Parliamentary questions

Schools Building Projects

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

119. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of the development project for a school (details supplied); the expected date for the completion of this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6166/24]

School Transport

Bernard Durkan

120. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to improve school transport serving primary and second level schools throughout north Kildare and countrywide in line with the enrolment requirements and admissions for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6351/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Joan Collins

121. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Education if DEIS schools were weighted in comparison to non-DEIS school funding/finances in the application process for the recent STEM grant funds. [5877/24]

School Enrolments

David Stanton

122. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 17 January 2024, when her Department expects to publish the latest enrolment projection report for primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6379/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

123. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to ensure that enough places in special reading schools for children with severe dyslexia are available for all children who need it, and not only those in the first percentile for reading as is currently the case; when adequate places will be provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6381/24]

Irish Language

Peadar Tóibín

124. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of gaelscoileanna in the State. [6407/24]

School Transport

Claire Kerrane

125. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education when the review into school transport will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6403/24]

School Accommodation

Pearse Doherty

126. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delay with the promised SEN provision for a school in Donegal (details supplied), which includes an extension to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6390/24]

School Enrolments

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

127. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of children in the greater Dublin area are currently without a second level place or are on long lists for admission to a second level schools place; what measures are being taken to address the issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6262/24]

Special Educational Needs

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

128. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if schools planning to open a special class in September 2024 can be provided access to training for staff before the classes open in September, in order to prevent classes having to lose teachers on those training days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6265/24]

Special Educational Needs

Ruairí Ó Murchú

129. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education the availability, location and number of places in ASD units in primary schools in County Louth for the 2024-2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6338/24]

School Staff

Colm Burke

130. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made to date by her Department with regard to the establishment of a transfer/relocation scheme for post primary school teachers to stem the teacher retention crisis; to outline in detail her Department plans going forward in addressing this issue; if engagement is taking place with stakeholders (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6377/24]

Curaclam Scoile

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

260. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn den Aire Oideachais an bhfuil cinneadh déanta maidir le líon na sraithphictiúir atá le déanamh ag daltaí atá ag ullmhú don Ardteist; an bhfuair a Roinn aon chomhfhreagras ó dhaltaí ag léiriú míshástacht faoin mbrú a chuireann an 20 sraithphictiúir reatha orthu; agus cé na hiarrachtaí atá ar bun aici chun an brú i measc an chúigiú agus an séú bliain a laghdú. [6037/24]

Special Educational Needs

Robert Troy

261. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a special needs place at a particular school can be allocated to students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6041/24]

National Educational Psychological Service

Eoin Ó Broin

262. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education when a NEPS assessment will be made available to a person (details supplied). [6050/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jim O'Callaghan

263. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education to detail all payments made to a club (details supplied) in relation to the construction of a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6066/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jim O'Callaghan

264. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the status of a building development project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6067/24]

Schools Building Projects

Colm Burke

265. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) has been refused approval under the Emergency Works Programme for an urgent project which impacts children’s safety in this school; what programmes are available to schools to apply for works urgently due to the health and safety nature of the works, that the school can receive urgent funding for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6073/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Healy-Rae

266. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if an issue in relation to SNAs (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6086/24]

School Accommodation

Pearse Doherty

267. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 21 November 2023, if she will provide an update and a timeframe for an extension to a school (details supplied) consisting of an additional modular classroom, which was approved in March 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6087/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pa Daly

268. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to consider a redeployment scheme for SNAs who lose positions in a school and are seeking to be deployed to another school. [6092/24]

Departmental Reviews

Joe O'Brien

269. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Education for an update on the review she ordered on the guidance document that relates to how to facilitate the use of the spaces and facilities for the wider community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6095/24]

School Staff

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

270. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the breakdown of the language of instruction in each primary school, the full complement of teachers each school should have; the number of current vacancies in teaching posts at the school; and the number of unqualified teachers employed to fill teaching posts at the school, in columns, in tabular form. [6098/24]

