Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Schools Building Projects

Cian O'Callaghan

285. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on funding for a new school building (details supplied) where parents are currently considering removing their children from the school due to cold, inappropriate temporary classrooms; if her Department will provide an update to the school directly on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18812/24]

Special Educational Needs

Cian O'Callaghan

286. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education to detail the provision of suitable autism classes at secondary level in an area (details supplied); if there are plans to increase this provision to respond to local need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18813/24]

School Equipment

Cian O'Callaghan

287. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the average timeframe of delivery for assistive technology applications at both primary and secondary levels where they have been deemed necessary by an educational psychologist; if she is aware that some students are waiting in excess of six months after their applications have been granted to receive their requested assistive technology; the action she will take to reduce these waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18815/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Denis Naughten

288. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the total number of copper communication lines within her Department that are currently in active operation and for which her Department is paying for on a monthly basis, inclusive of ISDN, PTSN and copper-based lease lines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18833/24]

School Transport

Marian Harkin

289. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to a school transport issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18851/24]

Schools Building Projects

Louise O'Reilly

290. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education when building work will commence on a new school for a school (details supplied). [18860/24]

School Facilities

Louise O'Reilly

291. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the serious parking issues at a school (details supplied) which endanger students being collected from school; that this is particularly acute for children with additional needs; and the steps her Department plans to take to resolve this situation until such time as the new school is built. [18885/24]

School Staff

Louise O'Reilly

292. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to move school cleaners on to public sector pay scales as was done with school secretaries and school caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18886/24]

School Transport

Robert Troy

293. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education to facilitate a new school transport bus route from Delvin to Mullingar, County Westmeath, under the revised guideline, as per School Transport 2030 - Review of the School Transport Scheme - Phase 3 Report (details supplied). [18931/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

294. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education for an update on the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004. [18958/24]

School Accommodation

Marian Harkin

295. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education for an update on an application for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); if it will be considered, as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18970/24]

School Curriculum

Mattie McGrath

296. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department appears to have no quality control system in place to ensure that the standard of syllabi being published by the NCCA is in keeping with international best practice in syllabus design (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18971/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Crowe

297. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education whether there are plans for an ASD unit to be put in place at a school (details supplied) given its size and the present demand for such services. [18983/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Crowe

298. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the plans in place to increase the number of special school places for children who NEPS assessments specifically recommend for such a place, given the insufficient capacity at present; the number of places to be brought on stream in the next two years; and the location of these places. [18984/24]

Special Educational Needs

Seán Crowe

299. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education the options available to a child (details supplied) who has been recommended for a special school place by a NEPS assessment but has been unable to secure a place in the Dublin area. [18985/24]

School Accommodation

Brendan Griffin

300. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education if a school in County Kerry will be granted an additional room (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18996/24]

School Accommodation

Duncan Smith

301. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to outline any provision made for additional primary school classroom facilities, that is, prefabs, which may be introduced to increase capacity for third- and fourth-class students in the Lusk and Rush area of Dublin for the 2024-2025 school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19007/24]

Pension Provisions

Cathal Crowe

302. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if her Department will reconcile the service of a group of teachers (details supplied) who spent a number of years working in the School Competition Programme, with their pensionable service with her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19012/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

303. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the average teacher to pupil ratio in special schools in Ireland. [19017/24]

Special Educational Needs

Sorca Clarke

304. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the recommended class size average in special schools in Ireland.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19018/24]