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Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Funding
Catherine Connolly
62. 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%. [24126/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Catherine Connolly
63. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by 1 point at primary level. [24127/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Catherine Connolly
64. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by 1 point at second level. [24128/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
65. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the projected demand for school places in mainstream primary schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2024. [24129/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
66. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the projected demand for school places in mainstream secondary schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2024. [24130/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
67. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the projected demand for school places in special schools for pupils with special educational needs for the school year commencing September 2024. [24131/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
68. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of establishing a special class in a mainstream school for students with special educational needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24132/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
69. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of each additional place for a child with special educational needs in a special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24133/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Catherine Connolly
70. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the operation of the Special Education Appeals Board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24134/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Educational Disadvantage
Thomas Pringle
71. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the projected cost of extending the Junior Certificate School Programme Demonstration Library Project staffed by a qualified librarian to all DEIS schools [24147/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Educational Disadvantage
Thomas Pringle
72. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Education the projected timeline for delivering on the 2005 commitment to extend the Junior Certificate School Programme Demonstration Library Project staffed by a qualified librarian to all DEIS schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24148/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Fergus O'Dowd
73. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to specific concerns raised by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24149/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Transport
Joe Carey
74. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education if she will guarantee a school bus service as opposed to a community based local link service (details supplied) which is recommended under the NTA Route 343 Amendment Proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24150/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Mairéad Farrell
75. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education to provide the full list of available teaching positions in secondary level schools in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24156/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Mairéad Farrell
76. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if there if there is a facility where qualified teachers can register with her Department to be contacted for recruitment purposes if a vacancy arises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24157/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Bernard Durkan
77. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the reason a request to sanction the summer programme for one week for eight classes was refused in the case of a person (details supplied); if this school’s case can be examined at the earliest opportunity, with a view to ensuring a consensus to run at least a week’s programme given the importance of the school to local children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24164/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Denise Mitchell
78. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of a new class for a school (details supplied). [24167/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Transport
Peadar Tóibín
79. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 57 of 24 April 2024, if she will reply to an email submitted to her office (details supplied) regarding school transport in County Meath; and the actions taken to secure school transport for the students concerned commencing from September 2024. [24171/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Paul Murphy
80. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education if cleaning staff employed directly by schools should be paid for 7 June 2024, even if their school is being used as a polling station on that day. [24172/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
81. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if her Department will work with the board of management of a school (details supplied) to establish an ASD unit, when their change of status to a co-educational school proceeds soon; and if she and her Department are aware that the school has a long history of innovation in special education, and with an administrative principal and specialist trained SEN staff (to masters level) already in place and two classrooms immediately available for use as ASD units, alongside their spacious grounds and large sports hall, they are in an ideal position to establish an ASD unit. [24183/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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National Educational Psychological Service
Brendan Griffin
82. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Education for clarification on a matter (details supplied); if changes will be implemented to improve services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24190/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Capitation Grants
Duncan Smith
83. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department has cut the annual grant for primary schools from €96 a year per pupil to €80; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24196/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Capitation Grants
Duncan Smith
84. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she plans to reverse the decision to cut the annual grant for primary schools from €96 a year per pupil to €80; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24197/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Cathal Crowe
85. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if the primary payroll division of her Department can register the teaching work being undertaken by an individual (details supplied) on the MyAccount portal (operated by the Revenue Commissioners); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24208/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Textbooks
Robert Troy
86. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education when her Department entered into any negotiations with a book provider to reduce the cost, rather than passing it over to the parent, considering the reduction in the schoolbook grant (details supplied). [24223/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Seán Sherlock
87. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when schools will receive their SNA allocation this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24235/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Niamh Smyth
88. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education the status of an appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24281/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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State Examinations
John Lahart
89. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education if she will outline, when an error is made by a school processing RACE applications, which results in the student being denied RACE, what the procedure to rectify this error is if the school, on realising its error, is not allowed to submit correct material to the SEC after the final date for submission of the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24331/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Transport
Michael Ring
90. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Education if school transport will be provided for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24332/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Cian O'Callaghan
91. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the projects planned to increase the number of school places at both primary and secondary level in an area (details supplied) where there is huge demand for increased places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24374/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Bríd Smith
92. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education the status and expected starting time of works on the development of a new building for a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay with the project; if her Department has had talks with the builders or management at the school in relation to delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24375/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Alan Farrell
93. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education the number of the 36 special classes sanctioned by the NCSE for Dublin that will be opened in time to welcome pupils in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24380/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Alan Farrell
94. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education to provide the locations and roll numbers of the 36 special classes sanctioned by the NCSE for Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24381/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Patronage
David Stanton
95. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 330 of 21 May 2024, to outline the ownership of the property referred to in her reply as the "former technical school"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24409/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Accommodation
