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Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Mattie McGrath
704. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education when a student (details supplied) will be allocated a school bus ticket, given the Bus Éireann school transport section has failed to respond to queries from this Deputy. [63633/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Schools Administration
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
705. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in the education system that operate a shorter day for infants' classes than the rest of the classes. [63645/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Cian O'Callaghan
706. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the introduction of a national voluntary redeployment panel for post-primary teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63647/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Joe O'Brien
707. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Education if she will consider proposals from teaching unions to establish a national voluntary redeployment panel for teachers under which those teachers who wish to relocate would keep their permanent status, including the development of an online portal to facilitate direct swaps for voluntary teacher redeployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63650/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Michael Ring
708. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when funding will be provided for a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63678/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Réada Cronin
709. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if she will examine the reason the criteria for home tuition in north Kildare in some cases appear to have changed and now require a psychologist’s report (details supplied); if her Department will take steps to address this unexpected demand and the practical difficulties that have been caused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63690/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Curriculum
Francis Noel Duffy
710. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) hosted a women's safety week to make young women feel more comfortable in the community; and if this is something that she will consider supporting in the future. [63698/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
James Lawless
711. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education if a school transport issue in relation to a student (details supplied) will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63700/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Teacher Training
Réada Cronin
712. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if Australian teaching qualifications held by Irish emigrant citizens are recognised by the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63704/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Catherine Connolly
713. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 14 December 2022, the details of any engagement she or her Department have had with a union (details supplied) with regard to its proposal to establish a new system of redeployment for teachers, whereby teachers wishing to relocate could retain their permanent and contract of indefinite duration status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63707/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Meetings
Catherine Connolly
714. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 14 December 2022, her plans to meet with a group (details supplied) in early 2023; the details of her engagement to date with this group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63708/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Admissions
Patricia Ryan
715. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the action she will take to ensure a person (details supplied) will have a school place next September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63721/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Admissions
Patricia Ryan
716. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the action that she will take to ensure that a person (details supplied) will have a school place next September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63722/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Cian O'Callaghan
717. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will establish a national voluntary redeployment panel so that those teachers who wish to relocate would keep their permanent-CID status; if she will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63734/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
John McGuinness
718. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the merits of a motion passed by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63760/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Cathal Crowe
719. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will review procedures for Garda vetting of special needs assistants in order that their vetting status can move with them from school to school, as in the case of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63767/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Accommodation
Cathal Crowe
720. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will allow the board of management at a school (details supplied) to remove two prefabricated classrooms from the school yard given that they are no longer being used and are an impediment to the school's playing spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63768/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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State Examinations
Cathal Crowe
721. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently intervene to ensure that a student (details supplied) receives their rechecked leaving certificate examination results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63798/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Catherine Connolly
722. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the number of applications received to date to the ex gratia scheme for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in schools; the number approved; the number rejected and the reasons therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63804/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Catherine Connolly
723. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education her plans to remove the requirement that court proceedings must have been instituted against the State prior to 1 July 2021 in order to qualify for a payment under the ex gratia scheme for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63805/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Catherine Connolly
724. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the reason persons must have instituted proceedings against the State prior to 1 July 2021 in order to qualify for a payment under the ex gratia scheme for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63806/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Martin Browne
725. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 22 November 2022, if her office has liaised with the family in question regarding the remote area grant. [63824/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Patrick Costello
726. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will consider proposals from unions to establish a new system of redeployment in order to benefit teachers and to help solve teacher retention issues, teacher well-being issues and the environmental problems caused by the commutes of these teachers; and if she will meet with the relevant stakeholders in 2023 for an open discussion on these issues. [63826/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Catherine Murphy
727. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an updated timeline for the delivery of a new post-primary school in Prosperous, County Kildare; and the projected capacity for same. [63828/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Ciarán Cannon
728. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education the status of the development of the new campus (details supplied) in County Galway; the timeline for the completion of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63868/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Schools Building Projects
John Brady
729. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education her Department's plans for a site that is zoned for educational use (details supplied) for a future new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63874/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Site Acquisitions
John Brady
730. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the status of plans to address the long-term accommodation needs for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63875/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Bríd Smith
731. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the tender process for the new build at a school (details supplied) has been delayed as a result of lowest bids being unable to fulfil their quotations; if her Department will speed-up the process following the acceptance of the third bid; the timeframe to move to the next phase of the process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63885/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Ciarán Cannon
732. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education the status of post-primary teacher transfers and redeployment, including the establishment of an online portal for inter-teacher transfer requests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63888/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Curriculum
Paul Murphy
733. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will reassess the primary and secondary education system modules to incorporate a way to include education on cultural and institutional misogyny and the importance of gender equality in society; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63891/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Johnny Mythen
734. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education the number of ASD units that are available in County Wexford; the number of places in each unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63900/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Bríd Smith
735. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the amounts paid from her Department or other bodies funded by her Department to a company (details supplied) for services in the past two years; if these contracts have any provision for extra payments based on performances and so on; the way an employee who is assessed as fit to work by the company can appeal or seek alternative opinions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63902/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Francis Noel Duffy
736. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education when the ASD unit will be opened in a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63950/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Michael Healy-Rae
737. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if the pick-up for school transport for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63959/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Child Abuse
Michael Creed
738. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 6 December 2022, if she is satisfied with the situation whereby the State’s capacity to address the issue of child sexual abuse at a location (details supplied) is contingent on its request to the religious order involved to retain all existing records relating to allegations of child sexual abuse; her views on the failure of the State to date to seize all existing records held by the religious order; the risk of evidence being destroyed; the assurances, if any, that she has received that this will not happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63962/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Facilities
Éamon Ó Cuív
739. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the funding that is available to improve parking and turning movements on primary school grounds in rural areas in which the 80 km speed limit applies to ensure the safety of pupils, staff and parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1001/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Éamon Ó Cuív
740. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education if she will consider favourably granting a contract of indefinite duration to a special education teacher, teaching in an offshore island school (details supplied) in view of the unique circumstances of the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1003/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Éamon Ó Cuív
741. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made on a comprehensive building project for a school (details supplied) to include the replacement of a substandard 1959 building and the provision of a SEN 2 base; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1004/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Education Policy
Neale Richmond
742. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education the research that has been carried out by her Department into the benefits of ending the provision of homework for primary school pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1028/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Site Acquisitions
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
743. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if he will provide an update on providing permanent accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1086/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Niall Collins
744. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 26 October 2022, if she will provide an update on a matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1161/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Michael Healy-Rae
745. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 18 October 2022, if she will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1162/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Niall Collins
746. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1167/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Cathal Crowe
747. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education the status of works at a school (details supplied). [1196/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Catherine Murphy
748. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the current number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Kildare; and the number in 2020. [1207/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Teacher Training
Richard Bruton
749. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many Irish students who have completed teacher training in the UK, but are prevented from returning home to assist with the present teacher shortage given that they have not yet completed a UK based probation; and if she has considered measures which would allow them to work in Ireland to complete their probation. [1228/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
James Browne
750. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 6 December 2022, the position regarding a person (details supplied) being eligible for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1254/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Teacher Training
Michael Healy-Rae
751. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she has considered, given the shortage of teachers at present, allowing Irish students who trained in the UK to complete their induction period back in Ireland to allow them to teach in Ireland. [1280/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Accommodation
Cian O'Callaghan
752. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if records are kept of the number of boys who leave the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf catchment for school; if she will provide an update on the three proposed school buildings in the Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment; if those new school buildings will account for the number of boys who leave the catchment area for school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1286/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Patronage
Mairéad Farrell
753. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the percentage of parents who must seek a change in patronage of a school in order for it to be facilitated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1310/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Irish Language
Matt Carthy
754. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure the number of students attending Irish-medium education is increased from 6.7% to 20% in the next 20 years in line with the objectives within the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1317/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Irish Language
Matt Carthy
755. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure a new Gaelcholáiste will be established within five years in any school area that has a Gaelscoil, but does not already have a Gaelcholáiste; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1318/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Matt Carthy
756. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education her proposals to ensure there will be an adequate supply of teachers for Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí over the next five years and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1319/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Disadvantaged Status
Charles Flanagan
757. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education the reason a secondary school (details supplied) has not been granted DEIS status; if the matter will be revised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1332/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Disadvantaged Status
Charles Flanagan
758. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education the total number of DEIS applications that have been received by schools in County Laois; and the procedure by which a school can lodge an appeal against a decision. [1333/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Patronage
Mark Ward
759. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans for national schools in Palmerstown and Lucan to become part of the trial to move from Catholic patronage to non-denominational in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1335/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Martin Browne
760. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 48 of 7 December 2022, the basis of the decision to deem two pupils (details supplied) as ineligible for school transport due to their location of residence.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1340/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Niall Collins
761. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education the status of an ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1350/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Seán Canney
762. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if the case of a child (details supplied) will be examined and a second level place provided for them. [1381/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Enrolments
Willie O'Dea
763. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the extent of the Castletroy area and its environs within the school planning area; if it specifically includes the Old Singland road and Bloodmill road, Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1389/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Site Acquisitions
Paul Kehoe
764. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1448/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Ministerial Responsibilities
Seán Sherlock
765. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the date of transfer. [1466/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Enrolments
Charles Flanagan
766. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education the number of children currently on waiting lists for primary school places in Portlaoise; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1492/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Data
Carol Nolan
767. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education the name of the company, organisation or persons contracted to provide media training to her from 1 January 2021 to date; the costs incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1503/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Darren O'Rourke
768. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when a school bus service will be provided for Ukrainian children (details supplied) who are living in temporary hotel accommodation in County Meath. [1526/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Education Policy
Jackie Cahill
769. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education the options that are available to students who have been refused an Irish exemption; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1529/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Sorca Clarke
770. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the supports available to a child (details supplied). [1583/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Neale Richmond
771. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that provided July provision in the past five years, by county; the number of schools that propose to facilitate July provision in 2023, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1594/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Properties
Mark Ward
772. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the status of the disposal of land by her Department to the Department of Health to provide a primary healthcare centre in Collinstown, Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1599/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Disadvantaged Status
Seán Canney
773. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) will be included in the DEIS scheme due to the school demographic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1608/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Neale Richmond
774. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education the average class size in primary and secondary schools, per county, in each of the past five academic years, including 2022-2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1623/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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State Examinations
Cathal Crowe
775. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider waiving secondary level examination fees for junior and leaving certificate examinations to alleviate the financial burden on families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1658/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Teaching Qualifications
David Cullinane
776. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1660/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Accommodation
Neale Richmond
777. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education if she has any plans for additional secondary schools in the Sandyford-Stepaside-Dublin 18 area, given the rising population and the lack of schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1681/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Emer Higgins
778. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if he will provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) for a permanent building to replace the existing prefabs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1762/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Properties
Patrick Costello
779. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the position regarding a school (details supplied); if her Department has plans to utilise this building within the lifetime of the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1763/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Admissions
Peter Burke
780. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education the catchment area that Glenmore Woods, Mullingar, County Westmeath is in, in relation to the primary schools in Mullingar town and surrounding area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1777/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Fergus O'Dowd
781. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education if she will outline when the long-awaited review of the school transport scheme is due to be completed and the recommendations published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1784/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Funding
Cathal Crowe
782. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on an application for funding by a school (details supplied) for the completion of modular accommodation. [1793/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Correspondence
Niall Collins
783. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education when consent, as requested by a person (details supplied), will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1877/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Public Sector Pay
Colm Burke
784. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the reason that part-time tutors working with the ETB were not included under the recent national pay agreement for public sector pay increases; if consideration will be given to including them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1894/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Charles Flanagan
785. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education when she expects the school transport review to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1899/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Ciarán Cannon
786. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education if she intends to continue the school transport temporary alleviation measures for the 2023-2024 school year; and if families with a medical card attending their second nearest post-primary school will continue to receive free school transport under these measures. [1903/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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State Examinations
Denis Naughten
787. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education her plans to review State examination accommodations for students with dyspraxia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1922/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Eoin Ó Broin
788. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a permanent school building; the reason for the delay in progressing the project given that the school has been situated in prefabricated buildings for over 29 years; if she will indicate a timeline for the commencement and completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1928/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Educational Disadvantage
Fergus O'Dowd
789. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education if her Department assesses the number of medical card holders within a school as an accurate measurement of gathering vital information on pupils, as opposed to the Eircode, which can inaccurately represent families in regard to the data used to decide DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1937/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Education and Training Boards
Colm Burke
790. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the hourly rates of pay for full-time and part-time tutors in the ETB for those who commenced tutoring prior to 2011 and since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1961/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Accommodation
Alan Dillon
791. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied) under the additional accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1976/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Educational Disadvantage
David Stanton
792. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans, if any, to extend DEIS status to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1977/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Admissions
Éamon Ó Cuív
793. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that there are a sufficient number of post-primary school places available in the west of Galway city to meet demand; the process that will be followed if some pupils are left with no offer of a place in a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1979/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Michael Healy-Rae
794. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if an issue in relation to school transport (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1980/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Matt Carthy
795. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure a child (details supplied) will be allocated a seat on their local school bus as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1981/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Uniforms
Eoin Ó Broin
796. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if her Department has plans to instate a uniform policy for schools in order to ensure cost-effective options are available to students and families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2040/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Admissions
Peter Burke
797. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education when a secondary school place will be provided for a student (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2059/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Robert Troy
798. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a special needs assistant will be put in place for a child (details supplied). [2071/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Equipment
Willie O'Dea
799. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if she will review the decision by her Department to refuse an equipment grant for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2077/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Alan Dillon
800. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education when the school transport division will provide school transport and tickets for students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2113/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Alan Dillon
801. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education when the school transport division will provide school transport and tickets for students (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2115/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Michael Ring
802. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education the reason that school transport has not commenced for a pupil (details supplied) in County Mayo who has severe additional physical needs, in view of the fact that the application for individual school transport was submitted on 1 September 2022 and the extreme hardship that the lack of school transport is causing to this pupil and their family; when school transport will commence for this pupil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2164/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Eoin Ó Broin
803. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education if there is a process through which class sizes in post-primary schools are set; if schools are requested to hold places back for any reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2166/23]