Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

380. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of additional SNAs that have been hired since Budget 2021; and the cost of same. [25975/22]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

381. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the total number of primary schools and the total number of secondary schools in the State. [25976/22]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

382. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of schools across the country with 1 to 10, 21 to 30,31 to 40, 41 to 50 and over 50 rooms, in tabular form. [25977/22]

Departmental Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

383. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of schools across the country with 1 to 50, 51 to 100, 101 to 200, 201 to 300, 301 to 400, 401 to 500, 501 to 600, 601 to 700, 701 to 800, 801 to 900, 901 to 1,000, 1,001 to 1,100, 1,101 to 1,200 and over 1,200 students in tabular form. [25978/22]

School Admissions

Bernard Durkan

384. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education when school places will be made available for children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26009/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

385. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in September 2021 in special classes in secondary schools. [26036/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

386. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in September 2021 in mainstream classes in secondary schools. [26037/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

387. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in September 2021 in special classes in primary schools. [26038/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

388. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in September 2021 in mainstream classes in primary schools. [26039/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

389. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in September 2021 in special schools. [26040/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

390. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in September 2020 in special classes in secondary schools. [26041/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

391. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in September 2020 in mainstream classes in secondary schools. [26042/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

392. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in September 2020 in special classes in primary schools. [26043/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

393. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in September 2020 in mainstream classes in primary schools. [26044/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

394. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed in September 2020 in special schools. [26045/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

395. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs currently employed since September 2021 in mainstream classes in secondary schools. [26047/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

396. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs currently employed since September 2021 in special classes in primary schools. [26048/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

397. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs currently employed since September 2021 in mainstream classes in primary schools. [26049/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

398. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs employed since September 2021 in special schools. [26050/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

399. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of SNAs currently employed in special schools. [26052/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

400. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in mainstream primary school classes receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant in September 2020. [26077/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

401. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in mainstream secondary school classes receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant in September 2020. [26078/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

402. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in special classes at secondary level receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant in September 2020. [26079/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

403. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in special classes at primary level receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant in September 2020. [26080/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

404. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in special schools receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant in September 2020. [26081/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

405. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in mainstream primary school classes receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant in September 2021. [26082/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

406. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in mainstream secondary school classes receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant in September 2021. [26083/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

407. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in special classes at secondary level receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant in September 2021.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26084/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

408. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in special classes at primary level receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant in September 2021. [26085/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

409. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in special schools receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant in September 2021. [26086/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

410. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in mainstream primary school classes currently receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant. [26087/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

411. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in mainstream secondary school classes currently receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant. [26088/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

412. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in special classes at secondary level currently receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant. [26089/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

413. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in special classes at primary level currently receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant. [26090/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

414. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children in special schools currently receiving the assistance of a special needs assistant. [26091/22]

School Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

415. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of teachers working in primary and secondary schools, respectively not including special education teachers in tabular form. [26092/22]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

416. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of special education teachers working in primary and secondary schools, respectively, in tabular form. [26093/22]

Government Communications

Pauline Tully

417. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the Ministerial contact details for persons (details supplied). [26106/22]

School Staff

Catherine Murphy

418. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing one additional guidance counsellor position for schools with over 500 pupils. [26145/22]

School Transport

Pauline Tully

419. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing 2,000 additional bus places for the 2022-2023 school transport scheme. [26166/22]

School Enrolments

Richard Bruton

420. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the aggregate capacity of secondary schools in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf catchment area; and the extent to which it exceeds current enrolment. [26174/22]

School Enrolments

Richard Bruton

421. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary schools in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area which are mixed and non-denominational; and the capacity of each school. [26175/22]

School Enrolments

Richard Bruton

422. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the existing pattern of children entering or leaving the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for secondary schooling. [26176/22]

School Accommodation

Richard Bruton

423. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if the CSO has provided her Department with a projection of population for the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area over the next five years. [26177/22]

Physical Education

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

424. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of physical education halls that have been built and or modernised to date in 2022; the number that were built and or modernised in 2021; the number that are expected to be built and or modernised in the full year 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and the cost, under the National Development Plan funding. [26180/22]

