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Tue, 28 May 2024
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Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
33. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cén dáta faoina mbainfear amach an gheallúint sa Chlár Rialtais faoi dhúbailt a dhéanamh ar sholáthar an Ghaeloideachais; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [23886/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Darren O'Rourke
34. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education for an update on building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23828/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Darren O'Rourke
35. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education for an update on building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23827/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
36. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when she will reach a decision on the demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families. [23740/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Sorca Clarke
37. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the school transport pilot projects, including the selection criteria and details of potential areas to be included in the pilot scheme. [23807/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Patrick Costello
38. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide an update in relation to the establishment of a Gaelcholáiste in the south Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23900/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Alan Farrell
39. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on her Department’s plans to increase the provision of school bus services in Dublin Fingal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23909/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Pádraig O'Sullivan
40. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on school building projects in Cork; the number of new schools in planning stage; the number of new school builds that have started; the number that have yet to be tendered for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23766/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
41. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when the counselling supports pilot scheme that was rolled out to a number of primary schools across seven counties will be reviewed, fully implemented and extended to the rest of the counties. [23806/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Pa Daly
42. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to combat large class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23770/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Funding
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
43. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education to detail the funding that has been made available for STEM in schools; if there is a shortfall in funding; if more funding will become available to support STEM; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23683/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Thomas Gould
44. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if the Government intends to expand the Covid learning and supports scheme. [23837/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pádraig O'Sullivan
45. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the level of funding and plans for this year’s Summer Programme in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23765/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Patrick Costello
46. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will establish a new secondary school in Dublin 8, given the identified need in surrounding catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23901/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Louise O'Reilly
47. 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 with additional needs in the Fingal area at primary and secondary level, by school places in ordinary classes and special classes in mainstream schools, in tabular form. [23685/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Aindrias Moynihan
48. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the number of students to date offered a new ASD primary school place in mid-Cork for September 2024; the number of students yet to be offered a new ASD primary school place in mid-Cork for September 2024; what measures are being taken to ensure that supply will meet demand for mid-Cork for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23832/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Funding
James O'Connor
49. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the provision of additional resources for primary and secondary schools that have taken on additional students as a consequence of large IPAS accommodation centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23917/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pauline Tully
50. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the actions she is taking to allay the concerns expressed by organisations (details supplied) regarding the circular recently issued by her Department relating to the SET allocation for each school from the 2024-2025 school year until further notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23871/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Paul Murphy
51. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the action she will take to make sufficient resources available in schools for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23916/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Brian Stanley
52. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the number of children in Laois who have been assessed as requiring a place in an ASD unit at primary school level; where new classes will be provided in September in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23737/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Ombudsman for Children
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
53. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of complaints made to the Ombudsman for Children in 2023 concerning education, outlined in the Ombudsman's annual report; her Department's plans to rectify these complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23684/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Ombudsman for Children
Martin Browne
54. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education the actions she plans to take following comments by the Ombudsman for Children at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Petitions that in assessing school places for children with special educational needs, local knowledge appears not to fit into a national plan to allow every area to get the funding they require from within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23893/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Staff
Pa Daly
55. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the staffing appeal by a school (details supplied). [23771/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Seán Canney
56. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the progress being made with the development of a new primary and secondary Gaelscoil campus in Athenry, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23812/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Mairéad Farrell
57. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the issue of a school (details supplied) in relation to the provision of a special language class for the school year 2024/2025; if she will raise the need for mediation between her Department and the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23711/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Catherine Connolly
58. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 16 April 2024, the status of her Department's engagement with schools in the Galway City School Planning Area with a view to providing additional first year secondary school places, in light of the ongoing enrolment pressures; her plans to review her Department's legislation and policy around school catchment areas to ensure that all students can attend school in their local area, particularly in light of Ireland's climate action obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23692/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Brian Stanley
59. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the number of pupils in Laois who have been assessed as requiring a place in an ASD unit at secondary school level; where new classes will be provided in September in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23738/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Ombudsman for Children
Violet-Anne Wynne
60. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the recent findings from the Ombudsman of Children where 40% of complaints received are in respect of supports in the education setting for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23855/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Seán Canney
61. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the progress being made with the development of a proposed new school (details supplied) in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23811/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Irish Language
Sorca Clarke
62. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when the long-awaited policy on Irish medium education outside the Gaeltacht will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23808/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Paul Donnelly
63. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the lack of autism places in schools for September 2024; and if she will investigate the case of a child (details supplied). [22403/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Richard Boyd Barrett
64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will revise the new way of calculating special education resources to ensure that no school has a reduction in resources next year compared to this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23889/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Education Costs
Paul Murphy
65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education what action she will take to make primary and secondary education genuinely free in light of the continuing cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23914/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pauline Tully
66. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the actions she is taking to ensure that all disabled students are provided with an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23872/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Christopher O'Sullivan
67. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education to provide an overview of the timescale for the approval of school building projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23835/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Pleananna Oideachais
Catherine Connolly
68. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Oideachais de thoradh Cheist Pharlaiminte Uimh. 102 den 16 Aibreán 2024, 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. [23691/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
David Stanton
69. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education if there is a way that people who are not qualified as teachers, but who are highly experienced and qualified in other ways in working with children with exceptional special needs, can work with such students in special schools and in special classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23863/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Carol Nolan
70. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in online/digital media platforms; and the names of the online platforms involved, in tabular form. [23475/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Ministerial Staff
Gary Gannon
71. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach the payments made or due to be made to advisers and staff of the former Taoiseach who left office on his resignation, in tabular form. [23794/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Ministerial Staff
Gary Gannon
72. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Taoiseach if staff who left on the resignation of the former Taoiseach or any other Minister and who were subsequently appointed to adviser roles by the current Taoiseach or other current Ministers are entitled to receive severance or termination payments; and if so, if any such were made or are scheduled to be made. [23795/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Bríd Smith
73. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [24030/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Middle East
John Paul Phelan
74. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 14 May 2024, to list previous occasions where the State has recognised a new state in circumstances where the recognised governing body of that state does not have de facto governing authority over its entire territory. [23792/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Passport Services
Niamh Smyth
75. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review a passport application (details supplied) and expedite same. [23532/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Passport Services
Niamh Smyth
76. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited. [23535/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Passport Services
Niamh Smyth
77. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited. [23536/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Passport Services
Éamon Ó Cuív
78. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when passports will issue to passport applicants in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23565/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Passport Services
Niamh Smyth
79. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to review a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23600/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Official Engagements
Matt Carthy
80. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23645/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Official Engagements
Matt Carthy
81. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the French government; if he has discussed current civil unrest in New Caledonia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23646/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Official Engagements
Matt Carthy
82. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23647/24]