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Question· writtenPQ 170asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020
170. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a refund or credit will be extended to pupils whose school bus tickets have been issued only in recent weeks and who have been charged for the full term up to the Christmas break. [43713/20]
Question· writtenPQ 169asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020
169. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Education her plans to implement the recommendations of the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution in respect of sex education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43649/20]
Question· writtenPQ 168asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020
168. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education if contact has been made with the local authority or other relevant Department toward the alleviation of the serious traffic congestion in the town of Celbridge, County Kildare, in the context of replacement facilities for a school (details supplied) given that resolution for same was made a prelude to the provision of new schools or extension to existing schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43637/20]
Question· writtenPQ 167asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020
167. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education if she will consider amending the current public health Covid-19 guidance to ensure that the HSE informs school principals of positive Covid-19 cases, regardless of parental consent, to help protect teachers and other students in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43630/20]
Question· writtenPQ 166asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2020
166. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the specific educational supports available to Syrian refugee children as part of the resettlement programme; the in-classroom supports available such as SNAs and so on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43621/20]
Question· writtenPQ 626asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
626. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of times a student nurse has been rostered to work a shift of eight hours or greater since 19 October 2020, by hospital by one hour increments in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43485/20]
Question· writtenPQ 516asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
516. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Health his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding wearing masks during physical education in secondary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43027/20]
Question· writtenPQ 496asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
496. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the payment of travel allowances which are owed to student nurses from placements which took place almost one year ago; and if these allowances will be paid without further delay. [42923/20]
Question· writtenPQ 425asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
425. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the decline in numbers of apprenticeship entrants to full-time education courses as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43564/20]
Question· writtenPQ 424asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
424. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of full-time further education students by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43563/20]
Question· writtenPQ 423asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
423. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if financial support will be given to a person (details supplied) in the high-risk category for Covid-19 who is taking part in an online masters degree course and has been refused a SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43558/20]
Question· writtenPQ 422asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
422. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the rationale for charging fees of over €15,000 per year for graduate entry medicine courses, which means that many students who finish the course leave university with loans of up to €100,000, and in turn results in emigration and exacerbates staff shortages in medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43423/20]
Question· writtenPQ 421asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
421. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will examine a payment or bursary system to ensure that nursing and midwifery graduates are not graduating with high levels of debt given the high level of emigration by graduate nurses and midwives; if he will address the lower level of pay for these graduates compared to graduates of other healthcare disciplines with whom many of them share classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43422/20]
Question· writtenPQ 420asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
420. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will establish a payment or bursary system for students of nursing and midwifery in the interests of encouraging more students to study nursing and midwifery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43417/20]
Question· writtenPQ 419asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
419. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports in place for students attending third level institutions for the first time, who may be struggling to adjust to the lack of college and course interaction due to current restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43356/20]
Question· writtenPQ 418asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
418. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if third level institutions will provide refunds to students for which courses are now being delivered online for the 2020 to 2021 academic year; if he has had discussions with the institutions on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42228/20]
Question· writtenPQ 417asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
417. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if third-level institutions will provide rent refunds to students in on-campus accommodation for which courses are now being delivered online for the 2020-2021 academic year; if he has had discussions with the institutions on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42227/20]
Question· writtenPQ 416asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
416. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, in relation to SUSI grants, a student who qualified for the special rate support grant in their first year on an undergraduate course can be subsequently removed from this rate if their parent comes off the qualifying payment (details supplied); if this can happen regardless of the household’s income, which continues to be under €24,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43286/20]
Question· writtenPQ 415asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
415. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the independently appointed consultants conducting the economic evaluation of the funding options presented in the report of the Expert Group on Future Funding for Higher Education under the European Commission DG Reform Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43285/20]
Question· writtenPQ 414asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
414. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures and supports that have been put in place for third-level students with dyslexia and other conditions that secured them supports at second level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43284/20]
Question· writtenPQ 413asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
413. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports in place for postgraduate students given Covid-19 regulations around face-to-face learning, and in particular if institutions will consider a refund of fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43045/20]
Question· writtenPQ 412asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
412. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 697 of 1 December 2020, if students who had to return to college in order to carry out placements (details supplied) which were cancelled due to Covid-19 and have not had to pay fees for 2020 are included in the small number of cases in which alternative arrangements will be made for the payment of the moneys to students given the disruption caused to them in having to return to college due to Covid-19. [43040/20]
Question· writtenPQ 411asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
411. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when universities will implement his policy statement of 6 December 2020 (details supplied) that any college-owned accommodation refunds should be provided for; if such rent refunds will be backdated; if so, the date from which they will be backdated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42944/20]
Question· writtenPQ 410asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
410. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if postgraduate students are eligible to receive the €250 once off payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42859/20]
Question· writtenPQ 409asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
409. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if students living here and attending university in Northern Ireland who are not in receipt of the SUSI grant are eligible to receive the €250 once off grant; if so, the way in which a student (details supplied) can apply for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42858/20]
