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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Correspondence (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the correspondence he has received from the chief executive of the Higher Education Authority regarding governance, human resources and financial practices in the University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24924/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Exchange Scheme (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's work on setting up a relocation panel for permanent primary school teachers who need to relocate but do not wish to resign their position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24925/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of each accreditation and co-ordination of English language services and schools (details supplied) capacity which is left empty in order to assure they have enough capacity to honour ACELS/MEI’s learner protection scheme should the need arise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24926/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department’s role in the regulation of an association (details supplied) in particular the leaner protection scheme of the association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24927/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Quality and Qualifications Ireland Administration (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the implementation of the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012 in particular his Department's engagement with Quality and Qualifications Ireland regarding the implementation schedule for the international education mark, IEM; the status of its recruitment of inspectors for the IEM; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the uptake in the number of apprenticeships by females; his plans to address the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24929/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Government reaching its target of 400 non-denominational and multidenominational schools by 2030; the number of such schools to be opened in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24930/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which children under the new model for allocation of resource teaching hours in primary and secondary that received diagnoses in the school year 2016/2017 will receive resource teaching hours from September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24931/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of information and communication technology grants his Department has paid to primary and secondary schools in the past 12 months; the details of the grants given to schools, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24932/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Garda Vetting Applications Data (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers employed prior to 2007 who have registered for retrospective Garda vetting under the terms of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 and the Teaching Council Act 2001; the number of applications to be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24933/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the model of leadership in schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24934/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide primary and post-primary average class size figures for Ireland and other EU member states; his plans to tackle large class size concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24935/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commencement of Legislation (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are remaining sections of the Teaching Council Act 2001 to be commenced; the timeframe for commencing such sections; and the number of fitness to teach complaints received and processed to date in 2017 since he commenced these provisions in July 2016. [24936/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with concerns regarding third level student support and funding challenges for third level institutions. [24937/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teacher unions that rejected working additional hours under the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24939/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 and those who entered the workforce before; if he will report on discussions with a group (details supplied) on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24952/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24940/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas (details supplied) that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the skills and labour market research unit; the way in which he plans to tackle these skills shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24941/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Care Services Provision (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by an organisation (details supplied) that related capital investment will be necessary if the programme for Government commitment on having schools available for child care services can be successfully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24942/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (24 May 2017)

Joan Burton: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to progress the three areas in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus, including helping children with special needs, supporting schools and building a stronger bridge between education and the workplace; the reason he has prioritised these three areas; and if he will make a...