Schools Building Projects

Seán Sherlock

271. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if she will reassess the proposal to split a school up across a town (details supplied); and to outline the cost of the measures involved in all options. [6107/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Carol Nolan

272. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if she will address concerns raised by a teacher (details supplied) who qualifies for an allowance for the professional Master’s in Education is not being paid this allowance; the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6109/24]

School Enrolments

Catherine Murphy

273. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a detailed update in respect of school places in Prosperous and Clane in County Kildare (details supplied). [6111/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pearse Doherty

274. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delay with the promised SEN provision for a school (details supplied), which includes an extension to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6140/24]

School Equipment

Seán Crowe

275. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the reason a student requiring hearing aids would have to wait three months for software to be purchased for use with a system (details supplied); his views on whether a process taking three months in an academic year presents an unacceptable barrier to education for students with hearing difficulties; the changes she plans to make to streamline this process and bring the delay to an absolute minimum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6188/24]

School Accommodation

Seán Sherlock

276. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when additional rooms will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6190/24]

School Accommodation

Seán Sherlock

277. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when additional rooms will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6191/24]

Schools Building Projects

John McGuinness

278. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if she will resolve the issues relative to a construction project at a school (details supplied) as a matter of urgency to allow the project to proceed. [6198/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

279. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of autism and special education class spaces currently in Kilkenny; and the number of spaces expected to be in place in Kilkenny in August 2024. [6216/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

280. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the school building programme in County Roscommon. [6217/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

281. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of special educational needs organisers currently in place in Kerry. [6218/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

282. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction commencing on site. [6219/24]

Health Services Staff

Sorca Clarke

283. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE educational psychologists attached to north-west/north midlands region in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [6220/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

284. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to construction commencing on site. [6221/24]

Schools Building Projects

Sorca Clarke

285. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will move to tender stage of works. [6222/24]

School Transport

Seán Haughey

286. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education if the school transport scheme can be amended to allow qualified school bus drivers over the age of 70 drive school buses for Bus Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6236/24]

Special Educational Needs

Chris Andrews

287. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education if a sanction will be granted for a reading school to be opened in an area (details supplied) to cater for the high number of dyslexic children in the locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6237/24]

School Transport

Seán Sherlock

288. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the status of the review for school transport; and if she will publish the review in full. [6242/24]

School Transport

Seán Sherlock

289. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals on file for school transport by county, in tabular form. [6243/24]

School Staff

Cormac Devlin

290. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the funding supports available for educational psychologists, in particular matching HSE funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6248/24]

School Staff

Matt Shanahan

291. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Education if she is considering giving incremental credit to teachers who have worked abroad for a number of years and have now returned to work in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6258/24]

Schools Building Projects

Jim O'Callaghan

292. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the proposed new secondary school to be built for Harold's Cross Educate Together; if a commitment could be given that the original deadlines established for the project will be met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6281/24]

School Transport

Michael Ring

293. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when school transport will be provided to a pupil with additional needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6290/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

294. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education how the number of SNAs is allocated for an area; how is it decided how many autism units will be utilised/included/added in each area; and how the Department determines how many complex needs schools/disabled needs schools will be built for the people in the area. [6300/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

295. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education in relation to how many autism units will be utilized/included/added in each area, how that the Department reaches a decision about what is need compared to what is already available; if it the same process for primary schools and secondary schools; and if this information for each area is available for the public to review online or elsewhere. [6301/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

296. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 30 January 2024, the process through which parents can apply for an exemption for their child to remain in an early intervention class for a further year, due to being unable to secure a special school place, as this was not answered in the previous reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6322/24]

School Staff

Peter Fitzpatrick

297. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Education if she can make an exception for the teacher registration deadline (details supplied), considering there is such a need for teachers in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6353/24]

School Facilities

Thomas Gould

298. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education for an update on the proposed extension to a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and the timeline for delivery of the building. [6388/24]

