Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Schools Administration

Neale Richmond

410. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the use of assistive technology in the Drumcondra primary tests scoring system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27860/22]

Schools Building Projects

Violet-Anne Wynne

411. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of the e-tendering process for quantity surveyors with regards to school construction projects; the quantity surveyors that were successful in the tendering process; the school projects for which their tenders were accepted in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [27867/22]

School Transport

David Stanton

412. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans with respect to entitlement to school transport for students attending their second-nearest school for the coming school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27898/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

413. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the amount currently spent per annum on guidance counselling provision and the number of guidance counsellors that are hired with this figure. [27918/22]

Departmental Expenditure

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

414. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated first year and full-year of increasing the guidance counselling provision in schools by 1%. [27919/22]

School Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

415. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated first year and full-year cost of hiring one additional guidance counsellor. [27920/22]

School Enrolments

Cathal Crowe

416. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she has received an application for an extension to Lisdoonvarna national school (details supplied); if consideration will be given to the fact that the school’s enrolment has recently surged, some children with additional needs are educated in the school’s library and storage rooms and there is no staffroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27921/22]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

417. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she will report on her discussions regarding the introduction of mitigation measures for the Leaving Certificate examinations in 2023, for example to provide a greater choice on the written papers. [27922/22]

School Staff

Louise O'Reilly

418. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the supports that are in place for staff that cannot work due to suffering from long-Covid given that special leave with pay has been withdrawn. [27924/22]

Special Educational Needs

Dessie Ellis

419. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Education the number of placements that are available for children diagnosed with autism for the catchment area of the SENO and for CHO9, respectively; the number of new placements that will be available for each catchment area for the new school term starting in September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27931/22]

Education Costs

Catherine Connolly

420. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated full year cost of increasing the capitation grant at primary and secondary level by 5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27945/22]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Catherine Connolly

421. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by one point at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27946/22]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Catherine Connolly

422. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by one point at second level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27947/22]

Schools Administration

Cathal Crowe

423. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she has received an application from a school (details supplied) to have a person appointed as a trustee; and if she will progress this appointment. [27957/22]

Schools Administration

Michael Healy-Rae

424. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if there are any steps that can be taken to keep a school (details supplied) open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27985/22]

Site Acquisitions

Steven Matthews

425. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Education if she will provide this Deputy with copies of any reports, site assessments or any related documents carried out by or on behalf of her Department in relation to the site acquisition process for a school (details supplied) since it was initiated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28019/22]

Capitation Grants

Peter Burke

426. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Education if she will review the capitation funding for schools (details supplied). [28029/22]

School Accommodation

Robert Troy

427. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that an appropriate school place is provided for a pupil (details supplied). [28031/22]

State Examinations

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

428. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Minister for Education if she will report on a meeting with an organisation (details supplied) and the State Examinations Commission in relation to State exams and for an advance notification process to be put in place for students with epilepsy in cases in which they have a seizure on the day of an exam; when further details of this proposed process will be announced; the way that the process will work; if there will be an application process; the way that eligibility to alternate sittings will be assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28035/22]

School Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

429. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the total number of educational psychologists working in schools; and the total annual cost of same. [28037/22]