Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Gould

187. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD places available in primary schools in Ballincollig, Cork for September 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5145/24]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Gould

188. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD places available in Scoil Eoin in Ballincollig, Cork for September 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5146/24]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Gould

189. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the reason funding has not been provided to Scoil Eoin in Ballincollig, Cork to increase the provision of ASD places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5147/24]

School Staff

Paul Kehoe

190. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if there is any option for a school secretary to change the option that they selected relating to onboarding and annualisation of pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5153/24]

Special Educational Needs

Imelda Munster

191. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education the criteria for allocating SNA support to children in both primary and secondary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5162/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jennifer Whitmore

192. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education what actions her Department is taking to support the families of children trying to access places in early intervention preschool units when there are no such units in their local area and their family home is outside of the catchment areas for the nearest early intervention preschool unit, such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5204/24]

School Facilities

Pearse Doherty

193. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education when the summer works scheme will open; if she is aware of how important the opening of the scheme is for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5219/24]

Official Travel

Peadar Tóibín

194. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of times she embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government; the geographical location of each visit; the number of days she spent abroad on such trips; the dates upon which each trip took place; and the associated travel and accommodation costs which were incurred by her Department in relation to each trip, in tabular form [5238/24]

School Staff

Matt Shanahan

195. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Education if she will formally respond to the specific issues raised in relation to the situation of a teacher (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5262/24]

Clár Tógála Scoileanna

Éamon Ó Cuív

196. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Oideachais cén uair a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir le hiarratas ó bhunscoil (sonraí tugtha) ar Chóiríocht Scoile Bhreise (foirm ASA) a cuireadh chuig an Roinn tamall ó shin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [5270/24]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

197. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to set out the number of substitutable primary teacher absences overall, and on a county by county basis, which were not covered by a substitute teacher and those that were covered by an unregistered person, between 1 September 2023 and 31 January 2024. [5281/24]

School Accommodation

Réada Cronin

198. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the cost per year of leasing modular or prefab classrooms/buildings, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5301/24]

Departmental Advertising

Peadar Tóibín

199. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the amount spent on traditional and online advertising by her Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5345/24]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

200. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if her Department has spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental, Ministerial public relations; if so, the cost; and the name of the agencies, consultants and companies involved in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5363/24]

Departmental Legal Services

Peadar Tóibín

201. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the amount spent by her Department on legal costs or legal services in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [5381/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

202. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the amount spent by her Department on the procurement of office space and furniture and office IT equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [5399/24]

Schools Building Projects

Peter Burke

203. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if an application for a school extension (details supplied) will be considered favourably; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5414/24]

School Staff

Alan Dillon

204. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education how many additional teachers have been employed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5461/24]

Departmental Data

Darren O'Rourke

205. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 687 of 17 January 2024, the funding provided per fee paying school for 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; if she is aware of funding to fee-paying schools from other Government Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5470/24]

School Discipline

Michael Healy-Rae

206. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if an update on a case of expulsion (details supplied) can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5495/24]

School Funding

Pauline Tully

207. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the funding or grants available to schools to insulate attics and walls and to provide new windows and doors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5501/24]

School Funding

Joe McHugh

208. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education the STEM grant funding process for schools, following the recent announcement of €4.7 million; how unsuccessful schools can ensure that STEM is made a key learning area in the curriculum without the adequate STEM resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5557/24]

School Accommodation

Claire Kerrane

209. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on funding for temporary modular accommodation for a school (details supplied) given works on the school extension, including demolition works are to begin in September and the temporary accommodation needs to be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5583/24]

Education Welfare Service

Paul Murphy

210. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education in relation to education issues for a person (details supplied) why it was decided by the Education Welfare Officer that they did not meet the criteria for home tuition; can this decision be appealed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5584/24]

School Accommodation

Holly Cairns

211. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school (details supplied). [5591/24]

Schools Building Projects

Holly Cairns

212. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the development of schools (details supplied). [5596/24]

School Transport

Brian Leddin

213. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Education her intentions to urgently intervene in the school transport crisis at a school (details supplied); her plans to hire sufficient drivers to meet the demand for school transport services in Limerick; if she is considering alternatives to school transport in high demand areas where school transport cannot be provided, such as utilising existing public transport with the school transport ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5652/24]

Schools Building Projects

Cian O'Callaghan

214. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if he can provide a detailed timeline for building works including estimated completion for the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5716/24]