Education Policy

Niamh Smyth

299. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education about the recently published guide for parents on keeping childhood smartphone free; what funding is being provided by the Department to support this initiative in schools; what plans her Department has to tackle the use of smartphones in schools across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6420/24]

School Admissions

Violet-Anne Wynne

300. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will assist a family in securing a school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6426/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

301. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the delay in the construction of a new school building (details supplied); if any plans are in place to address this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6428/24]

School Transport

Colm Burke

302. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education what measures are being taken by her Department to ensure that all eligible students who apply for school transport under the primary school transport scheme in an area (details supplied) for the 2024-2025 academic year will be facilitated, given there is a high probability that the service will be oversubscribed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6442/24]

School Curriculum

Sorca Clarke

303. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of the new and revised subjects with regard to the senior cycle redevelopment (details supplied) that are intended to be rolled out in 2025. [6444/24]

School Curriculum

Sorca Clarke

304. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will explain in detail how the introduction and revision of nine subjects is intended to alleviate pressure for students sitting the Leaving Certificate. [6445/24]

School Curriculum

Sorca Clarke

305. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to explain in detail what the externally assessed components that are not a traditional written examination to be incorporated in the senior cycle will look like in practice; and when they are planned to take place, if not in June. [6446/24]

School Curriculum

Sorca Clarke

306. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when in 2026 the second tranche of revised subjects will be introduced, and what these subjects are expected to be. [6447/24]

School Curriculum

Sorca Clarke

307. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she can provide an update on the research that is being conducted by the SEC on the potential role and impact of generative artificial intelligence in teacher-based assessment; when she expects this research to be completed and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6448/24]

School Curriculum

Sorca Clarke

308. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she can present a schedule of the phases or tranches over which all senior cycle subjects will be revised. [6449/24]

School Enrolments

Catherine Murphy

309. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking in 2024 to ensure adequate provision of second level school places in Bray and Greystones, County Wicklow, for 2027 and beyond; and if she reviews residential development and population increases in her planning. [6457/24]

School Enrolments

Catherine Murphy

310. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking in 2024 to ensure adequate provision of second-level school places in Enfield, Dunboyne, Dunshaughlin, Navan and Trim, County Meath, for 2027 and beyond; and if she reviews residential development and population increases in her planning. [6458/24]

School Enrolments

Catherine Murphy

311. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking in 2024 to ensure adequate provision of second level school places in Celbridge, Leixlip, Maynooth, Kilcock, Prosperous, Clane, Sallins and Naas, County Kildare, for 2027 and beyond; and if she reviews residential development and population increases in her planning. [6459/24]

Pleananna Oideachais

Catherine Connolly

312. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Oideachais maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte No. 77 of 29 Samhain 2023, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bplean chun beartas cuimsitheach don Ghaeilge sa chóras oideachais, idir leibhéal an oideachais réamhscoile agus leibhéal an oideachais do mhúinteoirí, a fhorbairt agus a fhoilsiú; cathain a fhoilseofar an beartas nua; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [6460/24]

School Admissions

Catherine Connolly

313. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education her plans to develop school catchment areas that would be applicable nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6461/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

314. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how many children in north Kildare are currently left without a school-place in secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6476/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

315. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how long each child now relying on home tuition due to a lack of a school-places is availing of the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6477/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

316. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if, as per an RTÉ interview, she is now guaranteeing a first-year school place for each child who requires one in north Kildare in the school year 2024; if she can further guarantee a school place in second year for the children currently without a school place in first year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6478/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

317. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if, as per RTÉ interview, she is now guaranteeing a first year school place for each child who requires one in north Kildare in the school year 2024; if she can further guarantee a school-place in second year for the children currently without a school-place in first year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6479/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

318. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how many times her Department has forced a school to take a child who was not awarded a school place in each of the last three years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6480/24]

School Admissions

Réada Cronin

319. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will, as a matter of urgency, be ‘requiring’ schools in north Kildare to accept a child who has not been successful in being awarded a school-place in first year and other years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6481/24]

