Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

139. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the position of her Department on whether post-primary pupils should wear masks during PE class. [26060/20]

School Facilities

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

147. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of the application by a school (details supplied) for a sports hall. [26160/20]

School Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

148. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education her views on the situation of a teacher (details supplied); and her further views on the lack of panels for secondary school students which makes it is more difficult to transfer to a more local school; and her plans to make changes to the system. [26163/20]

Student Universal Support Ireland

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

195. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SUSI applications for the 2021-2022 academic year will consider the fact that many students were on the Covid-19 payment due to the extraordinary circumstances of the pandemic (details supplied). [26093/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

223. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a HSE publication (details supplied); if it will be implemented and applied here; and if the excessive restrictions placed on women and partners in pregnancy will be changed. [26017/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

229. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health his views on the recent recommendation by the WHO (details supplied) supporting women having a chosen companion during labour and childbirth; and if he will re-evaluate the restrictions on partners accompanying pregnant women at appointments, in pre-labour ward and at every opportunity in which it is safe to do so. [26030/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

303. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands the reason community organisations that are designated company limited by guarantee, are not included in the Covid-19 stability scheme for community and voluntary organisations. [26006/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

304. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands if she will provide stability funding or assistance to community associations or organisations that are designated company limited by guarantee or any such sources of funding that exists. [26007/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

305. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Community and Rural Development and the Islands if it is encouraged by her Department for community organisations to become a company limited by guarantee. [26008/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

127. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education her views on a school (details supplied) which is seeking an additional allocation of SNAs to meet the increased demand for special educational resources within the student cohort; and if the application will be supported. [25833/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

472. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education when the timetable for the leaving certificate re-sits in November 2020 will be released to students. [25280/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

473. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if the appeals process for calculated grades will be expedited for students that indicate that they will be sitting the November 2020 exams in order that they are not unnecessarily studying for subjects whose grades may increase on appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25283/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

601. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students who missed out on their first choice CAO courses. [24839/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

606. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the 2020 CAO entrance points will be applied to the leaving certificate 2020 cohort that will be resitting exams in November 2020. [25281/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

607. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the HPAT results from 2020 will carry over to 2021 for leaving certificate 2020 students reapplying to medicine courses for entry in 2021 that are resitting some of their leaving certificate exams in November 2020. [25282/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

608. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students whose calculated leaving certificate grades increase on appeal will be guaranteed a place on their desired course that they had missed out on. [25286/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

44. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht if a limited number of spectators will be allowed at sporting events in line with local evaluation of the number who can be safely allowed to attend including for games involving children and young persons. [24257/20]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

165. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that have appealed their special needs assistant and special education teaching allocations by county. [22966/20]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

34. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration the steps being taken to re-engage students with education including students with special educational needs and other vulnerable categories; and if there will be increased investment in home school community liaison officers and school completion programmes to help ease this transition back to school buildings. [19305/20]

Rent Pressure Zones

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

406. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a map of the rent pressure zones in Cork city and county. [21258/20]

School Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

531. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of primary and post-primary teachers, respectively on secondment from their teaching posts to positions within her Department or Department-funded bodies; and her plans to release some of these teachers to ensure greater numbers of teachers in the classroom. [21798/20]

School Enrolments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

614. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the schools that have returned for the 2020/2021 academic year with classes of 30 or more by county in tabular form and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22391/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the exact statistical model used for the national school standardisation process for leaving certificate results in 2020; and the way in which gender and socioeconomic status will be taken into account when assigning calculated grades. [19310/20]

School Accommodation

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

2. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether expanded classrooms or additional prefabs will be required to be erected to facilitate appropriate distancing of pupils; if there will be initiatives to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio, particularly in circumstances in which it relates to schools over 30; and the funding her Department will provide to facilitate same. [19311/20]

School Transport

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

4. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport scheme will need to be expanded in view of Covid-19 and social distancing; and the steps that will be taken to ensure that no child who participated in the school transport scheme in 2019-2020 will be denied a seat in 2020-2021. [19312/20]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

17. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to significantly reduce class sizes in primary schools in view of the fact that Ireland has the highest-class sizes in Europe and the need for social distancing due to Covid-19. [19307/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

58. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provision being made for students, teachers or school staff that are immunocompromised and will be concerned regarding the return to schools and that it may not be in accordance with health advice to attend. [19303/20]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

67. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to tackle the lack of special school places and places in ASD units nationally; and the way in which she plans to address same for September 2020 when children return to school. [19304/20]

State Examinations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

68. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for leaving certificate students wishing to study at UK institutions through UCAS and other institutions outside of Ireland that require their calculated grades in August 2020 to secure their course; and her views on whether alternative plans should be put in place for these students to make sure they do not miss out on their university course. [19306/20]

Curaclam Scoile

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

190. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire den Aire Oideachais agus Scileanna An bhfuil cinneadh déanta ag an Aire Oideachais maidir le marcanna bónais a thabhairt le haghaidh chúrsa Gaeilge nua na hArdteiste
[19387/20]

Schools Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

444. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that attend primary and secondary schools. [18200/20]

Schools Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

445. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the annual capitation grant amounts to schools since 2008. [18201/20]

School Textbooks

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

446. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding for book rental schemes both in primary schools and in secondary schools by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [18202/20]

School Transport

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

447. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing funding for the school transport scheme by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [18203/20]

School Transport

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

448. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of securing free transport for the 120,000 students that took part in the school transport scheme in 2019-2020. [18204/20]

School Enrolments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

486. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes at primary school level with 30 pupils or above. [18652/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

494. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in primary and secondary schools without access to Internet connection at home; and the number of children without access to digital devices at home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18711/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

495. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether expanded classrooms or additional prefabs will be required to be erected to facilitate appropriate distancing of pupils; and the funding her Department will provide to facilitate same. [18712/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

496. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans she has put in place in the event of a second lockdown or a localised outbreak of Covid-19. [18713/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

497. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be can ensured that all children will have access to Internet connection and digital devices should online or blended learning have to continue. [18714/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

498. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether additional toilet and running water facilities will be necessary in schools; and if funding will be provided to erect same. [18715/20]

School Enrolments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

503. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of classes nationally that contain more than 30 children; and the number over 28 and 25 children, respectively.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18783/20]

School Facilities

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

504. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools nationally that do not have a canteen. [18784/20]

DEIS Scheme

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

505. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the pupil-teacher ratio in DEIS schools by one point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18785/20]

DEIS Scheme

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

506. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to designate an additional ten schools as DEIS band 2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18786/20]

DEIS Scheme

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

507. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring that there would be a home school liaison teacher between two, three, four and five non-DEIS schools, respectively. [18787/20]

School Enrolments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

508. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce class sizes in primary schools in budget 2021 in view of the finding in the statistical bulletin of July 2020 that there has been little change in the average class size in primary schools over the past 20 years. [18788/20]

School Textbooks

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

509. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of ensuring the running of a school book scheme is entirely free to parents. [18789/20]

School Textbooks

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

510. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing the budget of the school book rental scheme by 5% and 10%, respectively. [18790/20]

School Textbooks

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

511. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of developing a seed capital scheme for expanding the school book scheme into new schools. [18791/20]