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Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1434: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to appoint two student representatives to each of the Higher Education Authority and the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland. [47994/08]

Written Answers — Teacher Training: Teacher Training (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1436: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to ensure that all teachers and assistants have access to specialist training. [47996/08]

Written Answers — Adult Education: Adult Education (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1437: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress made in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide for improved access to lifelong learning for adults with disabilities. [47997/08]

Written Answers — School Discipline: School Discipline (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1443: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that under a recent change to the code of behaviour guidelines distributed by his Department in terms of the conduct of pupils in schools, the practice of asking a parent to come to the school to remove their disruptive child has been discontinued in favour of an automatic suspension of that child in terms of a...

Written Answers — Educational Disadvantage: Educational Disadvantage (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1444: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of post primary schools which have disadvantaged area status, that will lose a full post as a result of the budget 2009 cutbacks; if he will confirm that these schools are ostensibly in non-DEIS areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48046/08]

Written Answers — School Evaluations: School Evaluations (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1445: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average length of time it takes for each primary and post-primary school to have a whole school evaluation; the average time-lag between one whole school evaluation and another whole school evaluation in terms of the primary and post-primary sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48047/08]

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1465: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of retired officials and inspectors from his Department who have been appointed to various boards in which his Department can make such appointments; the number of appointments made in each year over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1065/09]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1484: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the new materials in terms of textbooks and so on which will be provided for use by teachers and students in the context of the project maths initiative which he recently announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1135/09]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1486: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the amount project maths as an initiative will cost his Department over the next three years; the amount set aside for the purposes of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1137/09]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1487: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the way it will be possible to introduce the new teaching methodologies in the context of project maths, when only 24 of the total number of post-primary schools here will have access to this piloted project in phase one; the way this can be tested when the course itself can not be changed for at least three years; and if he will...

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1485: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if he will confirm that the 5,900 maths teachers here will undergo in-service training in each of the three strands to be introduced under the project maths initiative and that this in-service training will take place during school time; the cost to his Department of such in-service training; the person who will pay for this, if it...

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1497: To ask the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 261 of 11 December 2008, if the savings to his Department in 2009 in respect of the change in the staffing schedule at primary and post-primary equates to a saving of between €20 to €24 million in a full year. [1200/09]

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1518: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the extra information requested and promised in Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 18 December 2007 regarding medical students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1337/09]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1574: To ask the Minister for Education and Science if a system has been put into operation within his Department which allows students who submit various projects as part of their junior or leaving certificate examination to receive those projects back from the State Examinations Commission when they have received their total mark in the relevant State examination; his views on the...

Written Answers — Detention Centres: Detention Centres (18 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 25: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position with regard to the development of the proposed new national child detention facility for young offenders at Lusk, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47162/08]

Written Answers — Public Order Offences: Public Order Offences (18 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of anti-social behaviour orders deployed to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47506/08]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (18 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 189: To ask the Minister for Transport the discussions that have been taking place between his Department and CIÉ in view of the financial difficulties facing CIÉ; if he expects services to be reduced or jobs to be lost in CIÉ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47503/08]

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (18 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 203: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí who will be devoted to community policing in the Dublin region by the end of December 2008; the number at the end of December 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47504/08]

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (18 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 205: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of gardaí operational in Dublin 1 and Dublin 3 by the end of 2008; the same details for end of 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47507/08]

Written Answers — Garda Operations: Garda Operations (18 Dec 2008)

Brian Hayes: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions that have been made due to the confiscation of mobile phones in prisons here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47508/08]