Home Schooling

Réada Cronin

320. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education to outline any plans her Department has to make online home schooling available to children for whom in-class education is problematic for a variety of reasons, and who thrived in the online learning situation during the lockdown phases of the ongoing Covid pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6482/24]

School Staff

Réada Cronin

321. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the plans her Department has to recruit teachers who would teach on an online only basis, such an option proving attractive to many; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6483/24]

Health and Safety

Réada Cronin

322. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide clean air in school given public health announcements regarding measles, which, like Covid-19, is a highly contagious, airborne infection, easily transmitted and contracted in enclosed spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6484/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Michael Fitzmaurice

323. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education if she can seek assurance from the Teaching Council of Ireland that it will ensure that persons completing their masters in physical education in the UK can be facilitated in Ireland in 2024 to complete their two-year induction as there is a lack of physical education teachers within education settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6495/24]

School Accommodation

Pádraig O'Sullivan

324. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an update on her Department’s proposed accommodation plans for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6496/24]

Special Educational Needs

Niamh Smyth

325. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to review correspondence regarding SET allocation to a school (details supplied); the reason these cuts have taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6499/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mick Barry

326. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will have an update on approval of its stage 3 report for a planned extension to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6510/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jim O'Callaghan

327. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education what facilities are available for a national school child in Terenure who suffers from severe dyslexia and who has been refused a place in schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6557/24]

School Transport

Colm Burke

328. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education what provisions are being taken by her Department to ensure that all eligible students who apply for school transport under the post-primary school transport scheme in an area (details supplied) for the 2024-2025 academic year will be facilitated, given the high probability that the service will be oversubscribed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6565/24]

School Management

Michael Lowry

329. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 17 January 2024, when her Department will issue a detailed and explanatory response to serious matters raised in correspondence from the management and principal of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6567/24]

School Funding

Michael Lowry

330. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 542 of 17 January 2024, how the lottery system used during the STEM grant application process was highlighted in the briefing document to schools before they applied; her views on whether a lottery system was fair, considering the short timeframe offered to schools to complete the application, and the considerable effort schools put into submitting these applications and for them to fail without having the opportunity to be fully assessed on their individual merits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6568/24]

School Enrolments

Ged Nash

331. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education to outline any plans being considered for a new second level school in the Blackrock/Haggardstown area of County Louth; if her Department’s population projections show the need for a new school in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6572/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Ged Nash

332. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that planning permission for an extension and refurbishment of a school (details supplied) was granted in 2021; if she will provide an update on when work will start on the school redevelopment project; the timeline for completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6575/24]

School Facilities

Ged Nash

333. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education to provide information on the full and total cost of the provision of modular facilities at the site of a school (details supplied) since the school has occupied the current site to the end of 2023; if she will provide a costing for the additional modular units required for the site for the 2024-2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6576/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cathal Crowe

334. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on an application submitted by a school for assisted technology for a pupil (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6589/24]

School Transport

Bernard Durkan

335. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which she continues to liaise with the parents and management of various schools throughout north Kildare, with a view to ensuring the availability of school transport in the widest form possible, whether on a concessionary or regular basis with particular reference to children attending schools in Maynooth from Straffan, Clane, Prosperous and Rathcoffey, given the present circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6623/24]

School Enrolments

Bernard Durkan

336. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which ongoing dialogue continues between her Department, the KWETB and the relevant school authorities in Maynooth, County Kildare at pre-primary, primary- and post-primary levels with a view to ensuring that sufficient places are being made available to meet the demand of the current and subsequent years without interruption either in respect of continued building where required, the planning of any new schools, or the acceleration of ongoing work in all schools, including gaelcholáiste; if satisfactory results can be achieved before the new school year next year; if she is satisfied that work in progress or steps yet to be taken can proceed without interruption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6624/24]