Question· writtenPQ 408asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
408. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the technological university resources will now be rebalanced to align with the aspirations of Project Ireland 2040 to support regional growth given that the university sector has grown by 40% since 2000 and the institute of technology sector has grown by 3% which is feeding the perception that Dublin, with its multiple universities, is sucking the life out of the rest of the country. [43568/20]
Question· writtenPQ 407asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
407. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has finalised the agreement with colleges in the UK to ensure that Irish students do not have to pay higher fees or be considered as international students if they apply to UK colleges for courses, including postgraduate courses for 2021 to 2022, due to Brexit. [43552/20]
Question· writtenPQ 406asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
406. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason students are unable to claim the normal holiday allowance from SUSI when applying for the student grant scheme if they were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment during the Easter, summer and Christmas 2020 holiday periods , given it is a payment in lieu of working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42978/20]
Question· writtenPQ 384asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
384. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection her views on the new youth guarantee; her plans and intended deadlines to ensure those under 29 years of age can receive an offer of employment, education, traineeship or apprenticeship within a period of four months of becoming unemployed or leaving formal education, as committed to under the new youth guarantee (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41672/20]
Question· writtenPQ 348asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
348. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Education the progress made on the issuing of a tender for the development of a school (details supplied); the associated timescales for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43529/20]
Question· writtenPQ 347asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
347. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education if a commitment will be given and initiated to ensure remote learning options for school children who are living with a person in the very high risk category also referred to as extremely vulnerable for Covid-19 in 2021 as a strategy for mitigating the risk of transmission from festive gatherings and following ECDC suggestions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43527/20]
Question· writtenPQ 346asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
346. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education her plans to address the needs of the pupils who currently attend a unit at a school (details supplied) considering the plans to close this unit in 2021; if she will examine the feasibility to keep this unit open; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43487/20]
Question· writtenPQ 345asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
345. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Education the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43478/20]
Question· writtenPQ 344asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
344. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of a school capital project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43474/20]
Question· writtenPQ 343asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
343. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Education the status of and time frame for the site acquisition, planning and start of the new school for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43473/20]
Question· writtenPQ 342asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
342. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education if she will amend a circular based on circumstances (details supplied). [43458/20]
Question· writtenPQ 341asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
341. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite the additional accommodation application by a school (details supplied) that has been with her Department since 2016 waiting for approval given the oversubscription of post-primary schools in Drogheda, County Louth. [43439/20]
Question· writtenPQ 340asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
340. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education when a person (details supplied) will receive their payment under the school transport grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43366/20]
Question· writtenPQ 339asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
339. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Education the status of plans for the replacement of primary school facilities at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43281/20]
Question· writtenPQ 338asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
338. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education the basis on which private operators are selected for the provision of school transport; the calculation of rates offered based on the €135 million allocation from her Department; the methodology applying to the overall selection criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43275/20]
Question· writtenPQ 337asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
337. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the efforts made to ensure that issues pertaining to site acquisition to facilitate the new building for a school (details supplied) are resolved; the expected date for completion of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43269/20]
Question· writtenPQ 336asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
336. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the inclusion of a phone line message system on the payroll telephone number of her Department to inform callers of the other options, for example, e-mail contact details for obtaining information on payroll issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43255/20]
Question· writtenPQ 335asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
335. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Education when the autism spectrum disorder class which has been sanctioned for a school (details supplied) will commence. [43128/20]
Question· writtenPQ 334asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
334. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education the cost of putting on extra school buses in response to Covid-19; if she will consider keeping the extra buses allocated in order to deal with the extra demand for services which takes place each September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43099/20]
Question· writtenPQ 333asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
333. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education the reason the sibling-first policies have been removed from some primary schools and in particular a school (details supplied). [43026/20]
Question· writtenPQ 332asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
332. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education if she will address the matter regarding ensuring access to the ex gratia scheme and the publication of the action plan regarding these issues which survivors have been seeking since the ECHR judgement on 28 January 2014; when the report will be published; when exactly the survivors will be able to access the remedy and relief programme with specific reference to future protection of Irish school-going children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42994/20]
Question· writtenPQ 331asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
331. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the amount her Department has spent on prefabs at a school (details supplied); the number that were purchased; when they were purchased; the number that are rented; the date from which they have been rented; the site availability there is for expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42987/20]
Question· writtenPQ 330asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
330. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the age of the prefabs at a school (details supplied); the lifespan of the prefabs; if her attention has been drawn to maintenance problems and the fact that some of the prefabs are not watertight; if she will arrange for an inspection of the school buildings and a subsequent report on the adequacy of these buildings for children being cared for and educated there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42986/20]
Question· writtenPQ 329asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
329. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the way in which she plans to provide for the 40 children in a school (details supplied) in addition to the 15 who are waiting for classes; the way in which they are currently being provided for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42985/20]
Question· writtenPQ 328asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2020
328. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the amount her Department has spent on a school (details supplied) since its inception on site development, site rental, rental of prefabs and all ancillary services; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no further capacity on the site for expansion; if there is projected unmet need in Celbridge in 2021 and 2022 for same; if so, the way in which it is planned to provide for the unmet need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42984/20]