Sorca Clarke
1. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide the appropriate space for students in a school (details supplied) as per her Department's buildings manual. [23803/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Accommodation
Seán Canney
2. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the progress being made in the provision of additional accommodation for a school to deal with the additional demand for places in first year next September and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23813/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Sorca Clarke
3. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special educational needs who are currently without a school place. [23804/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Teaching Qualifications
Sorca Clarke
4. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an alternative for teachers who completed their teaching qualifications in England to complete their induction period in Ireland, as was done under the Covid-19 amendment regulation. [23805/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Violet-Anne Wynne
5. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education the forward planning her Department has achieved in respect of special class places for children with additional needs in secondary schools in County Clare to align with primary school special class places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23856/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Paul Donnelly
6. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education her views on the lack of autism school places for children in the Dublin 15 and 7 areas, and in particular for a child (details supplied). [23888/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Rose Conway-Walsh
7. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will have a plan for a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23898/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Bernard Durkan
8. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which she remains confident she and her Department will be in a position to meet the full requirement of school places at primary and second level throughout Kildare North and the rest of the country on time for September 2024 enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23853/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Curriculum
Richard Bruton
9. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she has information on the number of post-primary schools which do not deliver the civil, social and political curriculum; if she has assessed whether disadvantaged schools in particular lose out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23891/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Textbooks
Robert Troy
10. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with schoolbook publishers to achieve necessary savings for the free schoolbooks scheme rather than reducing the rate paid per student to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23801/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Equipment
Kathleen Funchion
11. Deputy Kathleen Funchion asked the Minister for Education the funding and supports that are available to schools to assist with the repair or replacement of equipment in special classrooms, given the exorbitant prices for said equipment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23857/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Rose Conway-Walsh
12. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education if there can be flexibility in the 1 km rule for school transport where a number of children are forced to walk a narrow and dangerous road with no footpath to reach the current collection point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23899/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Louise O'Reilly
13. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the number of additional school places that will be available for the school year starting August/September 2024, above 2023 levels, for children in the Fingal area at primary and secondary level, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23686/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Paul Murphy
14. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the action she will take to ensure that there are sufficient school places for every child who needs one in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23915/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Aindrias Moynihan
15. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the provision of ASD places for mid-Cork secondary schools to meet the demand required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23833/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Bernard Durkan
16. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to improve school transport serving primary and second level schools throughout north Kildare and countrywide in line with the enrolment requirements and admissions for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23854/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Staff
Christopher O'Sullivan
17. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the administrative workload that teaching principals have to deal with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23838/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Alan Farrell
18. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on her Department’s effort to meet the demand for school places in Dublin Fingal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23908/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Paul Murphy
19. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the action she will take to ensure that there are sufficient secondary school places for every child who needs one in September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23912/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Robert Troy
20. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she accepts recommendations by NCSE regarding school places; if so, if she will ensure the school building unit implement such recommendations in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23802/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Funding
Richard Bruton
21. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the investment which has been made from excellence funds to promote creative collaboration among clusters of schools; and if she has plans to expand investment of this sort. [23892/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Accommodation
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
22. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently review the decision by her Department not to include a school (details supplied) in the school capital building programme. [23739/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Ruairí Ó Murchú
23. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the progress being made to open a second autism unit class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23650/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Accommodation
Thomas Gould
24. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education for an update on the review of the engineer’s report into a school (details supplied) in Ballincollig, Cork. [23836/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Richard Boyd Barrett
25. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to provide details on the plan for a new-build school in Dún Laoghaire (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23890/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Ruairí Ó Murchú
26. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the ongoing review of SET teaching hours at primary schools; the number of additional hours allocated, if any; the number of schools involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23651/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
David Stanton
27. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education the current regulations with respect to students availing of school transport to a school which is their second-nearest school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23858/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Chris Andrews
28. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education the cost of transporting special education children to school in south Dublin for the academic years 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23774/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
29. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education the number of spaces and the number of applicants to special schools in the Dublin 8, 10, 12 and 20 areas; and to outline her plans to ensure the needs of every child who requires special education is catered to. [23887/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Accommodation
Seán Canney
30. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if her Department will provide the temporary accommodation necessary to allow a school (details supplied) to carry out proposed works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23810/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Staff
Paul Murphy
31. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education what action she will take to fill vacant teaching posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23913/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Seán Canney
32. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct Bus Éireann to ensure school bus services are in place to deal with the demand for the commencement of the school year in August 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23809/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
33. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cén dáta faoina mbainfear amach an gheallúint sa Chlár Rialtais faoi dhúbailt a dhéanamh ar sholáthar an Ghaeloideachais; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [23886/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Darren O'Rourke
34. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education for an update on building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23828/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Darren O'Rourke
35. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education for an update on building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23827/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
36. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when she will reach a decision on the demand from school transport escorts for fair pay and conditions to reflect the importance of their work for young people with disabilities and their families. [23740/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Sorca Clarke
37. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the school transport pilot projects, including the selection criteria and details of potential areas to be included in the pilot scheme. [23807/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Patrick Costello
38. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education to provide an update in relation to the establishment of a Gaelcholáiste in the south Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23900/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Transport
Alan Farrell
39. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on her Department’s plans to increase the provision of school bus services in Dublin Fingal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23909/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Pádraig O'Sullivan
40. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on school building projects in Cork; the number of new schools in planning stage; the number of new school builds that have started; the number that have yet to be tendered for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23766/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Mental Health Services
Sorca Clarke
41. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when the counselling supports pilot scheme that was rolled out to a number of primary schools across seven counties will be reviewed, fully implemented and extended to the rest of the counties. [23806/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Pupil-Teacher Ratio
Pa Daly
42. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to combat large class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23770/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Funding
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
43. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education to detail the funding that has been made available for STEM in schools; if there is a shortfall in funding; if more funding will become available to support STEM; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23683/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Thomas Gould
44. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education if the Government intends to expand the Covid learning and supports scheme. [23837/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pádraig O'Sullivan
45. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the level of funding and plans for this year’s Summer Programme in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23765/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Patrick Costello
46. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Education if she will establish a new secondary school in Dublin 8, given the identified need in surrounding catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23901/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Louise O'Reilly
47. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education the number of additional school places that will be available for the school year starting August/September 2024, above 2023 levels, for children with additional needs in the Fingal area at primary and secondary level, by school places in ordinary classes and special classes in mainstream schools, in tabular form. [23685/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Aindrias Moynihan
48. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the number of students to date offered a new ASD primary school place in mid-Cork for September 2024; the number of students yet to be offered a new ASD primary school place in mid-Cork for September 2024; what measures are being taken to ensure that supply will meet demand for mid-Cork for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23832/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Funding
James O'Connor
49. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the provision of additional resources for primary and secondary schools that have taken on additional students as a consequence of large IPAS accommodation centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23917/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pauline Tully
50. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the actions she is taking to allay the concerns expressed by organisations (details supplied) regarding the circular recently issued by her Department relating to the SET allocation for each school from the 2024-2025 school year until further notice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23871/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Paul Murphy
51. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education the action she will take to make sufficient resources available in schools for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23916/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Brian Stanley
52. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the number of children in Laois who have been assessed as requiring a place in an ASD unit at primary school level; where new classes will be provided in September in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23737/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Ombudsman for Children
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
53. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of complaints made to the Ombudsman for Children in 2023 concerning education, outlined in the Ombudsman's annual report; her Department's plans to rectify these complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23684/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Ombudsman for Children
Martin Browne
54. Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Education the actions she plans to take following comments by the Ombudsman for Children at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Petitions that in assessing school places for children with special educational needs, local knowledge appears not to fit into a national plan to allow every area to get the funding they require from within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23893/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Staff
Pa Daly
55. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the staffing appeal by a school (details supplied). [23771/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Seán Canney
56. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the progress being made with the development of a new primary and secondary Gaelscoil campus in Athenry, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23812/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Mairéad Farrell
57. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the issue of a school (details supplied) in relation to the provision of a special language class for the school year 2024/2025; if she will raise the need for mediation between her Department and the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23711/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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School Enrolments
Catherine Connolly
58. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 16 April 2024, the status of her Department's engagement with schools in the Galway City School Planning Area with a view to providing additional first year secondary school places, in light of the ongoing enrolment pressures; her plans to review her Department's legislation and policy around school catchment areas to ensure that all students can attend school in their local area, particularly in light of Ireland's climate action obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23692/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Brian Stanley
59. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education the number of pupils in Laois who have been assessed as requiring a place in an ASD unit at secondary school level; where new classes will be provided in September in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23738/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Ombudsman for Children
Violet-Anne Wynne
60. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Education her views on the recent findings from the Ombudsman of Children where 40% of complaints received are in respect of supports in the education setting for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23855/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Seán Canney
61. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education the progress being made with the development of a proposed new school (details supplied) in Tuam, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23811/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Irish Language
Sorca Clarke
62. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education when the long-awaited policy on Irish medium education outside the Gaeltacht will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23808/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Paul Donnelly
63. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the lack of autism places in schools for September 2024; and if she will investigate the case of a child (details supplied). [22403/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Richard Boyd Barrett
64. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she will revise the new way of calculating special education resources to ensure that no school has a reduction in resources next year compared to this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23889/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Education Costs
Paul Murphy
65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Education what action she will take to make primary and secondary education genuinely free in light of the continuing cost-of-living crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23914/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Pauline Tully
66. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Education the actions she is taking to ensure that all disabled students are provided with an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23872/24]