Results 1,241-1,260 of 2,406 for speaker:Tony McLoughlin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the school building programmes at primary and second level in counties Sligo and Leitrim continue to proceed as planned having particular regard to the urgent requirement for school places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he has received communications from various primary school authorities throughout counties Sligo and Leitrim regarding the provision of new facilities and buildings to meet requirements; the extent to which he expects to be in a position to respond in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13354/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary school places and class requirements in counties Sligo and Leitrim have been and continue to be met; if class sizes in those counties fall within the national average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13355/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in counties Sligo and Leitrim likely to benefit from refurbishment or replacement in 2017; the extent to which adequate budgetary provisions have been made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13364/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which primary and secondary level teaching posts have been approved in respect of primary and second level schools in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the extent to which this is expected to favourably impact teaching conditions in the schools in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13356/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he will augment the career guidance service throughout second level education in counties Sligo and Leitrim; his views on whether there will be an improvement in the short and medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of places for special needs students available at primary and second level schools throughout counties Sligo and Leitrim; the extent to which further improvements are required in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13357/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate school places are available at primary and second level for children with autism in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13358/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate special needs assistants are available throughout both primary and second level schools in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the extent to which it is expected to address specific deficiencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13359/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to continue to monitor special needs teaching requirements of teachers and special needs assistants at primary and second level in all schools throughout counties Sligo and Leitrim; the extent to which he expects to be in position to meet the increased demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13360/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which children with autism continue to have ready access to primary and second level school places in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the extent to which any difficulties have arisen in meeting the ongoing requirements in both counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13361/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure adequate resource teachers remain available throughout all schools in counties Sligo and Leitrim; his plans for augmentation in specific areas of particular need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13367/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to continue support for smaller urban or rural schools with a denominational ethos in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13362/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to ensure the education system at all levels is in a position to meet the skills demand in the workplace with regard to counties Sligo and Leitrim; the extent to which apprenticeships are likely to impact on the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13363/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Grants (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of higher education grant applications received, pending, approved and refused for the current academic year in counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13366/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Eligibility (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special consideration can be given to the family of a person (details supplied) in order to allow payment of the July provision for 2017 to be approved for home tuition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13469/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) was not included on the recently announced rural DEIS schools list; if he will re-examine this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13553/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 521. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will expand the level of dental services available in view of the concerns of dental care professionals regarding the levels of oral health (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13485/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 632. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects recruitment in specific vital areas of the public sector to become a policy initiative in the future, especially in areas such as counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13351/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Policy (21 Mar 2017)

Tony McLoughlin: 651. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken to identify and ameliorate the primary issues hindering rural development, especially in regard to counties Sligo and Leitrim, with particular reference to the need to maintain a viable rural population and the recently announced action plan for rural development; and if she will make a statement on the...