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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 689: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff working in the school planning and building unit of her Department; if she will provide a breakdown of areas of responsibility for those working in that unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31200/10]

Written Answers — Education Grants: Education Grants (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 690: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of maintenance grant applications received for the 2009/2010 year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31201/10]

Written Answers — Vocational Education Committees: Vocational Education Committees (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 691: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a memorandum on the aggregation of vocational education committees has been presented to Government; the action she will take on foot of this memorandum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31202/10]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 693: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that will engage in project maths from September 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31204/10]

Written Answers — School Curriculum: School Curriculum (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 694: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that have received training in the delivery of project maths to date in 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31205/10]

Written Answers — Teaching Qualifications: Teaching Qualifications (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 695: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers or schools that have requested professional development or other support under the new arrangements for underperforming teachers; the support that has been provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31206/10]

Written Answers — International Education: International Education (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 697: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills when an action plan for international education will be finalised and published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31208/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Strategy Statements: Departmental Strategy Statements (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 698: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made in delivering on smart economy proposals relating to the education sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31209/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 699: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of new applications for an extension or school building that were received by her Department in the last school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31210/10]

Written Answers — State Examinations: State Examinations (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 700: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that sat the voluntary oral Irish student examination in 2010; the number of schools that provided the opportunity for students to prepare for the exam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31211/10]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 701: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the level of broadband connectivity of schools; the number of schools that have access to high speed broadband; the number of schools that have access to satellite connections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31212/10]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Status: Disadvantaged Status (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 702: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills if a review of DEIS schools has been completed; when this review will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31213/10]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 703: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of boards of management that have to date requested an external review of a teacher's performance by the chief inspector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31214/10]

Written Answers — FÁS Training Programmes: FÁS Training Programmes (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 747: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in identifying courses which were run by FÁS where results were deemed to have been manipulated; the number and location and cost of such courses and the companies or sub-contractors involved; the action that has been taken; if any such companies have been removed from the national register; if any...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 748: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of reports commissioned by her Department in the past five years; the number commissioned and not published on her website; the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31658/10]

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (8 Jul 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 749: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the commitments in the Programme for Government 2007 that fall under her responsibility; the position regarding each of these commitments; if they have been achieved; if not, the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31670/10]

Remuneration in Universities (29 Sep 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 100: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the date and the way in which her attention was drawn to the fact that some universities were sanctioning allowances and bonuses without her sanction; the action that she has taken on this matter; the action her predecessors took on this matter; if she will take steps to recover these moneys; if she will ensure that...

Remuneration in Universities (29 Sep 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Is it not a fact that the Department of Education and Skills and the Higher Education Authority has known about this issue going back to 1997? Is it not a fact that the Comptroller and Auditor General's special report into this matter makes that exceptionally clear? Is it not a fact also that successive Ministers for Education have refused to deal with this issue? When there is a troika of...

Remuneration in Universities (29 Sep 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: That job of work is being done in exceptionally good measure by many of the same universities which are in the top 100 by international standards and more power to them. What is happening here is that people in these universities, who are in the public sector, are getting away with murder and the Government is letting them away with it. This goes back to 1997; the Department and the Higher...

Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Fergus O'Dowd: Question 102: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the nature of the audit findings into FÁS funding to date; when the latest audit by the European Commission into the use of funds by FÁS will be finalised; the public funds that have been returned to the European Commission to date; when it will be known whether any further public funds will need to be refunded;...