Written answers
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Department of Education and Skills
- School Staff
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is in receipt of email correspondence sent to him by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal regarding the issue of release day... - Capitation Grants
287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional capitation funding will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Third Level Fees
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he envisages extending the qualifying criteria for the payment of fees to third level education institutions for returning Irish masters and... - Defibrillators in Schools Provision
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with the Minister for Health to discuss installing defibrillators in schools here; if so, the date the meeting took place; the... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €29 million allocated to special needs as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of the allocation that has been spent; the... - School Curriculum
292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €5 million allocated to curriculum reform as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of the allocation that has been spent;... - School Staff
293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €4.5 million allocated to the reduction in staffing schedule at primary level as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of... - School Therapy Services
294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €2.5 million allocated to the ten additional national educational psychological services, NEPS, psychologists and new... - DEIS Expenditure
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €1.5 million allocated to delivering equality of opportunity in schools, DEIS, as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of... - School Guidance Counsellors
296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €2 million allocated to creating 100 new posts for career guidance and strengthening school leadership as outlined in... - Irish Language
297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €1 million allocated to the Irish language as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of the allocation that has been spent;... - Languages Programme
298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €4.5 million allocated to foreign languages, STEM school policy and digital learning programmes for schools as outlined... - Creative Ireland Programme
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €1 million allocated to Creative Ireland as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of the allocation that has been spent;... - National Training Fund
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €37 million allocated to the national training fund for the higher education provision of relevance to employers as... - Springboard Programme
303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €3 million allocated to Springboard as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of the allocation that has been spent; the... - National Training Fund
304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €3.5 million allocated to Skillnet as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of the allocation that has been spent; the way... - Skills Development
305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €1 million allocated to new expenditure on regional upskilling and reskilling as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of... - Schools Building Projects Expenditure
306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €20 million allocated to the school building programme as outlined in budget 2018; the amount of the allocation that has... - Apprenticeship Programmes
307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €8 million allocated to equipment and fit-out costs associated with the expansion of apprenticeship programmes as... - National Educational Psychological Service Data
308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPs recruited since May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24326/18] - Teachers' Professional Development
309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary school teachers who have completed SafeTALK and ASIST, applied suicide intervention skills training, courses... - Schools Establishment
310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his plans for the establishment of an Educate Together school in Westport; the steps which have been taken to date to establish the... - School Transport
311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of the remote area grant; the occasion on which it was last increased; his plans to increase it for the 2018/2019 school year; and if... - School Supervision and Substitution Scheme
312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps and actions he is taking to address the ongoing difficulty for schools to obtain substitute teachers; and if he will make a statement... - Social Media in Education
313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for schools or other organisations to provide safer social media alternatives to children and young persons. [24385/18] - Schools Establishment
314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 7 November 2017, the status of his plans to establish an Educate Together school in Leixlip; his... - Student Grants Data
315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of restoring higher education grant thresholds to pre-budget 2011 rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24425/18] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the special needs assistants provided to an organisation (details supplied) can be maintained at the current level rather than having two... - School Enrolments Data
317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the number of junior infants, senior infants and first classes in the primary system; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs Expenditure
319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the cost of a special needs assistant at primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24463/18] - School Funding
320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding funding for schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24511/18] - Student Grant Scheme Payments
321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the estimated cost of increasing the grant to reflect inflation rates and the consumer price index year-on-year; and if he will make a... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the estimated cost of reversing the budget 2011 decision to increase the SUSI grant non-adjacency qualifying distance from 24 km to 45... - Free Travel Scheme Data
323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the estimated cost of providing a free travel card to students in receipt of a grant or on the back-to-education allowance; and if he... - Teacher Training Provision
324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the estimated cost of paying 80% of the entry level rate to student teachers on placement; and if he will make a statement on the... - Schools Building Projects Status
325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of works for a school (details supplied); the completion date for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare can receive assistance with educational needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Building Projects Status
327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the school building project at a school (details supplied); and the year in which he expects the construction of the... - Third Level Staff
328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out in tabular form the expenditure in each of the years 2013 to 2017 by all third level institutions, respectively on property provision... - Traffic Management
