Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh gach suí
Leathanach 8 de 100
Máirt, 30 Aib 2024
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Schools Administration
Cian O'Callaghan
366. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if the guidelines on the use of school buildings outside of school hours, or the governance manual for primary school 2023-2027, prohibits the provision of sibling hour and afterschool facilities in a school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19486/24]
Máirt, 30 Aib 2024
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School Management
Cian O'Callaghan
367. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the relevant legislation or guidelines that allow parents to challenge or hold the board of management in a school to account;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19487/24]
Máirt, 30 Aib 2024
written
School Management
Cian O'Callaghan
368. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if patron bodies of national schools have an obligation to allow formal complaints about the performance of boards of management acting under their patronage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19488/24]
Máirt, 30 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Seán Sherlock
369. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education for an update on school building plans (details supplied). [19501/24]
Máirt, 30 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Maurice Quinlivan
370. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education what progress has been made in the construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied) with new school building funding approved in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19514/24]
Máirt, 30 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Maurice Quinlivan
371. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education when construction will begin on a new school building for a school (details supplied) with the current school and prefabricated buildings unfit for purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19515/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Teacher Training
Michael Healy-Rae
173. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if the MA academic allowance replaces the primary degree allowance as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18460/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Ged Nash
174. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will address a serious issue at a school in Omeath, County Louth (details supplied) that has seen its allocation of special education teaching hours cut for the second year running, putting enormous strain on the school’s staff and putting the provision of the SET teaching support needed at the school, greatly at risk; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18461/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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School Accommodation
Thomas Gould
175. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the development of a new school site to accommodate schools (details supplied); if tenders have been awarded; when the new schools will be operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18480/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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School Accommodation
Thomas Gould
176. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on capital works at a school (details supplied) to provide additional capacity in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18481/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Cathal Crowe
177. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education for updates on emergency works and ASA applications submitted by a school (details supplied). [18499/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
School Funding
Noel Grealish
178. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 16 April 2024, when the digital ICT grant for 2023 and 2024 will be paid to schools; the timeframe for this payment to issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18505/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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School Curriculum
Pádraig O'Sullivan
179. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education when applications will be open for expressions of interest for the 2024/2025 transition year pilot programme; if she will provide information on how schools can apply (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18506/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Richard Boyd Barrett
180. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will confirm the timeline for the completion of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18527/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Richard Boyd Barrett
181. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the number of years a school (details supplied) will remain at another location; if the specialist rooms, for example, the science lab, will be in place and ready for use when the new school year begins in August 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18526/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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School Staff
Niall Collins
182. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education the status of the assimilation of primary school caretakers similar to school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18537/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
183. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18540/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
184. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18541/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
185. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18542/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
186. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18543/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
187. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18544/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
188. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18545/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
189. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18546/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
190. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18547/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
191. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18548/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
192. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18549/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
193. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18550/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
194. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18551/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
195. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18552/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Mark Ward
196. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); what this means in real terms for this school; when the school can expect construction work to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18553/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Paul Kehoe
197. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education whether her Department will consider a refurbishment of a building for a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18568/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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School Funding
Peadar Tóibín
198. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education when the guidelines for the primary school book grant will issue for 2025; and the allowance per student. [18580/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Education and Training Boards
Paul Kehoe
199. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the reason that a school (details supplied), as an ETB school, has not received DEIS status; when the school can be reconsidered for this status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18581/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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School Funding
Frankie Feighan
200. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education when the minor works grant for primary schools will be paid. [18582/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
School Funding
Frankie Feighan
201. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education when the ICT grant funding will be paid to primary schools. [18583/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pádraig O'Sullivan
202. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will address matters in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18590/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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School Transport
Seán Sherlock
203. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the status of a school transport appeal for an individual (details supplied). [18592/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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School Accommodation
Niall Collins
204. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education for an update on an application from a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18607/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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School Transport
Éamon Ó Cuív
205. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education whether a remote area grant is payable to the parent(s) of a student where the school bus pick up point is more than 4.8km from their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18638/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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School Staff
Éamon Ó Cuív
206. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education the number of schools with a principal and two mainstream teachers, which based on enrolment figures of September 2023 are due to lose a teacher for the 2024/2025 school year based on the current teacher retention requirement in their school; the number of schools with one a principal and one mainstream teacher that are due to gain a teacher based on enrolment figures of September 2023, based on the present teacher pupil schedule in their school; whether it is intended to change this schedule this year for smaller schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18640/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
