Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Schools Building Projects

Robert Troy

426. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education when construction works will commence on schools (details supplied). [14004/24]

Departmental Data

Robert Troy

427. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the annual capital budget for schools in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and her views that this allocation is keeping pace with housing allocation and to keep pace with population increase. [14005/24]

School Transport

Anne Rabbitte

428. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Education the status of a school transport query (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14033/24]

Teaching Qualifications

Marian Harkin

429. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if a non-EU/EEA citizen, qualified as a primary teacher (details supplied) can teach in Ireland without having Irish; if not, what mechanisms are open to this person to teach primary school children in Ireland; what training will need to be undertaken to teach in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14038/24]

Departmental Policies

Paul Kehoe

430. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) can expect a response to their application for incremental credit under Circular 0139/2006; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14041/24]

School Staff

Jim O'Callaghan

431. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education what steps her Department is taking to address the teacher shortage at a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14050/24]

Schools Amalgamation

Denis Naughten

432. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the engagement to date with schools (details supplied) regarding amalgamation and the provision of a co-educational offering; if she will review the options for 2nd level facilities in the catchment, in the interest of pupils, their subject choices, and the maximisation in the use of educational facilities funded by the local community and the Exchequer; if consideration has been given to options for coordination in advance of approving any request from individual schools boards of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14057/24]

School Accommodation

Claire Kerrane

433. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education to advise when a decision on funding for temporary accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be given works are to commence on a new extension involving some demolition works and six months are required for site preparation, and the funding request for temporary accommodation was made in November 2023 and the school are concerned as time goes on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14070/24]

Schools Building Projects

Claire Kerrane

434. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite a stage 2a application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14071/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Claire Kerrane

435. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education to advise when emergency works will be funded for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14072/24]

School Transport

Aindrias Moynihan

436. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the areas in Cork north west that are being considered under the pilot schemes under the new school transport scheme to be rolled out in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14079/24]

Bus Services

Jackie Cahill

437. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 11 October 2022, if Bus Éireann will reconsider an alternative stop for students at a destination (details supplied) now that the students using this pick-up/drop-off point are now attending secondary school and are no longer on concessionary tickets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14086/24]

Disadvantaged Status

Jackie Cahill

438. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education what financial supports are available to DEIS schools to run breakfast clubs and after school clubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14088/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

439. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of a school application for works funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14099/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

440. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of a school application for works funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14100/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

441. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 5%, 10% and 20%, in tabular form. [14122/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

442. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to outline the cost of increasing the salary of special needs assistants, in mainstream schools and special classes respectively, by 1%, 2% and 5%, in tabular form. [14123/24]

Capitation Grants

Sorca Clarke

443. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to specify the cost of increasing capitation rates for primary school pupils and post-primary school pupils respectively by 10% in the academic year 2024/2025 and by a further 10% in the academic year 2025/2026, in tabular form. [14126/24]

Capitation Grants

Sorca Clarke

444. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to specify the cost of increasing capitation rates for primary school pupils and post-primary school pupils respectively by an additional €10 per pupil in the academic year 2024/2025 and by a further 10% in the academic year 2025/2026, in tabular form. [14127/24]

Schools Building Projects

Rose Conway-Walsh

445. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education to outline what progress has been made for the relocation of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14132/24]