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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has reviewed the recently published Labour Party's Equal Status Admission to Schools Bill; his views on the aims and objectives of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10680/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Croke Park Agreement Implementation (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to issue a directive on implementing pay deductions for members of teachers' unions which rejected working additional hours under the Croke Park agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10681/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Junior Cycle Reform (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the junior cycle reform process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10682/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Shortages (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the areas that have been highlighted as having skills shortages by the skills and labour market research unit such as business administration and management, the green economy, financial services, information technology, manufacturing, engineering, sales, marketing and transport; his plans to tackle these skills shortages; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Care Services (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the suggestions by the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation 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. [10684/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to progress the three areas in the education sector that he has identified as his core priority areas of focus in the sector, including assisting 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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the stage the review of the school support programme through the DEIS initiative is at; when this review will be completed and published; if he envisages any changes to the funding or delivery model of the DEIS programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10686/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new national action plan for educational inclusion will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10688/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide new courses in the leaving certificate, such as coding, physical education and politics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10687/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the moratorium on filling certain promoted posts in schools will be lifted, since it was introduced as an emergency measure in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10689/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to end the current ban on promotions at the primary school level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10700/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Professional Development (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ways, including total investment involved, in which his Department supports teacher continuous professional development at primary and post-primary levels; if he will provide this figure as a percentage of education spending overall; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10690/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of all schools under religious patronage which he expects to be divested in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10693/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies and to ensure that a steady stream of persons achieve a postgraduate qualification for societal good and to ensure attractiveness to foreign investors. [10695/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for equating newly qualified teachers since 2011 with those who entered the workforce previously; if he will report on discussions with the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10696/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to special educational supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10697/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to improve access to Irish Sign Language courses for persons with hearing disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10698/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used by his Department for deciding on applications for capital funding for junior, senior and post-primary schools. [10699/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the Technological Universities Bill 2015; when it is to return to Dail Éireann; the necessary changes he proposes to make to the draft legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10701/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Mar 2017)

Joan Burton: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the reported failure rate at leaving certificate maths; the measures his Department proposes to remedy this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10702/17]