Results 1,061-1,080 of 5,087 for speaker:Kathleen Funchion

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (11 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teaching positions which would be required in primary schools to restore the appointment figures for the third and fourth mainstream teacher to the level they were at in 2010, that is, 49 and 81. [23512/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (11 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools which had a teaching staff of one, two or three teachers in 2010 and which have since closed following the increase in the appointment figures. [23513/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (11 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools which have total teacher numbers (details supplied). [23514/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (11 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 15 May 2019, if a passport will be returned to such a person upon request. [23511/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (13 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide compensation to qualified teachers who have returned from working abroad and have been paid on a further education basis since their return due to not being registered with the Teaching Council through no fault of their own as a result of a backlog of applications with the Teaching Council; his views on whether teachers who...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Refuges Provision (13 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 191. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 609 of 21 May 2019, the reason no specific budget for counselling services is being provided for a refuge (details supplied); the alternative sources of funding she recommends the refuge to apply for in order that it can continue to provide critical and essential services to vulnerable women and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (13 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in the medical review in social welfare cases such as carer’s allowance, domiciliary care allowance, invalidity pension and disability in which it is taking up to 26 weeks for the review to take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24697/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (18 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for cutting the number of special needs assistants, SNAs, from a school (details supplied) from 3.5 to 3.2 for September 2019; if he and the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, will urgently review the proposal in order that incoming children for September 2019 in need of vital physical, communication and behavioural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank the delegates for their presentations. I wish to pick up on two points which have been addressed. On community education, I fully support the call by Aontas for an exemption and I am not sure if that is something we can do as a committee. We can use the opportunity now to say directly to the Department, since it is represented here, that definitely community education providers...

Community Policing and Rural Crime: Motion (20 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I welcome the report and the opportunity to speak on it. Most of my constituency is quite rural and over the last number of years, like everywhere throughout the State, we have seen a massive increase in crime. Some of this is what might be termed "small crimes" such as garden tools being stolen and oil being taken. Many people live in that reality every single day and are targeted time...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Establishment (25 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans in place for an additional secondary school in eastern areas of Kilkenny city in order to meet the high demand for secondary school places for the 2019-20 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26791/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Establishment (25 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: My question is related to the demand for secondary school places, particularly in Kilkenny city. It is an issue we come across every year. What are the Minister's plans to open an additional secondary school in the eastern part of Kilkenny city to meet the high demand for secondary school places?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Establishment (25 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: I had a feeling the Minister would respond on those lines. I raised this for several reasons. First, there is a large population on the east of Kilkenny city. The Minister raised housing, which is something that I was going to bring up. The has been more development of houses there, which is very welcome and, hopefully, it will be allocated by September, but it will increase the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Schools Establishment (25 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: The issue has become more prevalent in recent years. I welcome the Minister's statement that it will be kept under review but we will keep raising it. Schools in Kilkenny city are fully subscribed and even have waiting lists. People are also having to travel outside the city and then encounter the problem of school transport where they are seen as having chosen a school that is not closest...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Back to School Costs (25 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce back to school costs for the 2019-20 school year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26615/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the number of language units is being decreased rather than increased (details supplied); the policy in place regarding the continuation of language units; his plans for a new type of provision replacing the current model; the level of provision of education services for children with a diagnosis of developmental language disorder;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address school transport issues, particularly in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, regarding the nearest school rule; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26616/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason in the recent SNA allocation announcement of May 2019 that SNA allocations to schools were cut rather than increased in schools in which both teachers and principals were recommending and requesting an increase; the number of schools nationally that experienced a decrease in the number of SNAs and SNA hours granted for the 2019-20...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the guidelines for new school builds; if new school build plans must include an autism spectrum condition class in the building being adhered to; the way in which the stipulation is being monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26617/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Contributory) (25 Jun 2019)

Kathleen Funchion: 703. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason after the consideration of the home caring period of a person (details supplied) the pension rate remained unchanged. [26206/19]