Parliamentary questions

National Educational Psychological Service

Michael Healy-Rae

188. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education when a child will receive an appointment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8651/24]

School Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

189. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will receive music or art therapy supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8656/24]

School Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

190. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will receive literacy and numeracy therapy supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8657/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pauline Tully

191. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education if Circular 02/2024 will be revised to permit more than two schools to form a cluster for the purpose of combining principal release hours with SET hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8659/24]

School Facilities

Charles Flanagan

192. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education if funding will be provided for a hall at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8672/24]

School Enrolments

Charles Flanagan

193. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the serious shortage of school places for new entrants and primary school students in Portlaoise; if having regard to significant new housing developments in the area, appropriate school places might be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8688/24]

School Accommodation

Mattie McGrath

194. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on a stage 2b report for a schools additional accommodation project that was received by her Department in November 2023 (details supplied); the turnaround time for a decision on such reports; if she will expedite the project, given the long delays already experienced by this project which was sanctioned in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8703/24]

Special Educational Needs

Peter Burke

195. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will acknowledge the concern of parents of children with special needs following the issuing of circular 0002/24 regarding special education teacher hours (details supplied); if the category of complex educational needs is to be removed from the special education teacher hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8704/24]

Schools Building Projects

Robert Troy

196. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on plans for two primary schools in Moate, County Westmeath (details supplied); if amalgamation plans will be progressed to meet the educational needs of the town into the future; and if short term works for the schools will be outlined. [8710/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Duncan Smith

197. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the reason a pre-school (details supplied) is experiencing significant delays in receiving payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8712/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Réada Cronin

198. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the urgent steps her Department will take in relation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8736/24]

Site Acquisitions

Michael McNamara

199. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education when her Department’s technical team will access a site as a matter of urgency (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8746/24]

Schools Building Projects

Matt Carthy

200. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) will be allocated funding for necessary advance works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8760/24]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

201. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the severe shortage of school places for children with moderate to severe profound general learning disabilities in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8800/24]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

202. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education what provisions are being made to accommodate the reported 46 children with moderate to severe profound general learning disabilities who have been unsuccessful in their applications for the 2024/2025 academic year to a special school (details supplied) in Enniscorthy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8801/24]

Special Educational Needs

Verona Murphy

203. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8802/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Michael Healy-Rae

204. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will receive DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8812/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Carol Nolan

205. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) has not been designated with DEIS status despite the fact that the area of Lumcloon, County Offaly is identified as a disadvantaged area by Pobal; if this will be re-examined by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8826/24]

Site Acquisitions

Niall Collins

206. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8833/24]

Special Educational Needs

Emer Higgins

207. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if she will reassess the use of the IQ component criteria when assessing students who apply for assistive technology on the basis that these criteria are outdated and refers to an old circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8884/24]

Grant Payments

Alan Dillon

208. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education what grants are available for students attending modern foreign language courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8885/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Alan Dillon

209. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education how DEIS funding for ETB schools is allocated; the process for school principals to apply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8886/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Alan Dillon

210. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if DEIS funding through ETBs is available for foreign language courses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8888/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Alan Dillon

211. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education how the DEIS funding for ETB schools is allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8889/24]

Schools Building Projects

Emer Higgins

212. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on school building projects (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8893/24]

Special Educational Needs

Paul Murphy

213. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 123 of 13 February 2024, if she is aware that for children with dyslexia, the support provided through mainstream schools, 20 minutes for three times a week, does not compare to what children get in a special school, where they learn reading and writing using the Wilson method, which many mainstream teachers have zero education on how to teach; given this information, why the Department has no plans to open more of these classes; if she has considered that the demand is so high for these special schools because what is being offered through mainstream school is not working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8913/24]

School Transport

Kathleen Funchion

214. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education if children (details supplied) can be accommodated on a school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8929/24]

Schools Building Projects

Niamh Smyth

215. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education for a review of correspondence (details supplied) and if she will provide an update on this matter. [8934/24]

