Parliamentary questions

Teacher Training Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

47. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Droichead programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30048/16]

School Costs

Michael Healy-Rae

66. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the disparity in school costs which exists from school to school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30141/16]

Third Level Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

6. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the unsustainable model for third level education funding through an increase of capital spending by €10 million in order for Ireland to retain a highly educated workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29940/16]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Michael Healy-Rae

7. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will assist in reducing unemployment and sustaining existing employment by allocating ring fenced funding for the development of new apprenticeships and training programmes to promote new skills and for in-work training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29952/16]

Gaeltacht Policy

Michael Healy-Rae

14. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the measures which will be taken to ensure that the Gaeltacht education policy is published and funded in the near future with regard to the Gaeltacht curriculum referenced in his Department's strategy statement for 2016-2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29946/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

145. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for an SNA by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29670/16]

School Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

113. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29037/16]

Third Level Institutions

Michael Healy-Rae

116. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views with regard to a course in an institute of technology (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29047/16]

Education and Training Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

114. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills to support the creation of a national hospitality and training agency to provide new apprenticeships and training to ensure the development of the hospitality industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28836/16]

Home Tuition Scheme Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

160. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of home tuition for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28090/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Michael Healy-Rae

161. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that all newly qualified teachers since 2011 get equal pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28124/16]

Student Grant Scheme Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

166. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding cut-off levels for SUSI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28202/16]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Michael Healy-Rae

171. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the case of a person (details supplied) seeking a teaching number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28220/16]

Education and Training Boards

Michael Healy-Rae

192. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a query from a person (details supplied) regarding a KETB course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28571/16]

Teaching Contracts

Michael Healy-Rae

121. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills when an issue concerning newly qualified teachers in their new posts will be resolved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27959/16]

Teaching Contracts

Michael Healy-Rae

128. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the position with regard to teachers who are job-sharing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28022/16]

School Transport Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

242. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a bus service (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26600/16]

School Transport Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

246. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) attending a special needs school and resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26658/16]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Michael Healy-Rae

272. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding school class sizes and funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26966/16]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Michael Healy-Rae

273. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding school class sizes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26967/16]

Capitation Grants

Michael Healy-Rae

274. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26968/16]

State Examinations Appeals

Michael Healy-Rae

283. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a recheck for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27089/16]

Teachers' Remuneration

Michael Healy-Rae

286. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding principal awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27203/16]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Michael Healy-Rae

288. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding teacher-pupil ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27265/16]

Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

377. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for home tuition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25283/16]

Disadvantaged Status

Michael Healy-Rae

385. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will continue to be designated as having disadvantaged status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24480/16]

School Transport

Michael Healy-Rae

442. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding school bus services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25506/16]

School Transport Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

443. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25508/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Healy-Rae

446. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25536/16]

School Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

458. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25630/16]

State Examinations

Michael Healy-Rae

459. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a reader in school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25631/16]

School Transport Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

460. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a special needs transport grant in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25672/16]

State Examinations Appeals

Michael Healy-Rae

464. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of exam papers which have been sent by a person (details supplied) to be rechecked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25749/16]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Healy-Rae

470. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a special needs assistant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25846/16]

School Transport Availability

Michael Healy-Rae

189. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school transport buses for children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23626/16]

School Transport Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

190. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a person availing of free transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23640/16]

Emergency Works Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

82. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the emergency works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21804/16]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

85. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application (details supplied) under the summer works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21881/16]

School Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

87. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the appointment of new teachers in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21904/16]

School Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

172. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19121/16]

School Transport Review

Michael Healy-Rae

176. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of concessionary bus tickets for school transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19146/16]

School Accommodation

Michael Healy-Rae

177. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a new school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19164/16]

School Transport Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

45. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to review the situation whereby persons over 70 years of age cannot transport children to and from school, but the same person can carry the same children outside of school hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18265/16]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

47. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills to review the situation whereby a school that applies for hours under the special needs assistant scheme is not informed until August of that year, which happened in 2015, leaving schools and families unaware of the situation until the children are due to return to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18279/16]

School Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

104. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) in relation to the possible loss of a teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17927/16]

School Curriculum

Michael Healy-Rae

138. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to revise the number of books that children use in school on a daily basis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18322/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

146. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) which wishes to open a preschool specifically for children with autism spectrum disorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18420/16]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Michael Healy-Rae

136. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 16 June 2016, if he will provide further clarification (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17851/16]

SOLAS Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

115. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if trainers or instructors from SOLAS are allowed to carry out CSCS, QSCS and Safe Pass courses under the Further Education and Training Act of 2013; and if SOLAS is applying certificates to Quality and Qualifications Ireland for CSCS and QSCS courses and if not, which institution is. [17342/16]

Further Education and Training Programmes

Michael Healy-Rae

116. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding FETAC and QQI certifications (details suppled). [17343/16]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes

Michael Healy-Rae

190. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the construction skills certification scheme, quarry skills certification scheme and safe pass courses. [16963/16]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes

Michael Healy-Rae

191. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding construction skills certification scheme, quarries skills certification scheme and safe pass courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16966/16]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

196. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the July provision should be provided for children with special needs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17020/16]

School Services Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

200. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) which wishes to receive a second caretaker in the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17048/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Healy-Rae

202. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) under the capital works scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17065/16]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Michael Healy-Rae

115. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question Number 175 of 2 June 2016, his views that that information contradicts the information which is on the Teaching Council website (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16409/16]

School Accommodation

Michael Healy-Rae

202. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) which has applied to open a preschool on its premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15659/16]

