Parliamentary questions

School Accommodation

Mattie McGrath

193. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education to provide details on the provision of a modular unit for a school (details supplied) for the provision of an additional ASD classroom given the current demand in south Tipperary; given that the school has now proceeded to open a class on a temporary basis using available school accommodation; when this school will be provided with a modular unit; the plans to increase provision of ASD places in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20348/24]

EU Programmes

Matt Carthy

194. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that Ireland has paid into from the year 2014 to date; any receipts from same, by programme or fund, by year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20352/24]

Residential Institutions

Bríd Smith

195. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education if, in belated recognition of the second interim report (section 5.14) and the final report (recommendations, page 5) as emphatic recommendations of the MBHCI, that former residents of the Westbank Orphanage in Greystones, County Wicklow, be included in the residential institutions redress scheme as an urgent matter of justice, fairness and healing for those affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20376/24]

Departmental Properties

Eoin Ó Broin

196. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education to confirm her Department’s ownership of a building (details supplied); and if she will advise where enquiries in relation to the building and its use should be directed. [20390/24]

School Transport

Gary Gannon

197. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education to confirm if school bus places for children in special education will be ringfenced in advance of any expansion in the offering of school bus places to other children. [20412/24]

School Accommodation

Michael Healy-Rae

198. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20450/24]

School Funding

Michael Lowry

199. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will provide assistance to a school (details supplied) regarding the payment of the 2024 ancillary grant and information that was forwarded to schools on Friday, 26 April 2024; the steps being considered to address the issues highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20455/24]

School Accommodation

Colm Burke

200. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education the current status of an application for reconfiguration of a school (details supplied); when a decision is likely to be made in this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20471/24]

School Transport

Marian Harkin

201. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education to confirm that school transport will be provided for named students (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20483/24]

School Transport

Marian Harkin

202. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education to ensure the retention of the second bus on a school bus route in County Sligo (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20484/24]

Schools Building Projects

Matt Carthy

203. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 29 February 2024, the current timeline for commencement and completion of the next stage of works at a school (details supplied) in Castleblayney, County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20490/24]

Special Educational Needs

Niamh Smyth

204. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to review a case and documents (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20491/24]

School Accommodation

Michael Lowry

205. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if assistance can be provided to a school (details supplied) regarding the ongoing issue pertaining to this school's accommodation needs; what steps are being considered to address the issues highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20495/24]

School Accommodation

Paul Murphy

206. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 23 April 2024, if she will provide a of timeframe on this project as the application was submitted in July 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20500/24]

School Accommodation

Thomas Pringle

207. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education when a decision on an application for the provision of additional accommodation for a school in County Donegal (details supplied) will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20515/24]

School Staff

Michael Lowry

208. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will provide assistance to a person (details supplied) regarding their ongoing issue pertaining to the supplementary panel for the 2023/24 school year under the terms of Circular 0074/2022; the reason this teacher was denied panel rights; what steps are being considered to address the issues highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20528/24]

School Textbooks

Steven Matthews

209. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the free primary schoolbooks scheme; a timeline for when schools will receive guidelines for the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20531/24]

Schools Building Projects

Niall Collins

210. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education for an update on a matter (details supplied). [20563/24]

Teaching Council of Ireland

Robert Troy

211. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the reason years spent teaching A levels in the UK cannot be recognised by the Teaching Council of Ireland (details supplied). [20569/24]

School Accommodation

Michael Lowry

212. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if she will provide assistance to a school in Tipperary regarding the ongoing issue pertaining to their accommodation needs for an additional ASD classroom; if she is aware that the delay in providing this additional accommodation has resulted in a number of children being denied an ASD place for September 2024 (details supplied); what steps are being considered to address the issues highlighted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20613/24]