Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Special Educational Needs

Richard Bruton

220. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education whether the NCSE has reported on the adequacy of capacity of special schools and special units on the northside of Dublin to meet the needs of pupils presenting for placement this year; if increases in capacity have been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9034/24]

Teagasc na Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

221. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais an dtabharfaidh sí sonraí i bhfoirm tábla le haghaidh na n-uaireanta teagaisc Gaeilge in aghaidh na seachtaine a bhí riachtanach i mbunscoileanna de réir bliana ó 1990 go dtí an bhliain seo. [9047/24]

Teagasc na Gaeilge

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

222. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais an bhfuil painéal ar leith ann do mhúinteoirí agus do mhúinteoirí ionaid san earnáil lán-Ghaeilge, agus an ndéanfaidh sí cur síos ar an gcreatlach earcaíochta do scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge. [9049/24]

Special Educational Needs

Réada Cronin

223. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education how her Department is liaising with the Minister for Education and the Minister of State for Special Education and Inclusion in the matter of associated services at a school (details supplied) in the context of the mooted moving of services provided by an organisation to the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9059/24]

School Accommodation

Ciarán Cannon

224. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education for an update on her plans to deliver a modular building to accommodate the ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9073/24]

School Staff

Cathal Crowe

225. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider increasing the salary paid to school bus escorts as it is only 70 cent above the national minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9113/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Thomas Pringle

226. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education why a school (details supplied) is the only school in the Donegal Gaeltacht that has not been identified for DEIS funding under the refined DEIS identification model, where the Pobal deprivation index for the catchment area is worse than the average for County Donegal as a whole; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9146/24]

School Curriculum

Patrick Costello

227. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a list of all second level education institutions aided by her Department in which instruction in higher mathematics was provided from another school by video link rather than being provided on-site; the roll number of each school receiving instruction by video link and the school sending instruction by video link, for each school year since 2010, in tabular form. [9172/24]

School Accommodation

James O'Connor

228. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question 181 on 7 February 2024, if she will outline a definite date for the completion of the feasibility study; the plans for the school's expansion of accommodation for the 2024/25 school year, especially when children of refugee families will be attending the school in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9187/24]

School Accommodation

Marian Harkin

229. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) will be considered as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9199/24]

Educational Disadvantage

Brendan Griffin

230. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if a school in County Kerry (details supplied) will be considered for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9206/24]

Special Educational Needs

Francis Noel Duffy

231. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the impact the decision to eliminate the category of complex educational needs from consideration when allocating special education teacher hours on children with Down syndrome in mainstream schools; if this decision will be reviewed to ensure children with Down syndrome can receive the required supports in mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9221/24]

Special Educational Needs

Richard Bruton

232. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of a shortage of special school places to serve Dublin's northside; if she has received a report from the NCSE on capacity constraints and how they might be filled; if new places are coming on stream for this coming September or beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9271/24]

School Accommodation

Alan Dillon

233. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on progress under the additional accommodation scheme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9273/24]

School Staff

Alan Dillon

234. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the reason future employment contracts for school secretaries do not include provisions for bereavement leave and wedding leave, in accordance with standard Department contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9288/24]

School Staff

Carol Nolan

235. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on efforts by her Department to ensure that school caretakers will be offered a new agreement for revised salary and annual leave entitlements similar to the agreement put in place for school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9337/24]

Schools Building Projects

Colm Burke

236. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education when a review being undertaken by her Department in respect of a stage 2B submission will be finalised and the school (details supplied) contacted about the outcome of this review as it has been confirmed that it has been near completion for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9366/24]

Schools Refurbishment

Gino Kenny

237. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education the most up-to-date progress on the proposed upgrade to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9378/24]

Data Centres

Cormac Devlin

238. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education the location of the data centre or centres used by her Department; the reason it was chosen; the distance it is from her Department’s offices; if he will identify the centres used by each agency under her Department’s aegis; and the distance these data centres are to their offices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9389/24]

Sports Funding

Colm Burke

239. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will consider providing support to a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9237/24]