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Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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School Accommodation
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
327. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education when funding for a school (details supplied) will be approved. [40129/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Equality Issues
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
372. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of research (details supplied) on non-religious teachers; what plans, if any, she has to legislate to protect all teachers from religious discrimination, giving teachers the same protections under the Irish system as in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40553/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Third Level Costs
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
1050. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that an increase in the State contribution towards graduate entry medicine from a rate of €11,950 per student in the 2021/2022 academic year to a new rate of €14,500 has not led to a decrease in cost to the students, and that, combined with the withdrawal of the only graduate loan programme for such students, it has resulted in students applying overseas; what measures he intends to take to increase access to graduate medicine entry in view of the shortage of doctors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39515/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
677. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the position regarding progress on the development of a new permanent school building for a school (details supplied). [38497/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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School Facilities
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
678. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the transfer of a school (details supplied). [38498/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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School Admissions
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
761. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will be able to provide the promised school place to a pupil; if there has been a teacher appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39159/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
765. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her Department has conducted any analysis of the impact of the removal of the special cleaning allowance made during Covid; if her Department has conducted a survey of what the increase in cleaning costs has been for schools; and whether she will ensure that schools can meet the rising costs of school cleaning. [39187/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Departmental Policies
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
767. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) can be allowed pay a substitute teacher where a fixed-term position is available but unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39205/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Departmental Policies
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
768. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if the prohibition on paying a substitute teacher where no fixed term or permanent teacher can be found can be lifted for a year in view of the shortage of teachers as in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39206/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Departmental Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
775. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if there has been any investigation into how many if any Irish schools have been affected by RAAC concrete issues such as those in the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39306/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Departmental Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
776. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education what safety inspection measures are taken to ensure the structural safety of school buildings from problems such as dry rot, inferior materials and corrosion, and if her Department conducts any safety audits into school buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39307/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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EU Regulations
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
952. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has made public the outcome of all consultations with stakeholders on the implementation of regulation 2021/57 regarding regulation of lead shot over wetlands. [39051/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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EU Regulations
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
953. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with an organisation (details supplied) to address its concerns over the process by which the mapping for protection of wetlands under regulation 2021/57 was decided. [39052/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Foreign Conflicts
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
40. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the crisis in the Artsakh Republic-Ngorno Karabach region; if any efforts are under way at national or European level to protect the population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36001/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Facilities
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
500. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the projected cost of ensuring every primary and secondary school has a school library, a school librarian, and access to the school digital library service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37008/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Facilities
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
501. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the projected cost of ensuring every DEIS secondary school is funded for the provision of a JCSP library; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37009/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Facilities
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
502. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to outline the funding provided in each year since 2020 for the provision of school libraries; what current support streams are in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37010/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
503. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the current staffing schedule at primary level, for DEIS and non-DEIS schools; how many teachers are currently employed across the primary level system; the number employed in each year from 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; the cost of reducing the average class size to 20 pupils; the cost of each one-point improvement in staffing costs, and capital costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37011/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
504. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to provide, in tabular form, the projected costs of reducing the staffing schedules for DEIS urban band 1 vertical schools to 17:1, DEIS urban band 1 junior schools to 15:1 and DEIS urban band 1 senior schools to 19:1; the costs for the 2024-25 school year; the current number of schools in each band; the staffing schedules that apply for DEIS urban band 2 and DEIS rural schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37012/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
505. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the current staffing schedule at second level; how many teachers are currently employed across the second-level system; the number employed in each year from 2018 to 2023, in tabular form; the cost of each one-point improvement in staffing costs, and capital costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37013/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Fee Paying Schools
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
506. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education how many children are enrolled in fee-paying private second-level schools in each year since 2018; the subsidy for teaching salaries and SNA posts in each of those years; the additional capital or grant expenditure provided in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37014/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Mental Health Services
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
507. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the projected cost of the current pilot programme of counselling supports for primary school pupils; the projected cost of a nationwide roll-out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37015/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Education Schemes
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
508. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the projected cost of a 10% increase in funding for the school completion programme; the current financial and staff commitments in 2021-22 and 2022-23; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37016/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Staff
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
509. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the cost of every ten additional home school community liaison positions; how many are currently in place; the current financial commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37017/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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State Examinations
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
510. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the cost of permanently abolishing fees for sitting the Junior and Leaving Certificate for 2024; the projected number of students in each year, by exam; the cost of waiving the fee in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37018/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Transport
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
511. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the cost of abolishing school transport charges for concessionary students; if she will outline the changes in the fees for the scheme over the past two years; the current fees paid by students; the total fees collected this school year; the projected fees to be collected in 2023 for the 2023/24 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37019/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Textbooks
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
512. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the full-year projected cost of free schoolbooks at primary level; the cost of expanding that to all secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37020/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Staff
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
513. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the cost to provide a permanent release day for administrative purposes every week to every teaching principal; how many would benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37021/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Staff
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
514. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the cost of restoring the outstanding approximately 2,400 posts of responsibility in primary and special schools, for AP1 to reach 1,605, and AP2 to reach 8,592; the current level of positions in each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37022/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Staff
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
515. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the cost of employing an additional 100 SNAs; the projected number of additional SNAs to be employed in 2024/2025 due to demographic pressures; the current number of SNAs at the end of 2022/23 school year; the current number of funded posts from September for the 2023/24 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37023/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Staff
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
516. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the costing for employing an additional 100 resource teachers; the current number employed; the projected number of additional resource teachers to be employed in 2023/2024 due to demographic pressures; the projected additional number needed in 2024/25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37024/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Funding
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
517. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the additional capital and current spending required in 2023/24 and then 2024/25 to meet projected demand for special classes and special schools; to provide, in tabular form, the additional number of places required at each level; the provision currently in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37025/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Mental Health Services
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
518. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the additional cost of restoring guidance counselling to pre-recession levels; the provision currently in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37026/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Capitation Grants
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
519. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the cost for either a 10% or 20% increase in school capitation grants at primary and secondary level, in tabular form, for the 2023/24 school year; the first-year cost and full-year cost for the 2024/25 school year; the additional cost of a 25% increase in Deis capitation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37027/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Expenditure
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
520. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the allocation for capital expenditure in 2023; to provide a breakdown of the spend on new schools and classrooms at primary, secondary and special schools; how many additional classrooms are planned in each; what the required provision in 2024 is; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37028/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Energy Conservation
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
521. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the level of capital commitment for retrofitting or energy efficiency measures in schools in 2023; which projects were supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37029/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Public Sector Pay
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
522. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the additional funding required to ensure equal pay for the post-2010 entrants to teaching; where the remaining differences are; how many teachers are affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37030/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Meals Programme
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
777. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Social Protection the additional funding required to expand the hot school meals to all DEIS schools in 2024; the resources required to ensure all special schools and DEIS secondary schools can provide a hot school meal; if she will confirm if her Department has an implementation plan for the roll-out of a universal provision of hot school meals in all schools; what work has been carried out on the feasibility of providing meals to children during holiday time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37031/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
886. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice for an update on progress towards establishing a statutory DSGBV agency; to confirm if it will commence in 2023; the projected establishment costs; if her Department has funding in place for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37032/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
887. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice what additional funding her Department requires in 2024 to recruit 800 additional gardaí trainees next year; to confirm if her Department has funding in place for this in 2024, or if additional funding will be required in budget 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37033/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
888. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the projected cost of every ten additional community gardaí; the cost of each additional dedicated community sergeant; the cost of a 10% increase overall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37035/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
889. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the projected cost of reducing citizenship fees to €200, and waiving it for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37036/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Immigration Policy
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
890. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the projected cost of reducing the Irish residence permit to €75; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37037/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
49. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the current operational strength of An Garda Síochána; if she will include a breakdown of new recruits, retirements, resignations, gardaí unavailable for duty and any analysis on the projected numbers of gardaí over the next 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34000/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
58. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice to report on progress on the new Garda station for Dublin 7-Dublin 13. [34004/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Prison Service
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
60. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice when she expects to introduce legislation in the Houses of the Oireachtas to put the Prison Service on a statutory basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34002/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
81. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the status on the review of the culture within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34001/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Naturalisation Applications
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
83. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice how long it is taking to process naturalisation applications for citizenships; if she will present data showing the percentage of successful cases processed within six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 12 months, and longer than 12 months, and similar data for decisions where cases are refused or abandoned; and if she is satisfied with the timescales of the process. [34003/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
299. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if there is a policy preventing the establishment of ASD units within single-sex girls' schools and boys' schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34162/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
300. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education to facilitate the opening of an ASD unit in a school (details supplied) where there is a known demand for this September for an ASD unit and where there is appropriate accommodation available on the grounds of the school. [34163/23]