Results 7,721-7,740 of 11,500 for speaker:Gerry Adams

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 513. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the percentage reduction in times for one-to-one counselling; the number of non-guidance staff who are carrying out guidance counselling functions in schools in counties Louth and Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25892/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that one-to-one time allocation in guidance counselling is fundamental in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25893/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on making it mandatory that career guidance counsellors form part of staffing for post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25894/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views that her Department is meeting its obligation under the Education Act 1998 with regard to guidance counsellor provision; if additional resources will be allocated in the upcoming budget for guidance counselling; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25895/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has examined in detail the role played by guidance teachers and counsellors who are employed in schools to provide assistance to pupils regarding their personal health and mental health issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25896/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 518. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to reverse the deterioration of guidance counselling services in schools; if her Department has engaged with service providers who have noted the negative impact it has had; her plans to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25897/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools she is aware of in counties Louth and Meath that are unable to provide sufficient guidance counselling services from within their current teaching allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25898/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of career guidance teachers in counties Louth and Meath working in each of the secondary schools and post-leaving certificate colleges; the number of students in each college; the number five years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25899/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of career guidance teachers working in each of the secondary schools and post-leaving certificate colleges; the number of students in each college; the number five years ago; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25900/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reinstating the previous policy on the allocation of guidance counsellors to schools, on a basis of one per 500 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25901/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the average class size in all primary schools. [26262/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the average class size in all schools under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme. [26263/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 546. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the cost of reducing the staffing schedule in primary schools by one point, two points, three points, four points, and five points; and the number of additional teachers required to address each point reduction. [26264/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the pupil-teacher ratio in primary and secondary schools for each of the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26265/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the average class size in primary schools for the each of the years 2011 to 2014 and for 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26266/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 549. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on reducing class sizes in primary schools to the European Union average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26267/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of reversing cuts to the capitation grants for primary and post primary schools; her plans to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26268/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on reducing the threshold for the appointment of administrative principals in primary schools to 170, 160, and 150 pupils; the cost of reducing the threshold for administrative principals to 170, 160, and 150 pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26269/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on additional release days for teaching principals in primary schools; the cost of increasing the current allocation to one day per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26270/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Psychological Services (30 Jun 2015)

Gerry Adams: 553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of psychologists employed by the National Educational Psychological Service on 1 January in each year from 2011 to 2015; the hours allocated to each county; and the costs in providing same. [26271/15]