Schools Refurbishment

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

425. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of schools built prior to 2008 that have been deep energy retrofitted to date in 2022; the number that were deep energy retrofitted in 2021; the number that are expected to be deep energy retrofitted in the full year 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and at what cost, under the National Development Plan funding. [26182/22]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

426. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 6 April 2022, if contact has been made with the National Council for Special Education as no direct reply has been issued to date. [26211/22]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Sherlock

427. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the specific funding that will follow to schools that are subject to section 37A of the Education Act 1998 (details supplied); and the number of schools that her Department has identified to be served with such notice by county in tabular form. [26212/22]

Schools Building Projects

Seán Sherlock

428. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of capital projects under her Department’s control that have requested increased funding due to supply costs increases; and the status of each project that requested such funding. [26213/22]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

429. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an overview of the circumstances that allow a teacher to extend their career break beyond the five-year limit, as specified in Circular 0054/2019. [26220/22]

Schools Building Projects

Seán Sherlock

430. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the start date for the construction a project (details supplied) given that the contracts have been signed; and the timelines that have been agreed. [26236/22]

Special Educational Needs

Bríd Smith

431. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the lack of autism classes in secondary schools in the Dublin 12 area; her plans to increase the number of available places for autistic young people in post-primary education; the expected timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26259/22]

Special Educational Needs

Denise Mitchell

432. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the number of female ASD unit places in the Coolock and Kilmore areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26260/22]

Special Educational Needs

Denise Mitchell

433. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the number of primary schools within Dublin that have ASD units that have capacity available for the academic year 2022-2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26261/22]

Special Educational Needs

Denise Mitchell

434. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if the NCSE will commit to providing full-time special needs assistant support which has been recommended by the Disability Network Team for a person (details supplied). [26262/22]

School Staff

Gary Gannon

435. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the latest average class size figure for primary schools in Ireland for 2021 and 2022 academic years (details supplied); if the average class size has reduced from 23.3 as detailed in her Department’s statistical bulletin from December 2021. [26263/22]

School Enrolments

Gary Gannon

436. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the number of children enrolled in primary schools as of the 30 September 2021; and the number of pupils enrolled in special schools on the same date. [26264/22]

Special Educational Needs

Mark Ward

437. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the provisions and plans that are in place to supply additional ASD classes in secondary schools in the Rathcoole, Newcastle, Brittas and Saggart areas of Dublin. [26294/22]

Schools Building Projects

Matt Carthy

438. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the proposed capacity of new buildings at a school (details supplied); the expected completion date with regard to the building works at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26324/22]

State Examinations

Emer Higgins

439. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if adjustments will be made to the leaving certificate examination 2023 to compensate for the disruptions experienced by current fifth year students as a result of Covid-19 restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26326/22]

Departmental Investigations

Peadar Tóibín

440. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of investigations, internal or external, commissioned by her Department into instances in which Departmental documents or information was leaked to the media, which were commissioned or conducted in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022; the nature of such leaks and investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26334/22]

School Facilities

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

441. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of building a school hall. [26385/22]

School Facilities

Ciarán Cannon

442. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education the names of all post-primary schools that received funding for each of the years 2016 to 2021 for the purposes of developing a sports hall as part of their extension and or additional accommodation allocation; the amount allocated for each sports hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26390/22]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

443. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the status of a school (details supplied) in Maynooth, County Kildare. [26405/22]

School Transport

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

444. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing free school transport to all students currently using these services. [26419/22]

School Transport

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

445. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children who unsuccessfully applied for a seat on the school bus transport scheme in the 2021-2022 academic year. [26420/22]

School Transport

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

446. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing free school transport for one child. [26421/22]

School Staff

Brendan Griffin

447. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if further advice will be provided on a matter (details supplied) in relation to a career break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26426/22]

Schools Building Projects

Darren O'Rourke

448. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the status of building works at schools (details supplied); the estimated start and completion dates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26427/22]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

449. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will review the decision to refuse an application for assistive technology for a pupil (details supplied). [26472/22]

Schools Building Projects

Réada Cronin

450. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the status of plans and buildings for a school (details supplied) that will have 100 students in first, second and third year in September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26476/22]

Special Educational Needs

Alan Dillon

451. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if a child who is accepted for the summer provision can also be approved for summer tuition in a home-based programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26549/22]

