215. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project; if she will respond to associated correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22800/25]
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216. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the number of people who are in receipt of the remote area grant. [21821/25]
217. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education the number of providers that are enrolled with Bus Éireann to provide school transport services for children with special educational needs in Cork for each of the years 2020 to 2024; the efforts being taken to enrol more providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21748/25]
218. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education if, as part of the reform of junior certificate grades, she will allow students access to their marked papers and to final percentages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21778/25]
219. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education the measures that are in place to encourage students to cycle to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21779/25]
220. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child with additional needs in Dublin 9 (details supplied); if she will respond to the details of the case; the immediate supports that can be made available to the child’s family in respect of access to appropriate educational supports; the extent to which her Department has been engaging with the different stak…
221. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she will consider establishing a school bus route run by Bus Éireann from Delvin to Mullingar; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21803/25]
222. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that families are paying over €900 per year to pay for private transfers to bring their children to and from school as Bus Éireann does not service this route; if a family (details supplied) is eligible for the remote area grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21804/25]
223. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education the specific Government guidelines for SEN places nationwide. [21808/25]
224. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education if she or her Department are aware that each school has its own subjective criteria for children to be accepted into the school; if there are plans to standardise the admissions process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21809/25]
225. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education if she will consider expanding SNA duties and roles beyond their current ones; and if she plans to recognise that SNAs often go above and beyond their limited roles for the children. [21810/25]
226. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education if she plans to introduce clear guidelines in relation to what qualifies as children’s needs for a space in school; and the reason the NCSE and her Department do not work cohesively to achieve this clear wording. [21811/25]
227. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the current live panel for administrative posts under the Board of Education; and if a person (details supplied) who is on the panel which is due to expire in June 2025, is likely to be offered a position before the panel concludes. [21817/25]
228. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education her Department’s position on secondary schools requiring parents to purchase iPads or specific digital devices, particularly in light of the roll-out of the free schoolbooks scheme; the guidance or oversight her Department provides to ensure that families are not subjected to undue financial pressure due to school-imposed digital learning policies; if she will …
229. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the LMETB headquarters plans for Drogheda; when the project is expected to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21844/25]
230. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education the way in which a school (details supplied) is expected to pay for essential caretaking services for the school if this funding is not made available by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21847/25]
231. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education for an update in relation to the live panel for administration post for the Board of Education; if a person (details supplied) is number seven on the panel and if the panel is due to finish in June 2025, if they will be called for a position. [21850/25]
232. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education if plans are being put in place for a school in cases in which a cleaner who is working can be paid during the holiday period instead of applying for Jobseeker’s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21864/25]
233. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education if an ASD class at primary school level will be provided in Gort, County Galway and surrounding areas given the lack of any such classes at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21865/25]
234. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education the contact details in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21871/25]
235. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education the leave that teachers can avail of for reproductive matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21979/25]
236. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education for an update on the development of a new school application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21982/25]
237. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage without delay in view of the urgent need to have this much needed accommodation provided and also taking into account that this application has been ongoing for a considerable length of time and also the pressure on existing accommodation due to the continued increase in enrol…
238. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education the present status of an application for new facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21998/25]
239. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education if she will approve an application to facilitate further essential developments at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21999/25]