School Enrolments

Cian O'Callaghan

215. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education what options are available to students living in the Beaumont, Coolock D5 school planning area to access Educate Together or other multi/non-denominational primary school education, given that there is no educate together provision in their school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5717/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Gary Gannon

216. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education the amount the actors/ “edinfluencers” were paid to take part in a campaign (details supplied); and the amount that was spent to promote the campaign in general. [5723/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Lowry

244. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the matter of school placements for children with disabilities in County Tipperary (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4694/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jackie Cahill

245. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education the number of autism and special education class spaces currently in Tipperary; the number of spaces expected to be in place in Tipperary in August 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4663/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jackie Cahill

246. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education what works are currently under way to increase the number of autism and special education class spaces in Tipperary; the number of new spaces that will be available come August 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4664/24]

Special Educational Needs

Jackie Cahill

247. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education what additional efforts are in place to assist families this year throughout the strenuous process of finding a suitable autism or special education class placement for their children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4665/24]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Ring

248. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when an extension for a school (details supplied) will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4669/24]

Site Acquisitions

Frankie Feighan

249. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education if any further consideration has been given to the proposal to sanction a new primary school for Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; if the Board of Management has identified a potential site for a new school; and whether communication has been received by her Department seeking approval to negotiate with any potential site owner. [4691/24]

State Examinations

Johnny Guirke

250. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education what specific supports or allowances are in place for those with cancer-related cognitive changes, also referred to as brain fog or chemo brain, while sitting State examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4725/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Paul Murphy

251. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the Teaching Council to work with a person (details supplied) to ensure that they can complete a part-time course for a full post-primary qualification, informing them whether a course is relevant prior to their enrolment and ensure that they can continue to teach. [4728/24]

Special Educational Needs

Duncan Smith

252. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to provide special classes for children with additional needs in a school (details supplied) as these are urgently required to meet the local education requirements of pupils with autism or learning disabilities who currently have to travel to St. Margaret 's and beyond for their education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4742/24]

Schools Amalgamation

Duncan Smith

253. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education his Department's policy with regard to requests from parents who wish to have their single-sex primary schools amalgamated into fully gender-integrated schools; to outline the procedure for processing such a request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4743/24]

School Facilities

Claire Kerrane

254. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education what funding is available for a school facility (details supplied) that needs to be upgraded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4764/24]

School Enrolments

Patrick Costello

255. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if her Department has completed an assessment of the projected requirement of school places for September 2024 in the Greystones and Kilcoole area of County Wicklow; if those numbers are available; if a plan has been put in place to ensure that every child has a local secondary school place for September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4776/24]

Departmental Funding

Claire Kerrane

256. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education to advise of any possible funding to complete the set-up of a facility (details supplied) where it is intended to educate on animal care and welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4784/24]

Schools Building Projects

Colm Burke

257. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education when a review being undertaken by her Department in respect of a Stage 2B submission will be finalised and the school (details supplied) contacted about the outcome of this review as it has been confirmed that it has been near completion for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4790/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Healy-Rae

258. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education the number of two-teacher schools that have a special autism class attached to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4791/24]

Schools Building Projects

Catherine Murphy

259. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the status of a proposed new post-primary school (details supplied); the status of an extension to another school in Clane; the stage they are at in terms of design and or build; and if both projects have been devolved to the KWETB for delivery. [4816/24]

School Transport

Patrick Costello

260. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No.246 of 25 January 2024, if her Department will engage with Dublin Bus in talks to pursue a similar scheme to Bus Éireann to provide free travel for children, given the costs incurred by parents living in the city and the increased benefits in terms of school attendance and reducing private transport use in the city. [4848/24]

Schools Building Projects

Bernard Durkan

261. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education to what extent issues impeding the progress in the provision of the three school project at Celbridge, County Kildare have been resolved to date; whether any particular issue such as agreement with the local authority regarding the road network or other issues remain outstanding, given the particular urgency of the replacement of a school (details supplied) which was deemed an urgent matter ten years ago, when she expects progress on site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4865/24]

Schools Building Projects

Ged Nash

262. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delay in submitting a planning application for the permanent school buildings for the Drogheda Educate Together second level school, Mill Road, Mornington, Drogheda, Co. Louth; when the planning application will be submitted; the timeline for the completion of the new permanent building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4894/24]

School Enrolments

Catherine Murphy

263. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a schedule of second level school place deficits in Naas, Prosperous, Clane, Celbridge, Leixlip, Maynooth and Kilcock; if she will clarify if second round offers have been made in these districts; and detail the number of pupils that have not received school places for the 24/25 academic year in these districts. [4898/24]

