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DÁIL ÉIREANN Déardaoin, 1 Iúil, 2021 Thursday, 1st July, 2021 CEISTEANNA QUESTIONS 49 DÁIL ÉIREANN 2989 Déardaoin, 1 Iúil, 2021 Thursday, 1st July, 2021 CEISTEANNA I gCOMHAIR FREAGRA Ó BHÉAL QUESTIONS FOR ORAL ANSWER CEISTEANNA AR SONRAÍODH UAIN DÓIBH QUESTIONS NOMINATED FOR PRIORITY Chun an Aire Oideachais: To the Minister for Education. 1. To ask the Minister for Education the way she will address the longstanding shortage of school transport places across the State; if she has engaged in capacity planning; and her views on whether it will be possible that each child who wants a place on a bus will receive a place. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35282/21] 2. To ask the Minister for Education the steps she has taken to achieve pay equality and pension entitlements for school secretaries in accordance with the commitments given by Government. — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35283/21] 3. To ask the Minister for Education if she will include the CHO1 area in the extension of the pilot of the school inclusion model. — Marian Harkin. [35291/21] CEISTEANNA EILE OTHER QUESTIONS Chun an Aire Oideachais: To the Minister for Education. 4. To ask the Minister for Education her plans to increase the provision of multi-use sports halls in primary and post-primary schools; the annual allocations approved nationally for multiuse sports halls, general purpose halls and physical education facilities from 2019; the details of similar projects in County Mayo currently under consideration by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Alan Dillon. [35173/21] 5. To ask the Minister for Education the status of a school development (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. — James O’Connor. [35270/21] 6. To ask the Minister for Education if the consultation process in relation to the DEIS programme will be completed at an early date in view of the need to give further consideration to the applications from schools for inclusion in the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [35308/21] 7. To ask the Minister for Education the progress of a permanent building for a school (details supplied). — Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire. [35382/21] 8. To ask the Minister for Education the number of engagements that have taken place with the landowner of a proposed new school site (details supplied), if there has been engagement P.T.O 2990 with Council planners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aindrias Moynihan. [35347/21] 9. To ask the Minister for Education if she will consider a review of the structure of the leaving certificate examinations to look at the longer term changes that can be made to lessen the stress of the examinations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [34793/21] 10. To ask the Minister for Education if it will be possible for school recreation facilities to be used for community purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Pádraig O’Sullivan. [35257/21] 11. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019; her plans to proceed with the Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [34788/21] 12. To ask the Minister for Education the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get assistive technology assistance to help with their education going forward. — Niamh Smyth. [35110/21] 13. To ask the Minister for Education her plans to further support digital online learning for primary and secondary schools including to develop a new digital strategy for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Niamh Smyth. [35401/21] 14. To ask the Minister for Education the expected capacity on buses within the school transport service in September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Denis Naughten. [35167/21] 15. To ask the Minister for Education her position on the choice of devices selected by secondary schools for students; and if guidelines around type, costs and usage of same will be further developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Bríd Smith. [34945/21] 16. To ask the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the loss of a teaching post in a school (details supplied) since the 2019-2020 school year that resulted in an increase in class size due to the amalgamation of classes; if she will review this decision in view of the Programme for Government commitment to reduce class sizes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Steven Matthews. [35174/21] 17. To ask the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the current flexible grading for future leaving certificate students up to at least 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Kathleen Funchion. [35281/21] 18. To ask the Minister for Education her plans to provide additional education facilities at both primary and post primary level in Dublin 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Paul McAuliffe. [35329/21] 19. To ask the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 824 of 15 June 2021, the status of the promised review of the policy on reading classes and schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Catherine Connolly. [35376/21] 20. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais céard é an próiséas ar faoi a dhéanfar cinneadh maidir leis an moladh atá ann dhá shonraíocht éagsúla T1 agus T2 a bheith ann do shiollabas Ghaeilge na 2991 hArdteistiméireachta; cén uair a dhéanfar an cinneadh sin; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. — Éamon Ó Cuív. [34176/21] 21. To ask the Minister for Education if a decision and plan will be put in place in relation to the way that leaving certificate 2022 will be held over the coming weeks in order that teachers, students and parents will know the position when they return to school in September 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Aodhán Ó Ríordáin. [34787/21] 22. To ask the Minister for Education if plans for the delivery of a school (details supplied) can be expedited given the pressing need for additional school places in Rush, County Dublin. — Louise O’Reilly. [35272/21] 23. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the progression of capital building works that are currently underway and those that are applied for in County Clare. — Cathal Crowe. [35275/21] 24. To ask the Minister for Education the options available to the board of a school (details supplied) to retain its fourth classroom teacher; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Joe Carey. [34568/21] 25. To ask the Minister for Education the protection of grade inflation that is anticipated in 2021, if any in leaving certificate results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [35408/21] 26. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the commencement of a school building project (details supplied) which is due to commence on 1 July 2021; if this is the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — John Lahart. [35116/21] 27. Chun a fhiafraí den Aire Oideachais cad iad na céimeanna a ghlacfaidh sí chun a chinntiú go mbeidh go leor múinteoirí nua-cháilithe ann a mbeidh Gaeilge den chaighdeán is gá acu chun gur féidir leo freastal ar riachtanais bhunscoileanna an Stáit. — Aengus Ó Snodaigh. [35286/21] 28. To ask the Minister for Education the reason that quotas on primary school teacher training are applied to public institutes of higher education but not private colleges; the steps she is taking to rectify the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Rose Conway-Walsh. [35407/21] 29. To ask the Minister for Education the progress to date in finalising the consultation process in relation to the DEIS programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Smith. [35307/21] 30. To ask the Minister for Education her Department’s plans for the leaving certificate 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Brendan Griffin. [35294/21] 31. To ask the Minister for Education if she will report on plans to restructure the leaving certificate examinations given the substantial loss in face to face teaching time in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Mick Barry. [34792/21] 32. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the strands of the summer provision programme in 2021; the details of measures to increase participation on account of exceptional P.T.O 2992 challenges posed by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. [35108/21] 33. To ask the Minister for Education the supports provided to Irish language schools to promote the use of Irish, including strengthening of partnerships between schools and Gaeltacht communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Dara Calleary. [35400/21] 34. To ask the Minister for Education if clarity will be provided on the future of the leaving certificate grading process; and if the practice of school profiling will resume post-pandemic. — Peadar Tóibín. [34498/21] 35. To ask the Minister for Education the status of the school transport review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. — Michael Moynihan. [35406/21] 36. To ask the Minister for Education the policy on mental health support services in primary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter.