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Tom Brabazon Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
504. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education the amount that her Department has spent to date on the construction of a building (details supplied); and the final cost expected for this project. [16997/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
505. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education her plans to allocate a budget line to making permanent and to roll out the pilot that took place in Dublin 15, with a central allocation process for special class and special school applications. [17023/25]
Mark Wall Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
506. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education the number of apprenticeships registered with her Department for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17030/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
507. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17051/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
508. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education when the provision of free period products will be available in all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17171/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
509. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for details on the next tranche under ICT grant funding; if this will open to schools for application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17172/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
510. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education to provide details on any changes in the allocation process for schools for special needs assistants for 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17173/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
511. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education if people who were assessed since the beginning of this year could be impacted in the allocation process for schools for special needs assistants for 2025/2026; when pupils assessed can expect a decision on their assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17174/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
512. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to report on her Department’s efforts to reduce the student to teacher ratio in primary schools. [17175/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
513. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to report on her Department’s efforts to reduce the student to teacher ratio in post-primary schools. [17176/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
514. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education what her plans are to deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to "collect data to create more targeted, effective services for children with special needs"; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17244/25]
Micheál Carrigy Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
515. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education the status of the approved extension for a school (details supplied); if the originally sanctioned seven-classroom remains unchanged; the current stage of the project and expected timeline for delivery. [17254/25]
Tony McCormack Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
516. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education to review the case of a DEIS Band 1 primary school (details supplied) which is set to lose its tenth mainstream teacher due to a rigid interpretation of enrolment figures. [17264/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
517. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the plans to ensure a new school (details supplied) is compliant with fire safety regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17278/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
518. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education her assessment that school transportation be legally required to ensure appropriate supervision in an effort to prevent bullying. [17289/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
519. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she will consider seeking a re-running of Schools' Folklore Project 1937-1938 which had a significant output now stored in the National Archives, in order that current students might be encouraged to record stories from their elderly relatives. [17290/25]
John Connolly Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
520. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the efforts to increase the supply of primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14612/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
521. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education with regard to the Gaeltacht learning period grant for primary ITE programmes, to consider the implementation of a similar grant model for post-primary ITE programmes, as the majority of Gaeilge post-primary student teachers have two compulsory cúrsaí Gaeltachta, each two weeks in duration, as part of their programme, and this is identical to the required plac…
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
522. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education his views on the lack of action to provide a co-educational, non-denominational school in the Killester Raheny Clontarf school planning area (details supplied). [12434/25]
Martin Kenny Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
523. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education for an update on a new primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16900/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
524. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if he is aware that students who undertook the graduate diploma in physical education at Portobello Institute were under the clear understanding that it would qualify them to teach physical education as an additional subject, only to be told by the Teaching Council that it does not; if he has been contacted in relation to this; his plans to address this ano…
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
525. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 376 and 584 of 5 November 2024, with the report in relation to the extra funding requested for the foundations having been sent into the Department, the status of this application; when a decision will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17336/25]
Paul Lawless Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
526. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education to address the lack of supports for single working parents of children with autism (details supplied) during school holidays, as they rely on term-time-only afterschool services, and need further assistance when schools and afterschool are closed for holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17337/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
527. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of children with additional needs waiting for a school place in Cork for the upcoming school year; if she will commit to ensuring that each child that needs one has a place in a special school or an ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17343/25]
Ged Nash Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Education
528. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education if she will review the quota system in operation for the allocation of SNAs; if she will ensure that the recommendation made by a Louth-based SNA to provide additional resources to a school in Drogheda, which has been declined, will be honoured (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17374/25]