Special Educational Needs

Catherine Murphy

264. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the supports available to a person (details supplied); what role the education welfare officer can play in finding a resolution for the educational deficit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4945/24]

School Curriculum

Peter Burke

38. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will review the well-being element of the secondary school curriculum, as advocated by Cycle Against Suicide; if she will reshape and resource it to improve the outcome for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4334/24]

School Accommodation

Michael Ring

39. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education to provide an update in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4340/24]

School Staff

Mattie McGrath

40. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education her plans to reintroduce the allowance for teachers in Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4346/24]

State Examinations

Thomas Pringle

41. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education whether the State Examinations Commission will consider reducing the number of sraithpictiúrí on the Irish leaving certificate oral exam from 20 to 10 permanently as has been the case on a temporary basis for the past number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4349/24]

Special Educational Needs

John Lahart

42. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if her Department is aware of the lack of learning support resources in classrooms due to the shortage of teachers and, as a result, resource teachers having to be redirected to fill the place of the teacher in many classrooms across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4352/24]

Schools Building Projects

Bernard Durkan

43. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the current position in regard to the provision of a new school (details supplied); the progress on the project to date; when work will be completed, given the number of local primary feeder schools to this particular school and given the level of anticipated applications for the school for 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4368/24]

Special Educational Needs

Patricia Ryan

44. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the reason no special needs school place is available for a child (details supplied). [4393/24]

Schools Building Projects

Gino Kenny

45. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to address the need for another secondary school in Newcastle, County Dublin and to examine the population growth in Newcastle and predicated population growth to ensure second level education is provided to all in this community. [4409/24]

School Accommodation

James O'Connor

46. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the expected timeline for an appointment of a project manager on an application for the feasibility study under the additional school accommodation scheme, from a school (details supplied) that has issues with spaces within the school and the lack of expansion for classrooms, SET Rooms, toilets and play areas; if her Department is examining the possibility of moving the school to a green field site due to the lack of capacity for expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4411/24]

School Accommodation

Peter Burke

47. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if an application for additional space by a school (details supplied) for a special unit providing leaving certificate applied tuition can be considered in light of increased roll numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4446/24]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Gould

48. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD places available in secondary schools in Ballincollig, County Cork for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4455/24]

Special Educational Needs

Thomas Gould

49. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD places available in secondary schools in Cork city and county for September 2024; if she will provide this information in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4456/24]

Schools Building Projects

Thomas Gould

50. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the school building programme in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4457/24]

Schools Building Projects

Peter Burke

51. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education when a building project will be progressed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4464/24]

Oideachas trí Ghaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

52. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cén costas a bhainfeadh leis an liúntas do mhúinteoirí lánGhaeilge agus Gaeltachta a thabhairt ar ais mar a bhí nuair a cuireadh deireadh leis, agus cén costas a bhainfeadh lena thabhairt de réir ráta a chuimsíonn boilsciú ó cuireadh deireadh leis; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [4470/24]

Caiteachas Ranna

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

53. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cén costas a bhainfeadh le leabhar Gaeilge ar chostas €10 a mhaoiniú do gach dalta le linn dóibh a bheith i rang a cúig sa bhunscoil agus sa dara bliain sa mheánscoil, i mbliana agus gach bliain go dtí 2030, bunaithe ar líon na ndaltaí lena bhfuil sí ag súil. [4471/24]

Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

54. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cén costas a bhainfeadh le seachtain bhreise tumoideachais sa Ghaeltacht a mhaoiniú d'ábhair oidí. [4472/24]

Schools Building Projects

Mark Ward

55. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to build new secondary schools in Newcastle and Rathcoole given the recent population growth; what planning is in place to address this shortage of secondary school places in both areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4488/24]

School Curriculum

Chris Andrews

56. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education to outline when the transition year curriculum was last amended; if she will carry out a review of the possible benefit of adding dance and performative arts to the current curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4518/24]

Home Schooling

Denis Naughten

57. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the reason SUSI is refusing to accept child benefit as proof of residence for a home-schooled Irish-born child of a resident Irish citizen, despite the fact that under statute such payments can only be made on Irish residency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4522/24]

Departmental Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

58. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the criteria for the STEM awards; if there is an appeal process; if she is aware that schools maintain that the capitation grant does not allow for STEM resources to be purchased; and if consideration will be given to alternatives to fund this new mandatory curriculum.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4578/24]