School Transport Review

Michael Healy-Rae

224. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish Ireland’s correspondence with the European Union Commission on the negotiations of the appropriate measures to be agreed to bring Bus Éireann’s school transport service into line with treaty obligations of 14 October 2014. [16047/16]

School Transport Data

Michael Healy-Rae

225. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has informed the European Commission in the course of the investigation C-31/07 that the system of calculating Bus Éireann’s maintenance charges and of apportioning percentages of school buses and the entire Bus Éireann fleet are not in accordance with the 1975 agreed charges. [16048/16]

School Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

76. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15268/16]

School Transport Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

160. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding persons over 70 years of age not permitted to drive buses to bring children to school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14406/16]

School Guidance Counsellors

Michael Healy-Rae

169. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the hiring of guidance counsellors for secondary schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14299/16]

School Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

170. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14306/16]

School Accommodation Provision

Michael Healy-Rae

174. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if necessary works will be carried out at a school (details supplied) during the summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14366/16]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Michael Healy-Rae

175. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a number of issues (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14155/16]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

109. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13957/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Healy-Rae

338. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) which is awaiting a grant for an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13466/16]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Healy-Rae

339. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) which has been amalgamated since September 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13483/16]

Student Grant Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

90. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the student universal support Ireland grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12310/16]

Disability Support Services Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

101. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on funding for persons with disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12483/16]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Healy-Rae

145. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of two schools (details supplied) which wish to amalgamate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11291/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Healy-Rae

146. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied) which is awaiting a grant for an extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11297/16]

School Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

167. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the appeal by a school of a decision (details supplied) regarding an extra teacher; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11484/16]

School Transport

Michael Healy-Rae

200. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to a parliamentary reply in which the Bus Éireann auditors stated "the statement of account has been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the summary of accounting arrangements relating to the transport scheme for primary and post-primary school children, dated 1 January 1975", his views on whether Bus Éireann's methodology of charging for maintenance charges is in accordance with the 1975 agreement. [11802/16]

School Transport

Michael Healy-Rae

204. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to page 99 of the Farrell Grant Sparks report of 2009 which states with regard to Bus Éireann charges for maintenance of school buses that the apportionment basis is calculated on the ratio of the school bus fleet to total bus fleet, if this means that this is a different method of charging from the summary of accounting arrangements relating to the transport scheme for primary and post-primary school children, dated 1 January 1975, which provides for charges based on mileage; and the year from which the apportionment basis based on the ratio of buses came into effect. [11884/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Healy-Rae

68. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10993/16]

Education and Training Boards

Michael Healy-Rae

90. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11080/16]

Schools Amalgamation

Michael Healy-Rae

78. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by two schools (details supplied) to amalgamate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10728/16]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

88. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10796/16]

School Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

102. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for funding by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10946/16]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme Eligibility

Michael Healy-Rae

280. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of persons (details supplied) who were late in applying to the redress board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9558/16]

School Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

283. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a teacher (details supplied) with a job sharing contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9814/16]

School Patronage

Michael Healy-Rae

287. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for a transfer of patronage by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9879/16]

Teacher Redeployment

Michael Healy-Rae

302. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10179/16]

School Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

315. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a person (details supplied) to be on the supplementary panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10407/16]

School Staff

Michael Healy-Rae

253. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status of an application for an additional teacher by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9002/16]

School Transport Data

Michael Healy-Rae

255. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline her views on the concerns raised by a person (details supplied) regarding the cost of school transport. [9006/16]

Education and Training Boards Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

280. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a course (details supplied) run by the Kerry Education and Training Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9175/16]

Schools Building Projects Status

Michael Healy-Rae

135. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8705/16]

School Transport Tendering

Michael Healy-Rae

389. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1262 of 22 September 2015, she will provide details of the list of registration numbers of the purchased buses for years 2006 to 2015; the date of purchase; the year of manufacture of the school buses; the costs of each bus in the list; the model or type of the buses and the source of the funding of each of the buses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8269/16]

School Transport Tendering

Michael Healy-Rae

390. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1262 of 22 September 2015, her views on whether the Government of the day would be failing in its obligations to Dáil Éireann under the Constitution and Standing Orders by failing to give information sought in parliamentary questions; her views on the fact that there is great concern in the private bus industry about officials from her Department withholding information on the fact that Bus Éireann is being overcompensated, thus causing damage to the natural growth of the private bus industry; her further views on whether the information was not given in her answer regarding the cost to Bus Éireann of the recently purchased school buses and did not give the source of the funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8270/16]

School Transport

Michael Healy-Rae

95. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 10 February 2015, if she will provide details of the school buses referred to that are or were owned by the Department of Education and Skills, in tabular form, including such vehicles paid for by the Department from 1 January 2006 to end of 2015 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7971/16]

School Transport Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

111. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the date of the agreed approach with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport for charging for depreciation referred to in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 10 February 2015 in respect of buses owned by Bus Éireann; the date that it was agreed not to use the precise depreciation formula in the 1975 accounting arrangement for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7972/16]

School Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

420. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of applications for school grants (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7443/16]

School Staff Appeals Mechanism

Michael Healy-Rae

679. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a staffing appeal submitted by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6446/16]

Teacher Redeployment

Michael Healy-Rae

692. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding teachers who have applied for redeployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6653/16]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

708. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the change in the tendering process by SOLAS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6930/16]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Healy-Rae

709. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application for assistive technology by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6932/16]

Summer Works Scheme Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

626. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Kerry under the summer works programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5354/16]

School Funding

Michael Healy-Rae

627. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of emergency funding for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5355/16]