232. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education when a permanent school building will be delivered for a school (details supplied); the stage this process is in at the moment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18235/25]
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233. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if a DEIS Band 1 school (details supplied) will lose its 10th teacher (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18237/25]
234. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if her Department has assessed current school capacity in the East Wall and Sheriff Street area in anticipation of a significant rise in population due to the completion of large-scale housing developments; whether there are plans to expand existing schools or build new ones; if demographic modelling has been carried out to inform future educational infrastruct…
235. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education if she will review the criteria for DEIS inclusion for schools that have seen a large increase in pupils due to the war in Ukraine and allow for these schools to access DEIS funding as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18257/25]
236. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide additional school places commensurate with planned buildings and population expansion in the Balgriffin, Portmarnock, Baldoyle, Clongriffin and Belmayne areas. [18292/25]
237. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of how the 1,600 new special needs assistant posts for 2025 will be distributed across the country, and specifically how many will be allocated to schools in Dublin Bay north, given ongoing reports of unmet need in the area. [18327/25]
238. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education whether she will commit to streamlining the NCSE review process for schools seeking additional special needs assistant support, in light of concerns that delays in decision making are impacting students with autism and complex needs; and if she will provide average processing times for such reviews in the past 12 months. [18328/25]
239. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the steps her Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that artificial intelligence adoption entails; if she will outline the logic behind their approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18356/25]
240. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18373/25]
241. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will identify any projects which a body under the aegis of her Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; if she will send this question to the bodies for direct response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18391/25]
242. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will specify the specific policy areas where the Department is examining future use of AI; if she will identify what entities the Department is working with, public or private, in relation to this examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18408/25]
243. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will identify any AI training offered to people working in the Department; the level of take-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18425/25]
244. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will detail how many physical letters the Minister’s offices and the customer service team in the Department received from the public in 2024; whether those letters are digitised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18450/25]
245. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will detail how many emails the Minister’s offices and the customer service mailbox the Department received from the public in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18467/25]
246. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more efficiently; if so, in which areas of the Department has this examination been carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18484/25]
93. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cé mhéad airgead caipitil a caitheadh ar thionscadail chaipitil i scoileanna a fheidhmíonn trí mheán an Bhéarla arna miondealú de réir bliana do 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 agus 2024. [17675/25]
94. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Oideachais cé mhéad airgead caipitil a caitheadh ar thionscadail chaipitil i scoileanna a fheidhmíonn trí mheán na Gaeilge arna miondealú de réir bliana do 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 agus 2024. [17676/25]
95. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the actions being taken to ensure sufficient SNA allocation for a school (details supplied), following the SENO's recommendation to increase the allocation despite the quota being reached. [17718/25]
96. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17720/25]
97. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education for an updated list of the number of special schools, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17721/25]
98. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education for an update on the number of children waiting for an appropriate school place in Dublin south central. [17722/25]
99. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education her Department’s approach to supporting democratic schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17723/25]
100. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding to the establishment of a democratic school in Waterford. [17724/25]
101. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education if children who avail of the AIM programme in pre-school have the support they receive upon diagnosis of a special need transitioned from pre-school to primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17738/25]
102. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education the plans for grade deflation of Leaving Certificate results since the introduction of grade inflation; if 2025 Leaving Certificate students will be adversely impacted as a result of grade inflation over that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17740/25]