Departmental Meetings

Sorca Clarke

59. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of requests for a meeting made to her Department by an organisation (details supplied), by year, in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and how many meetings have taken place, in tabular form, per year, for the same period. [4584/24]

Education Policy

Sorca Clarke

60. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education what representative groups were engaged with in the production of the new guidelines on restraint and seclusion. [4585/24]

School Staff

Brian Stanley

250. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education given the shortage of teaching staff, if her department is willing to allow those who have a level 8 qualification in early years education to teach in primary schools up to level of 2nd class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3622/24]

School Staff

Richard Bruton

251. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she has considered the submission seeking the restoration of the premium for teachers teaching through the medium of Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3643/24]

School Staff

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

252. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans to reintroduce the teaching through Irish allowance for teachers in Irish-medium and Gaeltacht schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3647/24]

School Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

253. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); if a timeframe is available for the commencement of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3648/24]

School Accommodation

Eoin Ó Broin

254. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the capital project for a school (details supplied); if a timeframe is available for the commencement of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3649/24]

Education Policy

Eoin Ó Broin

255. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the provision of increased capacity at second-level schools in the Newcastle, County Dublin area. [3650/24]

Schools Building Projects

Marc MacSharry

256. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on progress on the provision of a much-needed new primary school on a single campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3703/24]

School Admissions

Eoin Ó Broin

257. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education for an update on the provision of a special school place for a person (details supplied). [3727/24]

Special Educational Needs

Peter Burke

258. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will advise if a project for a second ASD unit in a school (details supplied) will continue to progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3733/24]

Education Policy

Sorca Clarke

259. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of phasing out public subsidies to private schools. [3738/24]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Sorca Clarke

260. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing class sizes in primary schools that will bring Ireland into line with our EU counterparts. [3739/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Alan Dillon

261. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if she has any plans for a review of DEIS in secondary schools and whether the status of a school (details supplied) can be reassessed considering its recent amalgamation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3746/24]

School Funding

Alan Dillon

262. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide additional funding for the science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning grant for schools, in which there has been a high level of interest and applications made prior to the 30 November 2023 deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3747/24]

Schools Building Projects

John Lahart

263. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education her plans for a new post-primary school to serve the Knocklyon and Rathfarnham areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3753/24]

School Staff

Seán Canney

264. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education her views on the awarding of incremental credits for teachers for prior work in a related field; if she believes that the current system is overly restrictive; if she believes that the Appeals Committee established under section 6C of the scheme for the Award of Incremental Credits should have to issue comprehensive judgements following an appeal; if she would consider establishing an independent appeals process for this matter; if such appeals can be appealed to the Ombudsman; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3763/24]

School Staff

Ged Nash

265. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she intends to review her Department's position on allowances for teaching through the medium of Irish; if she intends to reinstate the allowance; if such allowances form a part of her Department’s strategy for increasing the use of the Irish language; and if a response will issue to the concerns of teachers (details supplied). [3769/24]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

266. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if her Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date; if so, if she will provide a schedule of costs and the purpose for which the company was engaged; and if she continued to use services provided by it. [3777/24]

Special Educational Needs

Eoin Ó Broin

267. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 17 January 2024, to outline the process for an application for exemption for an early intervention class for a person with special educational needs (details supplied). [3811/24]

School Funding

Pa Daly

268. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education have grants available for wall insulation for primary schools; if same would cover 100% of the costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3822/24]

School Transport

Robert Troy

269. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if primary school students (details supplied) can be considered for the remote area transport grant; and if so, the application process for this grant. [3855/24]

Schools Building Projects

Cathal Crowe

270. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3875/24]

School Staff

Mattie McGrath

271. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the reason it has taken more than 22 weeks to approve an application for an incremental increase for an SNA who applied for an increase based on past experience in August 2023 (details supplied); when this person will receive their incremental increase; the reason delays are experienced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3917/24]

School Admissions

Eoin Ó Broin

272. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the options available to a person (details supplied) who is unable to secure a school placement in their locality and is unable to obtain a home tutor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3925/24]

School Transport

Jim O'Callaghan

273. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education rt will be provided to pupils (details supplied) in view of the fact that they are entitled to school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3932/24]

Education Policy

Sorca Clarke

274. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progress made in relation to guidance counsellors for post primary schools in the context of the public consultation on the national policy group on lifelong guidance. [3933/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Ged Nash

275. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if there are supports available through her Department to assist second-level schools who are not designated in DEIS categories to develop services and facilities to provide hot meals in their schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3938/24]