Joe Carey
96. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education if the recruitment of special needs assistants is in line with the additional resources secured in Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13326/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Education Policy
Dara Calleary
97. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made by her Department under its commitments within the 20 Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13495/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
98. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she will establish an expert review group to examine the minimum qualifications of SNAs and issue recommendations on same; if she will delay any contract negotiations until this review has taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13482/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Joe Flaherty
99. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education the details of the supports provided under the Summer Programme for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13501/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Departmental Reviews
Michael Moynihan
100. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the status of the review of out-of-school education provision as provided for under action 88 of the DEIS plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13493/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Accommodation
Christopher O'Sullivan
101. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made under the Schools Energy Retrofit Pathfinder Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13503/22]