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101 records in IE in 2020

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Question· writtenPQ 377asked

377. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the medium-term plan for new schools in the Dún Laoghaire area, including primary and secondary schools; the patron bodies that are involved; the catchment areas; the estimated completion date of permanent schools; the interim plans for these schools, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44215/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020

377. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education the medium-term plan for new schools in the Dún Laoghaire area, including primary and secondary schools; the patron bodies that are involved; the catchment areas; the estimated completion date of permanent schools; the interim plans for these schools, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44215/20]

Question· writtenPQ 376asked

376. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education her plans for a new school building (details supplied); if a site been identified; the timeframe for the delivery on the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44210/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020

376. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education her plans for a new school building (details supplied); if a site been identified; the timeframe for the delivery on the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44210/20]

Question· writtenPQ 375asked

375. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education her plans to alleviate the lack of secondary school places in the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44209/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020

375. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education her plans to alleviate the lack of secondary school places in the Malahide and Portmarnock areas of County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44209/20]

Question· writtenPQ 374asked

374. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will direct schools to not end a sibling first admission policy on the basis that parents' working lives, school collection arrangements and the financial burden on parents is not considered if they must send their children to multiple schools (details supplied). [44197/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020

374. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education if she will direct schools to not end a sibling first admission policy on the basis that parents' working lives, school collection arrangements and the financial burden on parents is not considered if they must send their children to multiple schools (details supplied). [44197/20]

Question· writtenPQ 371asked

371. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the safety procedures for teachers and students safety in regard to students who refuse to wear masks in the classroom and students who have been given medical permission to attend class without having to wear a visor or face covering; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44187/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020

371. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education the safety procedures for teachers and students safety in regard to students who refuse to wear masks in the classroom and students who have been given medical permission to attend class without having to wear a visor or face covering; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44187/20]

Question· writtenPQ 370asked

370. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter concerning granting a July travel provision to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44186/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020

370. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education if she will address a matter concerning granting a July travel provision to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44186/20]

Question· writtenPQ 238asked

238. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which technology, education and the availability of suitable business and housing accommodation continue to be an issue in regard to the creation of further employment nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44643/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2020

238. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which technology, education and the availability of suitable business and housing accommodation continue to be an issue in regard to the creation of further employment nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44643/20]

Question· writtenPQ 260asked

260. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether the lack of payment for student nurses and midwives will result in nursing and midwifery studies becoming less desirable; his further views on whether healthcare courses should be made more attractive to study following from a global pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44075/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

260. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on whether the lack of payment for student nurses and midwives will result in nursing and midwifery studies becoming less desirable; his further views on whether healthcare courses should be made more attractive to study following from a global pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44075/20]

Question· writtenPQ 259asked

259. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a commitment will be given to creating a targeted strategy for medicine due to the high level of inequality within the courses following from data released recently from the HEA which showed that in 2018 and 2019 only 4% of enrolments of students in medicine were from disadvantaged areas versus 35% of students from affluent areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44074/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

259. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a commitment will be given to creating a targeted strategy for medicine due to the high level of inequality within the courses following from data released recently from the HEA which showed that in 2018 and 2019 only 4% of enrolments of students in medicine were from disadvantaged areas versus 35% of students from affluent areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44074/20]

Question· writtenPQ 258asked

258. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 8 December 2020, the way in which participation of students from low socio-economic backgrounds is facilitated for graduate medical programmes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44073/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

258. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 8 December 2020, the way in which participation of students from low socio-economic backgrounds is facilitated for graduate medical programmes (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44073/20]

Question· writtenPQ 257asked

257. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form. [44023/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

257. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current budgets in his Department for social media advertising for 2021; and the campaigns behind each budget line in tabular form. [44023/20]

Question· writtenPQ 256asked

256. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when students who do not avail of the SUSI grant will receive the €250 Covid-19 payment; when arrangements for payment to students who do not avail of SUSI will be finalised; and if this cohort of students will receive it before Christmas. [44006/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

256. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when students who do not avail of the SUSI grant will receive the €250 Covid-19 payment; when arrangements for payment to students who do not avail of SUSI will be finalised; and if this cohort of students will receive it before Christmas. [44006/20]

Question· writtenPQ 255asked

255. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost if the budget for apprenticeship training increased by 8%. [43904/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

255. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost if the budget for apprenticeship training increased by 8%. [43904/20]

Question· writtenPQ 250asked

250. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase the standard and higher capitation rate for the ECCE scheme by increments of €2.50 up to €27.50 for the standard capitation rate. [43902/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

250. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost to increase the standard and higher capitation rate for the ECCE scheme by increments of €2.50 up to €27.50 for the standard capitation rate. [43902/20]

Question· writtenPQ 246asked

246. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider a person (details supplied) eligible for the ECCE scheme starting September 2021 on the basis of isolated expressive speech delay and in the context that starting the ECCE, for which they are ineligible on the basis of five days in 2021, will help prevent long-term developmental issues. [43726/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

246. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider a person (details supplied) eligible for the ECCE scheme starting September 2021 on the basis of isolated expressive speech delay and in the context that starting the ECCE, for which they are ineligible on the basis of five days in 2021, will help prevent long-term developmental issues. [43726/20]

Question· writtenPQ 202asked

202. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if her Department has carried out research on the unavailability of secondary school places in south County Kildare; the numbers on waiting lists; her plans to reduce these waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44097/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

202. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education if her Department has carried out research on the unavailability of secondary school places in south County Kildare; the numbers on waiting lists; her plans to reduce these waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44097/20]

Question· writtenPQ 201asked

201. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if additional funding will be put in place to recognise the additional heating and refuse costs for schools in 2020 and the lost income from room rental. [44086/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

201. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if additional funding will be put in place to recognise the additional heating and refuse costs for schools in 2020 and the lost income from room rental. [44086/20]

Question· writtenPQ 189asked

189. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 3 December 2019, if an investigation will be carried out as to the reason the information sought was not given in the reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44011/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

189. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 3 December 2019, if an investigation will be carried out as to the reason the information sought was not given in the reply; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44011/20]

Question· writtenPQ 188asked

188. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if her Department has completed research into identifying the supports needed by institutional abuse survivors who are no longer resident in Ireland. [43999/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

188. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if her Department has completed research into identifying the supports needed by institutional abuse survivors who are no longer resident in Ireland. [43999/20]

Question· writtenPQ 187asked

187. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made to ensure that all public service staff working in a customer-facing role and all medical staff receive trauma-informed training on the way to identify survivors of institutional abuse and support them. [43998/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

187. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the progress that has been made to ensure that all public service staff working in a customer-facing role and all medical staff receive trauma-informed training on the way to identify survivors of institutional abuse and support them. [43998/20]

Question· writtenPQ 184asked

184. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she plans to implement the recommendations of the Caranua report Facing the Future Together: Discussing Ireland’s Lifelong Responsibility to the Survivors of Institutional Abuse on additional supports for survivors of institutional abuse. [43995/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

184. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she plans to implement the recommendations of the Caranua report Facing the Future Together: Discussing Ireland’s Lifelong Responsibility to the Survivors of Institutional Abuse on additional supports for survivors of institutional abuse. [43995/20]

Question· writtenPQ 182asked

182. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education the stages of a typical school building project from beginning to end in tabular form; the steps involved in each of these phases; the timeline for a new permanent school building project (details supplied) in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43969/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

182. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Education the stages of a typical school building project from beginning to end in tabular form; the steps involved in each of these phases; the timeline for a new permanent school building project (details supplied) in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43969/20]

Question· writtenPQ 181asked

181. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the rental costs following the decision to place six specialist Portakabins on a site (details supplied); if rental costs for the overall site increased; if so, the amount by which they increased; if her Department examined alternative sites nearby to accommodate the Portakabins; if there is a cost differential between the two sites; if so, the amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43961/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

181. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the rental costs following the decision to place six specialist Portakabins on a site (details supplied); if rental costs for the overall site increased; if so, the amount by which they increased; if her Department examined alternative sites nearby to accommodate the Portakabins; if there is a cost differential between the two sites; if so, the amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43961/20]

Question· writtenPQ 175asked

175. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if there has been a recent study conducted on demand for and availability of secondary school places in an area (details supplied); if so, the projections from that research; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43777/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

175. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Education if there has been a recent study conducted on demand for and availability of secondary school places in an area (details supplied); if so, the projections from that research; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43777/20]

Question· writtenPQ 173asked

173. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education her views on the need for reform of school transport, with particular reference to the extent to which both the public and the private sectors contribute to the overall provision of transport; the funds available to them to do so; the extent to which the responsibility for school transport remains with the public or the private sector by way of percentage of the overall; if changes in the system are mooted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43770/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

173. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education her views on the need for reform of school transport, with particular reference to the extent to which both the public and the private sectors contribute to the overall provision of transport; the funds available to them to do so; the extent to which the responsibility for school transport remains with the public or the private sector by way of percentage of the overall; if changes in the system are mooted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43770/20]

Question· writtenPQ 172asked

172. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing prefab accommodation for a school (details supplied); the length of time she expects the teachers and students to be accommodated in same; and the reason there has been a delay in providing a permanent school building for the school. [43767/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

172. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing prefab accommodation for a school (details supplied); the length of time she expects the teachers and students to be accommodated in same; and the reason there has been a delay in providing a permanent school building for the school. [43767/20]

Question· writtenPQ 171asked

171. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of progress on the building of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the status of the tendering process; and the timeframe for completion of the build. [43766/20]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020

171. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of progress on the building of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the status of the tendering process; and the timeframe for completion of the build. [43766/20]

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