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Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that will be given the option of using grant aid to build a new classroom rather than renting a prefabricated building in 2012; and the number of schools that were given this option in each year between 2007 and 2011. [14478/12]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the savings he estimates for 2012 on prefabricated buildings; and the breakdown of savings made in relation to spending on prefabricated buildings for each year between 2007 and 2011. [14479/12]

Written Answers — School Accommodation: School Accommodation (14 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 70: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to completely end the practice of using prefabricated buildings; and when he expects this practice to end; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14480/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (14 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if specific education grants are available for members of a group (details supplied); if assistance is not available at present, if he will ensure this proposal is given detailed and favourable consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14505/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (14 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the provision of a new second-level school in Dublin (details supplied); if a sufficient site has been acquired for the provision of the school; if so, if the site is owned by his Department; when the project is likely to proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14566/12]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 186: To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in relation to the provision of adequate general practitioner services at a centre (details supplied) in County Cavan; if this issue will be resolved without further delay due to the concerns of the local community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14501/12]

Written Answers — Disadvantaged Areas Scheme: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the 2012 disadvantaged area scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14633/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 209: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review as a matter of urgency the serious loss of teachers at a school (details supplied) in County Waterford; if this decision will be reviewed in view of the serious challenge facing this school with the proposed loss of staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15810/12]

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the full breakdown of cuts to the pay of new entrants to the teaching professions in recent years including cuts to qualification allowances in budget 2012; the amount by which their new entrants' pay has fallen sine 2009; his views regarding the impact on educational standards as a result of these continuing cuts;...

Written Answers — Teachers' Remuneration: Teachers' Remuneration (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 140: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide up-to-date details of the way the pay of new entrants to the teaching profession compares to that in other EU countries following a number of cuts in recent years including cuts in budget 2012 to qualification allowances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15313/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the estimated expenditure in each year for the next years of the new schools building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15314/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 142: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he spent his entire capital budget in 2011; if any of this capital budget was carried over into the new capital budget for 2012 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15315/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 143: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full list of new schools building projects announced in the school building programme 2012-16 but not including schools that have been announced in previous school building programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15316/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 144: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in regard to schools that have not been included in the schools building list 2012-16, they will have to wait another five years to submit an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15317/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money being allocated in each year over the next five years for repair and maintenance works in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15318/12]

Written Answers — School Staffing: School Staffing (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views that sufficient numbers of teachers will be provided over the next five years to meet the increase on the number of school places provided for in the new school building programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15319/12]

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the ways in which he has brought greater transparency to the new schools building programme for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15320/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 200: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage of a proposed building project for a school in Dublin (details supplied); when the project will proceed to the next stage; the likely timescale for this project to progress to construction stage in view of the fact that it is not included in the Department's recently published five year programme; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Higher Education Grants: Higher Education Grants (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 201: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will give detailed consideration to the concerns outlined by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the criteria for higher education grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15802/12]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2012)

Brendan Smith: Question 202: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the proposal to provide a new school building (details supplied) in County Dublin; when this project is likely to proceed to the next stage; the likely timescale for the project to reach construction stage in view of the fact that it is not included in his recently published five year programme; and if...