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Disadvantaged Status
Éamon Ó Cuív
207. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Education whether it is intended to review the decision not to grant DEIS status to a school (details supplied), given that this is a recently amalgamated school where one component of the new amalgamated school had DEIS status previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18642/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Réada Cronin
208. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education when construction of a permanent building will begin for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18670/24]
Déar, 25 Aib 2024
written
School Transport
Michael Lowry
209. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education if a school bus route which provides transport to a school (details suppled) will be adjusted and the route changed, in order that children living in a particular area can be collected outside of their home; the reasons previous correspondence to Bus Éireann on this matter have not received a reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18679/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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Educational Disadvantage
Cathal Crowe
55. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if her Department will give positive consideration to the application supplied by a school (details supplied) seeking DEIS status. [18142/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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School Staff
Cathal Crowe
56. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will give consideration to the disbandment of Croke Park hours for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18152/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Peadar Tóibín
57. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education the number of special education teachers within the education system for each of the past five years; and the number of National Educational Psychology Services staff that exist for each of the past five years. [18164/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Frankie Feighan
58. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education if her Department has made a decision regarding a two-classroom autism unit for a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18179/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Catherine Murphy
59. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education if she will sign a letter of intent in respect of a gaelscoil building project (details supplied) in Clondalkin, County Dublin; the reason for the delay in delivering this build; if her attention has been drawn to the duration of time that the school has operated in prefabs; the budget allocated to the delivery of the project and estimated time for delivery (details supplied). [18184/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Catherine Murphy
60. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the date on which a building (details supplied) in Naas, County Kildare will be ready for pupils to use. [18185/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Colm Burke
61. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education to confirm why a school (details supplied) has recently been refused approval under the Emergency Works Programme for an urgent project which impacts children’s safety in this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18199/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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School Funding
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
62. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education when her Department's ICT grant monies will be paid to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18200/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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School Funding
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
63. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education when her Department minor works grant monies will be paid to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18201/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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School Enrolments
Richard Boyd Barrett
64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the latest updates on provision of new school places in the Dún Laoghaire area at primary and post-primary level; the latest population projections for the area; whether planned school place expansion is consistent with those projections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18210/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Patricia Ryan
65. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a definite location for the proposed special school in County Kildare; the current status of the process; and the timeline for completion of same. [18220/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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School Funding
Patricia Ryan
66. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education with regard to the removal of the ICT grant in Spring 2023, if she will take steps to speed up the payment of the late payment of the ancillary services grant and ICT digital strategy grant to schools that are running out of funds due to having purchased ICT and special needs equipment in anticipation of receiving the ICT grant as in the case of a school (details supplied). [18221/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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School Funding
Brendan Smith
67. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will give further consideration to an increase in capitation grants for smaller primary schools, in view of the particular financial pressures facing some schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18248/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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School Transport
Peadar Tóibín
68. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if the school transport section will approve a school bus for an area (details supplied) in County Meath given the demand. [18255/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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After-School Support Services
Duncan Smith
69. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if, given the serious shortage in childcare and in particular after school facilities, she will approve the use of primary school buildings as after school service premises by childcare operators, as there is a severe shortage of premises available to provide these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18260/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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School Staff
Ged Nash
70. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if there is a mechanism that would facilitate late applications for the PME/HDip allowance for post-primary teachers as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18372/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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Departmental Advertising
Ged Nash
71. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education for figures on the total spend for all forms of advertising in the years 2022 and 2023 in her Department; if figures can be provided on each Department’s spend on local media advertising (print and broadcast respectively, and broken down on that basis) for those years; if the Department used/uses an agency to place advertising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18388/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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School Staff
Brendan Griffin
72. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if a teacher in County Kerry (details supplied) will be granted the pre-2011 academic allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18418/24]
Céad, 24 Aib 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Carol Nolan
73. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if her Department has at any time engaged the services of a company (details supplied) or allocated the company funding or support in any capacity; if she or her officials have engaged with personnel from the company; if so, the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18440/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Maternity Leave
Paul Kehoe
253. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if her Department is considering changing the maternity leave policy to include surrogacy leave after the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Bill 2022 is passed, following the unanimous passing of a motion at a congress meeting (details supplied); and if so, when is this likely to happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17298/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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School Transport
Michael Ring
254. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if a school transport pick-up point can be changed to facilitate nine children on a particular road in County Mayo (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17301/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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School Transport
Michael Ring
255. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport can be provided to four children (details supplied) in view of their urgent need for same due to their parents’ work commitments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17302/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
256. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education when a child (details supplied) will receive the support they need in an educational setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17323/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
James Lawless
257. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education the current waiting times involved in the application of assistive technology in primary schools; if she will assist in an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17331/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
258. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for a breakdown, by county or local authority area, of the number of children waiting for special education school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17337/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
259. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for a breakdown within the Dublin City Council area for the number of special schools operating in the area and their capacity; the number of special classes operating in the area and their capacity; the number of mainstream schools with special needs assistants, outlining the number assigned to each school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17338/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
260. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education the measures her Department is taking to increase the provision of special education places throughout schools in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17339/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
261. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an update in relation to the review of contracts for special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17340/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Patrick Costello
262. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education for an update in relation to the Special Needs Assistant Workforce Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17341/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Sorca Clarke
263. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of pupils availing of SEN supports in integrated settings in mainstream primary schools and post-primary schools in the past five years. [17344/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Cian O'Callaghan
264. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 11 April 2024, if there is an available list of new autism classes opening in September 2024/2025; if so, if she will provide same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17345/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Holly Cairns
265. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the process for assessing the need and identifying areas for the foundation of new special schools; and if her Department intends to establish a new special school in west Cork. [17351/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
School Transport
James Lawless
266. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education if a matter in relation to a school bus application (details supplied) [17380/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
Schools Building Projects
Pádraig O'Sullivan
267. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an update on an emergency works application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17381/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Peadar Tóibín
268. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will reverse the cuts to the special education teacher allocation hours at a school (details supplied); the reasoning for this decision given the increased enrolment numbers and no decease in the numbers of students with additional educational needs; and if it is government policy to reduce SET hours where schools have achieved high standardised results for their work in this area despite ongoing and future need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17383/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Paul Kehoe
269. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education the number of the 218 schools that sent in for a review of their SET allocations that have had their review completed; of those completed, the number that have had a change made to the hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17386/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Sorca Clarke
270. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a date for when the permanent school building project at a school (details supplied) is due to proceed to tender; if she can explain in detail the delay behind the project not proceeding to tender already; if she will name the projects from lot 7 that have proceeded to tender, if any; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17389/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Sorca Clarke
271. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if an extension of the planning permission has been lodged for a school (details supplied). [17390/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
John Paul Phelan
272. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Education the timeframe for the granting of approval for a school (details supplied) to proceed to the tender acceptance stage for an extension project approved by her Department; to outline her Department’s predicted timeframe for completion of the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17401/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Sorca Clarke
273. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of the anticipated number of additional school places for primary, post primary and special schools for school building projects in County Offaly during 2020 to 2023, in tabular form. [17402/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Sorca Clarke
274. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the amount of capital funding her Department provided to (details supplied) in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the nature of the refurbishment works carried out at this station during this period, in tabular form. [17403/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Departmental Staff
Sorca Clarke
275. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE structural engineers employed by her Department as of 15 April 2024; and if she will provide same figures as of 30 September 2021, in tabular form. [17404/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Sorca Clarke
276. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at (details supplied) to be completed; and the estimated cost of these works. [17405/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Sorca Clarke
277. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to move to construction phase. [17406/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Sorca Clarke
278. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [17407/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Educational Disadvantage
Sorca Clarke
279. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will consider assigning a school (details supplied) in Galway City with DEIS status; if she will explain in detail the reasoning behind the school's application being rejected for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17429/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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School Transport
Cian O'Callaghan
280. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will look at a case (details supplied) where a pupil who was promised school transport has not been able to start secondary school because transport has not been delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17432/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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School Admissions
Bernard Durkan
281. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education if and when a school place in the local Gaelscoil can be accommodated in the case of a child (details supplied) whose parents wish to have them educated through Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17433/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Patrick Costello
282. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to confirm if her Department is indeed putting an expedited plan for the provision of a new gaelcholáiste or gaelcholáistí in the south Dublin area together currently (details supplied); and when this expedited plan will be completed by her Department. [17437/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Educational Disadvantage
Michael Ring
283. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education when DEIS status will be granted to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17450/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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School Admissions
James Lawless
284. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Education to examine the lack of school places in Maynooth (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17485/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
School Transport
Jennifer Whitmore
285. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education what happens to parents who are unable to apply for a school transport ticket before the closing date of 26 April 2024 as their child has yet to be allocated a school place for secondary school for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17493/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Health and Safety
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
286. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will assist the board of management of a school (details supplied) to ensure that the entire site at the school is surveyed and cleared of any potentially explosive devices following the discovery of same on the site last November. [17494/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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School Staff
Pa Daly
287. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the extra resources she has dedicated to implementing the new policy on breastfeeding breaks for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17524/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
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Departmental Meetings
Louise O'Reilly
288. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if her offices received correspondence on 8 April 2024 on behalf of the parents association of a school (details supplied); if she will meet with the school and parents association; when the parents association can expect a reply; and if the reply will address the substantive issues raised within the original correspondence. [17532/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
After-School Support Services
Denise Mitchell
289. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if an alternative venue can be sourced to facilitate a club (details supplied) which is due to close in June 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17533/24]
Máirt, 23 Aib 2024
written
School Funding
Charles Flanagan
290. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education when funding will become available for a school (details supplied) to progress with the resurfacing of the school yard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17537/24]