School Transport

Brendan Griffin

270. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if a late application for a post-primary-school-transport grant will be accepted from a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25406/22]

Special Educational Needs

Louise O'Reilly

271. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if additional resources will be provided to a school (details supplied) in order that it can increase the number of places in specific learning disability classes for the 2022-2023 school year. [25425/22]

School Funding

Louise O'Reilly

272. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if additional resources will be provided to a school (details supplied) in order that it can roll-out the leaving certificate applied course for students in the school. [25426/22]

Site Acquisitions

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

273. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the steps that her Department is taking to work with the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage and Fingal County Council to resolve the delay in providing a permanent site for a school (details supplied) due to the failure of a planning application on a site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25434/22]

School Staff

Joe Carey

274. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education if arrangements will be in place in summer 2022 for school secretaries and caretakers to be paid and that the practice of requiring these important workers to sign on for social welfare has been discontinued following agreement reached on this issue earlier in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25451/22]

Site Acquisitions

Steven Matthews

275. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education the details of the site acquisition process for a school (details supplied) since it was initiated; if she will provide all of the reports and technical assessments that were carried out by or on behalf of her Department on the site in relation to the proposed development of a secondary school that was previously announced by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25458/22]

Special Educational Needs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

276. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the controversy over the refusal of an early intervention centre for autism in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25487/22]

Special Educational Needs

James Lawless

277. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education if the issue of a student (details supplied) who is being refused a reader for their junior certificate exams will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25494/22]

Site Acquisitions

Duncan Smith

278. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the steps that her Department is taking to work with the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage and Fingal County Council to resolve the delay in providing a permanent site for a school (details supplied) due to the failure of a planning application on the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25507/22]

Schools Building Projects

John Brady

279. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the current status of a site acquisition for a new school building for a school (details supplied); the stage that matters are at with purchasing the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25516/22]

Schools Building Projects

John Brady

280. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the current status of the construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the estimated timeframe from construction to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25517/22]

Schools Building Projects

John Brady

281. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education if a new school building for a school (details supplied) will be part of the National Development Finance Agency school bundles process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25518/22]

State Examinations

Niall Collins

282. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education the process in obtaining an exemption from Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25519/22]

Departmental Properties

Catherine Murphy

283. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under her Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022. [25584/22]

Special Educational Needs

Brendan Smith

284. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if additional financial resources, both current and capital, are being provided in 2022 to enable the provision of additional special classes at primary and post primary level in areas in which there is an increasing demand for such classes (details supplied); if additional places will be available for the forthcoming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25605/22]

Site Acquisitions

Jennifer Whitmore

285. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the full purchase of the land relating to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25607/22]

School Transport

Bernard Durkan

286. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education when school transport might be provided or restored in the case of a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25648/22]

School Facilities

Neasa Hourigan

287. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 966 of 26 April 2022, if there are requirements for existing as opposed to new-build schools to have space for physical education. [25650/22]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

113. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education when a child (details supplied) will receive assistive technology for writing in school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25088/22]

Schools Building Projects

James Lawless

114. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education the expected timelines for both the commencement and duration of construction on the building of a school (details supplied); the alternative accommodation plans that are being put in place while this construction begins; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24990/22]

Special Educational Needs

Neale Richmond

115. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is not participating in the Summer Education Programme for Children with Additional Needs given that it is not safe to do so; if she has engaged with the school to provide solutions to these issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24991/22]

Schools Building Projects

James Lawless

116. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education if a series of matters in relation to the construction of a school (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24992/22]

School Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

117. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) can regain a class teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24993/22]

Education Policy

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

118. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if the process of dividing the country into 314 school planning areas is underpinned by either primary or secondary legislation. [25000/22]

School Accommodation

Mark Ward

119. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if her Department has contacted South Dublin County Council to acquire land beside a school (details supplied) in order to aid the expansion of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25021/22]

Schools Building Projects

Paul McAuliffe

120. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25026/22]

School Enrolments

John Lahart

121. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the plans that her Department has put in place to accommodate students who have yet to be allocated a place for September 2022 while awaiting the building of a new school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25048/22]

Special Educational Needs

Mary Butler

122. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Education if she will address matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of the summer schools' programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25050/22]