Schools Building Projects

Niamh Smyth

216. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education for an update on a new school project (details supplied); the timeframe for when this project will move to stage 2B; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8937/24]

School Facilities

Niamh Smyth

217. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the assistance her Department is providing in relation to the shrinking of the play area at a school (details supplied) due to extensions and a growing school population in the area; her views on the current situation regarding inadequate parking space at school; her views on the ongoing safety issues presenting due to same and if she will review this case urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8938/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Paul Murphy

218. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education regarding the current funding crisis threatening a preschool for autistic children (details supplied), if she will ensure that her Department responsible for processing the payments processes them promptly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8953/24]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Bruton

219. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if there are changes being made in how resource teachers are being allocated or deployed, if she is aware of concerns expressed by Down's Syndrome Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9033/24]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Bruton

220. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education whether the NCSE has reported on the adequacy of capacity of special schools and special units on the northside of Dublin to meet the needs of pupils presenting for placement this year; if increases in capacity have been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9034/24]

Teagasc na Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

221. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí i bhfoirm tábla le haghaidh na n-uaireanta teagaisc Gaeilge in aghaidh na seachtaine a bhí riachtanach i mbunscoileanna de réir bliana ó 1990 go dtí an bhliain seo. [9047/24]

Teagasc na Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

222. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais an bhfuil painéal ar leith ann do mhúinteoirí agus do mhúinteoirí ionaid san earnáil lán-Ghaeilge, agus an ndéanfaidh sí cur síos ar an gcreatlach earcaíochta do scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge. [9049/24]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

223. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how her Department is liaising with the Minister for Education and the Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion in the matter of associated services at a school (details supplied) in the context of the mooted moving of services provided by an organisation to the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9059/24]

School Accommodation

Ciarán Cannon

224. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education for an update on her plans to deliver a modular building to accommodate the ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9073/24]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

225. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider increasing the salary paid to school bus escorts as it is only 70 cent above the national minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9113/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Thomas Pringle

226. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education why a school (details supplied) is the only school in the Donegal Gaeltacht that has not been identified for DEIS funding under the refined DEIS identification model, where the Pobal deprivation index for the catchment area is worse than the average for County Donegal as a whole; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9146/24]

School Curriculum

Patrick Costello

227. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of all second level education institutions aided by her Department in which instruction in higher mathematics was provided from another school by video link rather than being provided on-site; the roll number of each school receiving instruction by video link and the school sending instruction by video link, for each school year since 2010, in tabular form. [9172/24]

School Accommodation

James O'Connor

228. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question 181 on 7 February 2024, if she will outline a definite date for the completion of the feasibility study; the plans for the school's expansion of accommodation for the 2024/25 school year, especially when children of refugee families will be attending the school in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9187/24]

School Accommodation

Marian Harkin

229. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be considered as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9199/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Brendan Griffin

230. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if a school in County Kerry (details supplied) will be considered for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9206/24]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

231. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the impact the decision to eliminate the category of complex educational needs from consideration when allocating special education teacher hours on children with Down syndrome in mainstream schools; if this decision will be reviewed to ensure children with Down syndrome can receive the required supports in mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9221/24]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Bruton

232. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a shortage of special school places to serve Dublin's northside; if she has received a report from the NCSE on capacity constraints and how they might be filled; if new places are coming on stream for this coming September or beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9271/24]

School Accommodation

Alan Dillon

233. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on progress under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9273/24]

School Staff

Alan Dillon

234. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the reason future employment contracts for school secretaries do not include provisions for bereavement leave and wedding leave, in accordance with standard Department contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9288/24]

School Staff

Carol Nolan

235. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on efforts by her Department to ensure that school caretakers will be offered a new agreement for revised salary and annual leave entitlements similar to the agreement put in place for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9337/24]

Schools Building Projects

Colm Burke

236. 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. [9366/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Gino Kenny

237. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the most up-to-date progress on the proposed upgrade to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9378/24]