Parliamentary questions

414. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is standard practice for her Department to allocate a teacher to a particular class, if that was a class requested by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49760/26]

415. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure the inclusion of persons who are nonverbal in redress schemes run by her Department and intended to compensate and give justice to survivors of institutional abuse. [49777/26]

416. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the provision of a special class for a school in County Kildare (details supplied). [49798/26]

417. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49799/26]

418. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the construction of a new special school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49800/26]

419. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been brought to a policy in place in some schools regarding the rental of spaces outside of school hours (details supplied); if consideration has been given to the impact of the policy on local sports clubs and other organisations who rent the spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49826/26]

420. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department has put in place to evaluate the effectiveness of the Bí Cineálta anti-bullying policy framework; whether data is being collected for this purpose; and if so, if she will outline the data being collected, and any plans to publish the results. [49827/26]

421. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the next formal review of the Bí Cineálte policy framework is scheduled; and whether submissions from students, parents, schools and representative organisations will be accepted as part of that review. [49828/26]

422. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the overall sum paid for prefab accommodation in a school (details supplied) in the past five years. [49832/26]

423. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the additional accommodation project for a school (details supplied). [49833/26]

424. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department or NEPS has sought any change to the current accreditation or training standards for educational psychologists, including any change from a requirement for experience across mental health, disability and education settings; the rationale for any such change; whether an organisations relevant professional divi…

425. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether NEPS is currently supporting, funding or facilitating educational psychology doctorate placements that are primarily or exclusively school-based; whether such placements meet existing PSI accreditation standards; whether any concerns have been raised by PSI, CORU, universities, the HSE or other child health services; and if…

426. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational psychology trainees currently funded or sponsored by NEPS, the HSE or other agencies; the contractual obligations attached to such funding; the number of trainees who have sought to withdraw from NEPS-funded arrangements or repay funding in each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on t…

427. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of NEPS psychologists that are currently employed; the number of whole-time equivalent vacancies; and the turnover rate in each of the past five years. [49872/26]

428. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the assessment that has been carried out on whether educational psychology training delivered largely through NEPS placements would equip graduates to work with children under five, non-verbal children, children with acquired brain injury, children with significant mental health needs, children requiring autism diagnostic assessmen…

429. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether NEPS has engaged with the Higher Education Authority in relation to increasing the number of educational psychology doctorate trainees; whether NEPS has proposed to act as the principal placement provider for such trainees; whether the HSE, CHI, CDNTs, CAMHS and primary care psychology services were consulted; and if she wi…

430. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has examined the implications of training a significantly increased number of psychologists through school-based placements when major psychology shortages exist in CDNTs, CAMHS, primary care psychology, CHI and assessment of need services; whether there is a risk that public funding will produce graduates wh…

431. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether graduates of educational psychology programmes with placements largely or exclusively in NEPS settings would be eligible and considered competent to work outside NEPS, including in HSE child psychology posts, CDNTs, primary care psychology, CAMHS, CAMHS-ID, CHI and assessment of need services; the discussions that have take…

432. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the role additional NEPS-supported educational psychology trainees are expected to play in reducing assessment of need waiting lists, supporting implementation of the Autism Assessment Protocol and meeting the needs of children under five or children with complex disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49878/…

433. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the terms governing the campus arrangements for the new school buildings in Saggart will be finalised (details supplied). [49908/26]

434. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether an organisation (details supplied) has provided a full breakdown of expenditure related to the most recent Olympic Games; whether it is correct that staff in the organisation chose accommodation outside of that provided by the Olympic Federation at an additional cost to the organisation; and whether he will …

435. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the medical, physiotherapy, equine physiotherapy, veterinary, psychological, logistical and performance supports provided by horse sport Ireland to Irish equestrian athletes and horses at the most recent Olympic games; how this compared with supports provided to athletes in other publicly funded sports; and whether …

436. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a list of commercial broadband providers who are providing broadband in the Fingal west area; the specific area each is operating in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48907/26]

437. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the timeline for the provision of high speed broadband to all areas of Fingal west by commercial operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48908/26]

438. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next tranche of Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund funding will be available; his views on the case for a new lido or public outdoor swimming amenity for Dublin City at George’s Dock in accordance with the proposals from a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48927/26]