329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to traffic management issues at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; his plans to offer assistance in... - Programme for Government Implementation
330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of the implementation of A Programme for a Partnership Government as it applies to his Department; and if he will make a... - Schools Building Projects Applications
331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application by a school (details supplied) for an extension will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24627/18] - Schools Site Acquisitions
332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the status of a request for permission by Longford Westmeath ETB to use its resources to acquire two acres from Longford County... - Oibreacha Feabhsúcháin do Scoileanna
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le ceist 157 an 28 Márta 2018, an bhfuil an fhaisnéis a bhí á lorg ag an Roinn faighte; an ndéanfaidh sé... - Capitation Grants
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his views on the capitation payments for primary schools in view of the discrepancy between the payments at primary and secondary... - Irish Language
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the estimated cost of extending the Gaeltacht school recognition schemes to preschools operating in the Gaeltacht. [24637/18] - Capitation Grants
338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to restore capitation funding to primary and post-primary schools as per the commitment in A Programme for a Partnership Government;... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special needs assistants, SNAs, are being removed from a number of children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Emergency Works Scheme Applications
340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Westmeath for works to be carried out; and if he will make a statement on... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the educational supports in place for children in the deaf community in County Mayo; the way in which this compares with other counties; his... - Schools Property
342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the type of intervention made to encourage the trustees of a school (details supplied) to provide access to the building's facilities for use by... - Apprenticeship Programmes
343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a recent report (details supplied) on the availability of skilled personnel for a sector; and if he will make a statement on the... - State Examinations Commission
344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the entitlements of a person (details supplied) in circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24723/18] - Schools Building Projects Data
345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the last new school planning area was added. [24732/18] - School Enrolments Data
349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the relevant departmental geographic information systems, GIS data, that is, enrolments and other relevant data which is... - School Curriculum
350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an exemption can be made in the case of a person (details supplied); the steps which need to be taken in order for this to be processed; and... - Student Universal Support Ireland
351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are other grants available, bar the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, partial grant; and if he will make a statement on the... - Third Level Expenditure
352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the payment of €3,000 a month by University College Cork, UCC, for rental accommodation for its president is an... - School Admissions
354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [24749/18] - Schools Building Projects Status
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a permanent building will be completed for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24763/18] - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will receive the necessary level of special needs assistant, SNA, support as advised by health professionals; and... - Schools Building Projects Administration
357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the definition of financial close stage for new school builds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24781/18] - Schools Building Projects Status
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence on site for a new school build for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Schools Facilities
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding supports that may be available to a secondary school in a DEIS area that wishes to convert an existing grass playing pitch to a 4G... - Insurance Costs
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason special schools are subject to increasing insurance premiums; and the steps he will take in this regard. [24797/18] - Tax Collection
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that all payments made by schools for services covered by relevant contracts tax, RCT, were correctly treated by those schools... - School Transport Availability
364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the services available to assist young adults with a disability such as a person (details supplied) who had been availing of school transport... - Schools Building Projects Applications
365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if authorisation has issued to the board of management of a school (details supplied) to commence the pre-qualification of contractors for the... - Schools Site Acquisitions
370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 186 of 24 April 2018, if there has been further progress with the site acquisition process; when a design... - Schools Building Projects Applications
371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the stage 2B report for a school (details supplied) has been approved; if the school has been authorised to invite expressions of interest... - Career Guidance Services
373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review of career guidance services in schools, higher education institutes and colleges of further education will include special schools;... - Schools Site Acquisitions
374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date on the site acquisition process that will identify the location of the new 1,000 pupil post-primary school to be... - Multidenominational Schools
376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in the absence of a co-educational, multidenominational, non-fee paying secondary school in the Dublin 8 and 12 catchment areas, these areas... - Schools Building Projects Status
377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to resolve the chronic shortage of primary school places in Kinsealy, Malahide and Portmarnock; and if he will make a... - School Accommodation Provision
382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to resolve the chronic shortage of primary school places in Skerries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Capitation Grants
391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an increase to the school capitation grant to primary schools in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a... - Technological Universities
392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position on the planned technological university for Munster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24969/18] - School Patronage
393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for considering a school (details supplied) as a candidate school for public consultation as part of the multidenominational and... - Summer Works Scheme
