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Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Funding
Catherine Connolly
62. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated full year cost of increasing the capitation grant at primary and secondary level by 5%. [24126/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Catherine Connolly
63. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by 1 point at primary level. [24127/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Catherine Connolly
64. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by 1 point at second level. [24128/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
65. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the projected demand for school places in mainstream primary schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2024. [24129/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
66. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the projected demand for school places in mainstream secondary schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2024. [24130/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
67. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the projected demand for school places in special schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2024. [24131/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
68. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of establishing a special class in a mainstream school for students with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24132/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
69. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of each additional place for a child with special educational needs in a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24133/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
70. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the operation of the Special Education Appeals Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24134/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Educational Disadvantage
Thomas Pringle
71. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the projected cost of extending the Junior Certificate School Programme Demonstration Library Project staffed by a qualified librarian to all DEIS schools [24147/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Educational Disadvantage
Thomas Pringle
72. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the projected timeline for delivering on the 2005 commitment to extend the Junior Certificate School Programme Demonstration Library Project staffed by a qualified librarian to all DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24148/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Fergus O'Dowd
73. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to specific concerns raised by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24149/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Transport
Joe Carey
74. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education if she will guarantee a school bus service as opposed to a community based local link service (details supplied) which is recommended under the NTA Route 343 Amendment Proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24150/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Mairéad Farrell
75. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education to provide the full list of available teaching positions in secondary level schools in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24156/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Mairéad Farrell
76. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if there if there is a facility where qualified teachers can register with her Department to be contacted for recruitment purposes if a vacancy arises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24157/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Bernard Durkan
77. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the reason a request to sanction the summer programme for one week for eight classes was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); if this school’s case can be examined at the earliest opportunity, with a view to ensuring a consensus to run at least a week’s programme given the importance of the school to local children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24164/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Denise Mitchell
78. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new class for a school (details supplied). [24167/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Transport
Peadar Tóibín
79. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 24 April 2024, if she will reply to an email submitted to her office (details supplied) regarding school transport in County Meath; and the actions taken to secure school transport for the students concerned commencing from September 2024. [24171/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Paul Murphy
80. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if cleaning staff employed directly by schools should be paid for 7 June 2024, even if their school is being used as a polling station on that day. [24172/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
81. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will work with the board of management of a school (details supplied) to establish an ASD unit, when their change of status to a co-educational school proceeds soon; and if she and her Department are aware that the school has a long history of innovation in special education, and with an administrative principal and specialist trained SEN staff (to masters level) already in place and two classrooms immediately available for use as ASD units, alongside their spacious grounds and large sports hall, they are in an ideal position to establish an ASD unit. [24183/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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National Educational Psychological Service
Brendan Griffin
82. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education for clarification on a matter (details supplied); if changes will be implemented to improve services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24190/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Capitation Grants
Duncan Smith
83. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department has cut the annual grant for primary schools from €96 a year per pupil to €80; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24196/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Capitation Grants
Duncan Smith
84. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she plans to reverse the decision to cut the annual grant for primary schools from €96 a year per pupil to €80; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24197/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Cathal Crowe
85. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if the primary payroll division of her Department can register the teaching work being undertaken by an individual (details supplied) on the MyAccount portal (operated by the Revenue Commissioners); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24208/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Textbooks
Robert Troy
86. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education when her Department entered into any negotiations with a book provider to reduce the cost, rather than passing it over to the parent, considering the reduction in the schoolbook grant (details supplied). [24223/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Seán Sherlock
87. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when schools will receive their SNA allocation this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24235/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Niamh Smyth
88. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24281/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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State Examinations
John Lahart
89. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if she will outline, when an error is made by a school processing RACE applications, which results in the student being denied RACE, what the procedure to rectify this error is if the school, on realising its error, is not allowed to submit correct material to the SEC after the final date for submission of the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24331/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Transport
Michael Ring
90. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24332/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Cian O'Callaghan
91. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the projects planned to increase the number of school places at both primary and secondary level in an area (details supplied) where there is huge demand for increased places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24374/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Bríd Smith
92. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the status and expected starting time of works on the development of a new building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay with the project; if her Department has had talks with the builders or management at the school in relation to delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24375/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Alan Farrell
93. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of the 36 special classes sanctioned by the NCSE for Dublin that will be opened in time to welcome pupils in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24380/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Alan Farrell
94. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education to provide the locations and roll numbers of the 36 special classes sanctioned by the NCSE for Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24381/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Patronage
David Stanton
95. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 21 May 2024, to outline the ownership of the property referred to in her reply as the "former technical school"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24409/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Violet-Anne Wynne
5. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the forward planning her Department has achieved in respect of special class places for children with additional needs in secondary schools in County Clare to align with primary school special class places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23856/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Paul Donnelly
6. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education her views on the lack of autism school places for children in the Dublin 15 and 7 areas, and in particular for a child (details supplied). [23888/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Textbooks
Robert Troy
10. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with schoolbook publishers to achieve necessary savings for the free schoolbooks scheme rather than reducing the rate paid per student to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23801/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Equipment
Kathleen Funchion
11. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the funding and supports that are available to schools to assist with the repair or replacement of equipment in special classrooms, given the exorbitant prices for said equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23857/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Louise O'Reilly
13. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the number of additional school places that will be available for the school year starting August/September 2024, above 2023 levels, for children in the Fingal area at primary and secondary level, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23686/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Paul Murphy
14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the action she will take to ensure that there are sufficient school places for every child who needs one in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23915/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Aindrias Moynihan
15. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the provision of ASD places for mid-Cork secondary schools to meet the demand required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23833/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Staff
Christopher O'Sullivan
17. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the administrative workload that teaching principals have to deal with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23838/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Alan Farrell
18. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on her Department’s effort to meet the demand for school places in Dublin Fingal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23908/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Paul Murphy
19. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the action she will take to ensure that there are sufficient secondary school places for every child who needs one in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23912/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Robert Troy
20. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she accepts recommendations by NCSE regarding school places; if so, if she will ensure the school building unit implement such recommendations in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23802/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Funding
Richard Bruton
21. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the investment which has been made from excellence funds to promote creative collaboration among clusters of schools; and if she has plans to expand investment of this sort. [23892/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Accommodation
Thomas Gould
24. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education for an update on the review of the engineer’s report into a school (details supplied) in Ballincollig, Cork. [23836/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Richard Boyd Barrett
25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to provide details on the plan for a new-build school in Dún Laoghaire (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23890/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Ruairí Ó Murchú
26. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the ongoing review of SET teaching hours at primary schools; the number of additional hours allocated, if any; the number of schools involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23651/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Chris Andrews
28. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education the cost of transporting special education children to school in south Dublin for the academic years 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23774/24]