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Peadar Tóibín Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
804. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education how many children have been suspended from school in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in national and secondary schools, in tabular form, and how many of these had a mental ill health diagnosis or disability. [18907/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
805. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the plans to introduce common enrolment systems to school planning areas in Dublin. [18912/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
806. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education for a detailed timeframe in bringing the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 into full operation, in particular section 13 on the duty of the Minister for Health and Minister for Health and Children to make resources available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18932/25]
James Geoghegan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
807. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18935/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
808. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the progress on providing a new building for a school (details supplied); and if a reply has been received in relation to the queries raised in response to the Tender Report. [18937/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
809. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the progress on providing a new building for a school (details supplied); if the promised meeting of all stakeholders, to discuss and agree a preferred option which can be further developed and prepared to be submitted for planning permission; and if not, when such a meeting will be scheduled. [18938/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
810. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the interim measures that will be taken to improve the energy rating and heat retention of a school building (details supplied), pending completion of the school building. [18939/25]
James Geoghegan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
811. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the science implementation grant to fund schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18940/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
812. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the eligibility criteria and process for a school to utilise the additional school accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18942/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
813. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the timeline in which a school can expect to receive approval to avail of the additional school accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18943/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
814. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if her Department has a defined service level response time in which it responds to emails from principals of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18944/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
815. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the steps a principal can take to escalate a query if they have not received response to emails sent to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18945/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
816. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the NCSE to engage with parents of children who have been refused access to a reading school place in areas (details supplied), to find a suitable reading school place for their child for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18946/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
817. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the NCSE to engage with parents of children who have been refused access to a reading school place in the Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock, Donabate and surrounding areas to find a suitable reading school place for their child for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18947/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
818. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the NCSE to open additional reading school places to meet the demands of children living in areas (details supplied) for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18948/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
819. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education if she will instruct the NCSE to open additional reading school places to meet the demands of children living in the Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock, Donabate and surrounding areas for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18949/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
820. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the qualifications needed for teachers to teach in reading classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18950/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
821. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education the qualifications needed for teachers to teach children in need of special education teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18951/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
822. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education for the number of students enrolled in various primary and post-primary schools (details supplied), and for a class-by-class breakdown of numbers for each, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18985/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
823. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education if she will review correspondence in relation to school transport (details supplied) and provide an update on the matter. [18988/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
824. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education what is being done to ensure the provision of appropriate numbers of primary school places for children with autism in the Coolock and Darndale area; if she can provide any guidance to assure that a child (details supplied) will have an appropriate place in a local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18996/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
825. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education if she will consider an emergency utility grant for schools that are unable to afford to pay their utility bills having exhausted other options such as liaising with the FSSU. [19001/25]
Duncan Smith Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
826. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the lack of education provision in Donabate (details supplied) for children with ASD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19021/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
827. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education if she will acknowledge the disadvantage facing this year’s Leaving Certificate students compared to students who sat the Leaving Certificate in previous years if her Department’s proposed changes to the Leaving Certificate grading system are introduced; if her Department will proceed with these proposed changes despite these concerns; and if she will mak…
Barry Ward Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
828. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding the enquiry into abuse in religious schools including a college (details supplied); the timeline for the completion of the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19029/25]