631. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will conduct a needs-based assessment of a school (details supplied) in light of its exceptionally high level of concentrated disadvantage and the absence of DEIS supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35200/26]
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632. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the interim supports that can be provided immediately to a school (details supplied) pending any future DEIS review, given the school’s severe resource shortages, food insecurity among pupils, and high levels of complex need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35201/26]
633. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the DEIS profiling model will be reformed to account for rural schools with non-local disadvantaged enrolments, such as a school (details supplied), where area-based indicators do not reflect the actual pupil population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35202/26]
634. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to move to construction phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35215/26]
635. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35216/26]
636. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to support a school (details supplied), which has been without broadband for over six weeks; the interim measures being put in place to ensure continuity of teaching, learning, school administration and assessments; if she will liaise with the Department of Communications to urgently resolve the issue; and if sh…
637. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will list and name the primary and secondary schools that are constituted entirely of modular / prefabricated buildings; the way she proposes to ensure that these schools are provided with fit-for-purpose permanent buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35244/26]
638. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if modular / prefabricated buildings are eligible for Emergency Works Grant supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35245/26]
639. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an application for a new school building (details supplied) has faltered; the reason the local Education and Training Board have not been given direction to proceed to design; the reason the school is repeatedly asked to furnish additional reports and documents without these being acknowledged or leading to any significant developments in …
640. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a rat infestation led to structural damage and ultimately to collapse of a floor in a prefabricated primary classroom in a school (details supplied); the way in which her Department proposes to support the school to rid themselves of decrepit and unsafe prefabricated classrooms, with replacement by permanent buildings; and if she…
641. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a site has been selected for a new building for a primary school (details supplied) in County Clare; the efforts her Department has made to date, to legally secure said site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35248/26]
642. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will, as a matter of absolute urgency, send a team of experts from her Department to survey on health and safety grounds, the existing buildings of a primary school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35249/26]
643. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the concerning fact that consultant engineers are, of late, refusing to take work relating to school building projects because of delays in being paid for their works and the requirement for them to often send and re-send drawings and documentation to her Department which do not always get officially acknowledged and often have no …
644. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth regarding the recently announced extension of HSCL provision, the criteria and data metrics that formed the basis of the decision to include or exclude schools in the extension of the scheme. [35251/26]
645. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has any plans to mandate epilepsy training as part of teacher training curriculum; whether her Department has any plans to mandate epilepsy training for all qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35271/26]
646. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of an application for a SEN classroom for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35310/26]
283. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all school building, extension, refurbishment and other capital projects delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Carlow in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33451/26]
284. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all school building, extension, refurbishment and other capital projects delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Kilkenny in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33452/26]
285. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review an urgent case (details supplied); if her Department will contact the school and update them on their application for additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33560/26]
286. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the process for identifying suitable sites for an secondary Gaelscoil. [33562/26]
287. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number and percentage of parents of preschool children who indicated a preference for a multi-denominational primary school option in the recent national primary school survey. [33576/26]
288. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number and percentage of parents whose children are currently attending multi-denominational schools who indicated a preference for a multi-denominational primary school option in the survey. [33577/26]
289. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number and percentage of all parents surveyed who selected the multi-denominational option as their preferred model of primary school patronage. [33578/26]
290. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the Department's decision to publish survey findings focusing primarily on the preferences of parents whose children attend denominational schools, rather than presenting a comprehensive analysis reflecting the views of all respondents. [33579/26]
291. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department will commit to publishing the full dataset arising from the survey, or at minimum a more detailed breakdown of responses across all demographic categories, in order to ensure transparency and maintain public confidence in the consultation process. [33580/26]