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

Brian Hayes: Question 1428: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to expand the number of adult literacy training places by 4,000 on top of the extra 3,000 places put in place in 2007. [47986/08]

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

Brian Hayes: Question 1429: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the Programme for Government to increase the number of places on the back to education initiative to 10,000 and expand the vocational training opportunities scheme. [47987/08]

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

Brian Hayes: Question 1430: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to further increase third level participation rates, with a special focus on persons from disadvantaged areas. [47990/08]

Written Answers — Third Level Fees: Third Level Fees (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1431: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to introduce a new system of means-tested free fees for approved part-time courses. [47991/08]

Written Answers — Third Level Education: Third Level Education (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1432: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to promote more explicit arrangements for student transfer between institutes of technology and universities and open new routes of access from the further education sector to third level sector. [47992/08]

Written Answers — Higher Education Capital Investments: Higher Education Capital Investments (27 Jan 2009)

Brian Hayes: Question 1433: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the progress in regard to the commitment given in the programme for Government to provide a multi-annual capital fund of €2 billion for higher education institutions to support investment in the development of modern campus facilities with leading edge teaching and learning infrastructure. [47993/08]

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...