394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will be accepting new applications for the summer works scheme 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24999/18] - Minor Works Scheme
395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the minor works scheme with a view to providing the grant on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - School Catchment Areas
396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the catchment area for the new Educate Together school in Harold's Cross, Dublin 6; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children... - Special Educational Needs Service Provision
397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase funding for SNA provision in a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25010/18] - Multidenominational Schools
398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage plans are at for the proposed location and timeframe in providing a new Educate Together school for Arklow, County Wicklow as... - Gaeltacht Policy
399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the capacity of professional and administrative personnel within his Department including inspectors, psychologists, speech and language... - Third Level Admissions Assistance
400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a HEAR application will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25126/18] - Apprenticeship Programmes
401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in the development of a healthcare assistance apprentice programme an organisation (details supplied) will be centrally involved in the... - Oideachas Gaeilge
402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an dtabharfaidh sé freagra ar litir thíosluaite (sonraí tugtha); agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [25147/18] - Junior Cycle Reform
403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision has been made for students taking a junior certificate subject with a compulsory assessment component in which the subject is not... - Student Grant Scheme
407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available for a student (details supplied) who studies abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25169/18] - Legislative Measures
408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the sections and parts of all legislation brought forward by his Department in each of the past four years that have yet to be commenced; and if... - Summer Works Scheme
409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding to carry out renovations at a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25195/18] - Third Level Staff Remuneration
410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the remuneration packages for presidents of third level institutions in tabular form. [25196/18] - Schools Amalgamation
411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the policy document outlining the procedures relating to DEIS status and the amalgamation of national schools, particularly... - Schools Building Projects Status
412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding completion of a site acquisition and the process for commencing the pre-qualification process in respect of a school... - Adoptive Leave
415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision has been made for male teachers in a same-sex partnerships seeking adoptive leave from his Department. [25325/18] - Student Assistance Fund
418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the potential costs and considerations of setting up a student assistance fund specifically for the benefit of postgraduate students in view of... - Schools Refurbishment
419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contact he has had with a school (details supplied) in relation to works that need to be carried out; when the work is expected to start; and... - Schools Site Acquisitions
420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a proposed site for a school (details supplied); if a site has been purchased; if so, the details of the purchase; and if... - School Transport Provision
421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provision being made for school transport to convey children with disabilities and special needs to preschools that have the capacity and... - Schools Building Projects Applications
423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a funding application from a school (details supplied) for the replacement of prefabs to cater for a staff room, an additional special... - School Accommodation Provision
424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consequent to the carrying out of the M4-N4 corridor study pertaining to the provision of secondary school accommodation, if a further... - Student Grant Scheme Eligibility
425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the current residency criteria for access to the SUSI grant from three to two of the past five years. [25454/18] - Student Grant Scheme Expenditure
426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of assessing all students aged 18 to 23 years of age, that is, not exclusively those estranged from their parents, as... - School Transport Eligibility
427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to refuse school transport in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the... - School Catchment Areas
428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the catchment area for the new Harold's Cross secondary school will be extended to include the Dublin 8 and 12 areas in which there are two... - Junior Cycle Reform
429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department halved the junior cycle management resource hours available to schools for the 2018/2019 school year (details... - Departmental Funding
430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's capital allocation in each of the years 2019 to 2023; and the areas to which funds will be allocated in each of those years.... - Schools Building Projects Status
431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of schools projects that were to be delivered by way of PPP with a company (details supplied). [25585/18] - Site Acquisitions
433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the transfer of land from South Dublin County Council to his Department; and the progress that has been made in relation to... - School Patronage
434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new system for the awarding of a patronage to schools will be finalised in view of findings that the Education Act 1998 had been... - Site Acquisitions
435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans to secure a permanent site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25603/18] - Special Educational Needs Staff
436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a school (details supplied) is having its special needs assistant withdrawn, leaving the school with none despite the fact there are... - Schools Building Projects
437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if officials from his Department will agree to meet the board of management of a school (details supplied) to discuss its request for a new... - Ministerial Meetings
438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to have a bilateral meeting with his US counterpart, Ms. Betsy DeVos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25666/18] - School Accommodation
439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional school accommodation application by a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25681/18] - Site Acquisitions
441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site for a new school (details supplied) in Dún Laoghaire will be urgently progressed; the status of progress to date; and if he will... - EU Data
442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the EU fines paid in each of the years 2015 to 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25731/18]
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