School Enrolments

Bernard Durkan

337. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which ongoing dialogue continues between her Department, the KWETB and the relevant school authorities in Kilcock, County Kildare at pre-primary, primary- and post-primary levels with a view to ensuring that sufficient places are being made available to meet the demand of the current and subsequent years without interruption either in respect of continued building where required, the planning of any new schools, or the acceleration of ongoing work in all schools; if satisfactory results can be achieved before the new school year; if she is satisfied that work in progress or steps yet to be taken can proceed without interruption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6625/24]

School Enrolments

Bernard Durkan

338. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which ongoing dialogue continues between her Department, the KWETB and the relevant school authorities in Clane, County Kildare at pre-primary, primary- and post-primary levels with a view to ensuring that sufficient places are being made available to meet the demand of the current and subsequent years without interruption either in respect of continued building where required, the planning of any new schools, or the acceleration of ongoing work in all schools; if satisfactory results can be achieved before the new school year; if she is satisfied that work in progress or steps yet to be taken can proceed without interruption with particular to the children whose parents previously attend the local schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6626/24]

School Enrolments

Bernard Durkan

339. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which ongoing dialogue continues between her Department, the KWETB and the relevant school authorities in Naas, County Kildare at pre-primary, primary- and post-primary levels with a view to ensuring that sufficient places are being made available to meet the demand of the current and subsequent years without interruption either in respect of continued building where required, the planning of any new schools, or the acceleration of ongoing work in all schools; if satisfactory results can be achieved before the new school year; if she is satisfied that work in progress or steps yet to be taken can proceed without interruption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6627/24]

School Enrolments

Bernard Durkan

340. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which ongoing dialogue continues between her Department, the KWETB and the relevant school authorities in Prosperous, County Kildare at pre-primary, primary- and post-primary levels with a view to ensuring that sufficient places are being made available to meet the demand of the current and subsequent years without interruption either in respect of continued building where required, the planning of any new schools, or the acceleration of ongoing work in all schools; if satisfactory results can be achieved before the new school year; if she is satisfied that work in progress or steps yet to be taken can proceed without interruption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6628/24]

School Enrolments

Bernard Durkan

341. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which ongoing dialogue continues between her Department, the KWETB and the relevant school authorities in Prosperous, County Kildare at pre-primary, primary- and post-primary levels with a view to ensuring that sufficient places are being made available to meet the demand of the current and subsequent years without interruption either in respect of continued building where required, the planning of any new schools, or the acceleration of ongoing work in all schools; if satisfactory results can be achieved before the new school year; if she is satisfied that work in progress or steps yet to be taken can proceed without interruption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6629/24]

School Enrolments

Bernard Durkan

342. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which ongoing dialogue continues between her Department, the KWETB and the relevant school authorities in Leixlip, County Kildare at pre-primary, primary- and post-primary levels with a view to ensuring that sufficient places are being made available to meet the demand of the current and subsequent years without interruption either in respect of continued building where required, the planning of any new schools, or the acceleration of ongoing work in all schools; if satisfactory results can be achieved before the new school year; if she is satisfied that work in progress or steps yet to be taken can proceed without interruption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6630/24]

School Enrolments

Bernard Durkan

343. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which emergency measures are being taken to ensure the availability of an adequate number of school places at primary and second level in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6631/24]

Special Educational Needs

Bernard Durkan

344. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which special needs teachers and SNAs continue to be available to the extent required in County Kildare, and all areas throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6632/24]

Schools Building Projects

Bernard Durkan

345. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent of progress in ensuring the provision of a new primary school in Newtown, Enfield, County Kildare; the degree to which such provision is capable of meeting the demand in the current and subsequent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6633/24]

School Staff

Bernard Durkan

346. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which she expects to be in a position to address issues of teacher shortages at all primary and or second-levels schools throughout the country, with particular reference to the need for locums; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6634/24]

Schools Building Projects

Bernard Durkan

347. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the progress to date in the provision of new school building for a school (details supplied) given the current premises was only intended to be temporary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6635/24]