Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Special Educational Needs

Marian Harkin

213. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure the provision of an assisted technology device for a person (details supplied); if the case will be reviewed as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20660/24]

School Admissions

Ciarán Cannon

214. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education if she is satisfied that sufficient secondary school places are in place in Athenry for this September’s student intake; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20684/24]

School Facilities

Bernard Durkan

215. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education if she might authorise the use of a safer pedestrian entrance at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20692/24]

Residential Institutions

Catherine Connolly

216. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the reason no regulatory impact assessment was conducted in respect of the Survivors of Institutional Abuse Bill 2024; her plans to complete and publish an RIA in advance of Committee Stage of the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20712/24]

Residential Institutions

Catherine Connolly

217. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the additional benefits over those of the 'ordinary medical card' that accrue if a person is in possession of an 'enhanced medical card', as proposed by the Survivors of Institutional Abuse Bill 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20713/24]

Residential Institutions

Catherine Connolly

218. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the analysis undertaken to establish the number of survivors who may be entitled to an enhanced medical card pursuant to the Survivors of Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 already in possession of a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20714/24]

Residential Institutions

Catherine Connolly

219. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the balance of funds remaining in the residential institutions statutory fund; the purposes for which those monies will be used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20715/24]

Residential Institutions

Catherine Connolly

220. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the number of applications approved by Caranua which remain incomplete; the length of time those applications have been ongoing; the timeline for the completion of those application/works, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20716/24]

Child Abuse

Catherine Connolly

221. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the outstanding balance owed by religious congregations further to the 2002 indemnity agreement and the additional commitments after 2009 following the publication of the Ryan report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20717/24]